FASHION: LFW AW14/15 Diary Day One

Dear Diary…It’s that time again… Catwalk season! London Fashion Week got off to a wet and windy start yesterday leaving fashionistas drenched and windswept at Somerset House. I was there with a warm scarf and an umbrella, but there were other girls bare legged and jacket less proving their true dedication to style. This is my 5th LFW! (Getting old) and I was feeling a … Continue reading FASHION: LFW AW14/15 Diary Day One

FASHION: PURE Thoughts

I visited the PURE London exhibition this week to check out some new fashion and accessories ranges. As always it’s hugely overwhelming, filling both floors of the impressive Kensington Olympia venue. There’s so much to see and do I can only pick a few stand highlights to share here and a few snaps from the group Catwalk shows. Full details of all the exhibitors can … Continue reading FASHION: PURE Thoughts

FASHION: Curvaceous Stars Join British Plus Size Fashion Weekend

The Hoff’s daughter Hayley Hasselhoff & Whitney Thompson  will add some star quality to British Plus Size Fashion Weekend next week. Walking at the event on the 14th & 15th Feb at the London Vinopolis actress Hayley Hasselhoff and Whitney Thompson – modelling (The first plus size model to win America’s next top model) and Felicity Haywood (Established British plus size model who was the first … Continue reading FASHION: Curvaceous Stars Join British Plus Size Fashion Weekend

FASHION: Isabella Blow – Fashion Galore!

Somerset House is currently showing an exhibition devoted to one of the original “It” girls – Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore! A former assistant to Anna Wintour’s  at US Vogue, fashion editor at Tatler,  stylist at British Vogue, Fashion Director of the Sunday Times Style, Isabella Blow was known for her eccentricities and eye for talent. The exhibition showcases over a hundred pieces from her wardrobe, which … Continue reading FASHION: Isabella Blow – Fashion Galore!

FASHION: Antwerp Fashion School Retrospective Exhibition

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR ACADEMIE! Royal Academy Of Arts, Antwerp, 50 Years of Fashion retrospective at Mode Museum, including student work by the Antwerp Six, and Martin Margiela. (Ann Demeulemeester, Dries Van Noten, Water Van Beirendonck, Marina Yee, Dirk Van Saene, Dirk Bikkembergs). Runs until February 16th 2014. Part one, shoes… I’ve always found graduate work to be greatly superior to commercial design. Without the restraints … Continue reading FASHION: Antwerp Fashion School Retrospective Exhibition

FASHION: A Peachy Summer SS14

I popped out of the rain and into Peachy PRs press day ‘a peachy summer’ last week. Here’s a few snaps of my favourites from their client showcase. Peachy PR personalised M&Ms, Yull Shoes #madeinBritain, Sampson & Christie butterfly bags, Emma modelling plus size women’s range Vida Moda, The Cambridge Raincoat Company, and Katcha Bilek handbag made from recycled tyres! Continue reading FASHION: A Peachy Summer SS14

FASHION: An Audience With David Gandy

Scene: A formal networking evening in London, a calm and collected group are assembled to watch a live interview. They listen patiently and professionally until the interview ends – then make a collective run towards the interviewee, pushing and tripping over each other in their haste, butterflies in their stomachs and a blush on their cheeks. But this not Justin Beiber, nor One Direction, and … Continue reading FASHION: An Audience With David Gandy