5th and Final day of London Fashion Week

This post is going to be short and sweet - desperately need to get into bed. Didn't go to any shows today as wasn't able to get tickets to any of them (shame as I would have loved to see them all. Someday...) The highlight of my day was being interviewed by Live from Fashion Week who wanted to know my thoughts on ethical fashion and more about my RooR skirt :D It was streamed live just before 7pm today but I'm hoping to get the video link for my section and will definitely post it here when I can. Whilst waiting to be interviewed I caught up with Em of Make Lemonade and I hadn't seen her since the start of fashion week so it was nice to sit and gossip :)

So that was my fashion week coverage people, quite minimal I have to admit but I was excited all the same as it was my very first fashion week (attending and showing) and I'm sure there'll be many more to come. Tomorrow I will put up some pictures from shows I saw/did not see and give my top 10 favourite looks for autumn/winter 2010.

One thing I have taken away from fashion week - it's not just what you wear, it's how you wear it. There's a clear difference between fashion and style.

Day 4 at London Fashion Week

The weather had been so good so far (well, for London in February) and then it decided to rain/snow today. I was lazy enough as it was and definitely didn't need another excuse to stay in bed. Anyhoo I had lots to do so eventually dragged myself out of bed and after errands made my way to the city.

First of all there was Fashion Scout's Merit Award winner Hermione de Paula's show. I really enjoyed her show (sitting 3rd row definitely helped) and her signature print was evident, although for this season the colours were absent - monochrome was definitely in. She played with contradictions; the mix of soft prints with transparent plastic, some pieces were demurely sexy from body-con micro dresses and printed leggings emphasizing the model's curves whilst a few screamed 'sex' like the transparent corset. The make up contrasted the monochrome prints, colourful blocks of eye shadow, dark lips and edgy punk rock blunt-fringed wigs. I also loved the detailing with the HDP key necklaces (I wonder if you can buy those...) that opened the locks on the clutch bags (at least I think they were clutch bags) One look I especially LOVED was the hooded jacket with the blue fur trim round, it looked very cosy and very warm (a must-have if we keep having so many random snowy days).

Vicki Loomes (of Fashion156) and I also got a chance to speak to Hermione backstage and asked her a few questions. I will post these up plus some more questions she answered via email soon.

In the evening I went to the Untold Pop-up Boutique and Fashion Show in Battersea Arts Centre and especially loved pieces by two of the designers they showed: Mononoko and ChiChia London. I hope to feature an interview with Christine Mhando of ChiChia on MHIINYC soon so watch this space.

 Print/beaded dress from the 'Made in Dar' collection by ChiChia London

My camera was messing up so my pictures of Hermione's show aren't so great. I've put them up anyway but Emerging Fervour has some amazing pictures on their Flickr account here so you should check it out.

London Fashion Week Day 2 and 3

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday. We got home from our RooR show with Fashion Mavericks and was so completely exhausted. I stayed awake long enough to have some dinner and then went straight to bed (having a total of 6 hours sleep in 3 days is not healthy. Seriously, do not try this at home)

Our RooR show was amazing, I'm so very proud of us girls. The last week was manic to say the least and having got no sleep Friday night my nerves were completely shot on Saturday. No amounts of sweets/doughnuts were helping and I was really sick to my stomach with worry. Turns out, fretting I needn't have done as the show went pretty well if I may say so myself. So grateful to Jacqui and her team at Fashion Mavericks (especially Matthew, THE runway coach diva EXTRAORDINAIRE. He was like Miss Jay but ten times more awesome).

I've put up some backstage pictures but there are more over at the RooR blog, Twenty-Four Carat Cocoa. The official pictures will also be up on our site www.roordesign.com once we get them back from the photographer.














So, Day 2 = pretty eventful. The boy came to the show and hadn't seen him in 2 weeks and he was looking gooooood *wolf whistles* I like to think my fashion sense was rubbing off on him. Having said that, absence does make the heart grow fonder, maybe we should be apart more often (don't tell him I said that). Day 3 of LFW I decided to take it slow; church in the morning and then spent the rest of the day with the boy - a belated valentine's so to speak. However the twitpics kept me up to date with who was showing what at Somerset House. Thank God for twitter.

Off to bed now. Looking forward to the shows tomorrow, especially Hermione de Paula at Vauxhall Fashion Scout.

New York Fashion Week + Heavy Snow = ?

Today is the start of New York Fashion Week and I'm excited to see what autumn/winter 10/11 trends will be gracing the catwalks (well, weather permitting. There's a whole palava about shows maybe getting re-scheduled because of the heavy snow that hit New York yesterday). Anyway the rise of Twitter and SHOWstudio live streaming means that even though I am not physically able to be in New York I can still get the same experience (minus the snow and whilst curled up on my warm sofa with a cup of marshmallow-y hot cocoa)

I guess this is assuming the shows still go on...

This also marks 9 days left until our show at London Fashion Week - eek! I mean it's going well so far but I'm a bit apprehensive that time seems to be running away and we still have stuff like the music and goody bags to sort out. God will make a way, where there seems to be no way... (song from my childhood - I wonder if God can please send some skilled seamstresses our way, just to help out a bit).

We did have a sit brainstorm session with Mimmie today. She's doing the jewellery for our show and we'll be off to Portobello Market and Covent Garden in the morning, well, a few hours to buy some more materials for her to finish off the last few pieces. Her stuff is a-MA-zing! I've been telling her she needs to start selling her pieces, I know I'll be ready to snatch up half of her jewellery in a hot second.

Anyhoo, I also put up a post this morning for Style Cartel. If you're wondering what I'll be wearing during London Fashion Week, here are my top 5 spring 2010 ready-to-wear trends from the shows last September. Can you guess which ones made the cut? Here are three clues:

Stay tuned as I'll be posting daily during LFW with all the gossip from shows, including all-access backstage at a few, and some after parties too. Better still, follow me with blog lovin' or sign up to get MHIINYC in your inbox (somewhere on the left side of this page) and you can see what I get up to, and what I'm wearing. Also Tweet/Email me a picture of you rocking your favourite Spring 2010 look and I'll feature some in an upcoming post.

Have a fabulous day! Make a few wishes today and dare them not to come true.

Invitation to RooR A/W 10/11 show - it's finally here!

You are cordially invited to

Renaissance of our Roots
“Frozen Inferno”
Runway Show
and Exhibition

During London Fashion Week at Fashion Mavericks

February 19^th 2010 – Exhibition 1pm-8pm | February 20^th 2010 – Catwalk show 4:30pm

The Strand Palace Hotel
372 Strand, London
WC2R 0JJ | Map

To RSVP email ekaete.inyang@roordesign.com

For additional press/media inquiries about Renaissance of our Roots, please email ekaete.inyang@roordesign.com

For more information about the hosts of the show please email info@sunshine-grace.com

View the press release below:

Renaissance of Our Roots - Press Release