Gudrun Sjoden comes to London

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“My designs are for people who love bold colours and exciting patterns and who have individual style (and you’re not afraid to show it!)” – Gudrun Sjoden

Swedish designer Gudrun Sjoden is famous for her colourful clothes and use of natural textiles; she is Sweden's vey own 'eco-warrior.' Whatever age, shape or size you are her clothes will look good on you. Until now Gudrun’s shops have been overseas in Germany, Norway, Sweden and Denmark and now she’s coming to London. I admit I have not bought any of her things yet, but looking at her lines for spring/summer full of flowers and feminine fabrics I think it would be good to inject a bit more colour into my wardrobe. Sjoden's collections include a lot of bold, sometimes clashing, prints and lots of layers - for some people her clothes may be too much of a statement. However, her individual pieces are beautiful paired with simpler pieces. She doesn’t just stop at clothing as home decorations are also her specialty and her linens and decorations look like must-haves for our new uni home. On the 30th March the shop will be opening on 65-67 Monmoth Street, Covent Garden.  With her floral prints and beautiful bold colours Sjoden is coming to England just in time for summer.

ELLE Style Awards 2012

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At the end of last month the 15th ELLE Style Awards took place and, as always, attracted the most stylish people from far and wide. Amongst many others there were stars such as Blake Lively, Courtney Love and Cheryl Cole, who wowed on the red carpet. Not forgetting the lovely host, one of my favourites, Alexa Chung. There were many awards but to name a few: Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was named a style icon, Sarah Burton was awarded International Designer of the Year and Eddie Redmayne Best Actor. With performances from Emeli Sande and Professor Green it was most defiantly a star-studded event. ‘You know how you used to use September as a mark for the year because that’s when school starts? I no use ELLE Style Awards as my year marker.’ - Alexa Chung.
Here are some of my favourite looks from the red carpet.

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Alexa Chung in Stella McCartney suit.

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in Antonio Beradi

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Tali Lennox in Julien Mcdonald

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Gillian Anderton in dress by William Vintage Sybil Connolly

whiskey mist mayfair

On Saturday night we went to Whiskey Mist for a friend's birthday. One of the girls knows one of the boys on the door who very very kindly got us on the guestlist - free entry and free drinks all night. It's a members only club in Mayfair so the drinks would have been ridiculous prices, it was so nice to dress up in a lovely dress and heels though. http://www.whiskymist.com/ All kinds of rich and famous go there so it was a very good experience to see how the other half live.

boy london

My friend recently bought a Boy London flat peak cap and she showed me Rhianna's outfit on the Jonathon Ross show recently where she wore all Boy London clothing. It shouldn't work really (and it wouldn't work on anyone else) but it really does.

welovefearne

Last night I got on the guestlist for a Celebrity Juice shooting at Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, which was very exciting. I was most excited to see Fearne Cotton in the flesh because I have watched her on the tv for years. The show was really funny and there was a free bar. Can't complain. However, the most excitment came at the end of the night when we were stood in the bar and none other than Fearne Cotton came and stood right next to me. Starstruck. Fearne has been looked at for her fashion sense for a long time so I wanted to show some of my favourite outfits of 2012.

mr richardson.

For the contextual project this semester we have to write a piece on a chosen image to represent a theme and era. I have chosen to write about 'heroin chic' photography in the 1990s because I find it really interesting. I was looking for some photographs that would represent how this theme has leaked through to today's fashion photography and thought Terry Richardson.

oh paris

Today our lecturers told us that there is a trip coming up in May to go to Paris to see the Marc Jacobs exhibition. Sounds amazing. For £159 we get to go on the Eurostar, stay in a B&B and get into the exhibition and maybe have a look around some other exhibitions. Seems like a lot of money to give up but it seems like it will definatly be worth it. 
Paris and fashion, what more could a girl want?