IT'S COMING. And by 'it', I mean the first instalment of the The Hunger Games: Mockingjay. Sixty three seconds worth of action and it's enough to make me want to watch the first two films all over again.

The majority of those most excited by this trailer have read the books (countless times, no doubt) so the excitement isn't about what's going to happen. It's about how it's going to happen. I remain in awe of Jennifer Lawrence's acting ability but she's in an all-star cast here (any screen time Liam Hemsworth gets is absolutely fine (read: welcomed greedily) by me). The musical score from the first two films courtesy of James Newton Howard were some of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music I've heard in a while and I have no doubts that this film will more than match. Even in this 1 minute clip, we get a taster of the type of crescendo and climatic score that hypes up all the drama we can be sure to be seeing.

 

President Snow, draped in all white (everything) but is anything but innocent, stands as stoically evil as ever and J Law plays Katniss as true as before. I recently watched American Hustle and it amazes me just how well Lawrence is able to play such a range of ages. The cinematic start to the trailer, with the cuts in image and muted, pewter grey colour scheme both set the tone well. The excitement is building: this is the first half of the finale we've all been waiting for. I've been impressed with the first two filmic adaptations and I have no fear this one will be as true to the most important milestones in the text.

 

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I, like many people, am not a massive fan of feet. They're weird looking for starters, not to mention the fact that I have one wonky toe from when I broke it aged 8 and that my feet are so flat I could pass for a platypus. I kid you not. So when I bought some lovely heeled wedge sandals last year, I braced my foot fear and showed the toes. Unsurprising, I hated every minute. Cue today's dilemma. I'm planning on wearing this playsuit to an event next week and had planned to pair the aforementioned wedges with it. But the mere thought of flashing foot flesh is enough to make my toes curl. So I took to the internet's new fave femme fetale for advice. If J Law does it, then it's cool to copy right?

 

As the pictures demonstrate, I am of course talking about pairing socks with shoes. Peep toe wedges to be exact. I know, I know, it screams fashion faux pas. But just at how effortlessly J Law pulls it off. It's quirky without being too cutesy: my MO exactly. So I ran down to Primark, picked myself up a pair of white frills (and naturally took a detour to Superdrug for some white nail varnish to match).
 
(If I never blog again, it's because the fashion gods have struck me down with lightning. You know, for rocking socks when I shouldn't be. It was nice while it lasted...)
 

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