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Our Jen Lindley all grown up

2011-10-07T02:51:00.000-07:00

Feel like I've been waiting for years for this one. Our Jen Lindley all grown up.

ME

2011-10-05T08:34:00.000-07:00

Me during London Fashion Week. I look really rather dumpy in this photo. I don't look this much like a hobbit in real life, I promise.

Stop magazine online!

2011-09-27T02:37:00.000-07:00

For all you folks who didn't manage to grab a free copy of Stop magazine during London Fashion Week, don't go worrying! Stop is now available to view online...

LFW - Part 4

2011-09-20T11:49:00.000-07:00

Oh Rok-s-s-s-s-s-sanda you little gem. Thank you so much for not sticking to these pastel shades that every designer and his dog seems to be obsessed with this season. The style of the dresses is a tad Jil Sander but I'm so happy to see bright colours that I really don't care.

Roksanda Ilincic

LFW - Part 3

2011-09-19T05:23:00.000-07:00

More faves from London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2012...

Richard Nicoll

Acne

Marios Schwab

[Image source: Style.com]

LFW - Part 2

2011-09-17T12:24:00.000-07:00

Some more pretties from London Fashion Week. First off, my favourite designer of the moment, J.W. Anderson (don't take it personally Mr Saunders) and followed by Ashish (I'm more surprised than you are but I'd actually wear the majority of this season's collection - including a bunch of flowers stuffed into my DM's).

J.W. Anderson

Ashish

[Image source: Style.com]

LFW - Part 1

2011-09-17T03:27:00.000-07:00

This collection from London Fashion Week makes me want to squeal...

Anni-Sofie Back Atelje

Stop Right Now

2011-09-14T03:49:00.000-07:00

Some friends and I have created a free newspaper for all you fashion savvy folks to pick up during London Fashion Week. Please check out our Facebook and Twitter pages! And remember to pick up a copy.

NYFW S/S 2012 - Part 2

2011-09-12T04:17:00.000-07:00

Maybe I was a bit quick to judge New York Fashion Week. Thakoon and Y-3 have managed to change my opinion entirely.

Thakoon

Y-3

[Image source: Style.com]

NYFW S/S 2012 - Part 1

2011-09-11T04:51:00.000-07:00

I'm not usually a big fan of New York Fashion Week because it is oh so boringly commercial. This season is no exception, so far anyway. Apart from the two collections below. (Big up my friend Emily for the marvellous job she did with this season's Graeme Armour collection.)

Graeme Armour

The Row

[Image source: Style.com]

Joe the Whoe

2011-09-09T13:59:00.000-07:00

My bezzie mate Joseph Turvey is selling his illustrations! And they are pretty darn cheap too. So hurry!

Click here to buy.

One&Other

2011-09-06T15:02:00.000-07:00

You may remember a couple of weeks ago I posted about the AMAZE people at One&Other. Well they've gone and darn well launched now. Oh yes! So be sure to check them out please, especially if you live/are from the York area. If not do it anyway because they shall be on their way to you very soon.

Click here for the time of your life.

Lost in the Forest

2011-08-28T08:20:00.000-07:00

Just a sneaky peek at the location where I styled a shoot yesterday with the lovely Hayley Benoit. Epping forest! Pretty darn beautiful. (Sorry for the Blackberry quality images)

Lord, what fools these mortals be!

2011-08-18T08:43:00.000-07:00

Me and me mam popped along to Stratford-upon-Avon a few weekends ago. Here are some photos we took. If any of you are in the area you should go see A Midsummer Night's Dream at the RSC before it finishes on November 5th. It. Is. Hilarious.

Also well done to everyone who received A-Level results today, especially my clever little sister.

Melancholia

2011-08-15T02:27:00.000-07:00

Well excited about this bad boy. Pretty darn nice to see Kirsten Dunst back on our screens again.

NOT JUST ONE BUT ONE AND OTHER

2011-08-09T10:40:00.000-07:00

If you like something new and a bit down-right-good then you should check out One & Other. Come September 1st they will be concurring not only my favourite city of all, York, but the whole damn world. Get liking and following their Facebook and Twitter to keep up with all their exciting news!

Aëla Labbé

2011-08-01T12:39:00.000-07:00

Currently obsessed with photographer Aëla Labbé, introduced to me by Jim and Alf.

This one reminds me of Picnic at Hanging Rock:

ME MAM

2011-07-23T14:54:00.000-07:00

My mum is well cool. She had an 80s perm and EVERYTHING!

Marques | Almeida

2011-07-11T11:31:00.000-07:00

Back in February I was lucky enough to go along to the Central St Martins MA show during London Fashion Week. My favourite from the show was Marques Almeida - a collaboration between Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida. Mostly because, at the time, I was obsessed with all things denim. Check out this short film showcasing their graduate collection. Oh so pretty.

London Retro eyewear launch

2011-07-07T08:01:00.000-07:00

A HUGE thank you to the guys at London Retro for inviting me along to their launch party on Tuesday evening. Oh and for letting me bring along my mum (who was staying with me for a few days).

These are a few snaps from the shindig, which took place at the Zigfrid von Underbelly bar in Hoxton Square. There were bowls of sweets on every table as well as an offering of mini fish and chips plus a free bar. My kind of launch party.

Thanks again to the London Retro guys and for the gift cards!

Alexander Groves eyewear

2011-07-04T03:45:00.000-07:00

Glasses by Alexander Groves. Human hair is trapped inside the frames. They are apparently a way of exploring the potential of human hair.

