Swap-A-Rama Razzmatazz Fashion Frenzy! This offbeat event, where clubbers swap clothes, has migrated across the Channel from Europe’s fashion capital (Paris, duh!) to London’s leftfield-loving East End. For the friendly fee of 99p you are free to grab whatever items off another person and everyone ends up with a new mix-and-match outfit by the end of the evening!
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I love that you never know what inspires someone else or where our influences always come from. But sometimes you see an image and it reminds you of another image. A few years ago there was a man on Queen Street West in Toronto who had quite a few rats that sat on his shoulders, it freaked me out a bit, I’m ok with hamsters but rats, not so good. Wish I had a photo of him…
Gareth Pugh SS 08 collection with shawls that are made of dozens of woollen 3D mice. Actually when I was little my mum made me some felt mice! The London stockist for Gareth Pugh is Browns.
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One of the fashion shows I styled at London Fashion Week for Spring/Summer 2008 was for Daydream Nation, and it was a wonderfully quirky show, a combination of catwalk show and theatre piece! Here’s a review from Fashion Capital:
The much raved about Giles show closed the day on the official schedule but the Fashion Capital crew were up for something new and decided to go ‘off’ and check out the Daydream Nation show at the ICA. Instead of the usual array of expressionless models marching up and down the catwalk Daydream Nation put on a live performance that was a combination of mime, dance, clever choreography and live music. While you may think that such an ambitious show could well take away from the clothes the performance was creatively arranged so that the models interacted with the garments. Most of the pieces, after-all, were multi-functional and could be worn in a number of ways. Wearable and yet quirky designs shown in a charming and amusing presentation – it was a great way to end the day.
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Daydream Nation London Fashion Week SS 2008.
As we walked through to the theatre a lady attached to a pillow who was
eager to sleep on our shoulder greeted us. She was one of many
wondering figures wearing pyjamas and serving coffee to the sounds of
another whistling sweet dream lullabies; these actors gave a fun
introduction to Daydream Nation, whose SS08 collection was titled;
‘Good Morning I’m Sleeping’.
This was certainly no ordinary catwalk show, the models/actors were
constantly in character, sleepy and dreamy, their motions down the
catwalk or stage were slow and evolving as they yawned their way
towards the audience. With a focus on neutral shades, executed in
calico and jersey fabrics, Daydream Nation’s SS08 collection included
beautifully slouchy cotton dresses, with heavy frill bottoms, tiered
and layered.
A focus on necklines ran through the collection, with pleating and
folding of the fabric creating exaggerated necklines and collars to
simply shaped garments. There were injections of black amongst the
neutral colour palette in print on jersey, and layers of frills to
skirts. The pillowcase style tops were signature to this dreamy
collection, creating a funnel neck and hood-like effect when worn in
varying ways. The collection was made up of versatile designs, often
garments that can be transformed, like trousers, which become shorts
once they are hoisted, and tied. This performance was an interesting
way to view a collection, and never a dull moment was to be had with
Daydream Nation.
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Chanel has released a short film starring the actress Keira Knightley
…but my favourite Chanel ad is:
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