Friday, 3 February 2012

Fashion Monitored

Fashion Monitor party at Altitude 360 Black

It's kind of funny that just over a year ago I was "borrowing" a Fashion Monitor subscription from university to quench my thirst for industry knowledge and now not only am I a subscriber myself but I was invited to attend their first party in London ahead of the A/W shows.  Not working in fashion during the day, I can still feel like quite an outsider at these kinds of things, but I could definitely get used to the lifestyle :)  Oh, and the lovely Hannah White and Emily-Rose Cater made me feel very welcome.  

The views from Altitude 360 Black (it's at the top of Millbank Tower) are incredible; if only some condensed matter theorists would pick it as a conference venue...  I was looking forward to trying the Nomad 'food art' I found on their website - alas, it wasn't quite as dramatic as I'd been expecting but the canapés certainly looked and tasted delicious.  I may have to start serving my own dishes with pesto pipettes (or even a Swiss chard vest?).  It was also great to catch up with some of the people I haven't seen since last year and I probably won't be seeing again until fashion week.  The next few weeks are all about work, work, work.    

Multicoloured cocktails
Hannah White the editor of Fashion Monitor

Cityscape photo of the London skyline
Glass jar of mint leaves
Beers waiting to be drunk
Silhouettes of black flowers
Canapes by Nomad Food and Design
Prince Cassius at the Fashion Monitor party

I hummed and hawed for quite a while about what I shoulder wear - do I go for my new S/S pre-orders which are just arriving, or a do an all-London look? - but in the end I went for a combination of warm and luxe.  I layered my Givenchy tattoo print t-shirt over John Rocha boiled wool shorts, two pairs of black leggings (M&S thermals all the way!) and some super comfy Kurt Geiger boots (I have recently stuffed them with fleece liners).  I also decided it was time to break out the emerald studded Mawi necklace I've been hoarding since I scored it in the sample sale before Christmas.  I managed to dodge the press board at the entrance to the tower but I did get papped at the party itself.  When will professional photographers realise intense flash is sooo not chic?!

Givenchy tattoo print t-shirt from Spring Summer 2011
John Rocha black wool shorts
Mawi studded necklace with emeralds

I never come to this part of London at night so I may have drunkenly gone all touristy around the House of Parliament...  I hope I'm not under surveillance by MI5 now - in an all black outfit I probably looked like Rooney Mara casing the joint. 

Big Ben in London photographed at night

Right, now I'm off to wax my bikini-line with the Nair Brazilian kit I found in the gift-bag :-/ And I don't care that Stasie prefers a full bush.

xxx
Duck

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