For all things hair related you should definitely check out the Rinse magazine blog and follow them on Twitter.

Graeme Armour Resort 2012

2011-06-23T14:44:00.000-07:00

The Graeme Armour Resort collection for 2012 is well fit. Well done my mate Emily for being the best designer's assistant EVER! [Image source: Vogue.com]

Pretty much famous now

2011-06-22T10:57:00.000-07:00

Snapped by Vogue.com AGAIN! Looking slightly less haggard this time thankfully.

HOLY COW...

2011-06-15T11:39:00.000-07:00

Jared Leto by Terry Richardson [image source: terrysdiary.com]

Richie Nics

2011-06-09T13:39:00.000-07:00

Quite wanting everything from the Richard Nicoll Resort collection 2012. [Image source: Style.com]

GRADUATE FASHION WEEK 2011

2011-06-08T03:24:00.000-07:00

Can't actually believe it's been a year since I showed my collection at Graduate Fashion Week. Some of my favourites from GFW 2011. Check out my full review on the IDOL magazine blog.

From top: Isla Skelton - Birmingham, Edward Lord - Bristol, Lauren Pharoah - DMU

[Image source: catwalking.com]

Schön! magazine issue 12

2011-05-31T09:07:00.000-07:00

Check out my pieces in issue 12 of Schön! magazine. Read the whole issue online now! Available in print from Selfridges and that very soon.

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside

2011-05-24T15:06:00.000-07:00

Photos from my weekend back home... [Photos taken by Ben Osborne and Hester Baverstock]

IF YOU WANNA BE MY LOVER...

2011-05-16T14:51:00.000-07:00

I've said it plenty of times before but I can not get enough of Leighton Meester. She's the only girl I'd ever turn for and she has so much darn class. Way more than Blake 'I-love-myself-a-bit-too-much' Lively (yeah I said it). Check out these HOT pictures from April's issue of L'Officiel China. Shot by Alexey Yurenev. [Image source: Fashion Gone Rogue]

HOW ONE MAN CHANGED THE WORLD WITH A PAIR OF SCISSORS

2011-05-15T05:20:00.000-07:00

I am so darn excited to see this film...

I'm about to embark on a MASSIVE new project...putting together an actual, real life magazine. It will be all about hair so I am currently trying to learn everything I possibly can about the hair industry. If you know ANYTHING about hair then please free feel to email me some info.

I '589BFR8GIORLKV' YOU

2011-05-08T14:57:00.000-07:00

Photographer: Pierpaolo Ferrari
[Image source: Dazed Digital]

IT'S A NICE DAY FOR A WHITE WEDDING

2011-04-30T07:38:00.000-07:00

Went along down to Hyde Park yesterday to watch the Royal wedding. Here's a few photos:

Oh yeah...and I got snapped by Vogue.com!

BILLY AND FRIENDS

2011-04-28T06:03:00.000-07:00

Me and Jordan got snapped by Idol magazine a couple of weeks ago at the Queen of Hoxton rooftop party. May I just add that we were slightly wasted by this point in the evening, hence the weird facial expression.

THE DREAMERS

2011-04-26T03:46:00.000-07:00

I took some photos of my friends (whilst slightly drunk) for a project at a uni. This is how they turned out. Hope everyone had a joyful Easter weekend and that you are all darn excited for the Royal wedding on Friday. You should be.

Punk

2011-04-19T13:04:00.000-07:00

I want my hair like this please... [Image from: Fashion Gone Rogue]

I'm putting together a hair magazine for part of my MA in Fashion Journalism so if you're feeling friendly I suggest you do this survey. You would be saving my life.

TOD'S AUTUMN/WINTER 2011

2011-04-12T07:12:00.000-07:00

The lovely people at Tod's held their press day today at their store on Old Bond Street. I went along to check out the fancies that they have in store for Autumn/Winter 2011. NEED one of those coats, especially now that the London weather has decided to go back to being all dreary and therefore making us all bloody miserable. Cheer up guys! Only another couple of months before the temperature rises a few degrees.

BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS

2011-04-05T03:41:00.000-07:00

Check out the first piece I wrote for Schön! magazine.

Have a peek at the latest issue here.

MIRROR MIRROR ON THE WALL

2011-03-29T15:23:00.000-07:00

My tutor on my MA likes to cover the wall of his office with pictures of his students. He therefore set up a little photoshoot for us all. Here are my results.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS

2011-03-24T07:36:00.000-07:00

I know every blog and his mother, father, sister and brother have probably posted this video by now but I just can't help it. I heart Glee and I heart Teen Vogue. Put them together and woah! There is a Noah Puckerman shaped hole in there somewhere though. Oh and that other guy. The tall one who can't dance . What's his name? Glinn? (I'm rather bitter about the whole Quinn thing that's going on right now.)

Directed by Jason Kibbler.

STUCK ON A PUZZLE

2011-03-21T13:31:00.000-07:00

I went to see Submarine with Jordan last night and CORE BLIMEY was it a cracker. The first video is an original song written and sung by the bloody gorgeous Alex Turner for the movie. The second is the trailer for the movie. Oh Alex Turner how I love thee. Oh Richard Ayoade - yes that guy from the I.T Crowd - how I love thee. If you haven't seen this film yet then GO SEE IT NOW! It makes you go all gooey inside. It's showing at Richmix on Bethnal Green Road (as well as other places of course).

Forget about the castle in the sky. I want to live here!

