drinking beer, eating salad and listening to music in her underwear

As we leave the glorious lazy summer days behind us and traipse more and more deeply into winters cold clasp, we of course embrace the one thing that can perhaps defrost our minds, if not the rest of our well groomed bodies. Winter fashion. As darling as thigh skimming cotton dresses worn with wrap around Jimmy Choo's can be on a charming 36 degree day out, there isn't much that can beat the smug contentment of being dressed head to toe in an assortment of coats, scarves, fur trim, leather and a fairly consistent amount of black. As with most things, models (with their amazing fashion resources available to them) are able to demonstrate exactly how chic the winter look can be. Oh to be 6 foot tall with svelte tanned limbs that seem to go on forever.

my favourite inspiration by personal style would be abbey Lee kershaw, my love for her is hardly a secret but i do have good reason. Mostly known for her unsophisticated personality and her obvious Australian laid back attitude, Abbey is eye catchy in the sense that she has an individual style that differs so greatly from the rest of the black wet-look leather clad models strutting around NY. Often critiqued for her seemingly too-thin frame and her penchant for childish prints that clash or are deemed somewhat blah by various stylists around the globe; i still think that due to her ridiculously perfect body, she carries off such a vast mixture of colours and prints together so well. Without her height none of these looks would be achievable; Abbey would simply look like a twelve year old playing dress ups in her mother's lily puliter closet from the seventies.

Unlike most models, abbey wears alot of lace. On it's own, lace is charming and demure, but known for her jungle layering look, abbey twists the lace into a more grunge appeal look by her pairing with distressed denim, printed scarves, leather boots, ankle sweeping cardigans and her ever present lacy bra that is generally seen peeking out from underneath her jumble of clothing. Whether Abbey is sporting a blue and red coat with green leggings and a fur scarf, there is always an element of extreme colour clashing, which adds to the interest of her dress style. Never clashing more than three colours of prints however, the look is always brought home by a heavy base colour weaved somewhere into her outfit. Due to her tiny frame, clothes hang loosely rather than pulled tight, Abbey is literally every designers dream, the living doll to which fabrics can be draped, wrapped or strung. If attempting to work abbey's signature style, remember to prefer loose clothing over more form fitting pieces and keep colour/print clashing at a minimum.

What about you guys, do you think Abbey's style is snazzy and exquisite or trying too hard to be original?

tallyho.