Festival Style

Day 1 of Wireless Festival at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic park I wore Zara top & shorts, Ralph Lauren wellies, asos arm cuff, Topshop cat ears hair band, Miu Miu silver glitter sunglasses and a Stella McCartney Falabella handbag.

Day 2 of the Wireless festival I wore vintage Levis denim shorts, a Ganni backless dress as a top, a H&M felt hat and my Mulberry Postmans lock satchel. 

Latest design: Cross front bikini

Cross-front bikini top with reversible matching bottoms in Bronzed Brown & Champagne made by moi!

This is my latest swimwear piece I designed and made, a corset style frill detailed bikini top. I am currently having my logo, branding & website produced- very exciting!

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Graduate Fashion Week 2013

Last week I had the pleasure of attending Graduate Fashion Week in Earls Court; I had a great time and was really impressed by this years graduates and what they had to offer to the fashion industry. I was particularly impressed by Du Montfort's contour graduates who had a beautiful array of lingerie and swimwear collections. I particularly loved the embroidery work of the silk dressing gown (2nd & 3rd image). I also enjoyed the work of Northumbria University with graduates such as Tamara Rimay-Muranyi who specialises in lace work, with her collection named 'Miss Havisham' which was so pretty and amazingly detailed. I loved the event overall and can image it only to grow with the amazingly talented creatives that come out of university every year.

Festival Des Metiers

This week I took a trip to the Saatchi Gallery to explore the Hermes Festival Des Metiers exhibition. The two gallery spaces gave you a chance to meet the craftsmen and see how they work to produce their signature silk scarves, jersey womenswear garments, diamond pyramid cuffs, watches and the famous Kelly handbag. The super-talented workers train for at least four years, with the lovely lady who showcased how the jersey & silk t-shirts were hand produced, having worked with Hermes for 24 years! I really enjoyed watching how the Kelly bag was made and have such an appreciation for how these products are all hand rendered with such attention to detail by amazing Parisian craftsmen & women- for me this really justifies their price points. 

Peachy Keen

I've been working a little more on my swimwear and made a few pieces for my holiday last week! 

I made a peach twist bandeau bikini top and matching high waisted peplum detailed bottoms. I also made a simple bandeau top with a turquoise trinket embellishment- all cut from a pattern made from scratch. Plus I also produced a pom pom customised sarong and a peach satin top with lemon grosgrain ribbon-tie back- pretty cute aye?

I'm currently working on the look of my swimwear brand aswell as the name! 

Watch this space!

J'adore Dior Cafe at Harrods

I strongly recommend you all to visit Harrods this month for the Christian Dior exhibition and pop up cafe on the fourth floor < 3 

You can have afternoon tea in the cafe- I opted for the scallops with spinach & crab and pomme puree with a glass of raspberry & vanilla lemonade ummmmhmmmmm. 

You can then have a stroll through the exhibition featuring couture from the man himself through to John Galliano and Raf Simons. Also check out the telephone box a la Dior that will spritz you with Miss Dior perfume < 3