2011-03-17T15:59:00.000-07:00

A horrid illness and the not so horrid arrival of my mother and sister on Tuesday unfortunately prevented me from attending the Couverture boutique press day in Notting Hill. Check out the images below that I got sent by the lovely Camilla at Goodley PR and you can identify with how gutted I am that I missed it!

The press day was to celebrate designers Tom Scott and Rachel Comey being sold exclusively at Couverture boutique. Here's my favourite from the Tom Scott lookbook:

Now get down to Notting Hill and check it out yourselves! I sure will be, if only to get my hands on a coral coloured lycra leotard.

Asger Juel Larson

2011-03-12T09:41:00.000-08:00

London Fashion Week may now have drawn to a close but the echoes and thrills of menswear day are still firmly in our minds. Vauxhall Fashion Scout, held as usual at Freemason's Hall, presented their ones to watch. A.Hallucintion's wearable crisp white shirts and modernized tailored jackets could make any man look like James Bond; C/Bruerberg's teenage-friendship-bracelet style scarves surely made everyone in the audience feel a little nostalgic and Mr Lipop - who's mix of sunglasses and fur hoods made you feel like one minute you were in the French Riviera and the next the North Pole. Finally Asger Juel Larson, a talented and extremely recent MA graduate from the London College of Fashion.

The first Asger Juel Larson model to parade himself - at exhilarating speed I may add - down the catwalk had the hair of Kate Middleton and the outfit, it was presumed at first, of a Marilyn Manson video extra. Yet once the all-in-black clad model grew closer to the pack of photographers that hungrily awaited him, the sharp and structured silhouette and unusualness of fabrics became more apparent. Once the stuffed blackbird headband and various 'punked-up' top-hats had made their appearance we - the audience - were completely bawled over.

The ideas behind the collection may have been haunting but the looks themselves were less so. The fake tattoos - so very on-trend - along with layers of fish netting and the occasional flash of a midriff made it easy on the eye but still oh-so very gothic, making sure that any hardcore Goths, Asger included, did not go home disappointed. Asger graduated from his menswear MA merely weeks ago but by the looks of things this equally-as-gothic/punk-as-his-collection designer is already a rather established - and extremely popular - figure within the fashion world. He is certainly a 'one-to-watch'.

I want never gets

2011-03-08T14:53:00.000-08:00

As promised, here is my Autumn/Winter 2011 wish list. Bring on the days of frost-bitten fingers and it getting dark by 4pm. Oh wait... [image source: Style.com]

Clockwise from top left: Acne, Celine, Celine, Celine, Phoebe English, Chloe, Dolce & Gabbana, Dries Van Noten, Erdem, Felder Felder, Fendi, Givenchy, Gucci, J.W. Anderson, Jil Sander, Jonathan Saunders, Just Cavalli, Mark Fast.

Clockwise from top left: Missoni, Prada, Prada, Rag & Bone, Richard Nicoll, Rodarte, Sonia Rykiel, The Row, Yves Saint Laurent, ADAM, Holly Fulton, Manish Arora.

AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!???

2011-03-02T12:40:00.000-08:00

Sorry for lack of posts lately guys and dolls. Been super duper busy but don't you fret my lovelies. I should be back on form next week. For now, here are two of my favourite collections for Autumn/Winter 2011. [image source: Style.com]

Jonathan Saunders

Felder Felder

I shall be creating my 'wish list' for Autumn/Winter sometime after Paris Fashion Week finishes. You should all be DEAD excited!

If you're in a sensitive mood and want to make me feel less stressed then take my survey. It's very short and is all about FASHION!

LFW - Day 6 Menswear Day

2011-02-24T15:38:00.000-08:00

London Fashion Week may now have drawn to a close but the memories of yesterday's menswear day will forever be in everyone's memories. Male models...EVERYWHERE! My first outing of the day was the Sibling video and presentation, held at Somerset House. To be honest I wasn't overly crazy about the film - it just looked like a group of guys sat in a pub getting pissed - but the collection, if I do say so myself, was bloody darn lovely.

It was then on to the NEWGEN MEN & Fashion East Men Installations, with the likes of Louise Gray and Agi & Sam showcasing their menswear collections. Oh and there was FREE ALCOHOL! (My favourite kind.)

In the afternoon I hopped along to the Vauxhall Fashion Scout's 'Ones to Watch' show for menswear. A larger post on this will follow shortly but here's a little teaser of my favourite of the four designers - Asger Juel Larson.

Oh and then we went out and got pissed to celebrate. Here's my friends looking slightly worse for wear. Happy end of London Fashion Week guys and dolls!

LFW - Day 5

2011-02-24T14:27:00.000-08:00

Tuesday was alll about two ladies - Joanne Hynes and Helen Steele - the duo that brought art and fashion together to create a collection that would look just as darn pretty next to a Turner in some prestigious art gallery as it does on the catwalk.

It was then off upstairs for the Maria Francesca Pepe presentation. No free champagne this time but lots of scary spikes and real life models that fooled you into thinking they were DUMMIES!

Only one more post to go and then bye-bye London Fashion Week until September!

LFW - Day 4

2011-02-22T09:44:00.000-08:00

The dreaded fashion week flu was in full power yesterday so I only managed to visit the Ecoluxe exhibiton at One Aldwych Hotel before I just had to sit down and drink gallons of free champagne.

I've never been big on eco-friendly fashion (I like leather and fur way too much) and therefore really wasn't that impressed with the stuff that was on show. Jewellery designers Ute Decker and Linnie Mclarty however, stood out by miles with their beautifully crafted (and incredibly expensive) pieces.

