Rose Byrne: Oscar's 2012

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Ok, so I am a few days late catching up on the Oscar's red carpet, but after reviewing all the dresses with Joan Rivers and the gang on the Fashion Police Oscar's Red Carpet Special on E! (#massivefan), the stand out dress for me was Rose Byrne's dress by Vivienne Westwood with Chanel Fine jewellery and Jimmy Choo shoes, no idea who the clutch was by but it melted perfectly in to the sea of jet black sequins. I was torn between Rose's dress and Gywneth Paltrow's Tom Ford white gown with cape, tough choice but this time ebony overcame ivory, both dresses elegant and modern.

Mark Fast AW 12

I very nearly missed this show, I was invited by email last night after chasing up the original request that I had sent in mid January, apparently I had naively send my invite request too early as I found out in a discussion with Joseph Kocharian, Junior Fashion Editor at Rankin's Hunger Magazine, whilst standing in line at Berardi this morning. Anyway, after fighting with security to try and get to the PR I was finally allowed to speak to her and was given my cinema style ticket. After all the drama I had lost my place in the queue and risked being shoved at the back without a good view, not going to happen I thought! I managed to hover next to someone on the end of the front row and suddenly became invisible to security, as the show started I slid onto the floor... excellent place for taking these photos. This was another star studded affair, Kanye West, Grace Woodward, Nicola Roberts (who was completely unrecognisable in tartan get up) and Marina from Marina and the Diamonds. The collection was very low key and casual, lots of classic Mark Fast knits, chunkier and cosier for winter, some pieces made suitable for evening attire with the addition of beaded over dresses. Knitwear for me usually conjures up Windsor and the John Lewis haberdashery department, this collection was not at all mumsy but totally foxy. A highlight for me had to be the Louboutin shoes, spot on perfect, thin ankle strap, slim heel, almond toe and the most explicit toe cleavage you have ever seen.

Antonio Berardi AW 12

Everything about this show was pure class, from the Art Deco venue at The University of London's Senate House Library, to the chic guests. The Communications Store did a sterling job with the entire production of this show. The catwalk was laid out over two floors and the models walked a huge lap which included a very slippery marble staircase, thankfully there were no casualties. The collection was elegant and subtly sexy, the tailoring and craftsmanship exquisite. Attention to detail was breath taking, I wanted to explore every piece in greater detail.

Pam Hogg AW 12

The excitement around this show was phenomenal, celebs being papped outside, people being restrained and carted off by security, guests with standing invites being turned away, extra seats being brought in as there were too many front rowers, photographers arguing and shouting at each other, the show starting late as photographers were taking photos of Alexandra Burke on the catwalk floor, the drama! Once the show started everyone finally shut up (mainly drowned out by ear piercingly loud music) and all eyes were transfixed by Pam's show stopping designs. The models slowly walked down the catwalk with purposeful vacant and innocent doll like painted faces topped off with a Frida Kahlo style mono brows and 1850's American Western bonnets, contrasting against the sexually revealing nature of the clothes. We were treated to futuristic skin tight catsuits, including one which literally had a furry muff, full circle skirts, near nakedness and an amazing baby pink fully sequined embellished gown. Was great to see Jaime Winstone (pictured above right) modeling one of the designs and dragging Pam up the catwalk to a well deserved standing ovation, bravo!

Bernard Chandran AW 12

This was a very exciting show, the atmosphere yesterday evening was buzzing and there was great high energy and enthusiasm from the crowd. The room was PACKED, everyone truly fighting for prime position to view the collection head to toe, I negotiated an excellent view at the end of the catwalk, we were sooo squashed in that I had someones zoom lens resting on my shoulder but I didn't care! Was so happy to be there! The collection was sexy forties, ultra feminine silhouettes with lots of sheer fabrics, PVC, leather and lace with subtle touches of sequined sparkle and rhinestone, not at all girlie, just pure fierce with beefy starched collars and winged heels. The period feel was dragged into 2012 with the addition of exposed zips, transparent plastic cut outs and heavily embellished peep toe ankle boots, I loved the reworking of the classic Mackintosh in a variety of guises.

Spijkers en Spijkers AW 12

There was a definite flapper feel to this collection, with dropped waists, knee brushing hem lines and tailored yet relaxed trousers. The colour palette was very autumnal, mainly black with pops of plum, tangerine, yellow and sage. Feathers featured heavily from the black subtle feathers on the neck ties, hems and shoes to the tropical bright blues and purples of the exotic bird brooches with long flicking tail feathers. Didn't quite get close enough to the catwalk for this one and was annoyingly blocked by someone who wasn't using their camera to full effect, if you are going to use a DSLR please learn how to use it! This pic was taken from my iPhone to get it to you quicker...

Georgia Hardinge AW 12

It was 8pm last night and had been a long day for everyone, the PRs had been on their feet all day, looking gorgeous in their heels but it must have been tiresome, so tiresome that they began letting in people to the show without tickets claiming to be someone's stylist, a friend of a friend, someone even got in just by saying their name and I don't think they were anyone! All was good though as we all fit in. I was very kindly offered 3rd row seating but declined and made a bee line for the mouth of the catwalk, negotiating standing or sitting on the floor with other snappers so that we could all get good shots. The collection was beautifully bright with uplifting hues, lots of blocked primary coloured sharp origami tailoring mingling with floaty printed fabrics. It was lovely to see how happy Georgia was at the end, spending a decent amount of time thanking the audience and the models, she even curtsied!

Snap shots from today

Ok, its really late so only getting time to put up some Bora Aksu pictures that I took on my DSLR, I managed to squeeze right to the front! Forgive me for not putting up the rest tonight (its 00.45am)... I'm knackered! Good night x

LFW Day 1 Peeps

These were my top looks of the day, all evoke a strong reaction. I saw so much tat today I couldn't be bothered to take piccies of the peeps around Somerset house, but, I felt compelled to snap these fashionistas, they made a great effort with their outfits, putting people like me to shame.

Basso & Brooke AW 12

After standing in the cold for an hour outside Freemasons' Hall all those with invites for standing were rejected as the Hall couldn't take the full capacity of everyone invited, for health and safety reasons. The Goodley PRs did try to get us all in but the Hall's guards blocked us!