I N T H E C O U N T R Y

My weekend in Suffok with the boy's folks, dogs and farm yard animals. Girls Aloud put it so well.

N E E D

TAKE OUT A LOAN

RE-MORGAGTE YOU HOME

SELL YOUR FIRST BORN

DO WHATEVER YOU MUST DO

JUST MAKE SURE YOU DO IT!

I could actually explode I'm so fucking excited about this. I'm drooling, I'M ATUALLY SALAVATING!

D O W N . W I T H . F A L L

Me pulling my old over the knee boots out means winter is upon us. What happened to the beautiful British summer we were promised by the met office? I think summer commited suicide this year, economic repression is my guess. Poor old mother nature, try sprinkling some ritalin in yer tea love.

D I R T Y S E C R E T

Had a rare late afternoon off from work and crept of to my wench, my dirty secret, my on-off love affair, yes, Topshop.

I go back for yet another fix of well designed catwalk rip-offs made of cheap fabrics with fraying seams, will I ever learn? No. I try things on endlessly, the thrill of the black dress with sulptural shoulders ware off as soon as it's been twirled in. I rarely ever go to the the flagship store for fear of being caught.

Instead I creep down to the concession in Selfridges so I can escape easily, wandering off into the make up counters and my lack of orientation being my excuse. I would consider taking you home, little layered pink top, to meet the rest of my clothing family but you are polyester and I hoped you would have been silk. So I try you on, and put you back. I'm a Topshop user and abuser behind those fitting room curtains.




But wait it gets worse. Not content with Topshop I sneak into River Island. Literally looking both ways before entering as you would on entering and adult entertainment shop in Soho.

My weakness for bling leads me straight to this chunk of gold. Reminds me off some things I've seen on Kabiri.



The racks of sale sirens on hangers call me in seductively. Grey jersey zip up jacket with padded shoulder and a pelmet waist. No only is it wrong, it's in the sale, £15. This is the fabric equivalent of Pretty Woman, the one who made it. The jacket will be mine and integrated with the rest of my finery.


The end result.
River Island jacket, Olanic fringed leotard, H&M acid wash leggings, Topshop heels.

P O R N O G R A P H Y

To me the Olsen twins are like fashion pronography. Their repertoire of 'it' bags gets me exited, their endless stamina in 6 inch heels makes my heart beat quiken and mix matched pile up of expensive jewellery forces me bite down and leave teeth marks. It's now I realise there it's time to visit Olsens Anonymous

F R E E C L O T H E S

One of very few good thing about working in retail is free clothes or 'uniform'. This blog seriousl suffers from no digital camera. Me modeling last nights makes up. The only conclusion to be drawn from this post is to tidy my room.

Marc by Marc Jacobs Aw09 Runway dress. Burgandy silk with fuhsia and green trim. Deep funnel neck type thing with massive Christmas wrapping on the back.


Marc by Marc AW09 Wool High Wasited trousers

S U P E R S T I T I O N S

Superstitions shoot.

Concept and Art Direction: Katie Coward
Photography: Harriet Drew
Styling: Jess Runciman (me)
Model: Daniella Foster @ D1
Make-Up: Lucy Duckett
Hair: Katie Coward

D I Y : L A D D E R

My once-a-upon-a-time grey fine kint jumper from Gap has turned into a shabby gaping holed laddered mini dress. Undergarments required otherwise yer bits pop out.

I T ' S . L ' O F F I C I E L

Assisted one huge shoot for L'Officiel India and L'Officiel Hommes India magazines. The house was made of marble and every single item of clothing was Christian Dior, I kid you not.

B I R K I N . B I T C H

And more birking chat (see below) word is (from Modelina's tweets) that Naomi Campbell is to auction off her pale green Hermes Birkin for the White Ribbion Alliance on the 10th of November, so you got time to save you pennys.

Is this her new way of doing community service?

(Image from www.modelinia.com)

B I R K I N . B A B E S

The very nice ladies shopping in Selfridges at the moment from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, I must say, remind me of the Dementors from Harry Potter books only far more stylish and sporting Birkin bags. Rather than sucking the life out of human souls they just do that to their husbands credit cards. Girl Power! Which begs the question, do they have Girl Power in Kuwait?

A M P L E S A M P L E

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S T U D M U F F I N

Prada Menswear AW09
Eugenia Kim, leather cat headband £89
See By Chloe flat stud boots £312.68 @ Intermix
Stud sandals, £99.83 @ Intermix

W H E N i n R O M E

I stumbled across, or perhaps it was staggered as I had just polished off my afternoon aperitivo, L’una e L’Altra boutique on the Via del Governo Vecchio. It is the equivillent of fashion air con in Italys boiling love of polyster, sun blinding bling and blistering espadrille wedges. In a country obsessed by Gucci and Donatella Versace it was a breath of fresh air to find brands such as Martin Margiela, Rick Owens and Issey Miyake's A-Poc and Pleats Please collections stocked. A very happy accident. They have a website but it doesn't seem to work... www.nowinrome.com

W e l c o m e T o T h e H o u s e E - J a c k - u l a t e B u i l t

Shot of Wallpaper Magazine's Sex issue. Inspired by Peter Saville's London apartment in the 90's. Click the link and the bottom to watch the seductive video in full.



View the full video on Showstudio here

Art Direction: Peter Saville
Photography: Nick Knight
Styling: Francesca Burns at Management + Artists
Set Design: Gideon Ponte

P O L Y V O R E W H O R E

So I tried out Polyvore for the very first time today and all I can say is it's fucking dangerous. One minute your building an online colage of your fantasy wardrobe, yet too many clicks of the mouse and you've bought the £4000 Balmain leather skirt you were trying to rotate. Well here it is, I think it's an average first attempt to be honest. Give me crayons and a sketch block any day!

Here Kitty by whatiwanttowear featuring Miu Miu accessories

C H E A P F E E T

I'm a glutten for cheap online shoes, and my finds keep on getting better. These are my favourites from all under $30 from urbanog.com