LFW - Day 3

2011-02-22T09:06:00.000-08:00

Sunday was the Masha Ma show held at Freemason's Hall, which I attended with my bezzie Joe, and I can genuinely say that I was pleasantly surprised with the collection. Really clever pattern cutting and quite a subtle but very Autumn/Winter colour palette (as it should be). No celebrity spottings (Sad face). I did later see Richard Bacon at Somerset House though. Does that count?

As everyone was about to scurry out the building we were stopped and invited to attend the Angela Cassidy presentation which was being held upstairs. I was feeling pretty darn knackered at this point but the 'there's free champagne' whispers circulating the room gave me a sudden bolt of energy. Freemason's Hall champagne was also a hell of a lot nicer than Somerset House champagne too. Bravo Vauxhall Fashion Scout!

LFW - Day 2

2011-02-21T02:35:00.000-08:00

On Saturday night (after a day lazing around in bed due to the dreaded fashion week illness) I hopped along to the Central Saint Martins MA show at Somerset House to watch the recent 21 graduates showcase their collections. The winners of the night were Viktor Smedinge and Phoebe English, who was a firm favourite with the audience (a lot of 'ooohs' and 'aaaws') and a personal favourite of mine. Other top notch stuff came from Shaun Samson and Marta Marques & Paulo Almeida, whose collection completely reignited my passion for all things denim.

From left: Marta Marques & Paulo Almeida, Shaun Samson and Phoebe English.

LFW - Day 1

2011-02-19T09:57:00.000-08:00

Friday - My first show? Corrie Nielsen - last years winner of the Fashion Fringe award who previously worked for Vivienne Westwood. You could kind of tell. Granted it was her first official outing at London Fashion Week and a scary and intimidating place it can be, especially with the likes of Vogue and Grazia sitting on the front row waiting to criticize your every move. My favourite piece from the collection was most definitely the emerald green puffball, Christmas present looking cape. I'd quite happily wear that down to Sainsbury's on a Saturday morning.

Anybody have any idea who the two blonde Hollyoaks extras are on the left there? The paps were going crazy for them but nobody really seems to know who they are...

My second show of the day was Eun Jeong which was held right next door to Fred Perry in Covent Garden. I was sat front row, along with the lovely Georgia from Amelia's magazine, at the rather intimate affair where everyone, and I mean even those people squashed in the corner, was given a goody bag full of treats from Kipling and Cosmetics a la carte. Check out my favourite piece, a simply black dress with LOTS of sparkle, as well the finale.

And finally it was over to Freemason's Hall for previous 'Project Catwalk' winner Jasper Garvida's show. The collection was full of dresses, dresses...oh and more dresses, in red, black, grey, green and nude. Surprisingly the colours meshed pretty well together (particularly loved the beautifully subtle olive green) and the lack of trousers or coats went almost unnoticed. Almost.

I'm off to the Central Saint Martins MA show tonight (whoop whoop!) and a post should be following in the morning, fingers crossed. Although I may bump into Janice Dickinson and she'll probably want us to go dance the night away in which case I'll be stupidly hungover tomorrow morning so don't hold your breath.

New York...NEW YORK

2011-02-15T16:21:00.000-08:00

I would quite like The Row's complete Autumn/Winter 2011 collection. Please. I'm actually foaming at the mouth right now. It's monstrous.

Oh and if you're really going to go the whole hog you may as well get me these too, from Preen and Thakoon.

Thanks!

Only a few more days till London Fashion Week. You should all be darn excited.

(Image source: Style.com)

Start a love train

2011-02-15T09:31:00.000-08:00

This is actually brilliant. It's like a giant episode of Glee (or the T-Mobile/Liverpool Street station advert).

Fashion label Moncler, along with footwear label Native, staged a flash mob with nearly 400 people at Grand Central Station in New York on Sunday evening as part of New York Fashion Week. Fashion folk were asked to arrive at the station for 7pm where they, along with innocent passers by who seemed to completely forget why they were at the station in the first place, witnessed a full on Glee-style coordinated dance routine.

I wish I lived in New York!

He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls

2011-02-13T04:12:00.000-08:00

So here we are. My completed 24-page denim magazine for you all to enjoy. Please don't take the Michael.

Open publication - Free publishing - More jeans

BIG thanks to Alexander Jordan, Hilary Holmes, Natasha Killeen and Elizabeth Riden.

(Also please take my survey to help me with my essay by clicking here.)

See you later graduater

2011-02-09T09:00:00.000-08:00

Yesterday morning, at 7.50am to be exact, I hopped on a train to Birmingham to FINALLY graduate the degree I finished roughly 8 months ago. Forcing yourself out of bed at half 5 in the morning to go somewhere like Birmingham makes you seriously regret decisions (like paying £41 to rent a gown and 'hat' for an afternoon).

Annie-who, yesterday's festivities took places in the Symphony Hall right by the canal and, thank the lord, it was a pretty sunny day so we got to spend the majority of the 'photo taking' time outside, before we were dragged inside to sit through name calling after name calling, the majority of whom I have honestly never seen or heard of in my life. I still don't really believe I was at the same university with all of them for three years.

Oh and what is with the whole gown and hat wearing tradition? Seriously? Oh I know, let's make all the graduates look like complete idiots. Then they'll feel proud of themselves. Me ma said I was easy to spot because I was the only one not wearing that darn hat.

Anyway, graduation? Done. Goodbye Birmingham. FOREVER!!!

My outfit: shirt TOPSHOP, skirt VINTAGE, socks TOPSHOP, brogues PRIMARK.

Nine Zero Two

2011-02-07T09:39:00.000-08:00

Check out my interview on Nine Zero Two.

Thanks Geneta!

I WANT YOU I NEED YOU OH BABY OH BABY

2011-02-05T14:50:00.000-08:00

Working just off Oxford Street is really not a good idea. It means you spend every lunch break sauntering round the shops becoming more and more depressed about how little money lies in your bank account.

If you suddenly wake up one day with the overwhelming feeling of generosity then this is what I would like please. It is my birthday in roughly two months (22...BLUERGH!) so...

1. Urban Outfitters 2. Urban Outfitters 3. Urban Outfitters 4. Topshop 5. Topshop 6. Sainsbury's

Oh to be young again

2011-02-02T07:09:00.000-08:00

Feeling a little nostalgic for my 90's childhood today. Join me.

Left My Heart At Liberty's

2011-01-30T05:00:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday night the lovely people at Village Press invited me along to a little event on the lower ground floor of Liberty's hosted by Nudie Jeans. Now I apologise for the state I am in in these photos. No I was not off my face, just extremely tired. I had come straight from work and all I really wanted to do was climb in to bed with a Chicken Legend medium meal and watch countless episodes of Gossip Girl.

Really though, how can you refuse an event held at Liberty's. I bloody love the place and with free booze and a live performance from Justin Townes Earle what is there to complain about.

Summer...where are you already?

2011-01-25T15:02:00.000-08:00

I miss the sun. I miss the heat. I miss the afternoons that don't finish until late, late into the night, sat in the park drinking cheap wine. I miss not having to wear two pairs of tights. I miss not having to wear a coat. I miss summer dresses. I miss sunglasses. I miss no central heating. I miss the smell of sun cream. I miss eating outside. I miss sandals. I miss barbecues. I miss not having to pay for cloakrooms. I miss sleeping in just my pants. I miss straw hats. I miss getting all sweaty over Pete Doherty at Leeds festival. I miss YOU.

Black Swan: Behind the Scenes

2011-01-20T02:37:00.000-08:00

Last week I was very lucky indeed to be able to go view the film Black Swan before it's release date. Up sides were that it was an amazing film that had me on the edge of my seat throughout. It is without a doubt Natalie Portman's best performance (unless you want to count Everyone Says I Love You). The down side was that, because of the small capacity of the cinema, I was unable to take along a plus one, hence why I probably grabbed onto the fellow bloggers' hands during the scary bits (I apologize for this but I feel it brought us closer).

Anyway, as you should already know, the wonderful design duo Rodarte were responsible for the breath-taking costumes in the film and fingers crossed they should be winning at least one award this season. Here's a short video explaining a little about the creation of these amazing costumes. (source: nylon)

(The Everyone Says I Love You thing was a joke.)

Black Swan is released in the UK tomorrow.

'HURRY UP!'

2011-01-14T08:30:00.000-08:00

Last night myself and Joe popped along to ONE MAYFAIR for the G-Star party curated by Gemma Arterton.

Free cocktails and champagne were handed out as soon as we walked in and we were closely followed by Gemma herself (although I was in the toilet at the time and had a dozen texts from Joe saying 'HURRY UP!'). She then gave a little speech about why the event was being held and such and such but I was too busy trying to get a photo to properly listen. I'm sure it was a lovely speech. I apologize for the blurriness of the above. I had already drank half a bottle of wine and two cocktails. In my eyes this was perfectly clear.

All in all it was a really good night (I even spotted a few celebs such as Andrew Bevan from Teen Vogue and Mark Fast). Music was provided by Romy from The XX and free booze and food alllll night. Although Joe is a vegetarian and the majority of the canapés had meat on them. Sad face. Not for me though obviously.

The venue was gorgeous, it looked like an old church or something, and they had two huge screens hanging at the sides displaying old G-Star campaigns and other general lovely images of the likes of Kate Moss, George Clooney, Kurt Cobain and Keith Richards.

BIG thank you to Vice for inviting me along to the event!

Also please vote for me by clicking here and then clicking on the 'pick me' button for me to win an internship at ELLEuk.com please!

I rock my horse back and forth

2011-01-13T03:07:00.000-08:00

Now I realise that this campaign is being posted by every blog and his mate right now but I'm going to let you into a little secret and then you'll understand my reasoning for posting. I'm obsessed with Leighton Meester. If there ever were a girl to change my sexuality it would be her. No doubt about it.

Anyways check out the Missoni Spring/Summer 2011 campaign featuring my one and only.

The other stars of the show are Joan Burstein, Jasmine Guinness, Jade Parfitt, Andrea Dellal and Jacquetta Wheeler as well as the whole Missoni clan (as per). Shot by (surprise surprise) Juergen Teller, who seems to now shoot every big ad campaign going, in London's Museum of Everything, the shoot displays not only the very lovely Meester rocking back and forth on a rocking horse but Guinness getting all gooey over her newborn baby and Partfit about to straddle a vintage motorbike. Of course the clothes are also pretty spectacular too, as they always are from Missoni.

Mel Bles also made this short film to accompany the shoot, as is now compulsory it seems.

Definitely my favourite campaign for Spring/Summer 2011 I've seen so far, if only for Leighton.

It don't matter if you're black or white

2011-01-12T04:51:00.000-08:00

I went to see Black Swan last night at 20th Century Fox in Soho courtesy of Think Jam. A little review of the fashions and what not will follow shortly. Check out these pretty postcards we got given though. If anyone is feeling extremely generous and wants to get me one of the limited edition poster versions then please feel free.

