Wolf Whistle

HEADPIECES YEAHHHH

Just a mega-quick post to show you my amazing Tour De Force headpiece that I'm wearing today. It's a giant gold rose covered in sequins and I'm in love with it, totally.

Also, today I've made a new friend, Linda (of Fashionista), who is the sweetest girl ever and snapped this photo of me. Thank you, lady!

Speaking of headpieces: yesterday Judy Blame the mega amazing stylist, accessories designer and art director.. no, wait - JUDY BLAME HIMSELF came over to me while I was at the super-fabulously fun Louise Goldin presentation to tell me how much he loved my handmade headpiece. Here's a quick shot of it that I took once I was home:

The heart is half of a teeny-tiny kids H&M bag -- you know those childrens bags that are kind of pointless, just so little girls can have a handbag? yeah, that -- and it was £2 and I cut up and just super-glued it onto a cheapo clip. AND JUDY BLAME LIKES IT. I am the winner, seriously! (I might try and wear something I made every day of Fashion Week, you know. Friday necklaces, Saturday headpiece, Sunday another necklace...)

Anyways - I'll grab a full length outfit photo later and hopefully get the pictures of yesterday's outfit that I pressured Kinwai into taking of me, haha. Just been to see the Alexandra Groover film

LFW Show Reviews: Derek Lawlor & Alice Palmer

Kids, if you had somehow not realised, I'm blogging for Fashion Week for Fashion156.com. I've been to four shows for them so far. Ioannis Dimitrousis was very sexy - fishnet and sequins all the way. Margaret Howell showed a classically nautical inspired collection that I liked - Breton stripes, boaters and lots of navy blue. Mega lolz at what I heard Alexa Chung say to Hilary Alexander on the way out "People think I just stand around wearing clothes all day. I have an actual job!" HAHA.

The following two I really loved.

Derek Lawlor

Me and Kinwai (photos by him, the talented chap) went backstage and I nearly died. I'd do a lot of terrible things for one of those amazing grey dresses.

(Proper) Review: Derek Lawlor's Spring/Summer 2010 collection is also the launch of his own fully-fledged fashion label and this, his first show since graduating, has definitely proven that he is one to watch. His sculptured cord lace work created by his knitting machine for his MA show was extremely memorable, not to mention beautiful, and he has stuck with this technique to great success.

Tonight a gorgeous young crowd gathered at Blackall Studios in Shoreditch to see the evolution of his ideas. Concentric circles of cord covered, curved out and cascaded down fine knit dresses, long-sleeved cropped tops, short skirts and ankle-skimming trousers. The neutral palette of black, white and grey with silver detailing kept the collection intricate without feeling too fussy. Scrapped-back hair in high ponytails and simple make-up kept all eyes on the clothes and amazing shoes by Manolo Blahnik finished each look perfectly.

Perhaps contrarily, the clothes are both slightly surreal and utterly wearable. The loops and curls of cord look alien but also irresistibly touchable! The ten looks were strongly defined and characteristic without ever being boring. After all, it's one thing to have a trademark and quite another to keep it fresh and new. I think that it's a testament to Lawlor's creativity that every single piece felt exciting. I'm looking forward to seeing where he takes it next!

And, P.S. How cute is Derek Lawlor himself? Adorable!

Alice Palmer

HOLA FRONT ROW! It was AWESOME.

(Photo via Fashion 156... I'm lazy)

Review: Alice Palmer's Spring/Summer collection presented silky fine jersey knit acting almost against nature in origami pleats and folds that didn't so much drape as hang beautifully weightless against the models bodies.

Each piece was just a solid colour - but oh, the colours! A rich plum purple, glorious sky blue and deep teal broke up the neutrals and looked striking against the metal armour-like jewelry. Peaked hip detail like inside out pockets drew the eye down to the ankle length sinuous dress, cut low and looped one side and slashed to the hip on the other. Padded features over shoulders and along waistlines added further interest, as did fishtail and jagged bunting-shaped hems. Although it was a collection mainly composed of dresses, the gorgeous jumpsuits showed that Alice's talents aren't limited.

