Freakum dress, Bang-bang shoes

She was so cute, wasn't she?

Beyonce Knowles-Carter....

.....meet Sasha Fierce



I'm so sorry I haven't blogged in ageeesss. The rest of my week last week was so crazy; we were trying to get the second issue of SB ready (it comes out next month eek!) and there was a whole palava with our cover boys changing PR agents and suddenly not being available but we managed to get an interview with Henry Holland which totally saved the cover. So as Content Manager (I love it! I smile every time I say or type it. Content Manager hehe) for this issue I've been emailing up all the writers, photographers, bloggers and illustrators for their content, as well as chasing a few PR people. I also had a deadline myself, I had to finish my article for Black Hair and get it to Afua by Thursday.

Busy week? You can say that again.

Needless to say Friday came around much too quickly and before I knew it, it was Sunday night (why does the weekend fly by so?) My Saturday was awesome because I got to see ... drumroll please ... Beyonce in concert at the O2! She was super amazing and I am so much more in awe of her and that voice. I was a bit upset at having missed Backstreet Boys in concert on Tuesday but I think Beyonce definitely made up for that.

I wore a pink Topshop top, AA dress worn as skirt, H&M leggings, New Look shoobs and beaded necklace.

Another Day, Another Dim Sum

The week couldn't have started any better if it tried. I got the greatest news on Sunday evening and I can tell I'm going to be on a high all week. To celebrate, I decided I was going to wear the brightest colours in my wardrobe today. After work my bestest friend Peki and I dined at Ping Pong behind Selfridges (if you go I recommend the Char Sui Bun and Winter tea punch - alcoholic and very warming) after which we had waffles and Ben&Jerry ice cream.

Work time now, got to finish an article I'm writing for BH as well as do some tweaking on a blog post I wrote for SB. Then hopefully it's fairly early to bed, there's a shoe sample sale in the morning and I plan on stopping by before work.

...and yet I can never seem to wake up early enough to go jogging before work.

Wearing Donna Ricco New York dress, Primark basic tee, Forever 21 belt, Dorothy Perkins necklace, and jewellery so old I can't remember where I got them from. The serpent bracelet is from a random vintage store but I found a similar one at Max and Chloe.

Vogue shoot at SHOWstudio part deux

As promised, here are some of the pictures I took at the exhibition at Somerset House yesternight. I went with Susan, one of our illustrators. The most fascinating room by far was the Mirror Room where Susan and I took loads of pictures. We also had lots of fun with Naomi where we drew to our hearts' delight.


Hey down there. You sexy *hehe*

So... there's how many of us?


Naomi C hearts SB

Susan observing the rotating black dresses

I'm going to be up there one day!

Pity there was no male model yesterday


I've also included some pictures from the actual shoot that Nick Knight's team posted on twitter. Pictures below are courtesy of @SHOWstudio.

Natalia V. in Fendi

That a-MA-zing Valentino dress

Rock that Chanel! A sequined number and Sam McKnight's albino mohican

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*

Melon and Berry Crunch

Another day and still no coffee run. The more time I spend at the SB HQ, the more I love the team and the people I work with. The concept behind the publication is truly truly unique and as I'm being exposed to more artists and designers and bloggers that contribute to SB the more aware of this fact I am. I'm proper gushing!!

The great thing about interning at SB (I know I'm sounding like a crazed stalker-fan) is that unlike some other publications (not to point the finger but have you guys seen The Devil Wears Prada?) despite it being only my third day in I'm being given actual responsibility. I haven't been sent to Starbucks or the drycleaners or doggy day-care (although one of the other interns did have to make a run to Ikea to pick up some chairs).

Today I was given the responsibility of compiling all the content for the next issue together. In the morning I went through emails and the database to figure out who was supposed to be sending what articles in and what picture/illustration accompanied it. I then spent some part of the afternoon chasing up contributors and photographers and doing some editing.

It was all so great, I really love the creative process of what goes into the final glossy print that you can then purchase at your local corner shop. It's like baking. You put together the pretty much boring ingredients: flour, baking soda, essence, some fruit; and come out on the other side with a summer berry tarte tatin complete with crème fraîche.

By the way, I upgraded today! Got a proper camera as opposed to using my berry to take pictures of my reflection.

Wearing shirt from Ralph Lauren, H&M cardi, Topshop skirt and socks, New Look shoes and patchwork clutch from Faith.

New Kid on the Block

Today was my first day interning at Sketchbook in Notting Hill. It didn't get off to a great start (although that was mainly because of the previous week/few months before today).

At SB everyone is required to bring in their own laptop. This would usually not be a problem. However my Macbook got stolen in May, right before graduation. Sad times. This, plus the present economic crisis (that decided to occur just as I was graduating - thanks guys) meant that I could not afford a new laptop right away. I mean, I could. But I had become spoiled you see. Once you go Mac, you can't go back. Unfortunately I do not yet have £1500 disposable cash in my account so it will be a while before I can afford a new MB.

However, I have an old Acer notebook from my Cheltenham days - it's 6 years old - and had since given up on me. A great friend of mine was helping me refurbish it and had given it back to me. All that was left to do was some minor tweaking to get the wireless to work.

He says.

Now as much as I love my gadgets I don't have a computer engineering degree. So needless to say I couldn't figure out how to fix it and was still battling with it at 9am this morning before I eventually had to give up. So first day - I arrive late and laptop-less. Not a great impression.

It wasn't too bad in the end. I went to a nearby internet cafe and my editor emailed me some articles to proof read so I still managed to get some editing done. I also got some good news, this friend of mine (let's call him techno-geek shall we) has a laptop he'll let me borrow whilst he tries to figure out what's wrong with mine. So tomorrow I will be the proud temporary owner of an IBM laptop. It's not my MB but it'll suffice.

So all in all it ended up being a good day and I didn't have to make any coffee runs. In fact the EIC brought cupcakes in which we had with tea after lunch. There's a really good vibe in the office and I can see I'm going to settle in really well at the SB office.

So what does an intern wear to her first day at work? It was quite sunny so I decided on a vibrant outfit which said "Hey SB, I'm here and I'm fabulous". Do you think I succeeded?




Dress - AA, mustard jumper - Charlotte Russe, belt - Dorothy Perkins, shoes - New Look