Marko Matysik's Fashion Illustration Exhibit

It finally came and went! Many weeks of planning Marko Matysik's Solo Fashion Illustration Opening came to fruition with a turnout of his close friends and members of the fashion circuit. I was lucky enough to be apart of the process of contributing the the success of the opening and did my duty of PA as guest list admin along with my galleria buddy Nina for the night. We spent the whole night in fistfulls of giggles and plenty of shifts to the bar for yummy fruity drinks!

Marko's paintings were prompted on beautiful rugs loaned to us that served as a beautiful framed background. There were also strict teacher-looking models dressed in Boudicca wearing Paul Smith frames, and Rupert Sanderson shoes, flipping through some of his collaged sketchbooks. His sketchbooks are beautiful, thick, and covered with backstage access to all the ready to wear shows from every fashion week. Marko takes great pride in his books, producing as many as 10 for each fashion week. Times that by 4 and you got a whole lot of sketchbook. Some inetrtesing guests at the opening was Ekow Eshun (Director ICA), Percy Parker (Designer PPQ), John and Monique Davidson (J&M Davidson), Tim Blanks (Vogue), and Clare Coulson (Harper's Bazaar). I also managed to see some of my chums, Steff from Vogue, Anya from Tatler, and my lovely Sharmon who is a personal shopper at Selfridge's. All in all it was an intimate gathering and a celebration of Marko's work. To finish off the night I was thankful to have my loverly friends whisk me off to a much needed bite to eat after the show at Tartine. Be sure to snag the latest copy of the Evening Standard Mag as well as Vogue China/Taiwan to glimpse coverage of the event.

Glimpses of Westfield Center

Life Sized Dolls for Christmas

London is preparing for Christmas and stores like Joseph are pulling out all the stops. Check out their new window display. Life sized dolls in boxes from Lanvin, Chloe, Givenchy, and Balmain.

Spita-wonderful

Thought I would share what outfits I snapped up at Spitalfield market last weekend. Sweaters were a tenner a piece, and the sparkly top which shall make its debut at Marko Matysik's Solo Art Exhibit Launch Party was a mere 18 pounds! What a good day that was.

Cool Nick Veasy

Nick Veasey uses x-ray technology to create mesmerizing and intriguing art.
In a world obsessed with superficial appearance it is a refreshing change to be able to look beyond the surface. Beauty, after all, comes from within.

The last in line to the East End Thrift Store

I must be the last blogger in London to delve into the East End Thrift Store in Assembly Passage in Whitechapel. After reading about it from Susie Bubble and That is Just Not My Vibe ages and ages ago I finally made the time, on a typical wet and grey Saturday afternoon, to treck back to the East End for a look-see myself. And I must say the hype must have gotten to me because I was expecting it to be bigger and more larger than life then what it really was. Still the customer service was marvelous, and the sweaters and coats was their biggest asset. They must stock up on more handbags and shoes! But all in all I walked out a mens suit jacket tailored to my figure for a tenner, and a black glitzy top for a tenner as well! Not bad I must say, but Spitalfields market still holds they key to my cash in terms of great gear for great price!

Charming and Out in the open

This is very bad reportage on my part but I stumbled into a little store next to the Rupert Sanderson showroom, on Bruton Place that looked so charming. I think it made tailor-made- everything for men. Jeans, shirts, and suits. All the buttons and different materials were displayed on dark wooden tables. All the fixtures for the ties and pants were on custom made shelves and boxes. All the pattern cutting was on sandy brown paper and displayed on high wall fixtures. It was all so elegant and well thought out, I didn't dare touch anything in fear of moving around a curated rubber or needle! But typical of my clumsy self I seem to have lost their business card in my bag of Conde Nast goodies. I will def make it my mission to go back and find the name of this little darling store next time I'm in Berkeley Square.