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The Women of Mad Men

Posted by Rebekah Roy on November 3rd, 2008

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Mad Men is a show set in the 1960’s in Manhattan. Life is fun and exciting, men are men and women are women but life is changing. It’s an age of innocence – where pregnant women smoke, dinner is on the table for you when you get home, you have a black house keeper, casual anti-Semitism and sexual harassment are acceptable and a divorcee is sexy & intriguing. Mad Men is all about lives of the men of the Madison Avenue advertising firm Sterling Cooper but you just can’t help but notice the women. They are strong, sexy and provocative and of course they have a fantastic wardrobe. The show is only in it’s second season and you just know that after watching a few episodes you’re going to be vintage shopping!

Mad Men Elisabeth Moss Peggy Olson The Women of Mad Men

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Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss) is a junior copy writer from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Although she looks more sophisticated in the first picture she’s usually a bit more the mousey schoolgirl, wearing blouses and pleated skirts, hiding her fabulous body. She believes that being one of the companies first female copy writers since the war means that her smarts count for something.

Mad Men January Jones Betty Draper The Women of Mad Men

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Betty Draper (January Jones) – Wife of Don Draper, the Creative Director for the Sterling Cooper ad agency. Betty is the perfect housewife and seems to become more and more perfect as the show progresses. She’s immaculate. She has all the time in the world for perfection: the petticoats, the girdles, the stockings, the slip, the bra and perfect hair. If she’s not in a full skirt and fitted bodice she’s in the perfect sweater and cigarette pants.

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Joan Holloway (Christina Hendricks) is the office manager and she has great assets. She looks like she can break any man: she’s engaged to a doctor and having an affair with Roger Sterling, a partner at Sterling Cooper. Joan is confident and believes that a woman’s sensuality is her strongest device. Joan dresses in jewel colours and her dresses are tight and cut to perfection, showing off every curve!

Boardwalk Empire

I was invited to the advance screening of Boardwalk Empire in Leicester Square - the show launches in the UK on the new Sky Atlantic HD channel....

Celebrity Autobiography at the Leicester Square Theatre

I love going to the theatre, but living in city with so much theatre it's odd to say, but it's hard to know what to go and see. By chance I...

One Minute Dance Party

I learn so many good things from TV. I was watching 30 Rock (NBC) when I first learned about the One Minute Dance Party and it just sounded like...

Skins!

Skins 3 is coming soon, and the Skins creators are looking for new talent. They’re looking for a writer, director, costume designer, and...

Pink U + Ur Hand – Style Icon

I love Pink's look in the video U + Ur Hand. I think she looks amazing and iconic. Pink might not have the most beautiful face in the world but...

Dexter

This is one of my favourite show openings: [youtube utqoFsMYPKs] When Dexter first came to the UK they launched an SMS-based viral marketing...

British Style Genius

British Style Genius is a new show airing this autumn. The event featured a 20-minute preview of the five-part series, with an introductory talk...

Inbar Spector London Fashion Week S/S 09

This show was such a pleasure to work on. I think I've been walking around with a smile on my face for the past few weeks as I just love Inbar's...

Shop & Swap: Twiggy’s Fashion Trade

I know there are loads of fashion shows on tv at the moment and I've watched them all - and maybe there's a bit over fashion over kill at the...

Skins Series 2 Uncut Trailer – British Fashion on British TV

I thought the first series of Skins was great. I liked that you knew it's British just because of the style of clothes and the way the...

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Typewriter Art

Posted by Rebekah Roy on October 12th, 2008

Keira Lyn Rathbone is a Type Writer Artist. I took a picture of Keira typing away at On Off during fashion week. Keira studied fine art but she’s self taught in type writer art! I just love it and her look!

Typewriter Art

Graffiti in East London

Mr. Clement on Newburgh Street!

London fashion label Pyrus recently opened their first shop on Newburgh Street and are hosting an exclusive art exhibition in their Basement ...

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Victim at London Fashion Week S/S 09

Posted by Rebekah Roy on September 19th, 2008

Mei-Hui Liu of VIctim always does an incredible show. She works with the same people that she has for years – she very loyal and her friends are very loyal to her. Dejan Cekanovic and Dirk Walther from Premier did the hair. Alex Box from D&V Management did the make-up – every year she just does something amazing. It’s not surprizing that she’s coming out with her own line of make-up in November of this year.

Victim at London Fashion Week S/S 09

This collection is fun and playful. Bright fun colourful tutus with Victorian jackets and the coolest shoes and gloves that you’ll ever see.

Victim at London Fashion Week S/S 09

Natasha Marro has become shoe designer extraordinarie, you’ll see her in Italian Vogue and on the feet of some of the coolest people

Victim at London Fashion Week S/S 09

Preen & Victim

Tea with Bora Aksu

I really enjoy visiting designers in their studio and chatting about their collections. I've been a big fan of Bora Aksu for many years. I went...

