Muks’ Fashion Soiree

Posted by Rebekah Roy on April 27th, 2008

Muks_Event_Jaime Muks Fashion Soiree Pattern Cutter, JP with Courtney Blackman and Jaime Cooke - the Director of Muks! Muks_Event_ArtDirector Muks Fashion Soiree The Muks Fashion Soiree was a great success! We drank cosmopolitans and mojitos and danced until the early hours of the morning. Michel Herz, head of womenswear design at Aquascutum with Coutney Blackman. Muks_Event_Amelia Muks Fashion Soiree Catherine McColl, fashion editor and her the team from Amelia’s Magazine.Muks_Event_Karen Muks Fashion Soiree Alexia Somerville (middle) and fashion designer Karen Brost (far right) Muks_Event_group Muks Fashion Soiree Amechi Ihenacho (on far right) with other happy partygoers! Muks_Event_David Muks Fashion Soiree Stylist David Bartlett & a cute actor! Muks_Event_Justin Muks Fashion Soiree On the far right Justin Cooke, Managing Director of Fortune Cookie. Update: Muks’ Soiree on Glamour.com! muks_Glamour Muks Fashion Soiree

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Vivienne Westwood Red Label at London Fashion Week and Constance Lytton

Posted by Rebekah Roy on February 15th, 2008

This was Vivienne Westwood’s first show in London in 9 years. There maybe many reasons for her showing in London but maybe one of the strongest reason is to speak out and create action in the UK about the 277 prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay. The U.S. plans to prosecute Guantanamo Bay prisoners at military tribunals. “Fair trial my arse” were the sentiments of the show: the slogan was printed on a pair of “prison” orange knickers worn by one of the models. It’s refreshing to go to show that mixes fashion and politics. We forget how powerful fashion can be - as an organization - it doesn’t mean we all have the same political views just because we’re in the same industry but it does mean that we have a bigger voice then we think we have and we shouldn’t be afraid to use it.
Her information pack contains information petitions and charitable donation to support “Fair Trial My Arse” you can go to www.reprieve.org.uk.

For some reason I’ve starting thinking of Constance Lytton - my mind wonders… Anyway Constance Lytton was born in 1869 to a privileged family: Robert, the first Earl of Lytton and Edith Villiers. In 1908 Constance Lytton joined the Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) and in 1909 she took part in a demonstration at the House of Commons where she was arrested and imprisoned. As soon as the authorities realized who she was, she was released, she was angry that she was given special treatment so she disguised herself and took a new identity: Jane Wharton, a London seamstress. At another demonstration Constance (Jane) was arrested and this time sentenced to fourteen days and when she refused to eat she was forced fed eight times. Again Constance was released when the authorities realized who she was. Constance wrote articles and pamphlets on women’s rights for the WSPU and wrote a book on her experiences in the suffragette movement called Prisons and Prisoners. I really admire Constance Lytton, she used her social position to change the world she lived in and maybe somehow that makes me think of Vivienne Westwood. There are very few people in this world who really say and do what they think and they know it’s not without repercussions but they know it’s the right thing to do and they do it.
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I love seeing the crowds at shows! (This is the same venue as Basso and Brook)

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Sophie Ellis Bextor and Richard Jones

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Amechi Ihenacho looking quite dashing with his lovely sister!

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The lovely Hannah Almassi from Grazia.

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I have always been a fan of big hair and this season we’ve seen lots & lots of crimped hair!

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More big hair and great make up!

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Alexia the Birthday girl!

Posted by Rebekah Roy on January 29th, 2008

LP3 Alexia the Birthday girl!
Me, Alexander and Alexia Somerville - birthday girl!

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This club was on New Bond Street in London.

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Designer Amechi Ihenacho, London editor of Flux Magazine

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Girls having fun & being fabulous!

LP4 Alexia the Birthday girl!
I love this necklace by Lara Bohinc!

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Flux Amechi Ihenacho

Posted by Rebekah Roy on February 14th, 2007

Me & Amechi the London editor of Flux Magazine

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