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.

Faces in Love

Photography by Angelo Pennetta for Love

Photography by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott for Love issue 3.

these are some big ass pearls.

Peter Jensen SS 2010.

Throwing away Manolos

Yesterday's evening standard was a welcome read as the incompetent overground system failed to get me home anywhere near a decent hour.
One article left me shocked and in disbelief when describing how outside a "top department store on 5th avenue she spotted a crowd of well-heeled women rifling through rubbish bags. She was told that the staff were routinely throwing out designer outfits. In one of the bags she found a pair of snake skin Manolo Blahnik pumps that had been slashed with a razor. How carrie bradshaw would have wept." And so did I! This was an example of how brands dispose of their clothes which were past their sell by date, and rather than discounting the goods and devaluing the brand they would rather destroy them to preserve the high end image. All I could help thinking was, I want to find the bins that these items are hidden within. It would be like discovering the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

electric blue

I just got the Bat for Lashes album, I listened to it 5 times today. She is magical.
I stood memorized in the crowd at Bestival when I saw her live over the summer, as she swanned around in an electric blue play suit across the stage.

"do look now"

I was looking through some old magazines I found under my bed from 2006. one of which was the observer fashion supplement by tank, issue 5: winter 06. Featured is a fashion story, do look now, shot beautifully by Wendy Bevan and styled by Alec McGhie

Ivana these.....

These are Ivana Trump's legs, they are currently walking around the Celebrity Big brother House. I want these leggings, they are totally awesome.

Check [this out]

This is Daisy Lowe wearing jumper by Christopher Kane and a body suit by Dolce and Gabbana. styled by Sam Ranger and photographed by John Lindquist for Today's Style magazine.

T.P.I.o.D.i.t.M.o.S.L.

A print designed from the research around the idea of "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" by Damien Hirst.

Space scales

Leather effect fabric with eyelets and Swarovski crystals

This is a jacket I made as a costume for Bestival the summer past. It took 2 days of agonizing pain caused by eyleting each individual silver scale to the jacket.

Stroll

Death by Chintz

Here is an outfit made with a hand printed length of fine wool from a project exploring taxidermy and the symbolism of flowers with with death.

Sarah knits....

Here is some pieces by knitwear designer Sarah Nicholls graduate collection from the University of Brighton.

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TAR

Cover by Damien Hirst

In New York, the magazine stores don't seem to dispose of out of date magazines. often resulting in 3 different months worth of Vogues on the same shelf. This however worked in my favour when it came to obtaining my copy of TAR. I had seen this edition months before in the WHSmith at Victoria station, and missing my chance to purchase due to long queue to the counter and my train departing in moments.

The opening fashion story styled by Alistair McKimm, Cedric Buchet and Philipp Haemmerle recasts supermarket meat, spaghetti and sprinkes as couture:

Briefs by DSquared

Tank top by DSquared, jeans by Ksubi

Tank top by Malo, jeans by Diesel

Celebration

Since going to see Madonna's A M A Z I N G performance at the O2 arena this summer, courtesy of my good friend Mr. Quinn Arthur, I have become a bit of a fan.

Madonna's Celebration video see's her wearing this pretty amazing studded mini dress by Balmain styled with some over the knee Louboutins.

BALMAIN, Fall 2009, ready to wear collection.

Watch the video here
and, the rest of the super sparkly, glitzy, fantastical collection here

stormer

Courtney is wearing dress by Mihara Yasuhiro; Fringing by Kleins
Photograph by Yelena Yemchuk; styling by Karen Langley for Dazed and Confused

Photograph and styling by Seana Stormer

Clueless

The shocking news that Brittany Murphy had passed away came to me through someone's facebook status update on my news feed just a few hours after it happened. She was so so cool, starring in 2 of my favorite movies, Spun and the groundbreaking Clueless, oh and she was pretty good in Girl, Interrupted too.

Here is some of her fashion finery from through the ages:

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Clueless, 1995
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Girl, Interrupted, 1999
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Spun, 2002
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Height enhancers.....

I found these whilst gawking through the windows around 5th Ave in NYC.

Wonderland

Marc Jacobs

McQueen

These are some details the Bergdorf Goodman Holiday Windows.

Shiny (happy) people

These human shaped mirror balls had my magpie eyes drawn to them immediately.
Miu Miu have mirrored up their mannequins to compliment their super sparkly shoes and detailing on garments from their Resort 2010 collection. This season, a sporty feel including deep v-necks with injectins of big bold prints contrasting the subtle pastels of the colour pallette.