Saturday 7th Oct: Cycling trip to the Isle Of Wight

A little insight into what I get up to at the weekends to escape the city................. cycling out to the English countryside ............... and on this last end of Summer / start of Autumn escapaid, a weekend camping trip to the Isle Of Wight, complete with chickens for fresh eggs!!
Thanks to RART for the special ltd edition , hand-dyed ombre Rapha windbreaker for the ride!

Tuesday 3rd Nov: V&A Museum of Childhood

One of my favourite haunts - and that's just the gift shop!!  You don't need to be a kid to love this place, it's got the history of toys so there's something for everyone to remember and get nostalgic for.  The current exhibition at the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green is "Kites From Kabul" & "The Alice Look".  Great fun and great place to stock up on stocking fillers for Christmas!

Sunday 1st November: Victoria Miro

Details from the current two shows at Victoria Miro = Kara Walker "Go to Hell or Atlanta, Whichever Comes First" & group show "Forces In Nature" curated by Hilton Als ( Tal R, Njideka Akunyili Crosby ) .............. and the cosmic permanent garden installation by Yayoi Kusama.

16 Wharf Road, London N1 7RW

Saturday 31st October: TATE Modern at the MO

Current show :  The World Goes Pop & Abraham Cruzvillegas: Empty Lot in the Turbine Hall

Friday 30th October: Sunset hue hair by FUDGE

The start to this Autumn has so far, thank God, has been really mild with exceptionally ridiculously sunrise and sunsets.  These hues Ive been snapping have inspired my latest new colour from Tracy Hayes at Fudge mixing some of the new Paintbox dyes.

Friday 30th October: British Museum of Food by Bompas & Parr

British Museum of Food by Bompas & Parr
It's the world’s first cultural institution entirely devoted to the history, evolution, science, sociology and art of food!  Open for 3 months in Borough Market. 
1 Cathedral Street, London SE1 9DE
Photos from "The Butterfly Effect" exhibit by Lena Romain.

Weds 28th October: Ashish, Fashion In Motion at The V&A Museum - backstage details

Ashish is the latest designer to have a retrospective as part of the V&A Museum's "Fashion In Motion" series of free fashion shows.  Its been a decade of the designer's sequin collections coming down the catwalks at London Fashion Week, so a fitting time to dig thru the archives of his workshop in India.  The sparkly looks started with silver screen Hollywood sirens in floor-length gowns, gradually shifting to two-piece sportswear separates and even neon hi-vis vests.   All set against the glinting gold gilt Raphael Gallery, the metallics shimmered and reflected the spotlights with model and muse Larry B's snake hips sashaying the way. 

See the current exhibition "The Fabric Of India" at the museum now.

See archive Fashion In Motion posts from Peter Jensen, Meadham Kirchhoff , Kansai Yamamoto, Kenzo,  Craig Lawrence

Monday 26th October: Jamie XX "Good Times / In Colour" Pop Up Shop

Everything about the campaign for this album has been a kaleidoscopic dream for me since first hearing it at the listening party, thru to receiving the coloured vinyl double gatefold.  I've photographed the spectrum stained window at Phonica, the painted shutter at Rough Trade West for Carnival and now visited the Shoreditch pop-up shop.  After last week's show at Brixton Academy, Young Turks took the tour's merch and a whole stack more of spectrum goodies to open a "Good Times" theme store.  All the original records that were sampled on the debut were put together to not only listen to but also buy................ spinning on the rainbow slip-mat turntable.  By day you could shop the shelves of t-shirts, caps, bags, stationary and by night attend parties streamed live on NTS with a revolving roster of friends inc. Sampha, Lil Silva, Benji B, One-man etc.  If you weren't able to make it down to the shop, head over to the site to scoop up the multicolour wonders such as this special edition Risograph print.