The show may have had Palmer's name on it, but Fannie Schiavoni's fabulous jewelry definitely made it a team effort. Tough metal against bare skin or creeping into folds of soft jersey made gorgeous contrasts. Chunky mesh metal epaulets with attached chains hanging in slinky rows over exposed shoulder blades looked beautiful, as did fingerless gloves and inventive heel covers.

If that was all TL;DR - basically I loved it, hahahaha.

Read all my other show reviews, including PPQ and Mary Katrantzou over at the Fashion156 blog...

LFW Day 1!

HAPPY LONDON FASHION WEEEEEEK!

I'm at the fashion week tents in the cute little Fashion156 booth pretending to be important (I am totally not important, but I'm planning on being eventually, youuuu knowww) and snapping street style images for Fashion156.com. (See the first batch here including the actual legendary Zandra Rhodes. She is so sweet and I love her candy floss hair.)

Everyone is gorgeous. Erin O'Connor is wearing a full length black dress and an amazing headpiece by Stephen Jones. She is like a royal swan, seriously. I can't think of any other way to describe her. I didn't see Boris Johnson's opening speech but I did happen to be right next to him as he came in. He has hair like a baby, but you knew that already. Apparently he was talking about some cake factory in Walthamstow? (Shout out to The Stow, my current place of residence!)

ALSO, can I just say - JOAN COLLINS. I was standing at the entrance snapping street style when she came in and literally everyone ran over, mega-gushing. I stole this from Grazia, sorry!

And yeah: she looked fierce. You knew it!

And last but not least: here is a really horrible photo of what I'm wearing today. You can click on it to make it better but, uh, don't? I've looked worse but not much.

 

ASOS suede fringe boots (these are my comfy heels)
H&M black sequin skirt
Old bracelet I found at home this week
Being Sick in Comic Sans tee I bought at a graduate fair
Handmade necklaces - grey jersey & white picket fence chain!

...and a gust of wind. Pose fail.

I've also had my photo taken three times for style blogs so maybe a nicer one will go up? I know one is for Be Frassy. (Hi Audrey! You look mega cute today!) Let me know if you see any of me, innit. I'd really like to replace this one.

Right, I'm off to Ioannes Dimitrousis' show at the Royal Festival Hall! EXCITED.

Spring Summer Preview!

Been meaning to write about this all week: the shoot that I was stylists assistant for (AKA something else to write in the still tiny section called 'Styling' on my CV) last week for Fashion156
is up and it looks beautiful. Beyond beautiful!

It was shot in the most amazing old school in Old Street that was all bright colours and curving lines. I would kind of like to live there, please. And it was SO HOT. Indian summer, yeah? Yes please!

These are my favourite shots, but it's definitely worth checking out the whole shoot over at Fashion156. 

Dean Quinn S/S 2010




Daviddavid S/S 2010





David Koma S/S 2010





Dress Alice Palmer S/S 2010, Jewlery by Fannie Schiavoni.

The armor like fluidity of these pieces was so beautiful. It was heavy and it flowed like water.




Carolyn Massey S/S 2010. Too. Awesome.
It's got me searching Ebay for leather utility jackets, seriously!





Craig Lawrence S/S 2010. Yes, that is made out of carrier bags.





Satyenkumar S/S 2010. That shirt is just perfect.
And on a slightly shallow note, Sid, this male model, is HOTT. Two T's highly necessary. 



 I LOVE YOU, FASHION156.
Work experience so far this summer = fully awesome.

Dolce Vita

It's not as if that £78.54 was going to hop into my bank account anyway, but I'm still sadder than I should be that these amazing Dolce Vita shoes from 80s Purple are sold out.

Lucky for me that eye candy is freeeee!

GO AWAY SIENNA

Listen up, everyone. I've got a really great idea. You're gonna love it!!1!
You know who we should have on the cover of Vogue? SIENNA MILLER.



UK Vogue, October 2009

Because it's been, oooooh, AGES since she last had a Vogue cover.




US Vogue, July 2009. AKA TEN MINUTES AGO.


And it's not as if she's been featured before...

 

UK December 2004 & UK February 2006

 

UK December 2007 & US September 2007

SIX. VOGUE. COVERS.

