Prada Milan Fashion Week

I'm feeling autumnal today (because I'm freezing my ass off) and so I'm loving Prada's SS09 show from Milan. The skeletal models look wack, but the clothes look great. Especially the uniform patterned tights and flowing eccentric prints!

Sunny Smiles

I work on the wrong magazine! I LOVE this cover. If I saw a girl walking down the street with yellow lips, I'd give her SNAPS. Every street's a catwalk, etc etc...

Pretty in Pink

Hurrah for pretty girls wearing pretty pink! This was taken backstage at the Temperley London SS09 show. Very summery, flirty, girly and bright. Like the rest of the show with floaty royal blue, silky soft whites and Grecian gowns... Hurrah indeed.

We Love Irving Penn

Naomi Campbell in Russian Vogue

Naomi Campbell is the coverstar of the December 2008 Russian Vogue.

And boy does she look good. I LOVE girls who look like they're about to:

a) pounce on the photographer
or b) punch the photographer.

This is both. Fierce.

Fondant Fancy

Weird to be inspired by cupcakes? I want to dress up like these cakes look:

I can totally imagine Katy Perry dressing as a cake, the girl loves her fancy dress...

Live at the Apollo

Last night we went to see Live at the Apollo being filmed at Hammersmith Apollo. Sean lock compered then Jason Manford came on - we were sat by Christine Ohuruogu and in the same row as Jodie Marsh (my God... She looked like a rubbish sex doll), Leon Jackson and in front of Martin Brundle (all of whom got picked on).

Then the second show was filmed and Russell Howard (brilliant) was up first and then Jo Brand (dreadful) waddled onto the stage to silence the crowd. Howard had to come back on as she finished early, and he did lots of improv and questions from the audience.

All in all, it was excellent with some brilliant heckles.

FLASH Restaurant

On Saturday we went to FLASH - which is the new pop-up restaurant from the guys behind Bistroteque. They did the first pop-up restaurant called Reindeer in December 2006 in the Truman Brewery and it was done out like an OTT, beautiful winter wonderland with snow-topped firs and glittering tables and chalets in fake forests.

FLASH, in the heart of Mayfair at the Royal Academy of Arts, was understandably more neutral and grown-up. The crockery was Will Broome for Wedgewood, which were very cool indeed:


The food was divine and the atmosphere buzzy and fun. Everyone should go there before it closes in a couple of months; it's definitely worth a visit but doesn't take the crown from Reindeer as best-pop-up-restaurant-ever.

Before we went to FLASH we had drinks at Elk in the Woods in Islington, which is the perfect place for tea/ food/wine on a cold November evening, complete with log-cabin walls and moose heads. Brrr.

Phillips Jacobson/ Hashimoto Photography Collection

I went to this exhibition opening last night, which was huge and had loads of Japanese portraits and nudes, and high fashion shots from the 70s-present day. There were some great Helmut Newtons, David LaChapelles and Mitch Epsteins:

I love this photo by Michel Comte, featured in Italian Vogue in 1996. I can't believe it's Carla Bruni:

And I can't believe this photo by Peter Lindbergh is Naomi Campbell (circa 1988):

Last but not least, Priscilla by Joseph Szabo, 1969:

Frances Bean Harpers Shoot

This is from ages ago, but I love the shoot Frances Bean Cobain did in the March issue of American Harper's Bazaar earlier this year:

She looks awesome, and I'm sure good things will come from her - I think she looks British because of her porcelain doll face and sweet English Rose colourings. In contrast to her pure, angelic look, the fact that she's rock royalty means she's gonna have some wild tabloid disasters and I hope she'll become Princess of all Fashion F*ckups, following her mother... I look forward to following her ups and downs!

Trishna Opening

We went to the opening of Trishna, a new Indian restaurant, in Marylebone last night.

Which was lovely. Then we went across to Ronnie Scott's in Soho for some jaaaaazz until the wee hours...

Harper's Bazaar Metallics

This GORGEOUS spread in Harper's Bazaar was beautiful; particularly the 'Precious Bohème page. Layers of pewter, silvers over greys and blacks, with pearls, gemstones, crystals, sparkles and shine. All women should aim for this level of glossiness, especially with the Christmas party season coming up. I'm such a magpie...

dVb is VG

This is VB at the DVB Jeans launch in Madrid, looking super-chic in monochrome tailoring. I love her slim silhouette and simple outline.

Those tapered pants shouldn't work on a mum-of-three, but they do. I think she looks so much better when she's working the smart relaxed look rather than super try-hard "I May Know Sh*t About Music, But I am Seriously Fashion Forward' look.

Jia Jia Wang Colourful Canvas

I LOVE the colours in this Jia Jia Wang piece. It's called 'Home, Home Again' oil on canvas. It will be shown at Alexandre Pollazzon on Howland Street 13 November - 20 December 2008, opening with a private view 6-8pm on Wednesday 12 November 2008.

explosion of colour

Reasons Why We Love Jourdan Dunn #1-5

Bill Amberg & Penguin Classics

Last night was the launch of Bill Amberg's new leather-bound Penguin Classics collection. He's designed 6 books bound in calves' leather, which ages with time. There was prosecco and canapes and a lot of leather, including leather pillars and leather floor. The place smelt divine. Lovely books, though and a great gift for men-who-have-everything...

Then we went for dim sum at Ping Pong.

White Face

I wanna go all Elton and throw a white party... Then I can do this:

Any excuse for fancy dress and/ or fancy dress for the face... I love girls who experiment with make up! With any other colour it would be an overload, but all white is gorgeous.

US08

I am pretty excited about watching the state counts... starting in less than 30 minutes. Yes we can!
Dress by Jean Charles de Castelbajac from his SS09 collection.

Dolce & Gabbana Paint Dress

Earlier this year, in US Vogue, Natalia Vodianova looked resplendent in Dolce & Gabbana's gorgeous hand-printed silk dress. I love the big painted or graffiti patterned fabrics around - especially in girly, delicate colours like this one as it softens the broad brush strokes and doesn't look too in-your-face... This particular dress was used in a handful of editorials, but this was my favourite shot, and one of my favourite girls.

Hibernation Beckons

I'm feeling pretty festive and wintry and Christmassy since the clocks went back, it rained all weekend and the office has been full of Christmas stuff for a while now. Even Ikea has festive photography!