Laurelle Gilbert

Today the world according to Karl.

Here are my top five Karlisms… Happy Monday!

1. Yes, some people say to me you’re too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.

2.  I’m not a marketing person. I don’t ask myself questions. I go by instinct.

3. You’re never disappointed by your imagination, but you can be very disappointed by reality

4. Sauces are dangerous for the body.

5.
  There’s no Chanel collection without black. (It) will never exist. Who can live without some black clothes.

Rihanna is my new fashion crush, the woman’s wardrobe wowed me this week as she paraded almost every key trend and label in her New York fashion-athon. Starting with Dolce at the Met ball on Monday and finishing with next season now Vuitton hot off the catwalk last night at a gala in Midtown Manhattan.

Here are my three fave looks of the week. A white Derek Lam suit for his store opening, a Marc Jacobs jacket that screams rock and roll and that Vuitton ensemble. Love the bag.Love the shoes. Love everything.

Thank you Rihanna!

When your handbag weighs more than an actual person (ok admittedly just a baby - but still, babies are people) it’s time to down size. So this week I ditched my suitcase sized tote in favour of a ladylike new shoulder bag, a Mulberry Jenah.

It took about half an hour but I managed to get rid of the non essential items in my bag ( you don’t need three notebooks, four different shades of bronzer, 12 bic biros, two pairs of sunglasses, a pair of socks and three bottles of nail polish ever, at one time, all in the same bag) and now I am 7lbs lighter! Brilliant.

Downsizing my luggage will now also continue and when it comes to summer packing as I shall be shunning my suitcase in favour of one of these amazing new Prada trolley cases.

Although, I’d like one in every colour, so if I have all 12, does that really count as downsizing?