MEGA POST

So I've been really busy over the last couple of weeks which is why I haven't been posting but here is a giant post about what I have been up to make up for it.

I assisted on a menswear shoot with Jade on May 26th which was fun. It had really cool accessories and cool trainers:

My favourite pieces on this shoot were the TWO WEEKS pieces below- I have a bit of a feather obsession so a feathered headdress, feather earrings and feather cuff are my idea of edgy accessory heaven alongside studded things. The GAGA glasses were also amazing and coveted.

Then on the 31st May (a bank holiday) I trekked to Woolwich to attempt to do a photoshoot without a make-up artist, hair stylist, photographer, proper clothes or a proper model. Considering the above it came out alright. The theme was supposed to be WORLD CUP/TRIBAL and we got some countries flags to incorporate into the outfits.

This look is my favourite and was mainly put together by me using the Brazil flag.

How to dress for the World Cup

Although I was annoyed at the England result on Saturday, I was very impressed by the Americans. Apart from the fact that a number of their team play for Fulham (the 2nd best team in West London after my Beloved Chelsea); they were faster, fitter and leaner than us.

Katy Perry also scored an outstanding fashion goal when I saw pictures of her fabulous rubber flag dress- Half US flag, half Union Jack (there is almost no need to point out that the English flag is red and white and that we were the only team in the UK to get to world cup). But it works due to the colour scheme.

This dress is very reminiscent of Beyonce's in Lady Gaga's Telephone video

Both ladies are rocking the rubber with ample curves and look amazing.

Katy Perry is winning more in my opinion as she wears football themed fashion very very well and inspires me to try it... when I can afford bespoke clothing.

Her West Ham ensemble was genius and I really want a Chelsea one!!

Before the World Cup I was getting really excited about dressing up properly but, after England's performance I have decided not to. Why would I want to draw attention to the fact that I support such a over hyped team. In this sense I wish I was Spanish or Brazilian during a World Cup because their praise is justified.

# Guess WHAAAT, I'm not a robot... I'm just really fashionable

Marina from Marina and the Diamonds has the best style of all the so-called fashionable female singers i.e Pixie Lott, Paloma Faith, Florence and the Machine, Little Boots and La Roux. She rivals Bat for Lashes who is fabulous too. Why? because it actually seems to be who she is and not so contrived.

And here is her robot which is currently in Selfridges' windows.

Previous work

This is link from my first ever contributing blog post: http://wearelesscommon.com/2010/02/thewhiteshow

Trend report for A/W 2010 on iamsarahyoung.com: iamsarahyoung.com/.../20102011-trend-forecasting-looking-back-to-look-forward/ (I wrote the text on the pictures)

Fashion assistant for this iamsarahyoung.com shoot: iamsarahyoung.com/2010/05/trend-editorial-nude/

See previous posts for behind the scene photos.

What do you think?

Celebrating 40 years of Browns Fashion

I was lucky enough to see the Browns' 40th anniversary commemorative exhibition behind Carnaby Street before it closed. The exhibition started with a Missoni dress and Cacharel suit (above) as they were some of the first labels stocked and had old and new designer greats including Alexander McQueen, Al, Albert Elbaz for Lanvin, Ralph Lauren, Mark Fast, Karl Lagerfield for Chloe, David Korma, Alexander Wang and more with beautiful portraits of fashion figures with the clothes displayed.

EVEN MORE PUCKALICOUS

This week I saw this Mark Smalling for GQ editorial. He looks great cast as a surfer/ hot musican and the shoot looks really fun and relaxed with great styling.

Check out his interview here

3rd Year Graduate Show

At the beginning of the term my class was set an assignment to produce a presentation on a 3rd year on a graduate and their final collection. I was given a menswear designer called Hye. Thursday was their final show and, after grappling with crowds and queueing for over half an hour in our own uni, we finally got in.
The talent presented many different styles, perspectives and imaginations. It was fanastic to able to see the different bewteen the first year's White Show and this. The craftmanship was perfect and professional and there were some truely amazing pieces.
The video below shows the 6 looks from my designer Hye.



Will post more videos of the show when I figure out how to compress them.