Labels: do we have to use them?

Hello you beautiful readers,

This chapter in my blog will be a heart to heart with you guys (and girls) about the labels we, as a society, place on things to categorise them as being normal or damn right wrong! for instance, society has had a constant struggle with racial preferencing with the categories of white, black or Asian. Well, they just don't make sense to me because we are not white or black or Asian, we are humans. If I said to you I went to a place in Asia you would instantly thing of China or Japan but why do we only specify Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, etc with being Asian? My grandfather is Asian and he is from Qatar (Doha). We categorise these people so our simple minds can put a race to a profile but it just damn wrong. I was not born white, I was born with less melanin which in turn made my skin lighter in hue. You were not born black, you were just born with more melanin which made your skin darker.

Lets not forget about the labels we plaster all over the LGBTQ community. Not every gay guy wants to steal your boyfriend or get with a straight guy because we only date those who like the same gender. But more to the point why do we have different words for the same thing? Lesbian and Gay. why are these words considered masculine and feminine? They both mean the same thing, they both like the same gender, end of. what more is there to say about that?! Why do we have to call people Transgender? can we not just call them male and female or is that too much for our brains to handle. OH NO! this man wanted to become a woman so he went through life fighting a battle to then not be accepted as a woman but as a trans woman... REALLY PEOPLE?!?! Can he not just be called a woman? I bet you anything if you didn't know that she used to be a male you would not label her as a trans woman but as a woman.

I have to laugh because I just looked at the side of the screen and it says "labels"... Blogger, you are not helping my case here! but even on a simple website we still have to add labels.

now, I am not a writer but if I believe in something I am going try my hardest to get my word across to hopefully, on day, have my voice heard and stand up for what I believe in!

Have a great day!

BRING BACK MOTHER NATURE!

I am writing this in complete exasperation with the human race as a whole. We are nothing but a bunch of greedy, incompetent beings that take what is "rightfully ours"! Walking through the countryside a few days ago I noticed how beautiful and magical the natural world around us truly is... that was ruined when I reached the top of a hill and noticed the concrete jungle I call home dominating such a huge part of the lands. We say the future is bright but looking down and seeing that I hardly doubt it is going to be bright. Hell, I hardly doubt there will be a future at all. 

Whilst scrolling through Facebook I noticed a status about Fox culling:

I feel this is a dim-witted status written by a dim-witted individual whom thinks that humans as a race are superior and just because people have seen foxes in their local area that a cull is necessary. This person also indicates clearly that we have a lot of waste that animals are then forced to live with and try to make homes out of it instead of the natural materials sourced from mother nature herself. "They are wild animals and do not belong in the city" really got to me because humans decided to take land through greed without considering the wildlife around it thus causing animals homes to be destroyed. Foxes have as much right to roam our cities as much as we let the people you'd most likely find in the Jeremy Kyle waiting room. If we allow fox culling why do we not allow the culling of humans? we are an over populated species which have to build on green zones just to accommodate our selfish needs. 

If we disposed of our waste properly animals would not be forced to forage for food in our bins and if we actually gave some of the earth back less animals would be found roaming the streets, looking for food or trying to find materials to make a safe home. 

A great movie I watched as a child and still love to this day is Pocahontas. If you have not seen this Disney animation you must stop whatever you are doing right now, apart from reading this, and go watch it. a quote we should all take and learn from the film is “You can own the Earth and still all you’ll own is earth until you can paint with all of the colors of the wind.” which means you'll only own 'dirt' until you learn the real value  of what makes Earth alive.

#AnimalsHaveRightsToo  
#KeepTheBan

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

As you walk through the doors you are greeted by an unnerving projection of Alexander McQueen which in time morphs into something more unsettling, a skull. This prepared me for bewilderment and wonder of what was lurking around the corners of the exhibition. The ambience in that room was in a sense of awe and discompose. You carry on through and entered into a room with a movie of a specific runway he curated with his designs on display with brown leather masks, giving the same perplex feeling and the idea of being watched. The runway that was projected were of crude and primitive models with their womanly features on display. An archway separated two rooms and as you walked through you are confronted with displays of General jackets and period fashion. These pieces were much more detailed and well tailored to fit the era he was trying to portray. I called this room 'the Adam Ant room' as the military jacket's resembled that of which he wore. Each room brought amazement and wonder but the room that I remember most was the room of curiosities. There was a collection of different designs, headpieces and shoes with one of his most adventurous pieces centred in the room on a rotary podium. The garment displayed on the podium was the design which let robotic arms spray yellow and black ink onto a white dress which made this piece a one of a kind because no two designs would ever match if this was to be recreated. One of my favourite designs featured at the exhibition was his wedding style with antlers, giving it a more mystical and whimsical feel to the design. The loosely fitted fabric draped onto the horns added more of a natural feel to the design and not as though it should have been perfectly placed.

