These Threads: February 2011

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Adventures from the weekend

Jack, Helena, Sean, JJ and George @ Vivienne Westwood, The Wallace Collection, London

Jessie J @ Vivienne Westwood, The Wallace Collection, London

Me @ St. Martins Lane Hotel, Covent Garden

JJ and Anneka @ Bungalow 8, Covent Garden

JJ @ Bungalow 8, Covent Garden

Helena and Yvan @ Bungalow 8, Covent Garden

Helena @ Bungalow 8, Covent Garden

Anneka @ Frix's House, London Bridge

Sarah in a cab, East London

Anna @ Jolly Butcher, Stoke Newington

Jo @ Jolly Butcher, Stoke Newington

Ben, Aneel and Jo @ Jolly Butcher, Stoke Newington

Anna and me @ Jolly Butcher, Stoke Newington

Jon and Flick @ Jolly Butcher, Stoke Newington

Seana @ Jolly Butcher, Stoke Newington

Kieron @ Jolly Butcher, Stoke Newington

Party frocks at Vivienne Westwood party:

Here is the post I did on the party outfits at the Westwood party for the Elle South Africa blog:

Click on the image above to see the original article

Sunday, February 20, 2011

So, to kick of London Fashion week with a bang, Dame Vivienne Westwood held a party at the beautiful building that is the Wallace Collection on Manchester square, London. As we promptly arrived at 8 (so as to ensure entry, we had a tip off from an insider that it was over RSVP'd by about 200!!! yikes!) we were front of queue. As we walked past the paparazzi, we swanned up the grand staircase to the sound of a string quartet and greeted with glasses of Perrier Jouet in beautifully branded flutes. We then proceeded to the main bar area to see the collection of the 'Get a Life' Palladium jewellery collection (a range of one-off couture pieces and ready-to-wear designs - crafted from palladium, a rare precious metal.) The pieces were in shapes of natural objects such as oak leaves and my favourite, an acorn.
Whilst here our first celebrity spotting of Olivia Palermo sauntering towards the bar in a fabulous Temperley jacket. shortly followed by Mr Hudsen, Kele, Plan B, and an entrance from Annie Mac (omg I heart her) and Nick Grimshaw. Then George Craig enters wearing a blue Burberry coat (beautiful beautiful boy). Fiery Haired Vivienne later turns up:

We party on, nibbling on mini cheese soufflés, scallops and a bizarre combination of venison, chocolate and beetroot canapés. As well as sipping down more Perrier Jouet! we then head down to the courtyard for the Live performance from Jessie J: