Bar Pepito

This place is just gorgeous. Tucked away down a little alleyway near Kings Cross Station, it is literally like stepping into a Spanish Taverna. Their speciality is Sherry...and i love my sherry! Yes, i know it may not be the most fashionable drink, (some barmen still laugh when I order it) although i think that's changing. The tapas style food on offer is delicious (check out their menu here) and the staff are really friendly and knowledgable. Be prepared to stand though, as the place is tiny, but this only adds to the wonderful, intimate atmosphere.

Funk and Bowl

Bloomsbury Bowl is always amazing fun. I defy anyone not to have a good time... they sell 26'' pizzas for crying out loud! I'm also a big fan of Radio 6, especially The Craig Charles Funk and Soul show on a Saturday night (perfect cooking soundtrack). So hearing he was going to be DJ'ing there made it a no brainer, plus it's free to get in before 8pm. Bowling at midnight with a Big Lebowski hotdog and beer by my side, was pretty darn cool. I was tempted to order a White Russian but thought that was going too far, plus i don't actually like cream! Funk + Soul + Bowl + Beer = good times! 

 

Mighty Mouse of Euston

I love sooty tube track mice! I have been trying to make friends with the one at Oxford Circus, (Northbound Bakerloo) for years now, but keep getting snubbed! So I was really chuffed to see this brave little fella last week at Euston station, actually on the platform! I lost out on some close-ups through sheer excitement and i was a little drunk, but so was he judging by his lack of inhibition and wobbly crawl! I must have looked like a mad woman chasing a drunk mouse down the platform. Wonder what he was up to? Must have been quite an adventure, maybe his mates dared him...

The John Hour - Windows at Selfridges

Intrigued...?

These fantastic window displays stopped me in my tracks when i first saw them. They are the work of artists Emma Gibson, Emily Pugh and Raven Smith, collectively known as The John Hour. The windows aim to 'challenge the rules of modern society, through installations featuring paralleled objects, representing a clash of lowbrow and highbrow culture'. Check out their blog, for more amazing installations.

LFW A/W '11 Erdem

It has been difficult to choose my favourite shows of LFW, as always the talent has been immeasurable. There have been many highlights and I can say that I have been well and truly seduced by delicious colour palettes and the most exquisite prints. Leading nicely to Erdem. Every piece in this show is breathtakingly beautiful, so much so that I am just going to let the clothes speak for themselves. Enjoy...

     

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LFW A/W '11 - Christopher Kane

Ever wondered what inspires a designer? One of my favourite quotes ever is from Paul Smith, ''You can find inspiration in Everything''. And that is certainly the case with Christopher Kane's latest collection, which was apparently inspired by his plastic school pencil case and lollipops...to be known as 'the liquid collection'. Slithers of moulded plastic trickled across necklines, hems and pockets of a series of well cut black dresses. Dresses with plunging necklines and cut out panels. Crochet was also key, seen on neat little pencil skirts and slim fitting dresses, with yet more examples of the wonderful printed leather technique we saw in his S/S' 11 collection. Shimmering sequins gave an other worldly feel to the closing of the show, which was once again innovative and original from start to finish.

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LFW A/W '11 Holly Fulton

Another season, another amazing collection from Holly Fulton and it was great to see a harder edge to her usual fun, pop style. Once again, her eye for colour and incredible talent for print were at their best here, seen across billowing silk maxis, sixties shifts and sweeping dresses.

Her signature Art Deco cityscape prints were punctured with mesmerising surrealist references - the lips sipping the Empire State Building through straws are great and showcase her great sense of humour.

These clean lines and bold, block colours were a great contrast to the intricate prints within the collection.

Studding, beading and bold jewels offered a harder, alternative look.

i loved this pearl t-shirt and the lip printed wide silk trousers - oozing both sophistcation and humour.

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LFW A/W '11 Jonathan Saunders

I find it difficult to pick favourites of anything, (colour, food, film, it all depends on my mood really) which can make small talk very difficult! Now, saying that, I think this show was my favourite of the week...well, definitely up there at the top! Saunders presented a sophisticated yet fun, classy yet contemporary collection. Baroque prints were strongest when teamed with clean, tailored shapes - all the more impressive for making head to toe prints look wearable. But it was the mouth watering colour combinations that did it for me. Flashes of turquoise prints across blood orange bases were a definite favourite.

loving this colour combo...

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