Sat 17th Sep: Craig Lawrence s/s 2012

Sat 17th Sep: Spring Summer 2012 preview on Style Bubble by Emily Beard

Want a sneak peek at Fred's Spring Summer 2012 collection before the presentation on Sunday? Hot foot it over to
Style Bubble, where Susie gives her verdict on the upcoming pieces...

(Photo of Rosy Nicholas shoes in collaboration for the collection.............)

Sat 17th Sep: Hedonism at London Fashion Week by Emily Beard

Piers Atkinson

Noel Stewart


J Smith Esq




Charlie Le Mindu

Hedonism made it's return to London this fashion week, featuring stellar pieces by Piers Atkinson, Charlie Le Mindu, J Smith Esq and Noel Stewart. Currently viewable till the end of Fashion week in the East Wing of Somerset House.

Tues 13th Sept: Sigur Rós "Inni"

SIGUR RÓS - INNI from Sigur Rós on Vimeo.

Klippa from Sigur Rós on Vimeo.

The crown which I made for Orri (drummer with Sigur Rós) has been captured in a film of the tour recorded a few years ago. Following on from this, a new film has been conjured up inwhich the crown makes a second special appearance in the story! See the site for details of screenings.......

Sun 11th Sept: Colour Me Crazy

Here is my part in a feature on colour "Colour Me Crazy" in yesterday's Telegraph Magazine Fashion special "Four fashion obsessives talk to Sophie de Rosee about their rainbow wardrobes, and about the designers who are on their wavelength." for which I was interviewed alongside Susie Bubble, Louise Gray and Gloria Baume. It was great fun to wear this heavenly cashmere Yang Du dress for the day! I wish i had been able to keep it and add it to my cosmic closet!

" FRED BUTLER , 31, has a radical approach to getting dressed each morning. The London-based jewellery, props and accessories designer wakes up and 'feels' a colour. She then heads to that section of her colour-coded wardrobe and dresses head to toe in that hue, including underwear, socks and shoes. 'Colour is the first thing I think about when I wake up. It's not a forced decision. There's no logical pattern, it's not seasonal, it's just a feeling I have. Sometimes the colour doesn't come and I have to sit in my dressing-gown and wait for it, which is annoying if I have to be somewhere.'

It all started when she was 17. 'I always liked having matching bag and shoes, but it evolved into just one colour, either pink or blue, and then I started collecting all the other colours. Purple is the most recent addition, three years ago. I always hated it because of the vibration it gave off but then I was given a purple jacket and now I'm into it.' Green has been phased out recently, and Butler rarely wears black. She is starting to collect coral and would like to try spots, stripes and more neon colours.
The rails and drawers in Butler's wardrobe are colour-coded right down to the hangers and contain about 200 items of clothing in white, yellow, orange, red, pink, purple, blue, green, gold and silver, with a few multi­coloured pieces. Many designs are her own, and labels are mostly obscure including Threeasfour, Scott Ramsay Kyle and Alistair Carr (before he was employed by Pringle). She admires the work of Hussein Chalayan, Viktor & Rolf, David Koma and Louise Gray.
Butler describes her style as timeless. She has all her clothes from when she was a teenager (including her mid-1990s yellow Buffalo platform boots), and she never tests out trends, although she follows them by reading magazines. Her collection of clothes increases through gifts from friends and fellow designers. She shops in only one vintage store, 21st Century Retro in Holloway Road, north London, spending less than £100 per month.
Travelling is problematic for Butler, because she can fit only two colours into her suitcase and by the end of the holiday she starts to get grumpy. During her teenage years in Essex people teased her because of her colourful outfits, which she admits was really difficult. Now she is a style-maker with Lady Gaga on her client list.
Butler says that she cannot imagine dressing any other way. 'I simply don't understand how anyone can just follow trends and not find their own indiv­idual style. Most people wear jeans, and it's such a wasted opportunity. People choose what kind of music they listen to so why don't they do that with their clothes? It's like everyone only buying and listening to U2. "

Photo: Rebecca Miller
Purple cashmere jumper dress, £908, by Yang Du ( yangdu-duyang.com )

Sun 11th Sept: Fashions Night Out at SHOWstudio

Thanks to Emily Beard for these photos of SHOWstudio on Vogue Fashion Nights Out .............. find out more about Piers Atkinson's involvement in the new exhibition The Cafe over on his Tumblr.

