Friday 19th September: London Design Festival - Bethan Laura Wood's "Alters" at The Ace Hotel

Ace Hotel invited Modern Design Review magazine to curate a show for The London Design Festival, who in turn asked Bethan Laura Wood to produce a series of installations.  Here are details of her "Alters" inspired by floral tributes such as temple displays and harvest festival altars.  The ceramics collected together include a selection of different artists work including her own Rainbow Vases with flowers from the hotel's florist "That Flower Shop".

The other designs are:  Duotone vases by Martino Gamper, Scrap & Hard Core Vases by Max Lamb, Milkshake Vases by Silo Studio and vintage vases from Brocant Antiques.

‘SUPER STIMULI’ PRESENTED BY MODERN DESIGN REVIEW, 16-22 September

Ace Hotel, 100 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6JQ

Thursday 18th Sept: London Fashion Week SS15 - Simone Rocha

Simone Rocha's SS15 show was held in St Andrews Church with a live organ arrangement to set off the scallop and fluffy feather fringed hems and lace flower tailor edge tulle.  Absolutely stunning - congratulations Simone!!! A real joy to see a wardrobe devised for women thru a female perspective, resulting in a covetable casual femininity with quirky directional detail. Nothing else quite like it and thats why it's flying................

Watch my live video clip of the finale here

Thursday 18th September: The Aram Gallery's "Future Stars?" - The London Design Festival

As part of my sleuthing around the city discovering the pockets of presentations in The London Design Festival I visited The Aram Gallery not far from Somerset House.  Perfect location near Fashion Week for these selected designers in the gallery's "Future Stars?" showcase.  The work exhibited was absolutely gorgeous with pieces that I would LOVE to have decorating my home, hands and feet!  A really fantastic collection of graphic shapes by different designers but with a cohesive style that sat together perfectly as one story for "Future Stars?" - no question mark needed......

Top to bottom:  Kim Thome's "Layer Screens" , Lola Lely's " Ply Leather Side Tables, Cat Potter's "Freja" shoes,  Maria Jeglinska's "Drawn Objects" & "The Little Black", Sophie Thomas "Planet" jewellery.

(All photos by me except last snap of me snapping from The Aram Gallery's Instagram)

Weds 17th Sept: London Fashion Week SS15 - Ryan Lo

Here is designer Ryan Lo dressed in a thematic sailor suit to his tropical aquatic collection complete with crystallised starfish & SailorMoon accessories in collaboration with O Thongthai.

Tues 16th Sept: London Fashion Week SS/15 - Ashish

Spectrum sequins earlier today in the Ashish SS15 show, opened by one of my favourite male models Harry Uzoka and closed by one of my favourite female models Chantelle Winnie............. all styled by my favourite colour-pop princess Anna Trevelyan - her rainbow locks snapped here backstage.  The collection was topped off with tinsel streamer weave in the girls hair and eyes dowsed in heavy glitter galaxy sparkle stardust.  Wedge heels were covered in columns of rhinestones, finished with a pom pom of feather fluff on the front.   Basically all in ingredients for a classic Ashish cosmic collection!

(All photos by me, except final group portrait from Harry Uzoka's instagram)

Tuesday 16th September: Africa Utopia at The Southbank Centre

Another  London cultural event crossing over with timing of both London Fashion Week and London Design Festival, was this weekend's "Africa Utopia" at the Southbank Centre.  I'm so pleased I could make time to swing by to see Lakwena's artwork of Swahili words and sneak in a delicious lunch from my favourite "Zoe's Ghana Kitchen".  Here are a couple of examples of the work's on show in the "Africa Calling" showcase within the fair - head over to the site to see more incredible designs including knitwear label Laduma Ngxokolo.

Book your own Ghanalicious dinner this Friday with Zoe's London pop up here