Summer.

Rachel Bilson is in the March 2011 issue of California Style magazine.

I love the soft, romantic colouring and styling. She looks cute as a button.

Shot by Williams and Hirakawa, styled by Elizabeth Stewart.

Dress - Chanel

Dress - Chloe

Dress - Valentino

Dress - Ralph Lauren Collection

Skirt and blouse - Dolce & Gabbana

Dress - Oscar de la Renta

The third photo is my favourite; she looks stunning and the dress is so yummy.

She'll always be Summer Roberts to me.

Purple.

I love purple. It's one of my favourite colours.

Used to be my favourite colour, but I had to cut back. Everything I owned was purple, and I was starting to look a little crazy...

Unsurprisingly, good use of this colour can make a photo for me.

So now I share with you some purple wonders. All excellent photos regardless of the prominent colour in them.

Corrie Bond

Cedric Buchet

Iain Crawford

Carsten Witte

Artist unknown

Joshua Pestka

Silvia Dell Orto

What's your favourite colour? Inspire my next colour post.

Lydia in Five.

I'm embracing the more friendly look of my blog by adding a personal post.

So here's me in five things... (all photos taken by me, just for you lovely people.)

1. Jewellery

I love jewellery. And being a very tidy organised and tidy person, it's no surprise that I love my jewellery box.

2. Diary

I keep a diary, and I have done so for almost eight years. I write in it every day, without fail.

3. Camera

Kind of goes without saying, really....

4. Teddy

Loved Teddy since I was born. Still love her now. Slightly embarassing? Maybe. Do I care? No. :)

5. Cat

She's old. She's grumpy. And enjoys peeing on my clothes. But I can't help it, I love her to bits.

 Thought this was a nice way to start a new era for my blog.

Maybe I'll make this a regular thing...

Changing.

Notice anything different about me?

I hope you have. I changed blog platforms.

Goodbye Wordpress. Hello Blogger.

Wordpress is an excellent platform, as long as you know how to use. Which I do not...

So after much umming and erring, I bit the bullet and changed.

I'm loving it so far. I actually understand Blogger!

Blogger feels so much more friendly and personal.

I hope you like it too. :)

Lovely.

How could I not do a post inspired by yesterday?

Valentines Day!

Not really a fan of Valentines Day. The whole concept feels a bit fake and forced to me.

Why limit romantic gestures to only one day a year?

I'll recognise it, but not make a big fuss over it.

So I went through my inspiration folder on my laptop, and didn't really find much in the way of love.

I'll give you what I've got...

Henryk Lobaczewski

Artist unknown

Tim Flach

Don't you love them? All red, rosey and lips.

Happy Love Day.

Photo Booth.

You rarely get to see celebrities being themselves.

Most of the time their acting, playing another character, putting on a front for the media or adopting another persona for a photoshoot.

This is why I love Yu Tsai's photo booth style sessions with celebrities.

Looking at them, you really get an insight into the subjects personality. Seeing them in a completely new way.

The photo booth style session next to a single enlarged portrait is a beautiful pairing.

Katy Perry

Anne Hathaway

Rachel Bilson

Lea Michelle

James Franco

Kristen Stewart

Evan Rachel Wood

Minka Kelly

Ke$ha

This is definately something I'm gonna try one day.

Hope mine try out as pretty as these. :)

Ballet.

I went to see Black Swan yesterday.

It only just came out over here in England. Which is so unfair, because I've been wanting to see it for ages!

It's a very powerful film. I would highly recommend going to see it.

It really draws you into the story, makes you feel like you're one of the ballet dancers, watching it all unfold.

Definately deserves an Oscar. Or five.

In keeping with the theme of ballet, the February 2011 issue of Vogue Russia has a wonderful spread shot by Jason Schmidt entitled 'Drama & Ballet'

Such amazing photos. The composition is stunning.

You can see the full spread here.