Topshop Edit: The Basics

The Topshop Edited range is a special selection of their top seasonal buys, including their best range of basics, as selected by their head of design, Jacqui Markham. A few times a year I get an urge to clear out my wardrobe and replace my basic section of vests and plain tees. From their Edited range, here's my top selection of basic pieces I'd like to invest in.

I love the pleated midi skirt and chiffon leather front tee, which looks also looks lovely in cream and camel. A plain white tee would have to be my staple piece in any wardrobe. They're always perfect for layering or just for looking effortless with any kind of bottoms.

And speaking of simple, basics - I can't get the perfectly minimal, Calvin Klein dress Emma Stone wore to the Golden Globes, out of my head.

Via Coco's Tea Party

 What are your favourite basics and which staple items do you always fall back on?

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Kate Hudson & Casadei

Granted that Kate Hudson looked lovely in a Stella McCartney gown last night, however I was more preoccupied with her shoes. Are these the same platform lovelies I fell for at the Golden Globes - I think so! They are the ideal chunky platform, and I am grateful for seeing them again. And if they're not the same/similar ones by Casadei, then someone please let me know who has designed them because I need to have a gander. :) Merci!

Well Dressed

Kate Hudson isn't a celebrity whose ever inspired much of an opinion on me. I've only seen How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and her editorial in Elle a couple months ago and that is the extent of my Hudson knowledge. But she has caught my attention recently. Has anyone else noticed how great she's been looking? I love the pure, bright white she's been wearing on the latest red carpets. They look stunning and really set her apart from the other celebs - there's something about the top of that Marchesa dress that's just perfection. She's been looking a lot more stylish than I guess I expected her to be - the structure of the Marchesa, and that surprising low back on the Emilio Pucci.

P.S - I feel that similiar credit should be given to Drew Barrymore, who has also looked pretty phenomenal on the red carpet recently. I wasn't sure at first on her Golden Globes dress, but it's grown on me. The one she wore to the Screen Actors Guild, however, was an instant hit. I love the sixties hair and makeup.

What do you think of their red carpet style? Who do you think has been looking especially good recently?

Golden Globes 2

How beautiful does this dress look on Ashley? The colour especially suits her. Think some better heels could have been chosen, but one of my favourite looks from the Globes and so happy to see one of my favourite designers (Erdem) looking even better off the catwalk.

Anna Pacquin in Stella McCartney

Confident colour choice! and well worth the dare. A younger, fresher look from Jessica Stroup in Bally.

Emmanuelle Chriqui

Greatest style improvement!

Christina looks immeasurably better when she tones down the bleach blonde and the Marilyn inspired makeup. These peachy hues suit her to perfection. She looks classic, sexy and still very stylish, which I don't think she often pulls off.

Golden Globes 2010

I've just had a search through what was worn at the Golden Globes, and thought it was collectively disappointing. It lacked all the glamour I was expecting, and there were dresses that made you wonder who on Earth told the celebrity parading them to the public, that they looked good?! However, there were some exceptions and they did look stunning. Here's a few of the good, the bad and the ....neither here nor there.

Gaining another invaluable style point (not that she seems to be needing them now), to Victoria Beckham, Courtney Cox looked effortlessly elegant and stunning in this classic gown.

I was quite impressed with Fergie's dress choice. It wasn't particularly inspiring but such a beautiful gown and fitted to perfection. The colour is also gorgeous - what the hell I just love Elie Saab! And love her new hair colour too.
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Kate Hudson looked phenomenal in this structured gown by Marchesa. It's nice to see her in something a little more 'fashion forward'. The white matching of everything might have been a bit much, but then the shoes are just equally jaw droppingly gorgeous. All in all my favourite look!

Now I feel like we're looking at the Golden Globes! This is what I expected to see more off.  Top-to-toe pure glamour; an exquisite dress by Oscar de la Renta.

I couldn't decide on this one. Diane Kruger has been looking really good lately, especially in the promotion for Inglourious Basterds, but I can't decide whether this was a slightly brave choice in Christian Lacroix, that worked out well or a potentially gorgeous dress that didn't seem to suit Diane.

I'm tied again on this Louis Vuitton as well. It's an interesting/potentially hideous dress and I think in any other colour it would have been hideous, but that pink-burgundy looks amazing on Zoe Saldana's skin tone and she personally looks stunning. It's a tough one!

And then there were those who sadly got it very wrong. Hang your heads in shame Elisbeth Moss, Julianne Moore, Rita Wilson and Tea Leoni. One wash out colour, one baggage like Balenciaga, one with a rose print I'm sure my nan had on curtains, and then Tea Leoni... I'm intrigued to what happened to her dress, because she can't really have put together that shirt and skirt combo for this event?

Who do you think looked the best and worst??