The next month will be a blur. A fashionable, crazy coloured blur as New York, London, Milan and Paris unveil their visions for SS14, just as we close the door on SS13.
It's confusing looking at Spring fashion in Autumn I grant you, but the thrill of getting ahead of the game and knowing what will be in style near enough nine months before anyone else, more than makes up for it.
New York Fashion Week kicks off on 5th September finishing on the 12th before handing the baton to London.
I'll be making sure I have a front row seat (at my laptop of course!) for the Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, Badgley Mischka, Zac Posen and Betsey Johnson shows this season for sure!
Highly exciting stuff I'm sure you'll agree. Keep an eye out for my runway reports as they unfold, but until then sit back, relax and enjoy the build up. I know I will :-)
Hello one and all. Presumably you all thought I may have dropped off the face of the earth into that well known place called Blogger's boredom.
Well, no that wasn't actually the case- the combination of no spare time and moving home vastly contributed to my two month hiatus, but now I am settled and ready to blog once more.
First things first- hello from London! Yes, I've moved to the Capital and what a week to move.
Unless you have had your head buried in the sand, you won't have failed to notice the horrendous riots that unfolded last week.
A fellow blogger and friend of mine wrote a great article trying to make sense of it all- just how and why was this allowed to happen?
If you want to read his insightful views check it out here. My own viewpoint is similar, although as London returns to normality, you have to wonder- what now?
Much has been made of the bad press that this will give us for the Olympics next year, but I have a question about an event less than a month away.
London Fashion Week. A trivial event to some (which really irks me- they don't say that about Football or Cricket do they?!) but as the second biggest employer in Britain, the fashion industry surely must have suffered as a result of the riots.
We are known for being quirky, being the most scatty of all fashion weeks if you will, but still nurturing some of the best designing talent in the world.
Forget the Olympics for now and concentrate on bigging up the capital for a much more homely institution, which takes place year on year and regularly has the likes of Anna Wintour flying in for the spectacle.
I'm not saying the Olympics aren't of huge importance, because obviously that will be the biggest thing to happen to Britain in a good while and can only give us a huge boost, both economically and socially.
But right now, while the country reflects and calls for tougher punishment on these looters, rioters and vandals, lets put some positivity back into LFW. Let's hope the big buyers, journalists and celebs still venture to the Capital for the week, because otherwise these criminals will have won.
And that will be a very sorry day for Britain indeed...
...quite literally as well. The legendary supermodel lit up on the Louis Vuitton catwalk and blew smoke dramatically into the crowd.
Kate Moss was the perfect showgirl in many ways for Marc Jacobs fetish themed show, which included lace up boots, stockings and corsets.
In my opinion it may have topped Chanel in terms of beautifully executed clothing on a catwalk- and that in large is down to Jacobs brilliance.
Every season he just gets it so right. In fact he's the main reason why I love Paris Fashion Week so much.
Ok so I should be backing London, but Paris is just so amazing it totally eclipses everything else that's been before it in my view.
New York is uber cool, London is edgy, Milan is polished and Paris is just pure class all the way.
Clearly this is something Jacobs realises as he also splashed out on high profile supermodels Naomi Campbell, Amber Valetta, Carolyn Murphy and Maria Carla for the show.
OMG Channel Four have done it again. After the triumph that was Big Fat Gypsy Weddings, they've gone and landed another controversial documentary.
The Model Agency was everything I expected it to be: brutal, bitchy, OTT and totally compelling.
Basically it was a harsh insight into the world of modelling, where no-one takes any prisoners, everybody whinges about each other and generally you're left thinking if people like this actually exist.
Seriously, I wanted to staple things to Head of New Faces, Annie's head after she wondered around the office for hours on end crying about her failed protege.
A 16-year-old girl named India, who shock horror decided she didn't want to be in New York on her own, working in an industry which is so cut throat I'm surprised there's never been blood spilled on the runway and that, apparently, didn't sit well with the bookers.
Throwing away an opportunity was mentioned a few times, as well as general annoyance at wasting other people's time. Paul in particular grated on my nerves, but I can imagine in weeks to come he will only get more outrageous and that in turn will set viewing figures soaring.
