From one unusual dinner to another - to round off the week of events at Diesel Village for Studio Africa, the team got together for a meal at Ghana Kitchen's pop-up shop and dance to live band c/o ZongZing. The amalgamation of rum cocktails, fresh fish, lamb curry, peanut biscotti icecream and afro-beat from dj Dalston Oxfam Shop was the best way to celebrate the project in the perfect surroundings of Zoe's set build. Experience it for yourself (I highly recommend you do!) at her next scheduled one-night restaurant on 6th April - find out details here.
Following on from the colour filled Kaffe Fassett exhibition at The Fashion Textile Museum to the colourful spectrum painted penthouse upstairs - Zandra Rhodes rainbow room. Here are detail shots of the interior design and the hostess herself, complete with apron on from cooking dinner for the private view's guests to celebrate Kaffe's opening.
‘Kaffe Fassett – A Life in Colour’ is a celebration of the work of one of the great practitioners of contemporary craft and features over 100 works displayed in a monochromatic installation designed by Sue Timney. The exhibition at The Fashion & Textile Museum in Bermondsey includes multi-coloured 9ft wide knitted shawls, coats, throws, patchwork fabrics in quilts and hand painted original artwork. The show also features a ‘feeling’ wall that allows visitors to touch and literally get to grips with the textiles and their construction. The pieces chart his childhood in the creative community of Big Sur (California) to his career as a painter, knitwear and textile designer in London from the 1960s to the present day. As a contemporary of Zandra Rhodes it's the perfect place to house his retrospective in the gallery of her orange and pink painted museum. Here are my photos from last evening's private view with just one snap of some of the gloriously attired guests / friends of Kaffe!
Fashion and Textile Museum, 83 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3XF
22 March – 29 June 2013
What a treat I had yesterday - I had the opportunity to meet one of my most admired and adored ladies in the business - Celia Birtwell. To launch her new print collaboration with Uniqlo she set up a little signing soiree with ink and fountain pen at the ready. Here she is with perfectly manicured multi-colour nails which reminds me to share this video of her recent SHOWstudio project "Finger Painting" with Marian Newman and Stephen Jones.
Also find out more about her career to date via her interview on Desert Island Discs here. Shop her new collection for Uniqlo here...........
Well here it is folks, two of my favourite brands coming together to collaborate and making rainbow shoes! What's there not to LOVE = Lazy Oaf vs. Kickers !!!!!!!!!! Last evening was the launch night at their new flagship store in Soho on Ganton Street. These are the styles of glitter, spectrum and Minnie Mouse inspired boots ........... mainline collection......... and some of guests. See more of the action over on their blog and facebook..........
