Attack of the stripes! And our first F&F Seven Days of Summer winner...

It was entirely awesome to see WIWT turn stripy yesterday for Day 1 of our F&F Seven Days of Summer style challenge!

We had his n hers stripes...

We had momma and baby stripes...

We had stripes under pinafore dresses...

We had stripes on dresses...

We had stripy skirts...

We had colourful stripes...

And sporty stripes...

Oversized stripes...

And very faraway stripes!

ALL entries are in the grand prize draw for one of the three £500 F&F vouchers, but we've made the tough decision of choosing our winner for the £75 daily F&F voucher prize.

And the winner is....

WALPOD

We love a maxi, we love a bit of neon, we love contrasting stripes, we love a crop top and WE LOVE THIS SASS & BIDE OUTFIT.

Congrats Walpod! And a huge thank you to all for playing along, we hope to see your best floral outfits today!

Remember, every upload is an extra chance to win one of the £500 voucher prizes and there's a £75 voucher prize EVERY DAY.

Here are those themes again...

• Day 2 - Thursday 9th May - Florals
• Day 3 - Friday 10th May - Accessories
• Day 4 - Saturday 11th May - Sixties
• Day 5 - Sunday 12th May - Pastels
• Day 6 - Monday 13th May - Embellished
• Day 7 - Tuesday 14th May - Prints

When you upload your themed outfit, you need to use the Situation Tags to tag your outfit as "F&F Seven Days of Summer Competition".

Here's what's been uploaded so far!

Yey! xxx

Full competition terms here

F&F Seven Days of Summer Competition

The weather's finally improving and to celebrate all things new season style, F&F have a little challenge for you lucky WIWTers...

Starting tomorrow, there'll be a daily style challenge to encourage you to try something new for the new season.

It might be stripes, it may be sixties, but whatever the challenge is we want you to don an outfit that fits the theme and upload your look here on WIWT.

Each day the WIWT judges will choose a winner to receive a £75 F&F voucher, so there's a chance to win something everyday! If you want extra chances to win you can enter on Twitter, FB and Pinterest too! Full details of the other modes of entry are here.

And if that wasn't enough, every Seven Days of Summer upload counts towards the Grand Prize Draw on the 15th of May where THREE lucky winners across all the social networks will each get their hands on a £500 F&F voucher. FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS! Wowzers!

These are the daily themes:

• Day 1 - Wednesday 8th May - Stripes
• Day 2 - Thursday 9th May - Florals
• Day 3 - Friday 10th May - Accessories
• Day 4 - Saturday 11th May - Sixties
• Day 5 - Sunday 12th May - Pastels
• Day 6 - Monday 13th May - Embellished
• Day 7 - Tuesday 14th May - Prints

When you upload your themed outfit, you need to use the Situation Tags to tag your outfit as "F&F Seven Days of Summer Competition".

Easy!

We can't wait to see your stripey/floral/sixties/accessories/prints/pastels/embellished outfits :-D

xxx

Full terms here

WIN! The LFW trip of a lifetime for Melbourne Fashion Bloggers

As you know, we're in Melbourne for the launch of Highpoint’s new fashion precinct. As part of the launch excitement Highpoint will be giving away a pretty once in a lifetime prize to a local fashion blogger.

Melbourne bloggers are invited to enter the Highpoint Fashion Challenge for the chance to win a trip to London during London Fashion Week SS14 (which falls September 2013), a mentorship with my good self and to be an official Highpoint fashion contributor for a year. Errrrr, wow.

It’s exceptionally easy to enter, you simply need to write an inspiring Highpoint Fashion Launch post and share with your readers.

Below are more details that I’ve nicked from the Highpoint site…

How to enter:

• Share your experience of the Highpoint launch or new fashion offering through a blog post – you may like to attend an official event, visit some of the new Highpoint retailers or simply post about Highpoint’s great new fashion retailers

• All blog posts must be live prior to 10am on Saturday 16 March (EDT) and a link must be sent to emmar@thisismango.com.au to be entered

• Blog posts will be judged on creativity, most fashion-forward and original content by myself

• Winner to be announced on Saturday 16 March at an exclusive blogger event at Highpoint

All entrants will be invited to a VIP blogger experience on Saturday 16 March at Highpoint for the announcement of the winner. The event will include; reserved seating at the David Jones Runway Show followed by lunch.

