Current Style Inspiration- Pile on the jewellery

There is the famous fashion quote from Coco Chanel, "When accessorizing always take off the last thing you put on" as well as the timeless dictum "less is more."
But my current style inspiration are people who are confident and clever enough to ignore these and do their own thing. So layer up loads of bracelets on one arm, put on all your rings or all your watches at once and wear them loud and proud.

1.Cobra Snake. 2. Unknown source of an Olsen. 3. Unknown source. 4. From Rachel Zoe's book The A-Z Of Style. 5. Chanel lovliness from an unknown source. 6. Also unknown. If you know the source of any of these gorgeous photographs please comment or email me and let me know.

Beth xoxo

"I've never been a millionaire but I just know I'd be darling at it."

Titled quote from Dorothy Parker. Those of you who pay attention to my "Of The Moment" section on my sidebar you will know I have just finished reading 'The Collected Works of Dorothy Parker' and loved it.
She is so darn cool and quotable.

Moving on though, here are a collection of beautiful interior shots from the one and only Selby. The photos are of Erin Wasson's, Ines de la Fressange's and Natalie Wood's places.
One day I will live in an apartment as amazing as one of theirs:

Current style obsession- Stud it up

My current style obsession has to be studs. It all started with the Balmain heels (above) used in the SS09 collection and since then my love for all things studded has grown.

In the past I would associate studs with either some punk rebel types or the classic female rock chick look as worn by Kate Moss and Taylor Momsen.
But now studs are everywhere; from the cat walks to the high street which means that they have predictably lost some of their original rock star connotations.
However I see this as a very good thing for me, a person so goody-too-shoes that the most rebellious thing I do is jay walk.
So because studs are absolutely everywhere at the moment it means that anyone can wear them and they don’t even require any rebellious rock star attitude to go with them like they used to.

The key is to keep the stud trend simple. Don't go for a head to toe studded look unless you want to look like a Johnny Rotten impersonator.
Instead stick to one key piece such as a sprinkling of studs on a pair of heels or a few encrusted on the bottom of a bag just like the gorgeous Alexander Wang 'Rocco' bag below. Another example is just a couple of weeks ago I bought a lovely black studded belt from H&M. Low-key but awesome nonetheless. And finally never wear these Louise Goldin for Topshop spiked heels on an aeroplane or they will without a doubt be taken off you at airport security. These are literally a pair of killer heels:

Beth Ruby xoxo

Latest Obsession: Patterned Tights

My current style obsessions has to be patterned tights.

Seriously, what is not to love?

They are fun, good for wearing under winter dresses, everywhere this season and most of all extremely cheap- it means I can have my own slice of House of Holland for a tenner!

Here is a round up of all my patterened tights inspiration:

The tights which started this love of all things patterned tights: Henry Hollands pair of Alphabet tights for only £10.

Love the pair with houses on as well.

Tabio Tights as seen on one of my all time favourite bloggers: The Cherry Blossom Girl

Both images from weheartit.com

The amazing LV patterned tights

Gorgeous redhead on Facehunter

Beth xx