LFW - DAY 1

DAY ONE: Saturday, February 18th 2012

Friday night we journeyed down to the capital and arrived at the GORGEOUS Kensington Hotel in Queens Gate. It's one of those Mr & Mrs Smith boutique hotels and definitely one that I would recommend  as the staff wore lovvvvely!!

So Saturday, we went to Hari's Salon in Kings Road to meet up with Nadine Merabi and her PR team Katch as part of filming. Luckily I'm only in odd bits of the documentary as its focused on Ratbag so I got the best of both worlds. So Louise chatted with Nadine, the hairdresser and make up artist about how the models should look for the runway as Nadine wasn't sure what exactly she wanted.

 L-R: Naomi (model), Ratbag and Nadine (designer)

This is what I wore that day:

(Blouse: ASOS, Skirt: ASOS/Whistles, Belt: Vintage, Shoes: Dune)

I really quite like this outfit although it is very pink in a way. The 'carrie' skirt from whistles is a gorge tame neoney pink colour that makes the outfit really pop and it complimented the Asos blouse well. I'm not really someone who likes a matching belt 'n' shoes combo hence why the belt is a dark bluey/grey and the shoes a soft pink. The shoes I adore most because they're a firstly pale pink leather then secondly their lace up peep toe shoe boots!! LOVE that. 

Anyway, later on that day we headed up to Katch's offices for Louise to help Nadine decide on which looks to use on the catwalk. It was really hectic and exciting but also boring because there was a lot of waiting around for me and mum whilst Louise was filming. However, I did witness a model casting and I really felt sorry for those models. Before this I always harboured a secret wish that I was 5"9 with amazing bone structure and was discovered by an agency but after watching and speaking with the models I'm very thankful to be 5"7 and a good deal curvier than them! I never saw a smile pass their faces and most of them appeared like zombies devoid of any facial expression other than moody, although I'm going to put this down to them trying to "get in the zone".

Their kids must be superhuman...

Now i'm still 'Team Aniston' but you cannot deny that these two should only but rightly be together for the sole reason that they're just too beautiful for anyone else. 

I love these shots by Steven Klein for W Magazine.  I'm really into the sixties right now, more Jackie Kennedy than flower power hippy, and this is a gorgeous example of why. 

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Small bunnies and extraordinary journeys

Ahhhhhhh...thats better. That would be the sweet and satisfying sigh of relief. Relief from exams and uni (from wednesday, so my sighing is unfortunately premature) for a near blissful 9 months. What has been keeping me sane during these last few weeks of working and studying have been the occasional indulgence in these delectably delicious miniature chocolate bunnies.

This is the second page in the YSL colouring in book (yeah i know how awesome is that and yes i realise that i'm twenty now and that colouring in at my age is considered slightly weird and definitely uncool) and i thought it was pretty and wanted to share it with whoever reads these ramblings.

"A good garment is a passport to happiness" - Yves Saint Laurent 

late night shopping and january sales

ahhhh when did i become such a spender? i used to be the original saver even from like the age of 5 i always saved up my pennies in my banky and now you can't get me to keep them in long enough!!!

I used to be so good at NOT spending my money that one time (...at band camp, well no but it always makes me think of Alyson Hannigan in American Pie) my granda took all his kids and grandchildren to disneyland paris, yep that time me and jaz got 'lost', and long story short we ended up having to stay another night and change our flights and all that jazz. Well when we got to the train station (eurostaring it up) everyone had spent all their pennies and it was me, little old 9 year old me, to the rescue paying for the taxi's and snacks for everyone. Obviously i was reimbursed at a later but it's still a pretty cool story for a 9year old.

But anyway back to what i bought...these lovely new cat-eye sunglasses by The Row (Marykate & Ashley Olsen's ready-to-wear and accessories line launched in 2007). If you know me i'm all about the vintage so hopefully these will suit me. So excited to wear them because i have such a problem finding sunglasses that suit me and look nice. Will possibly post a pic of me wearing them when they arrive!

I bought these sunglasses from The Outnet which is the sister site to Net-a-porter. There are some great designer bargains to find so i recommend a look-see!

"Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, 

the spines of others are often stiffened."

- Billy Graham 

"It is moments like these that i know what

my purpose in life is. I am here 

to love you,

to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here

to learn from you and to receive your love in return. I am here

because there is no other place to be.

-Nicholas Sparks (Message In A Bottle)