Fashioning February: Behind the Scenes at London Fashion Week

New York Fashion Week comes to an end today and after seven days full of fun, frolics and fashion, tomorrow the fashion pack descend upon England for London Fashion Week. Over the next five days we expect to see collection after collection being displayed at Somerset House and various trendy venues around the capital. However, behind every show is a team of stylists, PRs, hairdressers and make up artists who make sure everything looks uber perfect. Thomas Walker is a make up artist who will be working hard backstage making the models look absolutely flawless.

I have been a freelance make up artist for two years however I have worked in the industry for 10 years now. This year I will be keying the make up for the Thomas Tait show which I look forward to working on every season because Thomas like myself is a perfectionist, so we always create something wonderful. I adore working with him. This year I am working on other top secret projects. Even though I'm only working on the one show this season a lot of time is spent prepping, researching looks; the side to my job I love. Along with the other top secret project I'm working on I'd say life over the Fashion Week period will be pretty hectic. I adore the backstage vibe, some find it stressful however I love it. Everybody is just working towards creating art at the end of the day so we all just wanna get our work down. I am an extremely calm person so it takes a lot for me to get stressed I love it. I always look forward to Ashish, Vivienne Westwood and of course Thomas Tait. However all the shows are great as they create trends that I can incorporate into my work.

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London Fashion Week September 2010

I was planning on attending New York Fashion Week but well that didn't work out so I decided to make the most of being in the UK and spend a few days at London Fashion Week. Unfortunately I didn't apply for tickets for the main catwalk shows and I wasn't in the mood to gatecrash so I decided to attend the events I did actually have an invite to. All of these events were off schedule (which means shows that are not taking place at the British Fashion Council tent) and darted across different parts of London. On Thursday there was Fashion Diversity at Islington Metal Works, Friday was The Look Show at The Saatchi Gallery, Saturday was Fashion Mavericks at The Strand Palace Hotel and Monday was Untold at The London Design Museum. I will be covering these events during the next few posts and filling you in on all the details.

NYFW S/S 2011: Preen

I love the minimalism that's all over NYFW this year!





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NYFW S/S 2011: Max Azria

NYFW S/S 2011: Rodarte

NYFW S/S 2011: Cushnie et Ochs

New York Fashion Week has started!






I love the simple cuts and clear lines, beautiful and simple.

New York Fashion Week Highlights II: Erin Fetherston, Rodarte, Marc Jacobs, Thakoon, Max Azria

Erin Fetherston Ready To Wear Fall 2010

Rodarte Ready To Wear Fall 2010

Thakoon Ready To Wear Fall 2010

Marc Jacobs Ready To Wear Fall 2010

Max Azria Ready To Wear Fall 2010

New York Fashion Week Highlights: Doo.Ri, Ohne Titel, Preen, Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti, Yigal Azrouel

Doo.Ri Ready To Wear Fall 2010

Ohne Titel Ready To Wear Fall 2010

Preen Ready To Wear Fall 2010

Philosophy di Alberta Ferretti Ready To Wear Fall 2010

Yigal Azrouel Ready To Wear Fall 2010

New York Fashion Week: Behnaz Sarafpour, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Doo.Ri

New York Fashion Week: Max Azria, Michael Kors, Derek Lam

Although I think black is a bit overly present in the fall collection I couldn't help but love the subtle sexyness in the Max Azria collection. My favorite were the long flowy dresses that made the girls look like dark gloomy goddesses.


Michael Kors presented a very sleek and elegant collection which I would loooove to wear to work. So many great tailored pieces. I epecially love the grey suit...the short sleeves, the layers on the skirt - love it!


This collection looked very chic and very New York to me. I loved the styling and just how amazing is that blazer+dress outfit on the left?! <3

New York Fashion Week: Erin Fetherston, Rodarte

Nothing outstanding but incredibly cute and doll-esque. I love almost everything in the collection and some of the pieces got my imagination racing taking me into fairytale land =D. I also saw a little Alice in Wonderland in this...<3


I'm gonna have to jump on the I love Rodarte bandwagon because what the Mulleavy sisters presented for Fall 09 was another outstanding collection.The beautifully crafted dresses looked liked abstract paintings constructed upon the bodies of the models. I can't wait to see these beautiful art pieces in editorials!