I’m kicking off this year’s LauLauLand posts with my new monthly StyleXCinema roundup, showcasing all the films I find that are packed with style inspiration. It’s no secret that I’m a little obsessed with The Virgin Suicides (you can find my VS inspired dress here). Sofia Coppola’s masterpiece is iconic in its style. Dreamy, nostalgic […]
RedRum. The Shining inspired outfit.
Sometimes, horror stories come in the form of a bad winter cold on your birthday. I am almost a child of Halloween (born on October 29th and forever wishing as a teen it was October 31st so I could pretend I was a witch) and this month’s frightful situation came with two of the scariest […]
5 female horror movie characters that don’t suck
It’s almost Halloween. That means gorging on candy and gorging on gore, ergo, a marathon of horror movies. It has often been said that female horror characters are a bit – for want of a better word – sucky. But that doesn’t mean they all play to the stereotype of the damsel in distress. Here […]
5 of the best Coppola Girl style moments
Oh, Sofia queen of style. Anyone who’s ever watched a Sofia Coppola film will know the director’s inimitable ability to ooze effortless style. Sofia set the bar high with dreamy directorial debut The Virgin Suicides and then she just kept on going with the likes of Lost in Translation, The Bling Ring and most recently […]
Wild Women Do – The Pretty Woman Inspired Outfit
I have been watching Pretty Woman for so many years I don’t even remember the first time. I’m pretty sure I didn’t understand what was going on when I first watched it as a child, but something in it captivated me. It was probably Julia Roberts, she definitely has that effect. Anyhow, as dated as […]
An interior nod to the great Wes Anderson
Ah Wes. No film style blog would ever be complete without him. I do have a long list of specific Wes Anderson films that I intend to nod to in future outfit posts, but for now, I thought I’d create a little corner of my home dedicated to the doyen of cinema. Of course, I […]
The Lisbon Sister – The Virgin Suicides inspired look
I first found The Virgin Suicides when I was about 16. For some reason, I’ve always been drawn to the macabre (I grew up listening to Radiohead), and I was entranced by the dreamy, romantic vision of these five sisters and their beautifully sad story. Although it was the first feature for director Sofia Coppola, […]
Flash Fiction. How to Swim.
His hair was ink black. It moved like a feather in the water and clung in tufts when it hit the air. I sat with my feet in the pool, flicking my cigarette ash into the aqua blue, watching the sun catching the delicate droplets of water on his back. His pale skin glowed […]
Hello, lover.
Ahh, love. Valentine’s Day always creeps up on me, I find it too soon after Christmas for any substantial gift giving, but the boy and I usually like to head off to some drizzly English beach for the day and surprise each other with a comical gift or two… (previous presents have included a grumpy […]
Why one of my New Year’s Resolutions wasn’t to eat less cake
Firstly, I will say that my body and I have had our ups and downs. I treated her terribly in my twenties. And so she decided to teach me a lesson. Somewhere between 23 and 24 she stopped conquering junk food and just got (dare I say it) fat. I hated myself for […]