Saturday 15 December 2007

Friday 14th December: Shine

Getting ready at the studio to go to the Christmas party at our set builders in Elephant & Castle. Andy Knights hosted a party called "Shine" so we threw on the glitz to dazzle................Hannah's hat is a shower cap sprayed gold with a bauble glue guned on as a nifty finish to a beutiful piece of spontaneous couture

Thursday 13 December 2007

Thursday 13th December: Jelly Launch

We received the new issue of Amelia's magazine today which includes the feature that Andy Macgregor and I collaborated on. "I love Jelly". Here is a snap of us on the day in our studio with photographer Amy Gwatkin and her rainbow socks. It took many days of experimentation and layering of colours to achieve our psychedelic jellies. It was equally tense and fun when it came to gently warming the moulds to turn them out. The residue of sticky sugary mess at the end was quite something........

Wednesday 12 December: V&A

Today we are shooting in the V&A amongst all the artworks and artefacts. Getting lost in the libraries and discovering galleries of gigantic plaster casts of monuments that I have never seen before. This museum is maaaaaaaasive............I want to come back one day for a snoop at the permanent collection to rediscover its treasures ..........

Tuesday 11 December 2007

Tues 11th December: Delivery

I just delivered the family of pieces of that we conjured up this weekend for Nicola Formichetti...............done and dusted, back to the ongoing batch of accessories for the January Selfridges windows ................

Sunday 9 December 2007

Sunday 9th Dec: Archive Picture

At the studio still conjuring up spontaneous accessories and unable to preview results prior to anything being published............so here is something from the past. I have just received this image from photographer Kim Jakobsen To. He took it at the Show Studio event last fashion week that I took part in. This outfit is from a collection by my friend Alistair Carr circa aprox. 2002............over time I have been donated many treasures from his archive and here are some dream pieces based on a matador..............