FREE Spirit

I rarely talk about models on my blog, I'm not sure why because I bloomin' love them. I could stare at these beautiful creatures all day long.

My favourite model of the season has got to be Charlotte Free. Her pink hair makes me want to re-visit my pink hair from earlier this year and I love that off-duty she looks like a punk-rock kid. 

Images taken from Terry Richardson's diary.

She has been in countless shows this season already and displayed that she can work slick and chic as well as quirky-cool.

 

Images from various sources.

1. Louise Gray SS12

2. Danielle Scutt SS12

3. Topshop Unique SS12

4. PPQ SS12

5. Roksanda Ilincic SS12

6. Jeremy Scott SS12

7. Vivienne Westwood SS12

8. Kinder Aggugini SS12

9. Marchesa SS12

LFW: Georgia Hardinge SS12

My favourite elements of dressing at the moment are buttoned up shirt collars, statement prints, capes and a flash of midriff, with this in mind it's no surprise that I LOVED Georgia Hardinge's SS12 collection.

I would literally wear every piece (a bold statement I know - but true). The structured hips, shirt collars, cape detailing and flowing shapes all in a beautiful and elegant palette of grey, white and orange is enough for me to jump into the Delorean and head straight for SS12 now (oh no, wait, I'm not in Back To The Future- darn it, still waiting for that time machine).

 I love the contrast between the sleek and strong tailoring and the free-flowing, sheer maxi dresses.

Just like last season, her signature structured silhouettes and most importantly her graphic prints were the handwriting stitched throughout the collection.

This collection is definitely for me, I am still drooling a week later.

The M&S Mad Hatter Tea Party

I'm taking a quick break from the fashion week coverage to let you know what else I got up to last week.

Thursday night; a week of birthday fun, a week of high heels at LFW and a day shooting...I'll be honest, I was pretty much ready for bed but I headed over to Kettners in Soho and thank the lord I did!

I was there for the Marks & Spencer's blogger event: The Mad Hatter's Tea Party and it was great.

I will start by telling you that being greeted at the door with a delightful cocktail named the 'Mad-Hatten' kicked off the proceedings perfectly (the thought of my aching feet were a distant memory within minutes).

I then glided around the beautifully merchandised product to take in M&S's AW and Christmas shoe and accessory offerings. It was literally like walking through Aladdin's cave with chunky knits, opulent faux-furs, glistening jewellery and some serious shoes everywhere my eye landed.

There was a LBD challenge where we were given a plain black dress and a heap of accessories to go wild with to create the best look. Here are my results...

Kettners was the perfect venue for the quintessential British brand to hold such a lovely event and it was super nice to see some of the girls from the PR team. We were lucky enough to select a pair of shoes from the AW collection of our choice, more on that later.

For Christmas gift ideas (or if you just fancy a treat) make sure you head to M&S to add that perfect 'je nais se quoi' to your look.

Shop M&S here.

Many thanks to Jess, Laura and the rest of the team. xx

LFW: Day 5: The Outfit

This season I missed the Sunday and Monday at fashion week. Unfortunately work commitments came to ahead and I needed to chain myself to my laptop as I had looming deadlines.

My final day to hit the cobbles at Somerset House was Tuesday. I went for a bit of colour as the sun was out (well it was in the morning anyhow).

Blouse and necklace: Topshop, leather trousers and jacket: vintage, bag Chanel, boots: New Look Limited Edition.

Many thanks to the lovely David at The Nyanzi Report for the images (he's a darl).

LFW: Zoë Jordan: SS12

Zoë Jordan's SS12 collection was a dream. Old school, quintessential English glamour oozed from the collection with soft tailoring, pretty lace and preppy detailing. Texture in silks, lace and tweed and clean lines wear abundant and subtle splashes of print appeared but were not the dominant part of the collection which I liked. The collection was elegant yet playful and I adored the colour palette. The nudes, creams and burnt rust tones were fresh and interesting and added to the opulent, antique feel of the collection. 

The round frame sunglasses, which were designed by Jordan for Andy Wolf specifically for the collection topped off the old-glamour vibe.

I Just Can't Help Myself: Prada SS12

I am desperate to keep my fashion week coverage in chronological order so I was not going to discuss anything from Milan until I had finished with the London posts (they are slowly coming through, I promise). 

BUT...all I want to do is talk about Prada right now!

I will do a full post on the A-MAZING show when I've caught up with everything on the blog but I just had to post at least one image (ok, well two then).

Rounded shoulders, crew neck coats, midriffs and pleats...my-oh-my.

Images from style.com

LFW: Day 2: The Outfit

I have pinched the images of my look from day two from the super talented Ama Samra's blog: Haptic check out her extensive LFW coverage and extremely good runway photography when you get the chance, she rocks.

I took my absolute, favourite recent wardrobe addition, the kimono, on it's first major voyage and I can't explain to you how much I love it. I really need to share an image with you of the back because that really is where the magic happens.

Kimono and trousers: vintage, top: Topshop, necklace: Warehouse, boots: Aldo, bag: Chanel.

LFW: PPQ SS12

The PPQ show was immense. I loved it, I even loved the huge queue (or the PP-Queue, see what I did there?) outside. Ok so maybe I didn't love the queue, but I did love the anticipation that grew whilst I was in the queue. Thank god I got there when I did as I doubt everyone behind me got in.

The sound track was amazing, a soft piano instrumental of Kanye West's Gold Digger played upon entry- a hint that Amy Molyneaux and Percy Parker are still being inspired by hip-hop?

The rest of the show was accompanied by banging 90s tracks which added to the glory of the collection. Opening looks were cutsey dresses in pretty pastels with little touches such as lapels and gold buttons. Then came the fun. Bold, bright abstract prints, lots of gold detailing and inspired yet wearable denim (courtesy of their collaboration with Lee Jeans). The brand also collaborated with Bebaroque for some draw-dropping tights, leggings and body suits.

Images taken from style.com (mine were sadly not up to scratch on this occasion!)

To conclude I would say the collection was a mis-mash of 90s hip hop, western cowboys, euro-trash and a touch of Zorro...all in the best meaning of the sense.

Perfect. It's LOVE.

I also bumped into famous 'FROW' and fashion week attendee, Pandemonia. You may remember her from my interview with her earlier this year. Read the interview here.

The finale...

LFW: Tardiness...

I have so much to report to you from this season's London Fashion Week and I'm so behind in doing so!

Please forgive me readers, a mix of my birthday and fashion week has meant I have had the busiest week (and the most fun I might add).

I will be catchin up on my posts over the next few days but I'm off shooting today so until this evening this should tide you over...

Meadham Kirchoff's SS12 show. Balloons, ballet, candy colours and fun...what's not to like?

              

Chanel AW11: Shade Parade...

I'm interrupting the LFW coverage to share yet another fun and lighthearted AW11 campaign video from another fashion-heavy-hitter, this time Chanel.

Shade Parade is a video created to showcase the brand's nail colours for the season and I think they've done it brilliantly.

LOVE IT- OBVS.

LFW: Day 1: Outfit

Here is what I went for sartorially on day one. In hindsight, a leather maxi, a trench with leather sleeves and a long sleeve shirt weren't really necessary as the sun was beaming but that is the joy (or not as the case may be) of London you never know what the weather is going to be like and therefore what to wear accordingly.

Image taken from Vogue.com. See it online here (image #5).

Image taken from Instyle.co.uk. View it online here  (image #22).

Blouse and leather maxi skirt: vintage, boots: Aldo, trench coat: Topshop, bag: Chanel.