Milan Fashion Week : Street Style

Hello to MILAN FASHION WEEK !! 

First day of Milano Fashion Week started of in full swing ..  with shooting  best of Street Style outside Gucci at the Piazza Oberdan, 2/B . This was my first time in shooting street style in Milan . I have always done London, so the dynamic and vibe around the shows was just fantastic.  After the Gucci show I managed to get a shot of : Anna Wintour , Anya Ziourova , French Vogue editor Emmanuelle Alt and Anna Dello Russo . So hope you enjoy them !

Holy Rockk . - Oversized leather & studs & and whole lot of BLACK

Street style: New Crop: Military appointment ?

 OFF - duty look for a model getting to shows, outside somerset . its all in the detail .
D x

Street Style : Zara coral jacket & Ray bans & Chanel @ London Fashion Week

She looked effortlessly cool in this un-obvious mixture of colours and shapes. The tailored textured jacket with raw edges paired with a loosely fitted skirt in blue tie dye ? NOT  an obvious ensemble, but this season is all about mixing. Whether its;  textures, prints or colours or perhaps all at once.... nonetheless: Its all about the clash.
 D. Xx

Look: Thursday

Wearing:
Top - Zara
Leggings: H&M
Necklace: All Saints
Hat: H&M
Bracelets: Istanbul  

Alternative Fashion Week - Designers & Looks we loved

A cold, grey day was instantly transformed as Alternative Fashion Week 2012 sprang into life in Spitalfields. Took place from 16-21st April and Showcased more than 70 young, forward-looking designers. Recent graduates, independents and designers from the worlds of circus, theatre and carnival share runway space.Running for a full week with 15 shows a day, attracting audiences of over 10,000 and with a vibrant fashion market this event was a prime example of how imagination and resourcefulness can overcome a mountain of economic obstacles and promote sustainability.For those who keep up with redlipsswearing, we've given you a taster  couple of days ago and now its the real thing.
We selected some of the pieces that stood out to us:  

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 The line up of designers on the day: 
FRIDAY 20 APRIL Nicola Amodio, Tonje Arnesen, CoolTan Arts, Barbara D'Altoe, Karina Gozdz & Anna Leszkiewicz, Jo Hawtree, Sophie Mason, Newham College, Alexia Pinchbeck, Sasha Powell, Wolf Reicherter, Rebecca Short, Schenell Stephens,

Look of the day: Natural History Museum

What I wore:

Top: Zara
'Leather' jacket: Topshop
Acid wash Jeans: h&m
Cuff: h&m
Lipstick: Girl about town by mac / 17: 'If you please'
Hair: a black colouring pencil from design lesson: from WhSmiths ( I know, I run out of pins)
Shoes: Miu Miu, Nod Pump

Hype it on lookbook ?

Red Lips Swearing ... @ Warsaw Spotted

The lovely girls from a Warsaw top street style style site 'Warsaw Spotted' caught up with me outside the Warsaw Fashion Weekend. Felt quite strange being on the other side of the camera ... Here is a preview of the post: .

 You can check out their blog at: www.warsawspotted.blogspot.com

MARNI for H&M - 50 % off .

The Italian brand's long-awaited line for H&M launched March 8th is now half price.

I know I know , 50 % off ? no way right ? Well I am happy to tell you that indeed : way, Warsaw - Poland have reduced the prices of all Marni clothing by 50 % with some pieces missing most still remain, which begs to question fashion awareness of us Poles, or the publicity of Marni as a  quite unknown brand in Poland, with no stores, or places you can find it it was truly a first appearance... which I quite happily took advantage of. Since it release on march the 8th, I was sure that without queuing here was no possible way for me to get my hands on their fabulous leather jackets or their jumpers.. well I am glad to say I was wrong.


The Marni collection is made of such good quality products, it makes you question why can't this become a regular thing ? 100% cashmere jumpers, 100% silk dresses and leather sandals for 39.99. ?!?      
        Ok, back to Warsaw, so a regular drop in to H&M in central Warsaw to pick up some jumpers for my little brother before his trip abroad ended in total superise, Let me paint you a picture, there I am exhausted from endless walking around.. I situate myself in male chaining rooms only to hear my brother shout out through the closed doors: ' Hey! I found this really soft jumper in blue and its half price can we get it ?" Sure we can .  He comes out and to my dispair here comes my little 14 year old bother wearing  a Marni jumper (shown below ) with a 50 % swing ticket on it. What a little legend. :)

Indeed,  I quickly realize what this means and rush off to the mens and grab another jumper and  back to womens to see if there are any more gems left. Lets just say my spending money I designated for my 'stay' quickly .. but iTS all good, as ITS all about COST PER WEAR.

Here are the collections images from H&M's website of the clothes I got : 

My Brother's jumper

The short sleeve Mens 100% cashmere jumper

Me with ALL 4 bags full of purchases .. 

My new 'shining' addition. .to the wardrobe. and its 100 % leather ?!? well excpet the sleeves .

     I also got this amazing two print silk dress, by far the highlight of the shop           

Here : Consuelo Castiglioni, Marni's Founder and Creative Director, explains, “I wanted to create a true Marni wardrobe by revisiting all our favorite pieces in signature fabrics and prints. As always, I love juxtaposing prints and colors, mixing modern tribal with Bauhaus graphic and adding sporty utilitarian elements."

So, all in total I got : the two cashmere jumpers, a leather jacket and a dress . I would say thats quite a shop . Cheers little Rich, could not have done it without you . 

D.

ARTIST of Interest : DALE CHIHULY

On Friday I ventured out to a long awaited exhibition or gallery viewing rather, of an artist which I first stumbled upon whilst i visited Kew Gardens back in Year 10 .. I belive with my schools Art Trip .. I know . How very adorable of us.  I was very fascinated with the mirage he created between man made and natural shapes. Here are some photographs I took whilst visiting the Helcyon Gallery  at 144-146 New Bond Street . 


ITS On UNTIL the 21st of April so you still have time to visit . Its completely Free and the staff are very friendly and helpful .  So after a shopping trip in central just walk over through New Bond Street and you can not miss it ! 

You can also recognise his sculpture from the V&A . 

The Glass quality of light shining through 

‘Somebody once said that people become artists becouse they have a certain kind of energy to release, 

and that rang true to me.It’s not the kind of energy you can work off in the weight room. 

It must have an outlet- it must be released to someone. 

That’s really why I draw’

                                                              DALE CHIHULY

D. xx