Last time I looked, Sienna Miller wasn't the only blonde, skinny, actress/model/designer/whatever on the planet. So why does Vogue insist on treating her as though she is? Did anyone even watch G.I. Joe?

What's the endless fascination with her? No, seriously, WHAT IS ITTTTT. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND.

AMAZING...

...you knew it was gonna be, right?
Christopher Kane for Topshop A/W. Here are my favourites!

Sorry in advance about cutting your heads off, ladies, but if Topshop would actually just do proper photos this rubbish screen-grabbing malarky would never have to happen.

Black baby doll dress, £150

Black mirror mesh body £75
Soft mesh eyelet vest dress (swooooon) £95
Black eyelet paltform sandals £150






Navy blue (Navy! Blue!) babydoll dress £150
I love navy blue.


 



And, OBVS:

Black croc tee dress (YESSSS) £65
Black eyelet bag £100





Now, what are the chances of me actually getting my hands on any of these? Slim to none?

View the whole lookbook here.

FIERCE GRRLZ

Look, I'm not really into CeLeBs and all that, but you have to admit that these ladies are looking hot. Or hotter than that, even.

Rihanna for Vogue Italia couture supplement, photographed by Steven Klein








Lady Gaga for Vogue Hommes Japan

Photography by Nobuyoshi Araki
Fashion Direction: Nicola Formichetti
Styled by Shun Watanabe
Website: voguehommes.jp







Megan Fox for Wonderland, photographed by Mariano Vivanco

(Megan Fox is a doofus, but this shoot is a win, no?)

And one non-celebrity, but too amazing not to include: Madysin Ritland for Contributing Editor

Photographed by Eric Guillemain
Fashion Editor: Christian Stroble
Make-up: Thorsten Weiss at Community
Hair: Seji at The Wall Group
Photo assistant: Anna Paola Pizzocaro
Produced by: 435 Hudson

See more here







LOVE

OFFSET - What You Wore

Offset was FUN. (I still have bruises from dancing like a maniac at Future of The Left.) Also, apart from all the amazing bands (Rolo Tomassi, Bearsuit, Danananananananananananakroyd, A Hook and A Twin, etc etc etc ) there was the added bonus of there being loads of fitties around. I bothered a few of them to let me take photos and then I got too drunk and kind of gave up. But here are some of them, for your viewing pleasure!

The lovely Lauren of The Pocket Rocket. Such a cutie!

Click pictures for details!

Carmen sparkling in sequins and Tegan of The Ethical Debating Society. BRIGHT HAIR x2

Alexis, my BFF. More good hair, no?

Harley, Reeve and Sara. Reeve is only 10 and I'm jealous of her outfit. I'm lame.

Sarah in the cutest trench and the charming Becky - love the fan and bolero!

 

Alana of We Are Like Disneyland. So awesome, seriously.

Bishi, the singer. Amazing everything.

James (that curly blonde hair, wow!) and Saed in studded leather.

Cute couple #1:  Penny and Laura

Love that Mickey Mouse brooch SO MUCH.

Cute couple #2: Brandon and Emmaa Louise

And last but not least, the two cutest boys ever - even if they didn't believe that I actually loved their outfits. Sean in is the denim with that amazing pink and Joe is in the best jumper of all time. (I should submit this to Cute Boys Make Me Nervous, no?)

Ta, Offset! See you next year for more FUN TIMEZ.

OFFSET - What I Wore

SATURDAY

No full length photos because I forgot, whoops.

Miss Selfridge floral dress
Floral headband from Latitude
Primark bag
Vintage brown leather belt
New (to me!) vintage brown ankle boots




When my mum saw these pictures on Facebook, she asked me if I was entering a hippy phase.
 Hi Mum!








SUNDAY

Hi, it's me, your favourite terrible poser!


Topshop crop top
Key necklace also fom Topshop
Primark high waisted shorts
ripped up tights, yeahhhh!
Camden Market studded wristband
5 year old Converse held together with duct tape
Vintage bumbag, aka the love of my life

DIY FEVER

You can alternatively read that title as "Things I'm going to make because I don't have the money to buy them." All I can think about lately is making things, mostly necklaces and headpieces and giant weirdo scarf things to wrap around me when the wind is blowing.

