Happy Friday

Counting down the hours to my lie in #tired

Happy weekend x

SS14 - Love Lust Like's List of Loveliness

Dear readers, I am under no illusion that this is the first time you will be seeing this imagery.  The Fashion Weeks are so well documented from the papers, to online, not forgetting twitter and instagram. But I wanted to share with you my highlights, my lustworthy pieces and the pics that I saw whilst glued to my iPhone and consequently took screenshots of.  My Camera Roll is now chocka block with SS14. Happy daydreaming of warmer times...

The Looks

Ashish

It's not the street style clothes I want to draw your attention to.  It's these carrier bags. GENIUS.
The brand have taken two major supermarket logos, recreated them in sequins and
 turned 'Tesco' into 'Disco' and 'M&S' into 'S&M'.  A-mazing.

Alice & Olivia

Beautifully cute.  And so wearable.  I love the statement full skirt mixed with a little tennis top.

Burberry Prorsum

Ok.  So this is the show.  THE. SHOW. The show to watch live, the show to walk, the show to be seen on the frow (if you don't know that this is an abbreviation for front row, please stop reading this blog.  Like, now).  The sweet, sugary colours make me salivate, the knickers peeping from underneath the lace make me wrongly excited.  And the KNITWEAR.  Soft, simple, chic - pure unadulterated bliss.  Bravo Burberry.

Christopher Kane

Sweater + skirt = cool.  Just fyi.

Emilia Wickstead

So elegant, in the most mouth watering colours.  I love the bold stripes that ran throughout the collection.

Erdem

The combination of fragile lace with almost uniform high necked collars - I love these looks from Erdem.  And all to the backdrop of a magnificent grand piano.

House of Holland

The first dress is begging to be taken on holiday.  Inspired by Mexico by way of Venice Beach.

Matthew Williamson

Impossibly pretty with three dimensional floral details.

Mulberry

Emma Hill's final show for this mega brand complete with Mulberry-clad dogs and It bags.  

Wait 'till you see the invite...

Temperley London

When you see a look like this you curse yourself for never thinking to mix lilac lace with leopard print.  WHY?!  It's just SO GOOD.

Topshop Unique

Navy printed dress with a mustard sandal?  Yes please.  And my most coveted piece?  The yellow jumper.  Slightly cropped, big on the shoulders, skinny on the wrists.  Gimme.

The Details

The designers get it.  To get people talking, to get that social media CARNAGE you need the details.  

Those final touches which make a show an event.  

Mulberry do this season after season.  Cute little cordial bottles.  Branded, obviously.

And the invite of the season.  Everyone tweeted this invite.  Everyone.  

Collaborating with fellow quintessentially British brand Wedgewood

these teeny tiny Mulberry cups and saucers were sent to press and guests.  

At Matthew Williamson, the clever people offered social media savvy sweets.  An instant instagram hit.

Oh Anya.  The space theme, the lollipop invite and the genius collaboration of Anya Hindmarch and WALKERS.  WALKERS?!  Bespoke crisps that actually got the fashion press eating?!

And finally, at Erdem, beautiful perfect little hydrangea posies for all attendees.

And Paris is next.  Look out for me report later this week x

Goodbye LFW

Phew! Another Fashion Week over and the fashion folk have left our beautiful capital for the shows at Milan. Here was my favourite LFW buy - a luxe tee in sublimely soft cotton complete with Vogue slogan.  Brilliant. And there are other amazing fashion slogans too - 'Cold in the Wintour' was just so tempting.  Visit Off Dutee to see more.  Now, anyone for a long nap?    

A New Job

So.  I've been quiet.  I admit it.  My new job kicked off three weeks ago at the sublime Coco de Mer.  I've mentioned it before because I've obsessed over this brand since I was 16.  On the cobbled streets of Seven Dials in Covent Garden, opposite the Covent Garden Hotel and amongst an array of boutique lies the celebrated home of lingerie and erotica.  And I'm the head of PR.  And I'm having a ball.

Between organising our upcoming Fashion Week event, running the press office and loads more I won't bore you with today was spent on our September window.  Celebrating London Fashion Week and featuring the magnificent milliner to the stars Victoria Grant, the window took 9 hours and resulted in me being covered in PVA glue.  Here's a preview, come down and see it for yourself...