A recent post on Fashionista reveals that Rodarte are collaborating with Colette to curate a selection of their favourite things to show and sell at the cult Parisian store in October*. I’ve blogged about this type of creative retail concept before so I’m thrilled it’s finally happening for real. By the way, whatever happened to the rumour that Scott Schuman was doing something similar at Barneys?
*Why not enter my Eurostar comp and you can see it for yourself?
Ah, how I love an implausible coincidence and this one’s a corker. My friend B asked if we could meet up as she had seen the perfect birthday pressie for me and wanted to give it to me early. “Don’t buy anything til I see you,” she implored. I promptly forgot and on my way to meet her had a scan of the Selfridges book department. (You can see where this is going can’t you?) My eyes clocked a book I had seen a few weeks ago in Waterstones and had been thinking about ever since. I snapped it up. Off I went to meet B, swinging my wee yellow Selfridges carrier bag. She arrived also carrying a wee yellow Selfridges carrier bag. Uh oh, alarm bells rang.
She handed me the bag, the present was wrapped inside. “Er B,” I said, “I forgot what you told me and I’ve just bought a book in Selfridges!” “Oh you didn’t?!” she replied eyes a-rolling. I opened her present and this was inside – the wonderful Like I Give a Frock by Michi. It’s the most whimsical, witty, pretty little book you’ve ever seen, full of silly musings and beautiful collagy illustrations. It’s totally me. So me that not only was it B’s gift to me but of course, also the gift I’d bought myself. Sorry B! Ah well, isn’t it lovely to have friends who know you inside out?
PS: DON’T FORGET TO VOTE DISNEYROLLERGIRL IN THE DAZED/GSTAR BLOG AWARDS!
Exciting news just in this week that my blog buddy Sophy Robson is doing the nails for Jeremy Scott at LFW. There is definitely a nail thing going on in London right now, and no event is complete without its nail artists in situ. Last week I was tempted down to the Diesel Flash for Fun launch (its glow in the dark collection that lands next month), not by free jeans and tees but by a free day-glo manicure courtesy of WAH Nails.
Not only were the nail artists sweet and super-creative (no French manicures here) but something about the whole shebang with the little toy-like plastic fans on the tables (to dry the nails) and general hubub made the event far friendlier than your average hifalutin fash bash. Well, that and the fact it was held at the Dalston Superstore.
In the basement you could see the clothes in action, glow-in-the-dark stitched jeans reminding me of Helmut Lang’s 1990s reflective dresses and trousers – *looks off wistfully into the middle distance* – anyone else remember these? But truly, the most fun was had upstairs where you couldn’t move for fash-bloggers – Isabelle O’Carroll, Fred Butler, Jaiden James and Rasharn Rva included. Honestly, the only fash-blogger missing was Miss Sophynails herself!
[Nails pics: WAH Nails]
It seems everyone is going to V except me. I don’t actually *do* festivals but still, I don’t like being left out. Maybe I’ll wear my Hunter wellies around town anyway, just for the hell of it. Hunter have sent me this welly pouch which I quite like, it straps onto your boots – kind of like a bumbag for wellies! What would you keep in your welly pouch?
