Hey there, Dahlia.

Most of you will remember the amazing dress thanks to ModCloth.com that first started my excitement for lengthening days and possibilities of the beach (if not, you've some reading up to do). The dress was by the incredible UK-based label, Dahlia, whose bright-faced stab at genuine (and a little flirtatious) Spring has brought a lot of new silhouettes to the table. My favorite, as evident, is the tea-dress for sure (I actually wore it to a gorgeous friend's 'tea party').

I'm loving the way layering compliments so many different elements of the ensemble in each photos. I certainly can't get enough of this in terms of any sort of transeasonal activity - next stop, the beautiful cut of the striped blazer. In that respect, Dahlia is such a fascinating label you guys should watch :)

Those first two shots literally make want to cartwheel.

Check out more of Dahlia HERE.

P.S. do pardon my absolutely shameful post title - I don't know how it's possible, but I have about half the energy I did when I was doing my exams. This can't be a good sign.

*love*

xx

Fake London AW10.

Fake London's AW10 lookbook is one of the few things that currently have the ability to make me want Winter to go on for a little while longer than forecasted - the hemispheres should probably have a chat and sort it out :) I've always admired Fake London's consistent ability to form shapes and silhouettes from layer upon layer of texture and colour - so it was pretty fun to sit and observe how these particular textures fitted with each other, think about how I could appropriate this vibe with the contents of my wardrobe, and realising that this simply wouldn't be possible without buying the entirety of this collection.

I don't think I've ever been so excited to see denim jackets before.

Check out more of Fake London HERE (where the Summer lookbook does actually make me feel a bit better about life :D)

Have we all had a nice Saturday? I have some nice photos from a dear friend's 18th that will hopefully go up in the next couple of days.

*love*

xx

Fresh-faced.

To put a halfway mark on an absolutely crawling week, I wanted to share my absolute favourites from New Look's latest Idol 5 collection. When Sophie from New Look showed me these pieces that had been an instant hit in stores the week before, guess who fell for the chin-down-glares-out vibe that pretty much drips from every piece?

What I love most in this collection is that there is nothing remotely in-between or no-man's-land about it. Hems were either high or low, finished or destroyed; heels were skyrise or nonexistent; and pieces were punked out, or undeniably sophisticated.

Extremes are for me. It clicks. I likey :)

Check out more HERE!

P.S. The mini-giveaway is now closed! I'll announce winners tomorrow. And never fear! I have a couple more well on the way :D Get excited!

*love*

xx

David Longshaw.

Since taking home an impressive number of international awards, David Longshaw has hit runways, wardrobes and creative minds with enough pizazz to make the front row smile. I'll gladly put my hand up as a huge fan of his FW10/11 collection that went down London Fashion Week runways (blue high-waisted pants? I love you), and even more gladly introduce you all to an exceptional designer with a head full of talent:

Hi David, how’s it going?
Busy but good.

London Fashion Week and seems like such a long time ago now, but your pieces were definitely a hit – can you tell us a bit about the inspiration behind them?
The collection was inspired by a short illustrated story I created specially for the collection. It's called Escaping Emily (you can read it on my website). The story's about a rather disturbed fashion designer called Emily who discoveres an abandoned puppet.

The collection takes its inspiration from various parts of the story and some of the prints are illustrations from it.

What would you describe as the David Longshaw vibe?
I think it's hard to describe the vibe of your own label. I'd say it's modern, feminine with an edge. I like to mix traditional feminine aspects like soft sculptural pleating with sports elements.

What are you working on at the moment?
I'm designing my new S/S collection for September Fashion Week and sorting out production for the orders from my 'ones to watch' show. It'll be selling in Debut (New York), Sister (Japan) and youngbritishdesigners.com (UK).

I'm also writing some articles for different mags like Disorder, where I interview young designers through Maude- the fictional fabric fashion mouse, who's appeared on vogue.com and th efront page of the London Fashion Week newspaper.

We know you can’t give away too much, but what can we expect for your next collection?
Well I'm just designing it at the moment, so who knows. I'm starting to tentatively finalise designs. The collaboration with Kirsty Ward with the jewellery went really well- we will probably be working on pieces for my new collection again and I'm planning to have my first David Longshaw hand bag in this collection so that will be exciting exploring more accessories.

What do you think of the new wave of bloggers coming through?
I think it's great that theres so many enthusiastic people out there who want to share their passions with a wider audience than just their friends. Bloggers now seem to be much more clued up about the subjects there talking about and are really challenging th econventional magazines, especially because of the speed and folowing some have.

One of our previous interviewees, Kim (designer of Kymare), would like to know: Would you make the same decisions again?
I think I probably would, theres always things you could do differently on an individual garment basis, but over all, carear, education and direction of collection wise, I'd probably do it the same way.

And last of all, what’s a random question you would like to ask the next interviewee?
What's the best piece of advice you've been given in your career?



Thanks David!

Check out more of his work HERE.

*love*

xx

Burberry Prorsum FW10.

Again with the belated LFW postings :)

I cannot get over the wearability of this Burberry Prorsum collection! Makes me want thigh high boots rather than ankle ones, renewed my search for the blazer, and winter brights.

I also wish I could find a full length photos of what Frida walked in:

How gorgeous is that blue-grey?

*love*

xx

Sass and Stuff.

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I know I haven't been keeping up to date with international Fashion Weeks, so here we go :)

Sass & Bide. What more is there to say about the amazing embellishment and the black and gold and silver contrast? I think, across the whole collection, they possibly used every single conceptual fabric possible, in their brillian S&B way :)

I also adore those black pumps in that first shot... and the second dress, I would wear out any day. The hairstyling and makeup is so suited as well.

Oui oui?

*love*

xx

Baby has Pink eyes.

It's interesting to see how different designers interpret a colour that used to be labelled "UnStylish".

*love*

xx

Backstage Happy Snaps.

I love backstage shots more than the runway shows themselves. Some day, I'll be backstage with my DSLR (sigh).

*love*

xx

Magnetic Tape.

Freja Beha is such a beautiful girl - in that I'm-just-a-boy-with-incredible-cheekbones way.

*love*

xx

And then the little chicken said *peep*

I. ADORED. The Sportmax show - the colours and fabrics and cuts worked so nicely on some very nicely picked models :) Loved the hair and the make up... and as always... THE SHOES!

*love*

xx

Otherwise engaged.

I know I haven't been posting much in the past few days - having been highly occupied (did I mention that we won our netball grand final?).

But I just had to say, that Versace... is amazing. There were too many favourites in there to be healthy.

*love*

xx