Uniqlo by numbers




A Uniqlo party is always a good place for a spot of people-watching and last night’s bash at Somerset House was wall-to-wall photo-ops. Ponystep provided the music and guest-list, so aside from the usual suspects (hello Henry Holland and Jodie Harsh!), we had Stephen Jones, Andrew Logan and Duggie Fields representing the oldie-but-goodie generation.

Style-wise, the check shirt count was very high, so if you thought plaid was off-trend you’d be wise to reconsider. Also in attendance were:
Baseball jackets x 5

Barbie carrier bags x 10 (containing Barbie dolls gifted at the Dover Street Market do from whence they had they come)

Barbie leggings x 1

Chanel bags x 4

Bow ties x 5

Crazy-colour hair-dos x 5








Don’t miss the lace sockettes!



Loving Andrew Logan’s bumbag!



Very nice to see Mrs-Ponystep-AKA-Pippa-Brooks-AKA-Madame-from-Madame-Says working the DJ booth. Rock on Tommy!




Update:
My good friend Alison of Bish Shops sent me this excellent shot of a couple of dapper dandies. Love it! That takes the bow-tie total to 7.

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Quote of the day



“I would love to work with Aretha Franklin. She sang ‘My Country ‘tis of Thee’ at the inauguration in an amazing grey hat with a huge bow brim. We tried to get it for the [V & A] exhibition and she said no, but she sent me the most wonderful letter that she had also sent to a museum in Washington. It said that she was hugely flattered to be asked, but that to sing as an African American woman at the inauguration of a black president was the proudest moment of her career, and that she wants to be able to look at that hat every day for the rest of her life and remember.”
Stephen Jones on the LOVE blog

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Lip service




I have lips on my mind today, in particular, lip balms and lip glosses. First, the good news. I was sent some Body Shop lip balm to try out and I’m pleased to say, it gets my tick of approval. It’s not because it was free, although that is admittedly a good thing since I have boycotted The Body Shop ever since it kept hiking up the price of its Body Butters. Nor is it that £3.98 of every £5 Tantalising Lip Butter (to give it its full name) sold goes to the MTV charity, Staying Alive Foundation which raises money for HIV and Aids awareness and prevention among young people. It’s not even because it has the most delicious fruity fragrance that I can’t quite put my finger on. (Mango? Passionfruit? Peach? A mega-mix of all three? No clue.) It’s the consistency I’m loving. I’m used to Carmex which is pretty wonderful when warmed in a pocket but nasty and dry when it’s cold. This one is smooth, creamy, non-greasy and, oh what’s that fancy word? Ah, hydrating! I should so be a beauty writer.

And now for the bad news. According to Fashionista.com, Stila is in trouble! And that means trouble for me because Stila’s Lip Glaze in Fruit Punch is the only lip gloss I wear. I’ve read the comments on Fashionista, I agree that it’s over-priced and that stubborn bit of gloop left in the tube is a waste of money. But there isn’t another product that agrees with me in terms of colour and density. What the hell am I supposed to do?

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