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

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

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

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.

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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: