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There was a party in all our pants on the night of the Björn Borg event, held in the disused Battersea Power Station, the old building loomed above us as we danced under the strobe lights. It was probably the most insane party I've ever been too, the catering itself was amazing, all parties should have a hot food bar! I'd never had the chance to try oysters before which was a treat, my favourite had to be the rare beef with red current jam though, yumyum. We sat on the giant beds, with our cocktails watching the models run around having pillow fights and jumping in the hot tubs, before joining the glow in the dark fashion show. The party got a little insane with Alexxsia and Michael magicking up a mini bar at the end of the catwalk with conveniently found bottles of Cointreau and mixers, until Coco Sumner and Robyn came on (Coco Sumner has to be the next Charlie May girl right?) for an awesome duet set. We danced all night until the lights came up and the bar was dry.
The whole night was pretty amazing and the perfect way to kick off London Fashion Week! Maybe even made the week feel boring after having so much fun.. It was great seeing friends Alistair, Matthew, Michelle and Nik and well as BFFs forever Michael, Lex and Jen. Thanks to Lex for letting me pinch a few photos too!
I'd been meaning to do this Yellow Door press day/Acne post for a while, but after getting my new camera I stashed my old one out of sight and only just found it, it's memory card full with last seasons press days. It must be my senile old blogger age, but I thought better late than never; plus everything you see here is available to buy now! Which is always a plus.
The leather jackets and shoes from Acne are always my favourite and this season, I fell in love particularly with the white leather pieces and the platform shoes, I'm in love with Ivania's suede pair more than the blue silk, and even more with these mid calf boots. I found one style to be a bit of a Simone Rocha rip off (the high heeled brogue) but other than that thumbs up all round.
I warn you there may be more of these belated press days to come (sorry!) but I do quite like seeing the garments and accessories without a body to cloud your judgement; pure design appreciation is what I'm after.
Wearing: Ann-Sofie Back coat, Limi Feu coat, Charlie May sheer white dress, Dagmar black dress, Ann Demeulemeester triple lace boots, Alexander Wang clutch, Maria Nilsdotter rings
Outfit worn on the 4th day of London fashion week, it was so cold at Somerset House I was glad for two jackets, which meant that the dress didn't really come out other than for these photos.. oh welll! I love the layering of the Limi lapels over the minimal Ann-Sofie jacket, it's so much warmer having a collar around your neck in the cold! This was my last day at LFW too before I admitted myself to bed for the rest of the week; I'm back in Devon now for some serious country relaxation, sat in front of the roaring fire as we speak. Perfection. Hope you're all having a great weekend!
Thanks to Lexxi for the photos.
Despite going through a time lapse and nearly missing this presentation all together (totally blaming my fashion week fried egg brain), I luckily arrived in time to see all the beautiful new pieces Zana and Thomas had slugged to London. It was pretty awesome to be able to try everything on and have a tutorial from the harness goddess herself! New favourite is the white harness that doubles up as a back spine/front spine/belt/you name it; it's pretty awesome being able to clip it up in different ways and wear it how you love it most. There was also a face harness that Zana custom made for Love magazine, as well as a new moulded leather rose headband; which is pretty striking and quite unlike anything else she's done before. I'm pretty in love with that canary bra harness too, could anything be more awesome!?
One thing is clear my leather collection is going to be doubling pretty soon.
It was so nice being able to finally meet and hang out with one of my favourite blogging ladies, I guess I'll have to go and invade new York turf soon.
You can see more of Thomas Blaak's bags here, and Zana Bayne's harnesses if you don't already know, here.
