Vivienne's party

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:

Wow wow wow, she was amazing!

Helena, me, Henry & Namalee

Helena & Yvan

More photos to come - watch this space..........

And.... I wore Peter Jensen dress with betty Jackson heels

Look what I did:

Click on the image above to see the article on the Elle South Africa blog.

pictures from some of my adventures last week

Sara @ Work It, Concrete, Shoreditch

Sarah and Annabel @ Work It, Concrete, Shoreditch

Sara and Annabel @ Work It, Concrete, Shoreditch

Sara @ Work It, Concrete, Shoreditch

Sarah and Annabel @ Work It, Concrete, Shoreditch

Helena @ Magnetic Man, The Hospital club, Covent Garden

Katy B @Magnetic Man, The Hospital Club, Covent Garden

Helena @ The Hospital Club, Covent Garden

JJ and Helena @ The Agitator, Barfly, Camden

 Helena @ McDonnalds, Marble Arch

Rainbow Kitties

I came across this on a routine cat search on the internet.

Kate on a couch

Fashion Photographers Inez van Lamsweerde, Vinoodh Matadin with animator and illustrator, Jo Ratcliffe created this short for Balmain featuring Kate Moss sqirming on a sofa in aid of their A/W 11 collection

snaps to my friend @stephaniejdove who sent this video my way 

Here is the campaign shot:

and, here are previous campaign shots, notice the composition is almost identical between each shot, nice.

09 NYE 10

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K I N G

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Eloise Jephson

Eloise Jephson is a fashion print designer. Her intricate illustrative drawings have an element of fantasy with story book like creatures printed on dresses, jump suits and kimonos. Having gained recognition on Vogue.com and the Telegraph for her much celebrated BA collection, she is continuing her studies with an MA at CSM. So, her much awaited next collection will be showcased at London Fashion Week for the world to see where once a year, the graduation show of Central Saint Martins M.A. course gives not just a sighting of new talent but, increasingly, a strong fashion direction of its own.

Here are some looks from her much celebrated Central Saint Martins BA fashion show featuring her mythical creature prints on long flowing fabrics:

She also entered a competition with Stella McCartney to design a T-shirt where she won with this design:

That Friday feeling.

With a bad start to the day onset by the signal fail riddled Underground, Tincarabell had a bit of an adventure trying to get to work on time running from station to stop.
The horrible morning was however quickly forgotten about apon arrival, as today was the day they were casting male models, lots of male models. So, Tincarabell spent the morning running up and down the stairs introducing these beautiful boys to the company directors.
After she popped over to the Love magazine headquarters to drop off some samples and check in with her lunch date for a catch up from the other side of the fashion road.

Later Tincarabell headed over to the Dove's apartment to eat pizza and icecream and drink pear cider in front of the super boring football, which was subsited by the glee finaly at half time as England's world cup performance failed to entertian.

Shoes [Christian Louboutin]; Shorts [Acne]; T shirt [Cos]

The new work out.

As Tincarabell heads to work each morning her loathing hatred for the horrible running shoes on the feet of women as they make their way to work increases. Women who think it is perfectly acceptable to team some Hi Tech or Asics trainers with a pencil skirt and tailored jacket and sit on the tube and walk down a busy street for all of London to see.. Vom.
Tincarabell wears her Manolos to work........
Still running in heels, Tincarabell doesn't need a gym [not that voluntary exercise is part of her vocabulary, other than a casual glide in the sea on holiday- which doesn't count I know...] Today she has been lifting boxes, lots and lots of boxes. The catalogues arrived for the Autumn/Winter collection, which then of course need to be distributed to The communications store, People's Revolution and all the other PR agencies around the world [tomorrow is going to be a fun day..] So, lifting boxes and requesting samples back, samples lent to Katie Grand. Lily Allen and various Vogues around the world. This was her day.

As she sleeps tonight, she will dream of her toned arms from her heavy lifting the day before.

Today for her work out she wore: Shoes [Manolo Blahnik]; Dress [Moschino]; Jacket [Moschino]

David William Telfer

David William Telfer is a menswear designer. His Idea's focuses on simplistic methods of improving the efficiency of the construction process where he creates garments contstructed with just one seam/ one piece. [as illustrated on some of his business cards- see below] The emphasis on the process of his work seen on his website illustrates his exploration and approach to fashion appearing to be more of a science, a mathematical experiment and this exploration is the genius, where the garments are the conclusion.

It's Business....

Pictures from the University of Brighton fashion show

Treasure hunting

Saturday Tincarabell really was running in heels, back and forth between charity shops from West Ealing to Shepherds Bush she was searching for garments to style together for the TV show she have been asked to style for..... She found some absolute gems including a Valentino jacket, Ralph Lauren mint condition blazer [fresh with a £215 price tag still attached] A silk t-shirt, A pair of high waisted Vintage Levi's Jeans for £2 and a £13 leather jacket amongst countless questionable items discarded by their previous owners.

And then later, a veg out with Sarah Knits eating chocolate and crisps and dips and Cider and Pizza in front of the football..... not that they really found it to be all that very entertaining. They just felt it was something that needed to be done. [They missed the first 5 minutes anyway, which apparently was the best bit....]

Tincarabell teams her £2 Levi's with: Tshirt [Ossie Clark]; Tights [Chanel]; Shoes [Chanel]

burning at both ends.

This week has been a busy one. So busy that beauty sleep is no longer part of the daily routine. Surviving on 5 hours a night, Tincarabell has been a busy bee getting through an endless list of stylist's requests.... the September issues are on their way..... But the work doesn't stop as she shuts down her horrible PC, oh no, Tincarabell has now got two jobs. She is trying her hand at styling and landed a freelance role as a costume stylist for a television show. Putting together looks from different centuries as well as recent decades [this weekend she is sourcing for some scenes from the eighties and nineties- fun fun fun!]

And so, inspired by the the gladiator themed outfits she opts for a dress by Greek designer Sophia Kokosalaki with shoes by Rodarte.

Show me what you got then

Before the University of Brighton fashion show was due to start, I was fortunate enough t catch the exhibition taking place at grand parade. Here I spotted many visionary treats.
The fashion and textiles space was of course looking very sparse due to the fact that the garments were downstairs on rails backstage ready for the models to walk them down the catwalk. There was however postcards with images from their collections....

Seana Italia Redmond and Naomi-Jane Foot

Bradley Dykes and Anna Woodward

David William Telfer and Daisy Newman

Steven Woodward and Ilona Yolshina-Cash

Another find in the exhibition is Redmond's Book, designed by graphic designers, Becky Sian, Joe Luxton, Miles Gould and Claude D'Avoine, it features images from her photo shoot, which was also filmed [see below]

Yet another piece of moving image this year was created for Steven Woodward's collection. A really cute idea of a girl picking her outfit before going out, holding up outfits to her body in the mirror, doing her make up...........

look here: