can life get any sweeter....

Today Tincarabell is very happy as she she ate a bag of Reeses pieces and had a peanut butter sandwich for lunch made with a bagel from the yellow bagel shop on brick lane- the better of the two. she is also very happy as she was strutting around with sparkly legs balanced on some very tall Chanel clogs.

Here she is wearing Green skirt [GAP]; silk tie [vintage]; shoes [Chanel]; top [Wren]; Lurex leggings [Anglomania]

Meet Tincarabell.......

This is Tincarabell, she likes to dress up in nice things, things that Cara picks for her.

here she is wearing red silk play suit [Paul Smith]; Brass bangle [Yves Saint Laurant]; shoes [Nicholas Kirkwood]; Jacket [Prada]

rose

hanging on a chain.

Thank you Tatty for making my 2nd name necklace of my "2nd name".

red short shorts.

My friend, Annabel King is an illustrator, this is a portrait she penned of me.
She also made a series of dolls inspired by various people here is the mini me doll;

...........Aint she clever!


annabelking.co.uk

illustrations of girls wearing...

I found these illustrations by Jonas Lofgren [for Lula magazine last year] whilst researching for another post. They are too amazing to not include by themselves, so here they are! [I especially love the Edie Beale]

The skull that glitters in gold.

This enchanting bird skull necklace was designed by fashion designer and close friend, Julius Arthur. He likes skulls, fur, black, gold and all that glitters and sparkles, all of which frequently have staring roles in his fashion designs and beautiful creations.
I managed to get hold of him to answer a few questions............

What inspires you?
Life, death and everything in between. I like to play with emotion and feeling.

What is your favourite thing you own?
I have two. One is a ring from my mother, she will always be important to me.
Two is a small skull charm that i wear everyday and reminds me of a girl I know.

What is the most irritating song in the world?
Betty Davis eyes.......... haha!

Who is the person most influential to you?
McQueen...R.I.P I don't hold many people within fashion or celebrity to be influential. My influence comes from my friends and surrounding.

where you when you heard McQueen had died?
I was sat at home, drawing my collection. I turned the news on and found out about it. It is very sad, and fashion and the world will miss him.

What is your favourite place in the world?
Cornwall, on the north coast. The views are so dramatic.

What is your favourite accent?
AMERICAN! you will defiantly win me over with that one.

What is your drink?
Vodka and D coke, with fresh lime. ( its dull but cant go wrong)

What was the last thing you bought?
weirdly enough it was a set of sheep vertebra for a hand bag.

How many pairs of shoes do you think you own?
Not that many now. I had a clear out. so about 10

How many fox tails do you own?
The collection is ever growing i have about 30 fur pieces.

naked suit

I remember walking around the Central Saint Martin's Graduate Collection a few years ago when my dream was to attend CSM and later become a famous fashion designer [the latter dream has melted away somewhat since then but the first became true as I was accepted the next year for a foundation course there] I remember one student in particular, not by name but for her naked body print catsuit. I still have her business card [with the same print on] that I picked up on my visit, now stowed away in my "box of things I keep and can't/won't throw away", a memory box if you will.
This is the work of Olivia Rubin, who's work I reacquainted with after finding her signature brick prints featuring heavily in the AW09 collection. See here.

Another student exhibiting in the room this year was Christopher Kane. I can't recall CK's stand so much, though I do remember vividly his page in the catalog, he had a picture of his "Vogue" necklace. [I searched through most of my back issues of vogues from the era in search of an image I recall of him wearing it, unfortunately with no joy. I did however find an article in the December 06 issue where it describes the necklace accompanied with a photograph by David Baily- you can see it vaguely through the gap in his denim Jacket]

detail from photo by David Baily for Vogue, Dec 06

I ♥/miss Brooklyn

I miss Brooklyn, it is where I called home for three months at the end of last year. I would walk along Bushwick Avenue with a hop and a skip on the way to the subway, with creme cheese bagel in one hand and diet coke in the other bought from the Eagle Mini Market on the corner of McKibben street as I started each day of adventure in the "concrete jungle where dreams are made of."


I found these mementos from mini mini market on Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg.
I actually owned this ring before it was commandeered by my at the time room mate.

Sipping on champagne between flowery walls.

On Wednesday evening I headed over to the beautiful Perrier Jouet bar on the 5th floor of Harvey Nichols. Here, I was greeted with mini fish and chips and mini burgers and mini lemon tarts and mini Thai curry but most importantly not mini flutes of Perrier Jouet champagne. This evening we were celebrating Ports 1961 moving in to Harvey Nicks' 2nd floor.

These are the gloves we were gifted with by the lovely people @ Ports 1961 upon departure.

I got bored one day and started to sew.....

Red cashmere cardigan [Tescos!] embellished with Swarovski crystals, pearls, rose quartz, glass and plastic beads

♡ shapes

Thanks to Tatty Devine for my amazing gifts for helping them out yesterday.

When I ran to Paris

Woop! There it is!

Currently inside the window display of Colette, the Paris located concept store, are two of the pieces from the Viktor and Rolf spring/ summer collection. I was very excited to see then in front of my eyes, however this didn't help with trying to work out how they defy gravity.

Also inside there is a collection of Olivier Zahm photographs of all his famous friends.....

LV@PFW

Whilst out for a stroll about Paris last week, we stumbles across the Louis Vuitton show where we spot lots of fashion faces [including facehunter doing some facehunting...] entering the big clear tent covering the fountain in the square by the Louvre. oh, and Terry Richardson was so late he wasn't allowed in so hung outside with the desperate bloggers and photographers gazing in at the top of the fountain.

FIT.

Here is a portrait of myself, drawn by a student from FIT whilst in New York.

beads

this jacket from the spring 08 collection was hanging fromthe cieling of Peter Jensen's sudio, apparently it took two embroidery students 2 months to complete.