Chicken Ceaser and Jammie Dodgers

First day back at SB HQ today after the long break. It was quite a hectic day, plus I think my brain had to get used to the bombardment again, but it was fun. I missed the crew and we had some new interns as well. We had lots of catching up and updating to do and organising calendars and travel plans for the upcoming fashion weeks: NYC, London, Milan and Paris - what a hectic few weeks it's going to be.

In the evening Amy, our Art Director brought the flat plan of the next issue of SB (the content which was put together and layed out by yours truly) for us to ogle at. It was beautiful. And yes I know that it just the print out and not the actual issue itself but it was still exciting.

Then I got sent a video link by Sola (of MMM) from Top Model of Colour which we sponsored and the first two outfits the girls are modelling are ours!! The video's here

Also today I confirmed an interview I'm conducting with Njide Ugboma of Let Them Eat Cake Magazine for Sketchbook Mag on Wednesday and should also be meeting Robin Derrick of British Vogue late this week or early next. Good day huh? I'm uber excited!

Good night lovelies, and also please support the Haiti Earthquake Appeal if you can.

Vogue shoot at SHOWstudio part trois

So I FINALLY got to see a Vogue photo shoot at Somerset House - yay! Although I don't know if it was because I hyped it up so much in my head, or because there were no wild outfit changes but I was a bit bored :( Undoubtedly Lisa Eldridge is amazing and it was great to watch her work, and I was not aware that CD Robin Derrick had photography as one of his many talents, but I still somehow felt it was not as great as the one I missed (Vogue shoot at SHOWstudio part une and part deux)

However it was great to watch these two at work. I wonder if they often work together... hmmm

I only popped in for a bit as I had to get back to work to finish editing (next issue's out in December eek!) but I hope you enjoy the pictures. I'm thinking of taking up photography as well (No. I do not yet have too much I'm doing) so any feedback, good or bad, will be appreciated.

Muchos love


There was a model this time! Look at those cheekbones - such perfection. So exquisite. *sigh*

Lisa Eldridge creates a new look



Testing, testing

Husband-and-wife duo at work


Peek-a-boo...I see you

Lisa preps the next model

Vogue shoot at SHOWstudio

Today was a wet day. I hate it when it rains. I don’t usually mind how cold it gets but once it starts to rain – it’s just wet. And then umbrellas fail to work, cars drive by at Grand-Prix speed and drench you in what you hope is water but really who knows what’s on our roads these days, and Londoners lose the little etiquette they have. In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m not the happiest bunny today. It also didn’t help that was I was looking forward to all week finished before I got there.

On Thursday and Friday of this week Nick Knight was doing a live photo shoot for British Vogue for the February 2010 cover at the Somerset House in Strand. For those who don’t know, Somerset House is the new venue for London Fashion Week newly launched this year. Also, if you didn’t know, Nick Knight is a LEGENDARY photographer, his portfolio including works for Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, British and Paris Vogue to name a few. The innovator that he is, one of the latest things he’s been working on is SHOWstudio. Again, if you haven’t heard about SHOWstudio, seriously where have you been? It’s only been around for 10 years. Although in your defence it only really picked up recently. He sort of exploded, in my memory, when he filmed the Alexander McQueen S/S 2010 collection at LFW this September.

“SHOWstudio is based on the belief that showing the entire creative process—from conception to completion—is beneficial for the artist, the audience and the art itself.” – Nick Knight

The revolutionary thinking of this man means that people like me and you can go over and watch a photo shoot, LIVE, for British Vogue with Natalia Vodianova wearing amazing couture dresses. Just like that. Watch the stylist jump up every few minutes to adjust Natalia’s mohawk, see Alexandra Shulman and Robin Derrick, even Lady Gaga made an appearance.

Unfortunately I didn’t get to see any of this. Not myself anyway. I couldn’t go yesterday because I had to meet up with Rachel after work (she wanted to borrow a few pieces from RooR to wear to her dad’s art gallery opening). So, all of today I was itching to get to see the second half of the shoot. I had been reading tweets all day from @SHOWstudio, @SomersetHouse, and even @robinderrick (and he rarely ever tweets) and I was dying to go. So we got there: Susan, Erinne and I, blagged our free entries using our SB press passes (yes, I know, I heart my job) only to find out that the shoot had finished earlier than anticipated.

*gasps*

I am still very sad, and the fact that we still had fun looking round at the exhibition is not sufficient consolation. Nonetheless, there are other live photo shoots planned, although I doubt they’d be anything as great as today must have been.

Pictures to follow tomorrow, my camera battery has died and it would need some spinach before I can access the pictures I took.

Now I shall cry myself to sleep *sniff*