Wednesday 10th January 2018: Kitty Joseph in COLOUR

FRED BUTLER - KITTY JOSEPH - 'SS18 MUSES' from Bridie O'Sullivan on Vimeo.

F R E D  B U T L E R  - ' I N  C O L O U R ' -  T E A S E R from Bridie O'Sullivan on Vimeo.

As usual I spent New Years Eve with Kitty Joseph in the rainbow penthouse of Zandra Rhodes Fashion & Textile Museum.  So it seems apt timing to reflect on some of our colourful moments from last year including these films for her IN COLOUR and Muse series, both shot by Bridie O'Sullivan.  One filmed in the spectrum loft and the other in my own multicolour home!  See more of Kitty's stunning spectrum SS18 collection over on her site  and check out the other personalities in the portrait series on Bridie's Vimeo page and Instagram.

Thanks to Bridie for these screen-grabs of the moving image and thanks to Tracy Hayes at Fudge for colouring my hair as always!

Tuesday 6th June (06!): After 6pm

Q:  What would you recommend doing at around 6pm in London?

A:  Find a Happy Hour in a nice bar to sit down with a copy of Time Out to scan the event listings.  It's an excellent immediate resource of reliable recommendations to make a good start!  Look for a gallery or museum late-night opening / store opening / restaurant launch / gig / clubnight.  It's possible on any night of the week to find somewhere to go for free culture, drinks and even food if you're lucky enough.  You just have to do a little research!

Q:  What did you get up to before the shoot?

 

A:  I ran the Hackney Half Marathon and then went to the pub for a roast dinner to watch the Tottenham Vs. Arsenal London Derby football match - a classic contradictory London Sunday! 

Q:   What are your plans for the evening? And with whom are you planning to spend time with?

A:  Its the end of the bank holiday so I have to stay in and do last minute homework!   But a typical example of a night out was last Thursday when Eglo Records did an instore gig at Carhartt, then onto a launch for Converse / NIKE Flyknit with a performance by Yungen before finishing off at a film screening and club night curated by NTS Radio for KENZO.  3 separate venues, 3 separate neighbourhoods, 6 brands, 1 night!

Photography & interview by Shin Hye Lee

Friday 9th December: Polaroid Sun

Capturing the shard in my shades 😎  New Polaroid Sunglasses thanks to Sunglasses Shop for the early Christmas present. Photo by Aoife Hills & rainbow dress by Kitty Joseph

Tuesday 14th June: Kitty Joseph Studio Visit

A peak inside the spectrum studio of Kitty Joseph and her cosmic patterns, pleating and inspirations.  Her new season plastic purses are winging their way over to stockists in Japan - here she is holding one as a preview.  Catch last season's clutches here before they go. 

Thursday 5th May: "MISSONI Art Colour" at Fashion and Textile Museum

Party people at the private view and dinner of "MISSONI Art Colour" inc. artist Andrew Logan, designer Bethan Wood who was guest posting on Missoni's Snapchat and photogprapher Rankin who was doing the Instagram take-over for the night's preview.  Here is Kitty Joseph wearing her own new pixelated pattern collection and just one snap of the mini ice-creams we were treated to alongside pots of tirimisu, plates of rhubarb cheese cake....... after saffron & tarragon rissotto and asparagus & broad bean salad......... all of which I have no photos because I inhaled each and every one too quick!

Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF

6 May – 4 September 2016 

Tuesday 26th May: Zandra Rhodes Rainbow Loft Sample Sale

This Bank Holiday the colourful network of London designers took over Zandra Rhodes Rainbow Penthouse for a sample sale. Here is Bethan Wood camouflaged perfectly into the surroundings wearing some Zandra Rhodes prints.  I tried on a Piers Atkinson PomPom headband and got some cosmic rainbow cable covers from the Auria swimwear stall.  Kitty Joseph had selections of her archive and printed t-shirts, socks and dip-dyed acrylic accessories.  Andrew Logan's beautiful mosaic mirrored jewellery was also on view which I always covet like crazy - especially the massive chunky bangles.  Classic.  

Check out Bethan's installation for Tory Burch "Lettuce entertain you" here