The winner will receive:

Trip for two to London during London Fashion Week

• 2 x return economy flights from Melbourne to London including transfers (September 2013) • Accommodation for one week in London • $1,000 spending money

12 months blogging mentorship with Poppy Dinsey from WIWT.com (that’s me!)

• Monthly Skype chat with Poppy (errrr, me) • Ongoing mentorship from Poppy (errrrr, again, that’s me) throughout the year

Official Highpoint Fashion Contributor (12 months)

• Fashion and styling collaboration in Highpoint’s Vivid magazine • Produce content for Highpoint’s website and Facebook page • Attend Highpoint fashion events

GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!

And I hope to meet you on Saturday for the blogger event! xxx

And next on the list for WIWT? It's Australia!

As soon as we've finished hanging with the fash girls in Singapore, we'll be off to Australia!

TaylorFaceAce and I are going over to Melbourne! And we're going via my gorgeous family in Sydney, so there'll be time for a weekend on the beach as well as doing some Sydney press. It's pretty much the best thing of all time.

We're heading over there to work with Highpoint on the launch of their new fashion precinct as - I can very proudly announce! - I've been chosen all the way from little England to be the official Highpoint Fashion Ambassador! I'm so thrilled - what an honour!

Highpoint has been going through a $300 million dollar redevelopment and when the new fashion mall opens it will house Topshop, Zara, Sass & Bide, Chanel, David Jones (I can’t WAIT to see all the Aussie designer fashion in there!) and over 80 new speciality retailers – making Highpoint the first shopping centre in aaaaaaaall of Australia to offer customers the convenience of these international retail giants under one roof. Highpoint will launch its much-anticipated new fashion precinct on Thursday 14 March and I’ll be there to host VIP events and fashion shows – as well as work with local fashion bloggers in Melbourne on all sorts of exciting projects! I’m a bit frightened actually because if I’ve learnt anything from running WIWT it’s that Melbourne girls have SERIOUS style.

Highpoint’s General Manager, Scott Crellin, has said, “We are excited to bring Melbourne’s West a fashion offering that has not previously been available locally. With this new mix of international and Australian retailers and the opening of the West’s first David Jones, Topshop and Zara, the precinct will be a one-stop fashion destination for the Highpoint community and beyond.”

Crellin adds, “We’re also thrilled to welcome UK-based fashionista Poppy Dinsey to the centre to join the celebrations and bring her international fashion credentials to Melbourne as we launch the final stage of our $300 million development.”

Ooooh la la!

In addition to my role as Highpoint Fashion Ambassador, throughout the centre’s launch celebrations we’ll be on the hunt for local fashionistas to feature on WIWT. Please do hook us up with your fave Melbourne bloggers!

DEFINITELY GIVE ME ALL YOUR SHOPPING TIPS! And bars. And restaurants. And local bloggers. Yes.

Waheeeeey xxx

WIWT World Tour, next stop - Singapore!

On Sunday I'll be flying out to Singapore. Score!

Singapore is the first part of the "WIWT World Tour" with the Spa Esprit Group.

I'll be meeting local bloggers and reporting back on all things fash-un, beauty and lifestyle.

I'm ridic excited, so watch this space!

Make a Scene with French Connection

Today I put my film director hat on! I haven't done that since college so it was quite exciting, even if I didn't actually get to shout ACTION as much I remember.

I was asked by French Connection to make one of those oh so arty French Connection films, ya know - the whole "I am man" type vibe.

I entitled mine "She Wins"...mainly because our hero hot blonde character gets to bed the fit boy. All whilst wearing pretty pieces from the SS13 French Connection collection.

It's slightly addictive to make these videos so I'm remembering it's not my actual job and having to step away from the computer for a bit, but basically it's all part of their new 'Make a Scene' campaign where everyone is encouraged to have a go at making their own French Connection film using the vid creator they've built. You can choose your scenes, your choons, your vibez...all pretty cool.

AND THERE ARE PRIZES.

The most shared films can win all sorts from a trip to Sydney (luckily I'm going next week anyway, as I don't think I'd win), £500 shopping sprees AND the honour of having your vid played in stores.

I'm tempted to go back and make a slapstick one now.

Have a go yourself here.

I expect some people will be quite brilliant at it. And no doubt a bit mischievous.

x

Labrinth Interview at Vodafone London Fashion Weekend

If you've seen me since it was announced that Labrinth was opening Vodafone London Fashion Weekend, then you're probably sick to death of hearing me say "LABRINTH, COME IN".

It's quite addictive though. LABRINTH, COME IN.