Graduate Fashion Week

Graduate Fashion Week is coming up and I'm quite excited about seeing the students' collections. I was part of the Industry Panel with John...

Illamasqua

I love makeup but don't usually like shopping for it and I often rely on the makeup artists that I work with for their advice and suggestions....

An Interview with Model Erika Stasiuleviciute

I have worked with Erika Stasiuleviciute for a number of years. She's been cast in many of my shows and she's always so much fun to work with...

UK Designer Menswear Shoot

There is so much exciting menswear in London that I'm quite inspired to do menswear shoots! I recently styled a menswear shoot that focused on...

Fashion Shoots & New Designers

Just doing a few more shoots for spring before the Christmas holidays begin! The shoot focused on new designers. I'll post some of the images...

Blue Lips at Hannah Marshall

Alex Box did blue lips for Hannah Marshall's A/W2010 catwalk show. Generally I don't like blue lips, every makeup artist loves doing them but...

Alex Box – Extraordinary Makeup

Alex Box is a rare talent. Lots of make up artists dream of doing cool, edgy colourful make up but they never quite succeed. It often can look...

London Baby!

It's all kicked off in London. Fashion Week has begun and I for one am excited - it's a good indication it's going to be a goodun when Kate Moss...

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Designers at The Big Chill Ethical Fashion Show

Posted by Rebekah Roy on July 29th, 2008

I’m working with The Sunrise & Big Chill and we’re doing

Ethical Fashion Show and Upcoming Ethical Designer Competition at the festival on Saturday August 2nd! I’ll be styling the show! The Big Chill Nights Arena is 40m by 40metres, the stage is 10m by 9m with a 16ft catwalk and a huge video screen at the back. Aveda will be doing the hair and make up. And we will be featuring some of the best ethical fashion designers in the UK:

EDUN – Organic and fair trade clothing Company founded by Bono and Ali Hewson
THE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION – campaigns to stop child labour and deadly pesticide use in the cotton industry.
HOWIES – Stylish Organic clothes co and ethical think tank based in Wales.
KATHERINE HAMNETT – A legend of the Fashion world will show some slogan t-shirts and clothes.
AMANA – Central St Martins Graduates who produce exceptional designs ethically produced.
FINISTERRE – (Observer Ethical Designers of the Year) cutting edge, technological, all terrain eco clothing.
BEYOND SKIN – vegetarian and vegan shoes now available in organic cotton.
PEOPLE TREE – fair trade, ecologically sound clothing helping to alleviate poverty in the worlds most marginalised communities.
PANTS TO POVERTY – On a mission to rid the world of bad pants this campaigning ethical company will change the way you think about your knickers!
IZZY LANE – ethical fashion reared in Britain using wool from animals who would be sent to slaughter in 2006/7 she saved 500 sheep.

The Big Chill

I bought my first rubber boots/wellies as an adult; I had yellow one when I was little and for some reason I just couldn't buy black rubber boots...

Lost Shoe

I wondered how someone can lose one shoe but then I noticed the bottle of beer nearby...

Ecco Boots

I've always been a fan of Ecco walking shoes but I never really thought of them for heels so I was quite delighted when they sent me these heeled...

The Broken Heel

I saw these shoes on the platform at a tube station and thought someone forgot them while changing to into their flats, but on closer inspection...

Underground Shoes

Love these colourful leopard print Creepers from Underground - an authentic British rock 'n' roll brand.

Kat Maconie – Fabulous Footwear

I was quite delighted to meet Kat Maconie at her press day as I've used her Autumn Winter 2011 shoes in a shoot for Phoenix magazine. Kat is a...

Ziad Ghanem Spring Summer 2012!

I was really looking forward to seeing Ziad Ghanem's show at Fashion Scout as I hadn't seen one of his shows for several season as I was usually...

Lost Items – Shoes

I often see lost items in the street and I wonder how they got there. How does one lose two shoes? Was she changing into her flats and forgot to...

Petticoat Lane Market

I love Petticoat Lane Market. It's not as trendy as Brick Lane or the Sunday Up Market but it does have it's charm and so much stuff!...

Polka Dot Shoes at Gina

Love these polka dot shoes from Gina - they just scream summer fun! There is just something about polka dots that I can't resist. I just want to...

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Ossie Clark by Avsh Alom Gur

Posted by Rebekah Roy on July 27th, 2008

Avsh Alom Gur was appointed as Head of Design of the newly formed Ossie Clark fashion house in 2007. He graduated from a Fashion Masters at Central Saint Martins in 2002, and following consultancies for Donna Karan, Robert Cavalli and Nicole Farhi, Avsh Alom Gur launched his own womenswear and accessories label in 2005. I loved seeing his shows at London Fashion Week – definitely a hot ticket!

Palette London has stocked Avsh Alom Gur’s label exclusively in the UK right from the very beginning. One of the things that I really like about Mark Ellis – owner of Palette is that he really loves and cares about the designers he stocks – it’s not about the label or the name it’s always about the craftsmanship & design.