Friday 8th Sept: Victoria Langdon 'Home to Roost' at Curwen & New Academy

Victoria Langdon has been working hard at Print Club London in preperation for her upcoming exhibition 'Home to Roost'. The exhibition will follow Langdon's former work theme on urban birds and pigeons to a new world of game birds and the pheasant.

'Home to Roost' screen print exhibition by Victoria Langdon.
Private View 8th Septermber 2011 6-8pm
Curwen & New Academy
34 Windmill Street, Marylebone, London W1T 2JR
Until 30th Sept.

(images from the surroundings of the print room at The Print Club)

Thurs 8th Sept: Fashion's Night Out Secret Tee's - Report by Emily Beard

Disney Roller Girl has paired up with Vogue's Fashion Night Out to present a selection of one off tees by Sophy Robson, Dr Noki, Bip Ling, Quentin Jones, David David, Fred Butler and Yang Du. All proceeds from the tees will go to Kids Company. The tees will be sold on eBay by Harvey Nichols with a twist: the identity of each T-shirt designer won’t be revealed until after the auction ends. Can you guess which is Fred's?

The tees will also go on display on the first floor of Harvey Nichols Knightsbridge tomorrow evening. The eBay sale will go live at 8pm (UK time) today.

Weds 7th Sept: i-D NOW exhibition

Yesterday I checked out the current i-D NOW exhibition which charts every single issue of i-D magazine to celebrate its 31st birthday. A copy of each cover is hung in chronological order along each wall of the Red Gallery with other associated artefacts dotted around. Its lush to be able to get up close to all the originals of these iconic images. I couldn't leave without picking up a giant poster and pin-badges from the giftshop - Im a sucker for merch!
The reason for my visit was to take part in the photoshoot of Craig Lawrence cataloguing his archive of dresses on his collaborators and muses. Throughout the day his family of friends pitched up in turn to try on one of his incredible garms and pose for the photographer Alistair Strong in the pop-up studio open for public viewing. Have a look at the site to see details of all the events in the next week including a myriad of music nights ..............

(all images my own apart from the last taken from the i-D online official Twitter)

Tues 6th Sept: Feral aka MC KINKY

FERAL aKa MC KINKY / LOVEBOX 2011 from LIZLTD on Vimeo.

From one lady who performed at Carvival to another - Feral aka MC KINKY. Here are photos of Feral from a festival performance earlier in the summer when she took to the main stage at Lovebox. You can watch a mini documentary reel which caught the day's atmosphere shot by LIZ LTD and also Feral's latest musical release with Joe & Will Ask (menswear designer William Richard Green's musical alias).

Feral is a new incarnation from a former moniker "MC Kinky" at the time of her demo called KINKY REGGAE, which she gave to Boy George when they met in a nightclub. Shortly after rapping on KIPSY (a track on George's HIGH HAT album), he signed her to MORE PROTEIN. This led to the appearance of the first E-Zee Posse single, EVERYTHING STARTS WITH AN 'E', which reached the Top 20 in the UK. Since spearheading the UK Dance and Rave scene from both the Underground and Mainstream, DJ-ing and MC-ing lead her to work with UK & European DJS such as Danny Rampling, Paul Okenfold, Pete Tong, Norman Cook.
After a residency in Ibiza at Manumission, Kinky returned to London to write the solo album Girl with a Halo under a new name, Feral. Most recently she has shown art films and performed in international galleries and museums............ written scores for the National Theatre and soundtracks for designer's shows at fashion week........... you may recognise this Louise Gray Smiley bomber jacket here styled by her good friend and co-conspirator Jeanette........for whom she performed at the block party which opened Jeanette's boutique. This was where I first saw Feral and couldn't believe that such an astonishingly powerful and righteous voice was emanating from a tiny dainty frame ........ bopping round in an entirely covered lace face mask. Ive never seen anything quite like this unique and quintessential London talent so be sure to check her out when she comes to a soundsystem near you.........

Thanks to Darrell Berry for the photos.

Mon 5th Sept: Jessie Ware at Carnival

Last week we took a day off to have a business trip to Notting Hill Carnival to see Jessie Ware sing on stage with Oneman at the Major Lazer soundsystem. Here she is looking beautiful in one of my rainbow origami hairpieces - perfect for the occassion. Here is also one of the photobooth pics of my skanking cohorts Ellar Dror, Kim Howells and CKOne "model of the moment" Aaron Frew.

To read more and watch clips of Jessie performing, head over to the Redbull site.

Sun 4th Sept: Exciting Times

Ive been up to lots of exciting things recently which I can't divulge yet, but here is a hint at a certain rainbow painted penthouse I visited for a shoot this week........ ; )