LFW - DAY 3

Monday was super busy and super loooong!! We were originally meant to be spending the whole day with Christian Blanken but they had a wee mishap involving a zip and a model...

Anyway, Pip, our director, thought it would be a good idea to have a trip down to Oxford Street and Carnaby Street for a little spot of window shopping (obviously meant actual shopping) and lunch before heading over to Somerset House for the show.

At Somerset there were plenty of celebrities but my I was super pleased when I met Tanya Burr and her boyfriend Jim Chapman (both Tanya and Jim have really popular youtube channels) in Libertys shop. Such a geeky celeb spot but I was super chuffed when I met them as I watch Tanya's make-up tutorials all the time. 

This is what I wore:

(Shirt: ZARA, Leather Trousers: Warehouse, High Tops: Lanvin, Bag: Lulu Guinness, Bow Tie: D&G)

Below are some shots of Carnaby Street, models at Christian Blanken, the film crew and at Somerset House...

It's so stressful being beautiful...

                                          KIKI & TOTO (L-R: Jeremy (camera-man extraordinaire) & Stewart (super sound guy)

         Lovely Helen and Ratbag

 

LFW -DAY 2

On sunday we headed to Covent Garden for the Nadine Merabi show which was featuring alongside two other up and coming designer's, Delada and Zeynep Tousun, shows. House of Evolution showcases emerging designers giving them an opportunity and platform to exhibit their collections to the industry.

Nadine's collection was beautiful, very glam/ethereal/sports luxey and the colours were super pretty!

For her closing dress Nadine asked me to make a headpiece for this gorgeous 6"2 Amazonian-esque model 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW!! She hand me some pieces of willow, wire and silver spray paint and sent me to work - this is what I made:

However, there wasn't enough time to make a proper support structure so it would stay on the model's head whilst she walked so as a more practical alternative some of the leaves from the dress were removed and glued to her head to frame her face:

Oh and if you're wondering what I wore...

(Dress: ASOS, Shoe boots: TopShop, Lipstick: MAC)

And this was our bag of swag from the show:

LFW -DAY 1 Contd...The Golden Ticket

WOOOOOOOOO!!!
I could not stop smiling when darling Helen, one of the film crew, handed us our surprise treat after we left Katch's offices; it was an invitation to Temperley London's show for that night! SO EXCITING!

It was held in One Great George Street, Westminster which is such a grand and beautiful venue:

We also spied a few celebrities; Pixie Lott and Peaches Geldof and her little bump among lots and lots of fashiony people such as Hilary Alexander! 

The collection was incredible so so beautiful and very wearable, I want me a cossack hat for sure!! 

You can watch the fashion show online here: Temperley A/W '12 runway show 

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".