Anyhow, I was thrilled that Labrinth was going to be performing for the special Vodafone VIP gig. The opening night of Vodafone London Fashion Weekend is usually up there with my fave LFW memories each season, simply because it's so much ruddy fun to see the models walk to a live performance. I'm surprised the designers don't do it more during LFW itself, maybe it's a logistical nightmare? Or maybe nobody wants the focus to be on the pop star rather than the design star? Who knows, but it was AMAZING when Kate Nash sang at Felder Felder last season and it certainly just added to the show vibez rather than distracted me from the beautiful collection.

I've seen Emeli Sande, Ellie Goulding, Tulisa and Tinchy Stryder work the Vodafone VIP crowd up into a frenzy - but I have to say Labrinth had more people on their feet than ever before. At one point I thought it was going to become a security risk to be honest, I was waiting for "Labrinth, come in....and get everyone to stop dancing on the catwalk" to come over the PA system. It was a rather wonderful eve and he is a very talented boy indeed.

I managed to catch up with Labrinth before the show to ask him some questions...

Let me start by apologising for my ‘wet look’ hair, I’ve just come off a shoot where it had to look like I was underwater. It’s not greasy, I promise.

It looks good. How was the shoot? Were you happy with the pictures?

I was very happy with the pictures actually! And that never happens. Do you ever look back at photoshoots and wonder what on earth you were doing?

Definitely. There was a shoot with me holding up some plants by the stems, they were still in the pots. What was that about? It was terrible.

Are you excited about this evening?

I have to be honest, it’s a bit weird. An artist at a fashion show is like two shows at once you know? But I’m going to go up and do my thing and play my part.

I promise it will be good! I’ve seen all the VIP shows and it really works having the models walk to the live music. Emeli Sandé was amazing.

Did Emeli have a band though?

Yeah she did, but others didn’t and it’s always awesome. It will be fine dear Labrinth. It massively adds to the atmosphere, it makes the clothes come alive and the models walk better. Just don’t be distracted by the hot models like Tinchy was. Is this your first fashion show?

It’s my first performing obviously but I’ve been to a few. Ozwald Boateng’s show was just amazing, that was proper standing ovation at the end kind of stuff. But I’ve been to some which weren’t so good.

Would you like to do a Rihanna and launch a collection?

Music’s my thing, I don’t think I need to design as well.

You are known for your style though, how easy was it to keep control on what you wore as your fame grew?

I’ve got a great team around me and that’s what it’s all about. We’re like a family and I really trust them. You can tell when an artist has been styled to high heaven, you can even tell when an artist has changed stylist sometimes. You need to be authentic to who you are and what you like.

Do you have any favourite designers?

Boateng of course, but I’ve worn a lot of Louis Vuitton, Moschino, Karl Lagerfeld and Versace recently. And I like to find up and coming designers. I’m not a designer snob though, I like high street too – as long as it looks good I’ll wear it, it doesn’t matter what the label says. Zara’s good for men.

What about your BRIT Awards suit last night?

I got a mixed reaction to my suit last night, but I loved it, it was fun. It was by Dent de Man. You need to bring some colour to these award shows sometimes! I knew it would divide opinion.

Are there any outfits you regret?

Man, so many! I was a real studio bum back in the day, all baggy jeans half way down my legs and do-rags. It was just about making the music. I wore some terrible things.

London has just celebrated everything fashion with London Fashion Week – do you rate London as a creative hub?

It feels like all eyes are on London at the moment. We’re known for cultivating young talent – whether it’s music or fashion or anything else. People get a chance here. I’m a born and raised Londoner and right now definitely seems like a very good time to be in London. People are doing very cool things.

London is VERY COOL. Good luck tonight, I’ll be going slightly mental when the “Labrinth, come in” bit happens.

(At this point Labrinth high fived me as I clearly had proven how cool I am)

Aminaka Wilmont AW13 at LFW

My last show (awwww) of LFW AW13 with Vodafone VIP was the show that is the most fun to say - Aminaka Wilmont.

We saw blacks, greys and whites from the design duo - in fact I don't think there was a splash of colour at all.

There were plenty of leather coats to get excited about and it was the best show music of the season too.

My top five looks?

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Maria Grachvogel AW13 at LFW

My fourth show on Day 5 of LFW AW13 with Vodafone VIP was Maria Grachvogel.

It was a more pared down collection - with solid colour looks to start with and then moving on to some gorgeously haunting handpainted prints that showed off the slightly darker side of nature.

My top five looks?

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