I loved The Guardian's review of this episode; no sympathy with those featured in the documentary, yet so utterly compelled to see what they came out with next.
It can only get better over the next six weeks as tensions mount for Fashion Week and we finally see Carole totally explode.
Apparently today is blue Monday, which basically means we’re all fed up, in debt and grumpy…which to me is just a normal Monday!
The only difference is that they’ve tagged on the fact that the Christmas festivities are now a distant memory to add to our woes.
Well, I don’t know whether today is any different from any other Monday, but in case you really are feeling blue, here are five fashionable reasons to make you smile… 1. Glee: Tonight is a Britney Spears themed episode, with an appearance from the great lady herself. I literally can't wait...
2. Spring collections are coming: I'm already fed up of the sales and the drab offerings which are left, so thank god little bits of spring fashion are filtering through.
3. Fashion Week is under a month away, if that's not a reason to crack open the bubbly and grin like a maniac, I don't know what is! 4. Cheryl Cole may be leaving the UK X Factor: Ok, this is a tad mean but I can't be the only one fed up of her can I? Yes, less fashion to pour over if she moves to the US, but after the last season, to be honest she's already peaked.
5. Tool Academy is on: OMG, this is the ultimate in trash TV. In fact if you read my tweets last week, you would know exactly how much I loathed and loved this programme in equal measure. Do not miss!
A friend text me tonight and said, "This episode of Apprentice is right up your street, so I expect to see lots of fashion blogging".
So, here we are dear readers. A bit of blogging about The Apprentice this week and how it went all fashionable up in Manchester.
Cue some slagging off about those up North from Jamie; apparently we're so far behind London we still wear shoes in nightclubs. Colour us stupid, or you know, him stupid for saying such a ridiculous thing in the first place.
Anyway onto the actual fashion itself, and scary Paloma lead one team of twits into picking men's suits recycled into er, men's suits and some cutesy dresses which went down a treat.
Liz, aka the Sales Queen lead the other team, opting for glitzy frocks and vintage attire, which just so happened to secure them victory.
God knows how, what with Tanorexic Liz modelling the clothes and Stella waving like a maniac in the window display, but hey sequined goodies speak for themselves, as does an additional 20% off when you buy... Barbie-like she may be, but stupid she is not!
I spent most of the hour, coincidentally, trying to spot myself wandering around the Trafford, but alas it was not to be- the one day I chose to give it a miss! Gutted.
Back to the task in hand and Alex, the little gem that he is, managed to blag his team a bloomin' promo video showcasing the store on a big screen every 15 minutes, and they still lost the task.
He did look a little lost though, when he was trying to drum up business: "Hello, er, Hi girls?" Cue girlies running away in fear...
Maybe it was his hoodie-come-suit-jacket that terrified the customers away, or maybe it was his air of desperation.
Anyway, when it came down to the boardroom, Paloma royally stabbed our cutie in the back calling him an 'irritant'. Giggle.
Nick, bless him, then came to Alex's rescue with "He wasn't completely irritating, no". Bravo!
So it was nasty Paloma who got the boot, even though she is the only lady I know who can rock plum lipstick. Surely that was a reason to keep her in Lord Sugar?
No?! Ok, if you have to make it all about the business, roll on next week. Until then, check out this highlight clip from the BBC, where Nick compares Stella to a lady of the night in Amsterdam.
You’ve got to love Ashish. Always one to go one step further on the runway, his London Fashion Week SS10 show treated us to fast food on the catwalk.
Bet you never thought you’d see the words ‘fast food’ and ‘catwalk ‘in the same sentence, but this one designer has seemingly achieved the impossible!
He sent cowboy boots with both the McDonald’s and Heinz Baked Beans logo emblazened all over them!
Utterly brilliant and bonkers at the same time. I know of only two women who would probably give them a go though- Lady Gaga and Katy Perry.
Considering Lady G has experimented with raw meat and KP has dressed like both a banana and fried egg, they are clearly the right clientele for this kind of fashion!
To see more pictures, check out OK! Magazine's coverage here