DIY to buy list:

Curtain tassels
Upholstery trim
Big gold studs
BIG GOLD LOOPS
Various assorted chains
Rope, rope, rope
Small silver studs x 10000
Jersey - grey & black & purple & green, yeahhh
Those spring things that go down stairs

DIY Inspiration:

Maison Michel lace rabbit ears, via Colette

(Although, how many sets of bunny ears does one girl need? I do already have two...)

Leather Louis Vuitton paper chain necklace that costs about a gazillion pounds. But I have leather and superglue at home... Inspired by a great DIY over at Style Hurricane.

Garbage Dress Zana's leather and spike headband (although, to be honest, I love everything she makes and does and wears, etc)

EDIT: I forgot this!

$47 (on sale) here from Shop Ban.do. I do love the stuff the girls at Ban.do make, but I am poor and so I'm going to be inspired by some of their ideas and get making my very own, including some huge and ridiculous tulle concoctions for me and something similar to the one below for Sarah!

Also inspired by my new friend Luke's amazing handmade spring necklace! I will edit this with a picture later, innit. I need to get making!

5 Things I Really Want

Hi, September! I'm not sure what happened to August (or July, for that matter) but now that you're here does it mean I can really start day-dreaming about winter clothes without feeling like an idiot for wishing the summer away? (I'm taking this as a yes, by the way. Obvz.)

1. Melissa Ashanti shoes, £75, available in the UK from Shudoo.  

 This shoes are not only the perfect shape and the perfect walk-around-all-day-without-wanting-to-die heel height, but they're also plastic. I would wear these and stomp around all day long thinking, Go on London, rain. I DARE YOU.

P.S. Indian summer, if you're listening, don't think that I wouldn't love a visit from you. Because I would. I definitely would.

2. Bitching and Junk Food Shroud mac - wow oh wow oh wow. £65.

 


I like how Bitching and Junk Food suggest that you can wear the ruffle down or flip it up on this, "monk style". Monk style! Amazing. Why isn't more of my style monk?

 

 

 

3. Raf Simmons for Doc Martens tri-metallic boots. O. M. G.

 

 

These bad boys are going to appear for sale any day now and I keep trailing the web mindlessly for them. They do women's sizes, right? ...right?! I can only find a UK 6 on the website. I'm a 5, arghhh.

 

 

 

4. Whistles pencil sharpener ring, £35

 

 

Obsessed with this. This page is currently on my toolbar favourites so I can click on it twice a day and coo sweet nothings at it. I know something could be made like it (I could do that myself, for £1.50) but this is so lovely that I'm loathe to DIY a poor imitation.

 

 

 

Ok, four reasonable wishlist items that one day I might own if I stop spending all my money on gig tickets and cider. And now for one horribly unreasonable wish:

5. Erdem (I love you!) Aurelia silk printed dress

 

 

 

 

 

 

(£790 here at Net-A-Porter, if you were wondering how you could buy it for me. Oh, you weren't? Sigh.)
 

All Day I Dream About Sneakers

YES PLEASE.

Why do I like the Jeremy Scott for Adidas stuff better than any of his mainline collections? I'm the furthest away for a trainer girl you'll ever meet (my extensive trainer collection = one battered pair of Converse) but lately I've been feeling sportswear in a playful kind of messed up way.

 

And I loved his first collection and I love this one even more, if possible. Perhaps it's all the nostalgia vibes I'm getting? That bomber jacket above reminds me of the old British television test card, rather a lot. See?

The giraffe dress reminds me of Sarah because she's completely obsessed with giraffes. And that world map dress reminds me of the maps on my bedroom walls. I NEED IT. And I know I say that a lot, but really. Really!

P.S.

 

This is the skirt I wore at the Bloggers Showcase. Houndstooth cage skirt £50 from Topshop Boutique.

 

OH HAI, SKIRT. Did you miss me? Soon we will be together again, I promise.

 

PIXIE > PEACHES

...Just saying.

UK Vogue, September 2009 issue, via thefashionspot (obvz!)