February 2012
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Decks // Money // Shoes Spring Summer 12
Each summer it’s a battle to find new decks, honestly sometimes they’re worse to find than jeans. In all honesty I almost always fall back to my trusty Cons, you cant fail with them. Also they are the shoe of choice for most editors when Somerset House cobblestones and fatigue proves too much for even the most ardent high heel advocate.
But this summer I might just be swayed away...
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Les Garcons de Glasgow // Papped // Bainser
One of the strangest parts of London Fashion Week is walking through the arches to a myriad of street style photographers. I honestly think one day someone is going to get runover by one of the Mercedes LFW Cars!
Having chatted with Jon over twitter for the last couple of months it was great to finally meet him, and I was more than happy to stop (in fact quite flattered) and have my photo taken...
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Prophetik // London Fashion Week // Autumn Winter...
Being made to wait until menswear day can be torture for me. Day after day at London Fashion Week, wonderful creative pieces flow past me, all brilliant and all out of my reach unless I decide on a major shift in lifestyle. So any glimpse of something, anything I could potentially add to my over stuffed wardrobe is welcomed with open arms. Prophetik early, (ok ok 10.30) Sunday morning was one such...
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Topman Design // London Fashion Week // Menswear
Ok so it’s a blurry shot from my iPhone, but for me this jacket was one of the highlights of a great Topman show. I’ll review the rest once I’ve sorted out my photos including the fact myself and Style Cupid, had a great view to admire the always tasty Mr David Gandy!
In the meantime here is the beautiful ponyskin biker jacket, I immediately tweeted about! I love it.
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Bjorn Borg // Underwear // Party
London Fashion Week started with a bang this week, I’ve seen so many exciting looks and innovations already and there is still 3 days to go. But for many of us wandering round Somerset House this week LFW really began on the Thursday night. Swedish brand Bjorn Borg hosted an immense party in the Battersea Power Station to celebrate the launch of their new glow in the dark underwear range.
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Horniman Museum // Bainser // Body Adorned
I obviously am getting around a bit these days. The Horniman Museum is about to host a new and exciting exhibition The Body Adorned charting how the vast diversity of London influences how we dress and how we look. They asked myself and the very lovely Sabrina from Science of Style to contribute our thoughts on what the London Look is.
Hear our thoughts below and if you’re in London when...
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Horace // Autumn Winter 12 // Not LFW
For all the hundreds of designers that are showing this week there are countless more that wont be, one of these is the brilliant and directional Horace. I first their collection as a combined video and catwalk presentation this time last year, and loved it. The more directional elements are not my style but even the most reserved person could see on the right person how cool it would be.
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Bainser // One Door Closes // Here's to nudging...
There are exciting times ahead. Those of you following me on twitter will know by now I have taken the plunge and leapt into the world of freelancing. Having designed a single product for the last four years I ready to see more of what the world has to offer. But not just in design, over the last two and a bit years of running this blog and speaking at length to anyone that knows me I’ve...
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Bainser // Press // Menswear Buyer
Fresh off being asked to contribute to Jimmy Choo’s Valentines recommendations Bainser.com is once again in the press. This time in the industry magazine Menswear Buyer. Here Bainser.com is named as one of the key menswear fashion blogs to follow.
Thanks Menswear Buyer for this recognition and I hope you continue to enjoy the content I produce. London Fashion Week begins in earnest on...
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Bainser // Papped // WGSN
Yes I look frozen, but that’s because I was. But I dont really care. This shot was taken during Menswear week in Milan whilst waiting for Vivienne Westwood’s show.
photo credit: WGSN.com
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Jimmy Choo // Ask Bainser // Valentines
Jimmy Choo recently asked me what how best to approach Valentine’s day. Click through on the photo, scroll down & click my face to see what I said
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Sponsored Post // Doubletree Tower of London //...
This is a sponsored post for The Hilton group who are expanding their horizons and have recently welcomed 8 former Mint Hotels into the Hilton family. These include two hotels in London that were formerly part of the DoubleTree group, one in Westminster and the other right beside the Tower of London. Both of which places are actually pretty quiet at the weekends but really close to some great...
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Love // Hate // Inspiration
Ok I’m fairly certain I like this. I mean this guy is clearly cool as ice. Maybe it’s one trend too many all in one. But he’s carrying it off with a fair bit of nonchalance. I reckon I’ll have to come back to this at a later date. Still worth filing away for future reference.
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Valentines // Unusual Gift // Converse
Ok, ok, so I swore I wouldn’t do this I really really tried. I’m desperately avoiding posting about Valentine’s day. Why? Well for a start I may be married but I don’t really do Valentine’s day anyway. I am the worlds worst romantic, genuinely rubbish, the first time I brought my husband to Pont des Arts in Paris (all be it accidentally) I regaled him on the beautiful...
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Bjorn Borg // Lights Off // London Fashion Week
Underwear brand Bjorn Borg takes over Battersea Power Station and they’d like me to attend their party. Then they send me this video. I can not wait! Massive fan of 4D Projections anyway, and this will apparently also have hot tubs, a snow covered forest, glow in the dark underwear and a massive 50m projection on the Thames.
The whole event will be live streamed on MTV and here whilst...
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Bag // Want // Lust object
Yes please!
Originally from Guerreisms, click through the photo
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Izzue // Ahead of the Game // Menswear
As often as I drop in and out of Blow PR’s office I always notice this brand, Izzue. Their mens and womenswear is really looking cool at the moment. Absolutely huge in the Far East and looking to take over European the brand should be live on ASOS in the next couple of days.
Grab it while you can! Shopping is a bit out of the question right now as I need to be sensible (launching...
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Dolce & Gabbana // Sport // Fragrance
What better way to start a freezing cold Friday then a hot fragrance advert from Dolce & Gabbana?
Hope this eases you into work nicely, and yay! It’s nearly the weekend!
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Spicebomb // Viktor + Rolf // Fragrance
I am ridiculously fussy about fragrances and normally fall back to an old faithful I’ve worn for the last 15 or so years. Looking back I attended a launch event for that too, so who knows how Spicebomb will fare. Not having attended that many I’m still quite fresh faced and intrigued by the whole thing. To be honest promise me free champers and canapés and I’ll pretty much rock...