FASHION! Turn to the left.

2011-01-09T16:23:00.000-08:00

We had a little bit of a fitting tonight because my housemate ( menswear designer Joseph Turvey) has a photoshoot coming up. We used Jordan as our model. He loved it.

Can't wait for the photoshoot! I may go along and hover in the background while Joe styles up some boys in rubber. I'm going to try and sport these same rubber leggings during London Fashion Week in Feb with the added help from lots and lots of talcum powder (Ross from Friends moment).

Anyway guys and dolls, my denim magazine is almost finished (thank the lord!) and I'm feeling quite alright about it. (Although I'm going to leave a bit of a break before I post any of it because I really can't bear to look at it any longer.)

I hope you all had a joyful weekend (mine was spent sitting at my desk finishing this bloody magazine with the help of ginger beer and lots of tangerines). Monday tomorrow BLUUEEERRRGGHHH!!!

burn faster! burn faster!

2011-01-06T10:50:00.000-08:00

This is Polly Robinson's short film that accompanies her 'Barbie Burning' photographs I showed you not so long ago.

She's a bloody 17 year old genius. Yeah. 17. Shock shock horror horror.

Darn I wish I was still 17. As we are now well and truly into the '10's' and the world still hasn't ended I've found myself thinking a lot about the last 10 years. At the beginning of 2001 I was an innocent faced 11 year old without a care in the world and thought I was going to grow up to be the world's most famous fashion designer (wishful thinking). I would post a picture but it really wasn't a pretty sight. I had braces and greasy hair. It was horrid. End of. In 3 months time I shall be turning 22 (scary as hell) and I am fully having a marvellous time living in the Big Smoke. So...yeah. Bring on the next 10 years (In 2021 I shall be living in New York and be really rich and famous...maybe).

somewhere over the rainbow

2011-01-04T15:58:00.000-08:00

I went to see Somewhere yesterday and bloody loved it. Coppola can do no wrong in my eyes. If you're a little scared that it's going to be just like Lost in Translation then don't you go worrying your little heart out. I'm a big fan of Lost in Translation but I know a lot of people aren't and Somewhere is nowhere near as slow paced. It's light hearted and really easy watching. Now I'm not a film critic and I hardly know anything about films so I won't babble on too much. Elle Fanning is a little gem. Move over Dakota already. You're getting boring. Only criticism would be that Stephen Dorff's character Johnny Marco is kind of unbelievable as a big Hollywood movie actor who's won loads of awards and worked with Al Pacino. Stephen Dorff is mint but Johnny Marco...not so much.

Annie-who, go watch it kids.

Happy New Year!

2011-01-02T12:31:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year everybody! Hope you all had a fabulously drunk night. I scurried over to the river Thames with Jordan to watch the fireworks popping out of the London Eye and then on to some party in Bow. 'Twas fantabulous!

The image above is from the Sarah Coggles website. I got stopped on Berwick Street just before I ran off home for Christmas by a very pretty boy. He only wanted to take my picture. Sad face. Annie-who total coincidence (although the pretty boy was not aware) Sarah Coggles is one of the best success stories to come out of my home town York, the very place I was about to travel back to for some festive shindigs. I didn't realise this until the hottie had disappeared from view and I'd glanced at his card. Nice to know I'm appreciated back home.

Happy New Year everyone! Hope the first two days of 2011 haven't been too strenuous.

Ch-ch-ch-chic

2010-12-28T11:46:00.000-08:00

I made it onto the Chictopia homepage for the second time! Yay for me!

Master Copperfield

2010-12-28T07:56:00.000-08:00

Went for lunch with some friends yesterday. Was a joyful occasion.

Brown Bunny

2010-12-26T06:55:00.000-08:00

This was my outfit during yesterday's festivities. It's a bit brown, I know. Happy Boxing Day folks!

jumper HAND KNITTED BY MY MOTHER
shirt TOPSHOP
skirt TOPSHOP
boots DOC MARTENS
lipstick MAC

Bring in some Christmas cheer

2010-12-24T06:19:00.000-08:00

We like to get drunk and pull silly faces.

Burn Barbie Burn

2010-12-22T08:36:00.000-08:00

Check out my mate photograper Polly Robinson's project entitled 'Barbie Burning'.

In Polly's own words..."The burning images are to do with iconoclasm/destroying icons, which I have been looking at recently. Barbies are an iconic child's toy to me as they were a favourite toy of my childhood. Also barbies represent stereotypical beauty and body shape which many people idolise and obsess over."

Check out some more of her work here.

SEE NO DENIM, SPEAK NO DENIM

2010-12-21T11:36:00.000-08:00

This is a photoshoot I did a few weeks ago with photographer Alexander Jordan and make-up artist Hilary Holmes.

It's Christmas and that

2010-12-16T10:43:00.000-08:00

I'm in a right Christmassy mood as it's just started snowing outside. Snowy London! Merry Fucking Christmas!!!

Home Sweet Home

2010-12-10T09:24:00.000-08:00

These photos are from the summer. Just hanging around Anna and Olly's flat getting drunk. They make me miss home.

Girls who are boys

2010-12-09T06:48:00.000-08:00

This is the written piece that accompanies the picture of the boy in the grey dress that I posted a while ago, which can see here.

so fresh and so clean clean

2010-12-06T11:32:00.000-08:00

Some of the final images from The Dirty Disco shoot last week, which I helped style. Let me know what you think guys and dolls.

