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From Bloomberg to Berardi ...
I was thrilled to be able to spend some time with Sandrine Deveaux the E commerce and Marketing Director of Matches Fashion.
Diamonds are at your finger tips..!
I checked out Swarovski’s fantastic Pop Up shop this week and had great fun playing at home…
Rain rain go away....or perhaps stay, stay, stay!
Then we can all buy an umbrella from www.umbrellaheaven.com.
Going to church with vente-privee and Drapers!
At One Marylebone, the former practising Holy Trinity Church, we all had a wonderful evening attending The 20th Anniversary of the Drapers Awards held in association with www.vente-privee.com
Secrets and Sapphires...what great parties to go to!
The third birthday party of Secret Sales www.secretsales.com was a huge success not unlike the business!
Anyone for ... Fashion or Cricket?
One of the pleasures of being part of The Sorority networking club www.thesorority.org is that I get to spend time with some amazing people…enter Ahlya Fateh Managing Director of the British fashion label Tata-Nata www.tatanaka.com.
Whispering “white rabbit”
Whispering “white rabbit” in a beautifully renovated church is not something I had ever imagined doing….but I did it with pleasure to gain admission to the launch of the magnificent networking club The Sorority www.thesorority.org
I wanted to be close to Matthew Williamson...
…and at the Fashion Business Club www.fashionbusinessclub.net I certainly, through Joseph Velosa, felt I was…
What is an ‘Ology?
Well we learnt what an ‘Ology was at a great event held in The Soho Hotel by Martin Newman www.martinnewman.co.uk with main sponser Hybris www.hybris.com and media sponsors Fashshot.com www.fashshot.com and the Online Fashion Agency www.theonlinefashionagency.com.
David Gandy stole the show at OFW !
I was asked to attend Oxford Fashion Week http://oxfordfashionweek.com and be on a panel with Tony Mc Gee, fabulous photographer extra-ordinaire; Dolly Jones, glamourous Editor of vogue.com; fabulous Claire Wilcox, curator at the V&A and finally stunning male model Dolce & Gabbana model David Gandy!
The marvellous new Fashion Confidential site
FC has a marvellous new site… no not Frances Card… But Fashion Confidential!
Resting your Louboutins and getting a caffeine hit...
…is a necessary evil during the buying season and it is always interesting to learn about a new place to do it and do it well!
Hiho Hiho…it’s off to my favourite silver jewellery shop I go……
….Hiho is the iconic silver lining in everyone’s jewllery box!
I really want to live in my-wardrobe.com land.....
Interviewing Sarah Curran CEO of www.my-wardrobe.com made me feel exactly like that!
Wrapped and ready to go.....
Christmas presents are all piled high and waiting for impatient fingers to tear off the Swarovski crystals attractively arranged to dangle off them.
The red carpet doesn’t tell us everything about Maria Grachvogel..
Well known for her red carpet success’s Maria’s collections really do take women from day to evening throughout the year and for all seasons…
What's life like at Harvey Nichols..
Definitely! I caught up with Vikki Kavanagh the Leisurewear Buyer for Womenswear at Harvey Nichols who Absolutely loves her job!
Zoolander ..it wasn’t....
I was thrilled to be asked to host the Ford Models Super Model of the World UK search last Tuesday night at the excellent Il Bottaccio in Belgravia.
Lie Back and Think of....
Lie back and think of …….nothing….I was given the most incredible experience the other week in the Bamfords pop up Spa in Lowndes Street.
Beautiful and Smart....
Caprice talks to me about her successful lingerie business By Caprice www.caprice-online.com
Visiting vente-privee.com
I always enjoy catching the Eurostar as it’s so easy but it is even more enjoyable if you have an interesting and engaging travelling companion. Catching the 6.55am to Paris with Bunty Stokes fitted the bill perfectly!
Victoria Beckham...grateful?
Well certainly having road tested the Somerset House walkway’s for her last week I was pleased she made an appearance at the Fashion East show(see last week’s BKS)!!
Life as a guinea pig
Being a guinea pig for Fashion East at Somerset House was an interesting way to start the fourth day of LFW! Mark Hislop Commercial Director needed a pair of heels (with legs attached) to check out the terrain for tomorrow’s fabulous Fashion East show at 13.15 on Tuesday 22nd September.
Fashion has gone Thigh High and it’s time to Re-Boot!
Vogues Fashion’s Night Out last week showed us the way. We were thigh deep in the newest trend with Posh in New York wearing the extreme boot version whilst in London we shopped until we dropped for those more modest thigh highs!
It is time to Coat Watch
2009 is the year of the Coat ..don’t doubt it or be fooled by the Indian summer.
One should never give a woman anything she can’t wear in the evening
The last week of summer – or so we have been told, and I can sense the first chill of autumn walking home late at night this week.
August..shouldn't it have been quiet?
How lovely to be asked to blog for Drapers - my absolute favourite read! I’ll be posting an update every week (and sometimes more often….) but let’s begin with August..shouldn’t it have been quiet?
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