This post is going to be non-fashion related. I did say to myself that I shall only post fashion stuff but even then I have been rather lazy. This isn't far from the creative sorts though because this post will be all about inspiration for future projects.

This evening Tean Roberts arranged for us to go watch Wow + Flutter 11 as part of the onedotzero motion/film festival at BFI Southbank. It was a series of mini films of motion graphics, animation and other experimental kind of stuff, there were many which were all pretty cool otherwise they wouldn't have been shown. I would really like to mention all of it but as any conclusion happens by certain restrictions of either time, space, money, selection and personal choice etc etc (in my case just patience) I have here my edited favourites from the show...


By Climent Canal & Sebatian Baptista

Cutters is an amazing paper animation. I so want to create something like this and of course in relation to clothes/fashion in general. I'll keep my ideas to myself for the time being and let you in on it once it's accomplished- I guess I'll be referring back to this note in more than a years time or so.

By Ahmet Serif Yildirim.

This is a film I am looking forward to seeing specially on 3D! As described I really like the "nostalgic mix of film noir, steampunk, sci-fi and Victoriana" set feel to it. Also the kind of eeriness reminds me of Tim Burton's style of story telling. So good...

By Emil Goodman aka Szabo Andras


By Ioannis Christoforou


By Hankins, Nieterau, Van Kooten & Puijk

Also in my search for mini animations I also came across this cute little broccoli which wasn't shown at the film festival.

All I can say is... Never!! You may taste good but you'd be more appetising with that dinosaur.

So the point of me posting this is because one- I needed inspiration, two- Tean needed inspiration, three- I am looking into creating mini fashion films and so is Tean which we will eventually both plan in working together and four I need to be more cultured which became more apparent today!!

Ballad of... Petra Doe launch party happened last Friday.

We didn't make the submission so sad and sulky times had for a few mere minutes but hey we were looking forward to the party and seeing the magazine and snarl at those who made the final cut. So here are a couple of my favourite snippets from the current issue Ballad Of... Petra Doe.

Paulina Otylie Surys

Reka Koti

Illustration by Jon Macnair

And here are our dismissed submissions, rather brave of me posting right next to the great work that was produced and I'm not trying to make any sort of comparisons. These are actually some of my experiments with the polaroids Tean Roberts took. I can finally show them!

As for freebies? Great goody bag was given, we like free things! I'm not gonna list all the names and brands as I don't think it's necessary unless I'm a huge fan but we had quite a few things from make-up to jewellery and some more body care but best of all this cutely packaged box full of Boudoir Prive...

Last Friday I attended the quarterly event Fashion in Motion at the V&A with Tean Roberts. Peter Jensen showcased this time and as usual the garments shown were from different collections, some awful ones and some great looks like his folklore prints from SS11 were my fave.
I am a fan of his and his cute traditional trademark bunny but sometimes I do wonder what the hell designers were thinking when they send something awful out on the catwalk that deserves a place only at some east end market stall. The worse outfit was a pair of trousers which the front half were some fur fabric and leather at the back or some other fabric, paired with only a messy white vest top. Unfortunately I didn't capture a pic of this monster, I take a lot of pictures but when this came out I could only utter "what the hell is that?" earning myself a glance from one of the spectators nearby. I can only hope she agreed with me. I particularly loved Tean's comment about the show reminding her of some "charity shop" mish mash, I agreed specially with those dodgy wigs. That was basically it... well it didn't help because it was derived from different collections it wasn't very cohesive if you were watching with the mindset of it being one show, one collection.

Here are some of my faves...

Only womenswear were shown too which was disappointing as I would've liked to have seen some eye candy. Anyway this event was part in celebration of his label turning 10 years and here is a video of the finale.

Photographer: Anya Holdstock

Stylist: Jennivi Jordan

Make-up & Hair: Amy Conway

Model: Louise @ Profile

Vidal Sassoon

My sassooning work. I was fairly excited at the prospect of working for Vidal Sassoon but mostly about doing a kind of catwalk show as I've been thinking about the possibility of doing shows for designers. As I have no prior experience in styling I'm having to learn other avenues in doing this apart from the usual editorial shoots. An awards show taking place against other London VS studios, the teams were given a few themes to choose from so for us we have taken inspiration from post punk style like Susie and The Banshees etc. So anyway here we are...

Before the commotion. 

The lovely Kay for taking me on board.

Anya Holdstock photographing backstage.

Gotta say massive thank you to Marlene Hunte for assisting me! :)

Special thanks to Amy Cerklewicz, Lauren Pharoah, Nano Aoshima, Jonathan Jepson, Jungo Kuroiwa, Michael John Bolton-Heaton & Wonjee Chung.

LRNZ Shot Kate

After Saturday's fitting with Vidal Sassoon (which I will post more about and yes it was quite an exciting new project!) I did a very quick and fun shoot with Lorenzo and Kate.
I love how this just fell into place and everything went well even the drizzle, wind and rushing around helped with the overall mood of the shoot and we welcomed it all. It's great to create something from being spontaneous and things just falls into place. An intense rainbow appeared over Kate which I count as some sort of blessing.

Photographer: LRNZ D.

Stylist: Jennivi Jordan

Model: Kate Eales

Special thanks to Amy Cerklewicz, Lauren Pharoah, Nano Aoshima, Jonathan Jepson, Jungo Kuroiwa & Wonjee Chung.

Riy_ka S/S 2012

A couple of weeks back we did a shoot for Riy_ka's next season collection.

I was looking forward to working with Rebecca again whom I thank for getting me on board and who I congratulate in getting newly wed the day before. 

Here is what we got up to and the random photos I took. I adore these polaroids taken by Anya as well as her shoes and Amy's clog sandals!

Collection: Riy_ka (Rebecca Johnstone)

Photographer: Anya Holdstock

Make up: Amy Conley

Model: Ellie Weston

Stylist: Jennivi Jordan

RIY_KA

Autumn/Winter collections are certainly in the shops already so I thought it befitting to introduce you Riy_ka's Cana Cana: AW-11/12  collection that I styled the lookbook for last April. Great designs, the panelling inspired by tribal patterns but modernised in a refreshing modern twist of casual wear pieces with the use of leather, jersey, denim and cotton. 

Below is the lovely designer Rebecca Johnson next to her SuperMarket Sarah Wall where you can now purchase her pieces and will also be available soon from Beyond The Valley!

... and there's me looking a bit fresh off the boat with no make-up on but I'm sharing it with you all because it's sweet!

Designer Collection: Riy_ka

Photographer: Ludovic Des Cognets

Stylist: Jennivi Jordan

Make-up & Hair: Nicola Moores

Model: Carola Insolera