Random Fact

2010-12-03T06:19:00.000-08:00

Some pics from last night's RANDOM magazine party, which took place in the O2 Academy in Islington. It was a tad dead, to say the least, but we're blaming this entirely on the snow and chilly weather. Me and Joe even had a little fall over on the ice on our way home. FUNNY AS!

Jack Whitehall is my guilty pleasure (more for his looks rather than his comedy)...

Ashley Ashley performing live...

Snap Happy

2010-11-30T11:17:00.000-08:00

'Backstage' photos of today's shoot with The Dirty Disco. Can't wait to see the final images!

My ace assistant Miss Vicky Parry...

La la la la la la la la la la

2010-11-29T12:52:00.000-08:00

Helping style this band tomorrow. Give me ideas people!

Photos will be up asap. As will my denim shoot which took place last Thursday. Am in the process of picking my favourites so WATCH THIS SPACE.

Hmmmm

2010-11-26T09:32:00.000-08:00

I'm in a dancing/getting drunk kind of mood...

Inspiration

2010-11-23T09:38:00.000-08:00

Boy Will Be Girls

2010-11-21T14:20:00.000-08:00

I asked my friend Tom to model a plain grey dress from Primark for me for one of my projects. He took it very seriously.

model TOM BEETE

styling TOM BEETE

photographer HANNAH NEWMAN

I Seen Cheryl At Ashish

2010-11-15T13:32:00.000-08:00

“I seen Beyonce at Burger King. She ordered two cheese burgers with onion rings” scream the speakers at Ashish’s latest show for London Fashion Week, the lyrics perfectly fitting with the brash colours and famous logo stamps scattered through the collection. Adorning the front row are a selection of the usual Ashish groupies; Paloma Faith, Pixie Lott and Diana Vickers.

Normally, new designers in London are seen as cool and edgy and wouldn’t be seen dead anywhere other than Shoreditch or Dalston. Only the trendiest of ‘trendies’ may wear their clothes and only the coolest of cool magazines may borrow them. This is known as ‘being pretentious’ and is something Ashish is most certainly not.

The designer is currently creating outfits for popstar M.I.A’s forthcoming tour. She is one of his current obsessions, having replaced an image of a 1970’s Cher. Cher’s album ’Half Breed’ was a big influence for his Spring/Summer 2011 collection.

Paloma Faith, another obsession, has worn Ashish’s garments for performances, tours and even an outfit from his Autumn/Winter 2009 collection on an episode of BBC 2’s Never Mind The Buzzcocks, where her pom-pom jacket was praised by fellow guests; comedian Noel Fielding told her she looked like a “children’s bull-fighter” and host James Corden described it as “incredible”.

Ashish’s celebrity fans are very much of the Marmite category. Cheryl Cole for instance, who wore a selection of Ashish in her Fight For This Love video, you either love or you hate her, depending on your relationship with popular culture. Ashish is not bothered about this, further proving that he’s most certainly not your stereotypical London based up-and-coming designer. “Cheryl Cole is great advertising,” he says, “If she wears something, everyone wants it.” The designer admits another current obsession is The X Factor, particularly contestant Rebecca Ferguson, who he’s just itching to cover in paillettes.

Pop culture, particularly American pop culture, has been an incredible influence throughout each of Ashish’s collections, from the N’Sync t-shirt for Spring/Summer 2005 to the Nike Just Do It sequined t-shirt of Spring/Summer 2010 and the MacDonald’s and Heinz hand painted cowboy boots for Spring/Summer 2011.

“I love Hollywood”, the designer says, “It’s a fantasy.”

He continues to explain that his idea of what America is, is not a reality because he’s never lived there.

“I have a childhoody idea of what America is like.”

This is also apparently a large reason why sequins always seem to play a major role in each of his collections, inspired by the American designer Bob Mackie, who was famous for creating outfits for Cher and Tina Turner during his 80’s heyday.

Ashish’s designs are not only worn by celebrities but celebrities are often incorporated into his shows. For his Autumn/Winter 2009 show the designer had the singer VV Brown perform live, wearing a dress from the collection. Brown is a big fan of Ashish, describing the Autumn/Winter 2009 collection as “absolutely amazing… very innovative”.

What is it that makes Ashish’s designs so irresistible to celebrities? It could possibly be the thousands of sequins that embellish each garment, the frightfully bright colours that make you sit up and take notice or the fact that the designer is genuinely a nice guy who adores his celebrity clients just as much as they adore his clothes.

Yes Please!

2010-11-13T13:05:00.000-08:00

Check out the delicious fancies I spied at Intelligent PR's Press day, featuring American Retro, FSAugusta jewellery, Lilee, Eun Jeong and Oliver Goldsmith.

Small Jean Genie Snuck Off To The City

2010-11-10T14:46:00.000-08:00

Got some really good inspiration for the magazine at last week's Village Press open day. Both Ashish (who I recently interviewed) and Rag & Bone menswear Spring/Summer 2011 collections were full of denim that would look perfect in my upcoming photoshoot.

If anybody is still interested in helping out with the magazine or want to get involved with the photoshoot please let me know at hannahrnewman@hotmail.com.

The story of the purple glove

2010-11-08T13:54:00.000-08:00

I went to a party at the weekend (my little sister's 18th to be precise) and this purple glove kept following me around everywhere...

This photo doesn't have the glove in it. I just really like it. These are my friends Bernice, Vicky and Polly by the way, having a fag break from all the mayhem that 17/18 year olds cause.

Dear Abbey

2010-11-05T05:16:00.000-07:00

I was just doing some research for my denim magazine (thank you by the way to everyone who has helped me out so far) and came across this campaign for the Moussey Fall 2010 campaign featuring everybody's favourite model Abbey Lee Kershaw.

