TellusFashion Launch party and Fashion Show

Following on from Katie’s earlier post, here are some images from the TellusFashion launch show and party, who have set up their site to support and promote, as well as sell emerging and talented designers work.  Designers that featured in the show included Dominique Kral, Fjaba, Kelly Bull, James Kearns, VERGI, Stephanie Grace Foy, Zerrin Akinci, FABRYAN, Thom Neal and NARCISS, yet many more can be found on the site itself, along with inspiring blogs, style tips, articles and an online magazine!  Those folks at TellusFashion sure don’t do things by halves!

And lucky for us, and for our dear readers, the amazing and extremely talented Dani Riot was on hand to photograph the night away last monday, so you can see some of the talent that was on display:

With Designs standing out from Fabryan and Dominique Kral especially, we can’t wait to see more talent from TellusFashion and fully support this incredible platform for designers.

The British Fashion Awards: Wardrobe Malfunction

Yesterday evening was the British Fashion Awards and it certainly was a swanky affair. Setting up shop in the Savoy Hotel and Theatre, the red carpet was a heady mix of fashion icons, retail heavyweights and the odd glamour model.

About a week ago, I received a phone-call asking if I would help out at the event and my inner celeb-spotter couldn’t help but say yes. Bearing in mind that I would be skirting around the blue carpet (red is so passé apparently) rather than posing on it, I didn’t really put much attention into what I was wearing.

Big mistake. Fast-forward seven days and I arrived at the venue channeling what I thought casual chic – a nice skater dress from Topshop paired with some Chelsea boots and a blazer. Easy, simple and comfortable. I knew I was in trouble when I spotted several Nicole Farhi numbers dotted around the office.

And so I did what I do best – I panic-bought. It seems that some of my most treasured items of clothing have some from these manic dashes to fix some kind of wardrobe malfunction. Luckily, round the corner from my office is Hoss Intropia - a lovely Spanish label that has a real knack for creating beautifully feminine pieces.

Eventually settling on the festive green number above – ’tis the season and all that -  I added a little sparkle with a statement necklace from Accessorize and that much-longed-for Topshop leather I was banging on about last week. Okay, so maybe I did splurge a little, but I think that the dress will see me through party season and highlight of the evening was Christopher Kane complimenting my outfit. Score.

What do you think – has panic-buying ever paid off for your wardrobe in the long term? Or is it just a moment of madness? Tweet us some of your pics of your favourite impulse buys @style_thensome

Window shopping: The best Christmas displays

Over the last couple of weeks, the Christmas window displays have been unveiled for what is undoubtedly my favourite thing about the commercial side of this season. I think Liberty and Fortnum & Mason have the best windows this year, although the Selfridges white themed ones are pretty spectacular, too. Here’s a sneak peak of Liberty’s ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ themed windows:

It must be so much fun to be a window dresser, or to be part of the (as Liberty call it) Visual Merchandising Team. Fortnum & Mason’s ‘Showtime‘ theme is satisfyingly glitzy and extravagant, just the thing to lift every Christmas shopper’s spirits:

Image by Djinn76

Image by Djinn76

Image by Djinn76

Image by Djinn76

These windows are a work of art in themselves. I’m not ashamed to say I’ll be doing plenty of window shopping over the next month.