Catwalk Cardiff vintage love

On thursday John and I attended the annual Catwalk for a cause , which as the name suggest is a Fashion show in aid of Charity - the charity being Marie Curie Cancer Care . It was put on by the Grosvenor Casino in Cardiff Bay with the help of the Cardiff University Fashion Society students. As we had never been to the casino before we didn't know what to expect but the venue was very sleek and John said for a moment he felt like he was back in vegas. We had a drink at the stylish bar before the we took our seats for the show, it was quite a small room but nearly all the seats where filled and there was a really great atmosphere. The theme of the show was High Street Vs Vintage with some local vintage boutiques lending their best as well as high Street brands such as Coast, New Look and Next to name a few getting involved for the good cause. On the seats where little goodie bags filled with some Neal Yard delights which I cannot wait to try, it always really wonderful to see brand......

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JazzKatze at London Fashion Week

I was luckily enough to attend the JazzKatze show at London Fashion Week, part of the Vauxhall Fashion Scout shows. JazzKatze or otherwise known as the designer Ayumi was born and grew up in Japan and then went on to study in the UK, this clash of cultures is show throughout her collection, as she uses different fabrics and prints to create at times chaotic but structured garments. I have to say that the Make-up artists and hairstylist did an amazing job for her show as the hairdo's where pieces of art in there own right. Also the little pearl accessories pasted onto the legs and arms where pretty little extras. Blue face man...

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Show-Studio

  If your in London do go and check out the show-studio exhibition at Somerset house, it runs until the 20th December and is well worth checking out. Showstudio.com has been online for 9 years and is the brain child of fashion photographer Nick Knight. The exhibition is based on the themes of  Process', 'Performance' and 'Participation', and showcases over twenty projects from Show Studio's archive. As soon as you enter the exhibition to step into the mirror room...which you could literally spend hours in, mirror's on the ceiling, floor and all around you like a dome of observation. Leaving that you are confronted with huge over 10 feet tall Naomi sculptures with different images being projected on to her. You get a real sense of involvement in this exhibition, you can touch everything, pick it up, listen to audio and even call the good looking model sitting in the room. They have a cool collection of small class plates with lipstick kisses from famou......

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40 Winks Showcase - 6 Designers

Why of all the weekends does London City have to shut down the whole of Jubilee line (the line I needed because I was staying in Swiss Cottage) and parts of Hammersmith & City and District line during London Fashion Week, so frustrating especially if you wanted to get to the 40 Winks Pop-up Showroom in East London's Mile End. Well anyway after having to make a million changes on the underground and walk from Whitechapel to Stepney Green (which was interesting in itself) I finally made it to what has been quoted as "the most beautiful small hotel in the world" by German Vogue, and it did not disappoint. Going through the very Grand front door I was greeted by the rather eccentric proprietor and interior designer David Carter, who had someone come up with a cup of tea and slippers (as it was a shoeless house). The showcase was spread over three floors with 6 designers each been given a space in which to display their collections. The first designer I had a chance to l......

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Mulberry carnival and Nicole Farhi

So it was an early start and I did not want to be late for the 10:00am Mulberry salon show at the one and only Claridges Hotel in London. The one word that pop straight into my mind walking in was opulent...it almost felt like fashion on an LCD carnival ride with every colour in a sort of mixing pastel shade that had melted into each other without any conflicts or contridictions, so wrong yet so right. As Mulberry described it in their press brief - "This season Mulberry gives us a dreamy take on schoolgirl crushes and fairground iconography", inspired by Sofia Coppola's virgin suicides and Tim Walkers photography this may give you a feel of what I mean. The show started with a sort of distorted fairground jingle as the first extremely tall and thin model came around with alittle pug dog in tow. The bags and outfits were of course of the highest quality and were all amazing and very decadent in style with lots of subtle colour,seasonal prints and oversized detai......

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On/Off Ones to watch catwalk show at LFW

I was wondering if I had been too harsh about the A La Mode catwalk , and looking back the designs were not terrible, somewhere in fact quite interesting, but they just didn't compare to the professionalism of the equally youthful  (in fact actually younger) designers showcasing their work on the On/Off stage, who's work was of such a high standard of craftsmanship and with such flowing and intricate designs, the A La Mode designs seemed in comparison too simple and badly fitted with lower quality materials used. Anyway with that out of the way....here's what I thought of On/Off On/Off was launched in 2007 to showcase and introduce emerging and pioneering designers and giving them exposure on a UK and International stage. This show featured four progressive designers who had been carefully selected by On/Offs Fashion director Claire Ginzler and included Joanna Vanderpuije, Michela Carraro, Prose Studio and Yang Du. This event was sponsored by clothing at Tesco's an......

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