Bodger and Badger

2010-11-03T09:17:00.000-07:00

I heart these images by Reed and Rader for ViceStyle...

Sorry I haven't posted in like a week everybody but life is rather hectic at the moment. Have been to the H pr press day today though and went to the Roger Vivier one yesterday so will be posting my findings very soon. Watch this space.

Happy Halloween for Sunday as well! Thought this shoot was rather appropriate.

Live Like Us

2010-10-28T07:37:00.001-07:00

You mean we could actually do this for a living?

IT'S A BOY/GIRL THING

2010-10-27T10:26:00.000-07:00

Everyone who knows me knows I tend to dress like a boy on most days so this shoot for Vogue Korea is right up my street. Shot by Rafael Stahelin, styled by Ye Young Kim and modelled by Constance Jablonski.

BNTM Live

2010-10-24T05:42:00.000-07:00

I was lucky enough to tag along with the Live&Love team to Britain's Next Top Model, held at the Excel in London. We were all a bit tired or hungover so I admit we didn't have the greatest of times but I'm still extremely glad I went. The live catwalk show was the maddest thing I have ever seen and I still don't think I'm fully over it. I'm just glad I got to go for free because I'm not quite sure why people would pay to go. However we did get to see Emma Willis and at one point in my life, about the age of 13, I was madly in love with her husband so at least that's something. It was basically just a trade show, very much like the Clothes Show Live, so really was nothing special. Anyway, I was the photographer for the day so check out my pictures below.

Charley Speed and Emma Willis...

The BNTM contestants...

these boots were made for walking

2010-10-21T05:18:00.000-07:00

This morning I was invited to the Tod's press day on Old Bond Street. I've always thought of Tod's as a brand my mother would wear rather than myself but looking at the new collection for Spring/Summer 2011 has completely changed my mind. The Tod's team were extremely welcoming with a selection of drinks and breakfast on offer. They took me around the whole collection, explaining in great detail the features of the new products.

The collection was full of bright, beautiful, summery colours to cheer up any person's winter blues. I took a particular fancy to the jewellery, each bracelet is just one strand of leather wound around the wrist, and completely fell in love with the desert boots. I have a bit of a thing for desert boots and am definitely going to be purchasing a pair in orange.

I love a good old desert boot, especially when they're ORANGE.

The new luggage collection...

...and a little bit of menswear...

I'd like to say thank you to the Tod's team for inviting me to their event and for being so hospitable.

bang bang you're dead

2010-10-19T02:15:00.000-07:00

Check out these images photographed by Jonathan Leder and styled by Annette Lamothe-Ramos for ViceStyle. Very Thelma and Louise. Love it. Click here to see more, more, more.

Feature in my magazine!

2010-10-16T07:46:00.000-07:00

Right guys and dolls, I'm currently putting together a mini magazine as part of my MA course and need YOU to help me.

I want you to write me a story, a story based on denim. This could be a memory about your first pair of jeans, how you used to stick tacky jewels all over them when you were a kid, a rant about how much you hate or love double denim or even a fictional story about denim garments that come alive at night. Basically you can write about anything you want as long as it is some way related to denim. The quirkier the better and if you want to add an image that'd be great. Try to make them between 1 and 300 words and then email them to hannahrnewman@hotmail.com and I'll feature as many as I can in the magazine, plus once I've handed the project in I'll feature them on here. Please email them to me no later than 5th November 2010.

Get writing guys!!!

Black or White

2010-10-14T12:25:00.000-07:00

People keep telling me to check out Francesca Woodman's work so I did. This is what I found...

Woodman's work is haunting and often quite disturbing. This is why I love it, plus they're all black and white which is obviously a bonus. Like many superstars before and after her however, Woodman unfortunately tragically died at the tender age of twenty-two, leaving behind a legacy and powerful, inspiring photographs that promise her name will never be forgotten.

she's (only) a little bit sad

2010-10-13T11:01:00.000-07:00

Check out this shoot by Filipa Alves for Vice Style...

I promise I'll get over this photography/editorial obsession soon but these images are just too pretty. Click here for more, more, more.

SEE NO DENIM

2010-10-11T12:51:00.000-07:00

SPEAK NO DENIM

Denim is the sky, in the street, denim has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.

My first assignment on my MA Fashion Journalism course was to produce a photoshoot....in a week. Yes that's right ladies and gentlemen, no time for collecting models, photographers, make-up artists e.t.c.

My theme was denim. Don't ask me why. Denim is very much an everyday fabric, whether you own jeans, jacket, shirt or skirt, the majority of the population own some form of denim.

A large amount of garments within my photoshoot were bought from charity shops, thus enforcing the fact that you don’t need to spend a lot of money, or indeed harm the environment by buying new denim, to look good in denim. Some garments have also been customised.

Wearing denim with denim has an extremely bad reputation, mostly associated with 90s pop bands such as B*witched. This photoshoot proves that double denim does not deserve this reputation and that denim can be paired together whatever the shade.

Special thanks to Yasmin Bawa for modelling for me last minute. You're a star love!

Sex-e

2010-10-09T11:43:00.000-07:00

I'm a tiny bit obsessed with black and white photography right now...

Love, love, love Damon Baker's photographs of Alys Hale, especially the raw, graininess of them.

Snap, Snap, Snap

2010-10-08T08:20:00.000-07:00

Agata Pospieszynska's beautiful images of the backstage happenings of Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2011...