These past few weeks have been a jam-packed adventure and I’m really looking forward to chilling out at home with my husband, Matt and our dog Muffin for the first time since February! Have a lovely weekend and happy Friday!
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Preen, Emilia Wickstead & Mulberry
Today I had the incredible experience of shadowing fashion editor Lisa Armstrong as she worked her way around London’s shows and exhibitions. We started the day at Preen’s SS14 show at the Natural History Museum and following a delicious flat white from ‘Look mum no hands’ coffee entered the show space. I expected to be hidden behind heel wearing fashion giants and was surprised to be on the secon row behind queen of style and princess of mean, Olivia Palermo. Other noteworthy names included personal idol Alexandra Shulman because those who know me know I love me anything to do with Vogue.
Crisp whites and multi coloured chevrons were seen in silks and jacquards whilst garments were fitted with straps fastened with metal buckles. The slip dress silhouette and backless trend continued which I expect to see more of in shows to come.
Post show I joined Lisa and telegraph stylist Sophie in their official f-week Mercedes(!!!!) and off we rushed to the Smythson presentation. I fell in love with the orange A4 notebooks finished with gold page edges, one for the lust list. British film-maker and Illustrator Quentin Jones created organic, un-pretentious collages depicting famous faces and their Panama notebooks.
And then, via a Starbucks pit stop, it was on to the Emilia Wickstead show. Whilst the aesthetic remained true to previous seasons, I really enjoyed the loose fitting high-low hems with fitted sleeves, a great combo and the bluesy music was pretty catchy too.
The highlight of the day for me came at the Mulberry show. Mini scones and sarnies were served as the crowd flooded into the Claridges show space, walking on a field of faux turf edged with little daisies. As a dog lover I was equally enamoured by the number of pups sporting their Mulberry finest as I was with Alexa Chung who graced the front row along with Juno Temple and Douglas Booth, Ultra-editor Anna Wintour and Hilary Alexander. The show opened with Cara Delevingne. and showed a patriotic collection with textural, sequin embellishments and sumptuous jacquard fabrics. We also saw complimenting dog jumpers on some very well-behaved dogs. My lovely friend Chloe was working backstage and sent me the following snaps of this model-pooch.
Ps. Mulberry was definitely the winner of best soundtrack! with heavy beats mixed with old-school nursery rhymes. Rule Britannia.
What an incredible day, Thank you lovely Lisa and the telegraph girls for showing me the LFW ropes.xxxx
Home Sweet Home
I’m having a break from interning and uni work to re-fuel and re-charge at home before fashion week. Having been away for so long I am excited to be surrounded by our things, our friends and being lulled to sleep by the snuffles and snores of our dog. It’s funny how being surrounded by someone elses’s taste in our rented London flat can make you want to get your hands on your own things and really make the most of what you have. So, spurred on by Pinterest and a home-sick nesting instinct, I’ve been both intensively organizing and making hand finished touches to our gorgeous Norwich home. My Midas touch has been given groping rights, seeing the legs of my dressing table dipped in gold, as well as gilding mugs with a sharpie and creating a dog toy trunk (now to train her to put her stuff back in there). As well as a general de-clutter and HUGE donation to the British Heart Foundation ( who can do home pick up) I have turned the awkward spare bedroom-office-storage room into a clean studio ready for final year featuring a £6.50 clothes rail from Ikea – what a barg! For now, here is a super quick and potentially free way to update your mugs, plates, jars, lanterns etc, even adding a metallic rim to a mug or highlighting an existing pattern can take blah to blah-dy beautiful. I think these would make a great gift. The pic below is my mis-matching set. 
Step 1. Draw design. This will wipe off if you make a mistake
Step 2. Bake in the oven at 170 degrees C for 35 mins to make permanent.
And to share with you the sound track to my life, here is my beautiful sleepy dog, Muffin doing what she does best….
Happy Weekend!
From top:
Strawberry and banana smoothie (recipe can be found in an earlier post)
Work-in-progress
Muffin!
New Breed
Long gone are the days of Paris Hilton-esque tiny rat dogs peering nervously out of Birkins bags. Harvey Nichols’ SS13 campaign shows some more sizeable pups taking residence in the new seasons designer handbags. Super-cute!
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