All things shoes at London Fashion Weekend
Vodafone London Fashion Weekend may seem like a while ago now, but I'm certainly still thinking about all the shoes I saw there with Compeed.
And as my foot is currently taped up in most of the Compeed blister plaster range (don't ask - I'm bruised in flip flops and full of shame) I am certainly appreciating comfort and longing to be back in heels.
I saw SO MANY awesome pairs of heels at Vodafone London Fashion Weekend, it was kray kray.
Here I take you behind the scenes and interview the best dressed girls I could find, have a gander!
Unstoppable with Compeed at Vodafone London Fashion Weekend
LFW may be over but Vodafone London Fashion Weekend has officially begun. I was at the Vodafone VIP launch last night with Tinchy Stryder and I'll be uploading pics and video from that over the weekend, but the main thing you need to know is that LFWEnd is officially open and officially AWESEOME.
I'll be working with Compeed (my shoe saviours) in The Shoe Studio all day today, so do come and say hi! There are TEN designers showcasing their shoes in The Shoe Studio so come and rest your feet, have some champagne (natch) and have a gossip with me about all things fashionable footwear.
I am very excited and will be doing lots of filming so hope to share the videos with you soon.
The only difficult thing now is choosing which shoes to wear!
KTZ AW12 at LFW
The last show on Day 5 with Vodafone VIP was the show that closed womenswear - KTZ. KTZ actually does a lot of menswear too, but as it's a mixed bag of girl clothes and boys clothes they don't show on Menswear Day.
KTZ always has the most amazingly dressed crowd, with pretty much everyone being in archive KTZ gear. I wish I was cool enough to wear it - vintage hip hop styleey - but alas, I never will be.
KTZ had a lot of tartan this season, but to say it was interpreted differently to Corrie Nielsen is an understatement.
My top eight looks? (Eight is magic)
Aminaka Wilmont AW12 at LFW
My fifth show on Day 5 (crikey) with Vodafone VIP was Aminaka Wilmont. (Say it out loud, it's satisfying).
The design duo's inspirations for the AW12 collection were “Yūrei, Apophenia and the composition of structures in glass, crystal and stone.”
I loved that there were snake prints, as in prints of snakes...not snake skin. Devious.
My top five looks?
Ashish AW12 at LFW
My fourth show on Day 5 with Vodafone VIP was Ashish. I was dressed appropriately in sequins and an 'A' letterman cardi as you can see here. The Ashish SS12 collection was a sequinned mix of florals and brickwork (it was bloody brilliant) and I was SO excited to see this collection as the inspirations were cited as "New Age, rainbows and Goa".
The collection was basically the perfect mix of hippy rave wear. Smileys, ying yangs, peace signs...it was a dance addicts dream. A high Hare Krsna. I wanted to be off my head in Thailand wearing all of it IMMEDIATELY.
My top ten looks? (There's no way I'm narrowing Ashish down to five)
Emilio de la Morena AW12 at LFW
My third show on Day 5 with Vodafone VIP was Emilio de la Morena and whilst I remembered being very impressed with Emilio's designs in the past, I didn't expect this show to stick out as one of my LFW highlights. But it really did.
Emilio went back to his Spanish roots for this collection and it was truly stunning. And there were more winter florals! The reaction from the pics I posted on Twitter as the show was under way really showed that you guys loved it too! So chic, sexy and wearable.
My top ten looks? (There were so many, you really should just watch the show below)
Holly Fulton AW12 at LFW
My second show on Day 5 with Vodafone VIP was Holly Fulton, another show that I was desperately excited for because of Holly's awesome signature art deco prints and use of bright colours and 'Pat Butcher would be proud' costume jewellery. For me, this show didn't live up to the exceptionally high standards of Holly Fulton's SS12 collection but that was mainly because of all the bright pink in this collection. I can't get on with bright pink. And I really missed the yellows which usually feature heavily. (Loved the blues though).
Holly's inspirations for the AW12 collection were “Rainbows, Kit Williams and what it means to be sexy and chic.”
My top five looks? (This was hard to narrow down - but the 'hairy/furry bags' were a fave)
David Koma AW12 at LFW
My first show on Day 5 with Vodafone VIP was David Koma. This was one of the shows I was most excited about.
David's inspirations for the AW12 collection were “Marchesa Luisa Casati, ancestral portraits and gambling.” I guess some of the oversized eyelet detail was slot machine-esque.
I loved the greyhounds. Are they greyhounds? I think they are. See, dog racing, gambling, it ALL MAKES SENSE. My top five looks?
Richard Nicoll AW12 Video
As promised, here's my inside scoop from Richard Nicoll's AW12 presentation which I filmed for Vodafone VIP