CONGRATULATIONS BETH...♥ ♥

Please raise your glasses to my truly B-R-I-L-L-I-A-N-T right-hand girl & co-pilot in crime Beth...she's leaving at Christmas to have a baba!!!

I'm totally thrilled for her (and gutted to lose her!!!)

So, I'm looking to hire Beth's 'twin' (ha ha)...and soon!! Although we have a laugh in the office, I gotta warn you - the position is waaay more graft than glamour, fashion frills are few and far between. Basically, you'll need to be massively organised, with an insatiable apetite for hardcore admin and number crunching budgets. Here's a rough outline of what Beth does:

Manage cashflow/funding budgets and deadlines for Fashion East/MAN/Menswear Installations.

Liaise with accountant. Write funding reports.

Organise panel meetings to select new designers.

Work with our designers to help them produce their shows / installations.

Keep Fashion East website updated.

 

Write press releases and liase with key fashion press.

Liase with photography/film crews to document our shows.

Manage design/print/mail out of show invites & oversee seating plan.

Recruit and manage a small team of interns and petty cash.

IF YOU'RE UP FOR IT, PLEASE SEND YOUR CV to applications@fashioneast.co.uk

PS we are also looking for new interns too!

PARIS...ALL ABOUT LOVE...

This was the sight that greeted us when we arrived at Tania Fares Paris home for a private dinner to celebrate Sarah's MBE. Candels were being lit in the dining room of her family home, which has been lovingly restored to its 17th century glory. I felt like I was in a Visconti movie. One of the most enchanting, romantic places I've ever been...

I love Sarah off duty. She was all smiles (even if she probably had about 10 reviews to write later that night) with Ben Kirchhoff, Richard Nicoll, Louise Gray, Michael van der ham, Mary Katranzou, Erdem, and Patrick from E Tautz (who it turned out makes suits for Tania's uncle. Small world)...

Another place I got obsessed with this trip was my local bakery, really cheap and run down..but a million miles from Greggs Bethnal Green Road...

It wasnt all fancy though, I also loved hanging out at the Irish Bar, watching the French noisily lose football matches on the big screen, having beer n chips for dinner with Maarten van der Horst. Nous sommes doomed. Mais oui.

Really great to hang out in the showrooms with the designers and the buying teams who actually buy into our British designers, such as the ever gorgeous Rachel Morgans from Asos...looking supercute in House of Jazz for Lulu & Co...

And in between buyers appointments, having time to catch up properly with friends. Here's Roks, Rich and Baby Mia in our local bistro...

..and here's our favourite bar maid...the sweetest girl in Paris..with the best jumper...

SUNDAY GIRL..

After the craziness of LFW it's heavenly having time to do normal stuff again. I spent a lazy Sunday with Roksanda and her gorgeous little daughter Mia; a stroll in the autumn sunshine along New River Walk (a secluded sixteenth century aqueduct in Islington) then a proper pub roast. Mia is already happily at home in her local I am pleased to say.

 Check their matching shoes. Too cute.

LOOKBOOK...

Had proper fun styling our Lulu & Co lookbook, shot by Jez Tozer...here's a teenie sneak peek...

I cast litle beauties Paula at Profile and Malaika at Premier...

Paula in Marques Almeida denim coat...hot..

My favourite squiggly balloon print from Christopher Shannon...

  
Maarten van der Horst's tropical belles..

Peter Jensen bunny print shirt dress..

Chiffon layered tie dye column dress by Natascha Stolle. So me!

Roksanda's hand drawn cat printed dress...superchic..

A sunset raffia trimmed t shirt we designed..

 ..and Malaika in our Pineapple Bardot tee and Hola Chiquita skirt..

ROLL ON SUMMER!

TOPSHOP...PART 2...

Even though it was ages ago, I feel I should tell you what I got up to at Topshop (if you feel like reading the official interview it's here).

Lets just say I had SO MUCH FUN playing at shops I ended up buying half of my own edit, and I now want a permanent shop to play in please...

Cute graphic tee...

..with chunky earrings...

...sucker for anything with a loveheart on it..

Big on matching earrings and necklace sets - these are vintage-y but reworked in modern white metal... 

... teamed this adorable bird print tee...

 ...with tough bird accessories...

 ..and more birds...my silly side had to have these Tweety pants in the mix...

Tweety's too cool, right up there with Road Runner...

Incase you happen to have 5 minutes free to loaf, I recommend watching this all time classic..."To Beep or not to Bee"p...

GIRLS WHO R BOYS WHO LIKE BOYS 2 BE GIRLS..

Mens Days at LFW was possibly our best yet. As usual I was too knackered and busy to properly enjoy it; if only I could only turn back time. Luckily Horace Andy was the soundtrack to my week - good for frazzeled nerves... 

The MAN show was killer...exceptional designers and awesome casting, especially Boyo Studio's Joel's selection for Martine Rose; I love that she sent out actual girls. Ok, so will someone please explain to me why girls walking in a menswear show gets frowned on? What's all that about? Feels a bit backwards. I love a beautiful in-betweenie...

Photos by Shaniqwa Jarvis & Rebeecca Thomas

One of my favorite pre-LFW times was spent round at Hidden Agency's edit suite in the dead of night as Liam put finishing touches to films he'd made for our 3 MAN designers...

Watch the films on Style.com here...they're AWESOME...

Two other shows I TOTALLY LOVED were Christopher Shannon...

..and James Long. These 2 are at the top of their game and I'm so proud of them and excited to see what they do next!!

Our Fashion East menswear installation event was fun...it's always interesting to see the clothes up close and hang out with the designers..

Nasir's boys...

Agi & Sam's ace installation starred their lookbook model...

..talking of models..here's Mads with one of Astrid Andersen's..liking the lace/muscles combo..

Thom Murphy's profound sounding installation 'Life, Marriage, Death' was a proper hoot...

Maybe it was the sight of his models kipping in their coffin, but I suddenly realised how exhausted I was. Thom found me a quiet corner backstage and I curled up for a little powernap. Too much excitement for one day.