Personally I found his work to be quite messy and unfinished on most designs, especially for someone with such a prestigious reign in the fashion industry and his many features in magazines. I feel like his designs could be seen somewhere else by a different designer but still there was a sense of 'je ne sais quoi' running throughout the exhibition. I would recommend this exhibition at the Victoria and Albert museum because it is a collection that must be seen but only for those with a passion for his work.

Delectable Designs: Delectable Indeed

Hello dear readers, this is going to be dedicated to the very talented owner of Delectable Designs, Tammy-Louise Wilkins. She designed my blog to meet my standards and the requirements I wanted and she delivered! She has a sleek outlook and a modern design which keeps this girls talents on top.

Having cultivated so much interest with her background in web design and structure, the Live. Love. Laugh. Girl. will be selling templates and personally tailoring new designs for fellow bloggers and vloggers.

I was given a 5 star customer experience and I have got her to redesign most of my wallpapers because I cannot get enough of her designs and unique style.

To have a design tailored to your needs and standards email her at thelivelovelaughshop@hotmail.com . 

Have a great day

MIMI Couture.

This article is going to be about someone who I recently became friends with and that is Fashion Designer, Mimi Chipaila. Her designs feature a lot of era tailored pieces alongside modern takes on the historical fashion. In an interview I had with her Mimi said her style in her designs are based on femininity and romance and that it is based on her life in dresses. Mimi features her designs on Facebook and hopes that one day her brand goes global. I wish her all the best and one day she will be with the greats!


My personal favourite of all of her designs is this stunning French styled 17th century gown. The deep navy blue contrasting with the gold patterns embedded into the fabric accentuate the regal and elegant style of the garment. The beautiful Madalina Mihai modelled this garment extremely well and this made her appear feminine and also empowering. 

The next design I will be reviewing is this stunning hand painted skirt and top. Again I interpret a 17th century vibe but made modern to fit in with the 21st century. The sheer elegance and beauty that resonates from this design is just, wow! Just looking at it leaves me speechless. Nhung Bucur modelled this dress with pure femininity and gave the appearance of purity and innocence with romantic gestures flowing through the skirt. 

This design is so intricate and so detailed with its black chiffon and black lace that you almost forget that it is a gothic styled piece. the femininity overpowers this design to make it whimsical yet empowering. I adore this design because it shows that to be feminine it doesn't have to feature colour but the key to this dress is structure and detail behind it. Again the modelling is done by the gorgeous Madalina and this dress suites her so well. 

I am going to show you a few designs that just had to be previewed but didn't want to have my input because these are more your own opinions. Enjoy.

Trust .

Hello fellow readers, I have been away for a while but that is because nothing of importance has come about. Until now.

I have finally started to come out of my comfort zone and began to talk to other people. I once believed in love at first sight, how cliché, until many years ago too many people have hurt me and betrayed my friendship and so my lack of trust in people plummeted to rock bottom. Lately I have, admittedly, fallen in love with another but has been deceived. This has shattered my trust in people as a whole again because to me, if you truly respect somebody you wouldn't try to hurt them in any way. I had been speaking to this person for a while now until today. My old saying was "Don't depend on anyone in this world because even your shadow leaves you in the darkness" and stupidly I ignored this and thought I knew this person extremely well... but apparently not.

Who else has felt such great pain after being deceived? Who else felt betrayed and thought nobody on this planet was trust worthy? well today, that is me.

 I try not to trust too much, to love too much or even hope too much because that "too much" can hurt you so much. Even Snow White put too much trust in others and look what happened to her. I know it is only a story, a fairytale, but it taught me so much and that is to not put my trust on anyone but only to trust in myself. Trust that my actions will have positive consequences that I will be truly grateful for. But until then I cannot trust another soul.

Sorry to be the bearer of such a low and negative post but I felt it was something I needed to openly admit and express through words. I hope none of you fellow readers will betray or get betrayed.

Stay safe.

The Awkward Situation.

Hello lovely readers, I thought I should touch upon something that everybody hates... the awkward situations. The moment you talk to someone you thought was another person you knew but was really a random stranger or when you wave at someone thinking it was your friend. Yeah, that just happened to me!

Walking through Cheltenham town minding my own business and then I thought I saw one of my friends. So as you do you get a bit excited and so you sort of do I quick shuffle over and grab them by the shoulder and scream to make them jump.... to find out it isn't actually the person you thought it was, but was actually a woman -probably late 40s- with her child. You're probably thinking "but if she was with her child how would you have thought it was your friend" well I shall answer that now. The small human was with her, what I guess, was her father and so they came out of the shop whilst I scare her and she screams, I laugh and the father and child stood staring at me like I was mental. She turns around and my face just drops. What have I done! Is all that is going through my head. I go bright red and apologise until I lose oxygen in my lungs and tried to explain why I scared her. 

Thankfully she was very nice about it but I am still shocked.

I thought I woupd share this little mishap I had with a stranger and I hope you never have the same story I just had. Let me know if you have.

Have a great day.