Milan Sights

Last week I got to go to Milan for work.. not during Fashion week, but the week after for meetings with Ad agencies.

Whilst it was daunting going on my own I did have some spare time to explore the city!..

The best thing about going with work (apart from that it was free) was that I explored lots of areas that I wouldn't normally have visited as all my meetings were so spread out - I literally went to every corner of Milan.

All the tourist sites were in the centre and were very close to each other - In one afternoon I managed to see the Cathedral, the parks, the shops, the theatre and the castle and arch!... admittingly I was exhausted afterwards from all the walking but for a whistlestop tour I certainly packed it in!

Here are a few iphone pics of the touristy bits :)

Adolescents

Why do children want to grow up? Because they experience their lives as constrained by immaturity and perceive adulthood as a condition of greater freedom and opportunity. But what is there today, in America, that very poor and very rich adolescents want to do but cannot do? Not much: they can "do" drugs, "have" sex, "make" babies, and "get" money (from their parents, crime, or the State). For such adolescents, adulthood becomes synonymous with responsibility rather than liberty. Is it any surprise that they remain adolescents? ~Thomas Szasz

A Very British lunch break

As i'm sure most of you already know my work has moved office from Oxford Circus to way out west!... My boss has bought a studio, which is at the moment a building site!...

So no more quick dashes to Topshop at lunch time for me.. the nearby area is rather desolate..

instead my nearest shops are a cycle ride away, down an autumny avenue with white picket fence houses.

to second hand book shops

then back for ginger beer and sandwiches :)

Illamasqua

Seeing as the pictures are all over the place now and the shop launch out of the way I think it will be safe to share some behind the scenes from the shoot.

Our budget was teeny tiny for this one.. we had to street cast to keep down costs and actually used the ground floor of the illamasqua office to set up!

It was brilliant fun though.. some of the characters were amazing!

Moodboards..

the crew...

Amazing shoes - i want these so badly!

these from dsquared arent bad either!

this girl was only 14! and brunette!.... so beautiful!

Campaign shots: Tim Bret-Day

Behind the scenes: Me!

Film: Paul @ Love Hate

Jitterbugs...

Tonight I had my 2nd Lindy Hop class..
Previously Sam and I had beginners classes with the awesome Julie from Hula Boogie.. unfortunately we can't make the days of the next set so are instead starting beginners Lindy Hop with another Julie! from Jitterbugs... the classes are really brilliant - although I still have 2 left feet! .. i need to practice a lot more I think! x

NW3

Maybe I'm a little biased as I live in NW3 but how gorgeous is the A/W Hobbs!? A bit pricy but the shapes and colours are lovely and the heel heights look really wearable. I also really love the 60s vibe in the hair and styling of the campaign.

These are my favourite pieces...

A bit of Fry...Live

Last night we went to go and see Stephen Fry live at the Royal Albert Hall... it was such a wonderful evening, first we had cocktails and dinner at One Ninety, the restaurant at the Gore hotel...it was really lovely, i had salmon and gnocci.. yum, and definately the closest restaurant to the Royal Albert Hall!



Then we headed over to watch the show.. I love how the architecture at the Royal Albert hall makes the evening feel so special! We were in the stalls and had a really great view. The first half Stephen told stories from his childhood and then after the interval related stories of people he had met. He was so funny and really good at impressions. I loved his comparison of Cadburys with Apple and 'Steve Cadbury'.... Also who would have known that Stephen Fry is a huge sugar puffs fan!