Saturday 29th December: Holly Mac

This is my assistant Holly who actually auditioned for the Metronomy video but was too shy to win them over ...........not so shy here in her latest MySpace profile picture from the studio.............. and the other image is one of her previous modelling stints for Hannah Wood's degree collection..........

Friday 28th Dec: Radio Ladio

This is the new video for Metronomy that I mentioned recently. Its directed by daniel brereton and features props by Helen Macintyre. I love this so much................it reminds me a bit of the Tretchikoff paintings I have up at home..............

Monday 24th Dec: My Fair Lady

Cecil Beaton's "My Fair Lady" on Christmas eve telly..................this makes me even more impatient for Stephen Jones curated exhibit at the V&A next year.............to see some of these original hats in the flesh (silk) will be quite something!

Sunday 23 December: 13 Desserts

Dinner with my best friends Anna & Vicky and an introduction to a French festive custom of 13 desserts.............13 components to an after meal munch............I counted Grapes, Satsumas, Figs, Dates, Raisins, Cranberries, Walnuts, Almonds, Hazelnuts, Fig biscuits, Chocolates with a joke in the wrapper, White Nougat..........the missing element was apparently Black Nougat............I didn't even know such a thing existed?................

Thursday 19 & Friday 20th Dec: Shepherds Bush Empire Part 2

Here are the shooting stars that we made to decorate the risers........pictures from drying at the studio to being literally embraced in the performance on stage! Here Patrick is wearing an incredible garment by Craig Lawrence (who I blogged a month ago at Nov 27 exhibition for reference). At the close of night we handed out the stars to fans who were beside themselves with arms stretched out to get one to take home as memorabilia.........I wish i could have seen the tube ride of the teenager who ended up with the 2m swoosh............

Thursday 19 & Friday 20th Dec: Shepherds Bush Empire

Here are the paper snowflakes that we made for Patrick Wolfs grand finale gigs at The Shepherds Bush Empire. I have never done a set for a music show before and I loved every minute of it - except the last-minute challenge of finding fire proof solution in London at 5:15p.m (big shout out to Holly who ran the gauntlet of town Xmas shopping pavements to find it). It is phenomenal the amount of work that goes into putting on a live show, from the lighting choreography to the Grand piano tuning. This show pulled out all the stops by Patrick bringing together the best elements he could find for the final send off to touring The Magic Position. If you want to see more have a look on flickr.com where I cheekily stole these pictures from..........