Thurs 10 Jan: The Daily Nice

For anyone that doesn't already know of this site then please take a look tomorrow............its one of my daily clicks...........it is the work of photographer Jason Evans............"is about my enthusiasm for looking and being. Everyday I show a photograph of something that made me happy"............so this is why I look...........the happiness is contagious............

Weds 9th January 2008: Its a Girl!

Andy Hillman and his partner Katie Jones had their baby at 4a.m. Here she is in her first fashion moment sporting a very on-trend polka dot number .........little Frankie Ellis! And here is another picture of her pre-birth! Its a snapshot featured on p109 of the recent British Vogue from a fancy-dress wedding they went to in October.

Weds 9th January 2008

Today is the end of a stint working with my best friend Vicky.............this is her snap capturing one of our early bird coffees...........

To see her print preoccupied blog follow the link.........

Tues 8th January: Contents of my bag

One of our projects at the moment is focusing on women's handbags.........so here is mine.........and its contents........apparently this is a regular thing to do on blogs............

Mon 7th January: Still Life Shoot

Ive been having fun tinkering around at an accessories shoot today with photographic partners Metz & Racine. This impressive derma artwork belongs to their digital operator Lowe Seger.............

Sunday 6th January: Film launch tomorrow

The Dinner party that Bishi invited me to at Zandra Rhodes house before Christmas has been made into a film and launches tomorrow.................I hope it gives a good sense of the colour overload in the place that was so magic............

Saturday 6th January: China Town

A trip into China Town on a prop sourcing mission.....................found these little cuties!

Thursday 3rd December: Archive Picture

As I am working on confidential material I am posting an archive picture instead..........This is a photograph by Marcelo Krasilcic of a bag that Asfour made for Hello Kitty and modelled by Powder.........its a picture that I have stuck up at my desk and look at with fondness everyday to put a smile on my face............Marcelo is a photographer based in NYC and has more recently branched into sculpture which you can see on his blog which is an extension of his website .............

Weds 2 January 2008

I am expecting the imminent arrival of my friend's first baby and have bought this wooden light as my gift..............I will have to wait to find out the sex before I can start painting it to customize it accordingly............

31st December 2007: New Years Eve

Here I am at Boom Box balancing the crown and sporting the new ruffle hot off the press................and here is John with his outfit made especially for the occasion and transported from Brighton.................

Monday 31st December: Last minute Gettup

Goodbye 2007 and hello to 2008 with a quick little cheeky something to jazz up my look for BoomBox tonight............

Sunday 30th December: Xmas Thankyou Cards

Sunday 30th December: Super Super

The new cover story of "Super Super" with Patrick Wolf wearing an archive ruffle of mine and holding the original crown I made for Selfridges Christmas windows...............the feature was shot by Akio, styled by Susie Lloyd and props by Helen Macintyre..................read the interview by Russel Dean Stone and in particular the mini transcript from the shoot at the end......

Saturday 29th December: Holly Mac

This is my assistant Holly who actually auditioned for the Metronomy video but was too shy to win them over ...........not so shy here in her latest MySpace profile picture from the studio.............. and the other image is one of her previous modelling stints for Hannah Wood's degree collection..........

Friday 28th Dec: Radio Ladio

This is the new video for Metronomy that I mentioned recently. Its directed by daniel brereton and features props by Helen Macintyre. I love this so much................it reminds me a bit of the Tretchikoff paintings I have up at home..............

Monday 24th Dec: My Fair Lady

Cecil Beaton's "My Fair Lady" on Christmas eve telly..................this makes me even more impatient for Stephen Jones curated exhibit at the V&A next year.............to see some of these original hats in the flesh (silk) will be quite something!

Sunday 23 December: 13 Desserts

Dinner with my best friends Anna & Vicky and an introduction to a French festive custom of 13 desserts.............13 components to an after meal munch............I counted Grapes, Satsumas, Figs, Dates, Raisins, Cranberries, Walnuts, Almonds, Hazelnuts, Fig biscuits, Chocolates with a joke in the wrapper, White Nougat..........the missing element was apparently Black Nougat............I didn't even know such a thing existed?................

Thursday 19 & Friday 20th Dec: Shepherds Bush Empire Part 2

Here are the shooting stars that we made to decorate the risers........pictures from drying at the studio to being literally embraced in the performance on stage! Here Patrick is wearing an incredible garment by Craig Lawrence (who I blogged a month ago at Nov 27 exhibition for reference). At the close of night we handed out the stars to fans who were beside themselves with arms stretched out to get one to take home as memorabilia.........I wish i could have seen the tube ride of the teenager who ended up with the 2m swoosh............

Thursday 19 & Friday 20th Dec: Shepherds Bush Empire

Here are the paper snowflakes that we made for Patrick Wolfs grand finale gigs at The Shepherds Bush Empire. I have never done a set for a music show before and I loved every minute of it - except the last-minute challenge of finding fire proof solution in London at 5:15p.m (big shout out to Holly who ran the gauntlet of town Xmas shopping pavements to find it). It is phenomenal the amount of work that goes into putting on a live show, from the lighting choreography to the Grand piano tuning. This show pulled out all the stops by Patrick bringing together the best elements he could find for the final send off to touring The Magic Position. If you want to see more have a look on flickr.com where I cheekily stole these pictures from..........

Weds 19th December: Office Christmas Party

Helen and I got the last lick of paint on and dashed down to Hoxton Street for Dazed & Confused Christmas Party. The theme was cover stars of past issues ............here is Kim Howells in replica garb of the shoot in the current issue featuring her casting of nannies as models..............hilarious as always