Friday Night Carlotta Gherzi Show at LFW

Fashion is a lot like being on stage. As a singer and performer, I feel like fashion allows me to play a different role with every outfit I put on. (At the moment I’m doing a lot of the ‘girl power, I’m a woman like Whitney, Barbra or Renee Fleming’ with dark lips and a diva attitude. Not sure how well that is working out for me.)

Anyway, even though I’m a singer, I do enjoy fashion and the art around it. ‘Course I was super excited and thrilled to be able to go to London Fashion Week this weekend!!! It’s my first yet, and I loved every second of it!

Stepping into my nude colored platform heels and a chocolate drape dress, I marched up towards the leading showcase for fashion innovation: Vauxhall Fashion Scout on Friday evening for the Carlotta Gherzi catwalk show!

My patience level has never been very high, so waiting in line for about an hour was not going to happen. Instead I nipped to the pub next door and got my self a small portion of fries with ketchup and mayonnaise. (Yes, I do realize fashion is generally all about looking fabulous at all times and drinking coffee instead of having meals, but in case you have ever experienced my mood swings when I am hungry, you will be very approving of my side of fries!)

 

I seemed to be whirled into the show space with a pack of excited, high heeled ladies with massive hair and slick looking gents in suits with funky ties and matching socks that peeked out under their tailored pants.

I felt like I did back in elementary school on my first day there, excited but a little bit nervous about what was about to come! My heart beating in my throat and pounding hard in my stomach and my eyes and ears taking in every speck of surrounding, as if I were in Willy Wondka’s candy shop.

The lights flickered off and the music started blaring, and I lost my heart and soul to the fashion world completely.

Her S/S 2012 collection was wearable and elegant in a very feminine way! I felt like the models seemed almost fairy like in long chiffon gowns with intimately delicate floral patterns. Specked amongst summer dresses were purple flares with orange detailed linings and matching tops, adding pep and courage to the beautiful line.

I fell in love with about four dresses straight from the cat walk and can absolutely imagine myself wearing them to several upcoming summer events, or casually every day next season. My personal favorite was a cream colored knee length loose dress with a gorgeous silky looking waterfall back and gentle, precious lace details along the front.

The more than divine, feminine pieces are very similar to the girly chic style at Fifi Wilson, and some of the Fall/Winter dresses at Fifi Wilson can definitely be compared to Carlotta Gherzi! This is a label Fifi Wilson will be keeping an eye out for in the future

Friday night being my first catwalk show ever, I was more than pleasantly surprised, Carlotta hit my exact taste and style with her S/S collection, and I have now become a fashion victim and fashion week addict!

 

Zip It!

As usual we are extremely excited about the fab new clothes we have arriving all the time for you lucky ladies.

There is one piece that has grabbed everyone’s attention. Yes, you guessed it , the great Sonia by Sonia Rykiel Spring/Summer ’10 tops or dresses with gargantuan, silver zips. You heard it from us, zips are going to be appearing here, there and everywhere this season and they’ll be bigger than ever.

We all agree that there is something incredibly saisfying about these oversized mechanisms. They are quirky, cool and fun. And the latter is exactly what we believe clothes should be about, fun and expressing yourself.

So the next time someone tells you to ‘Zip it’, you can enjoy smugly sliding the metal piece up and down while continuing to run the mouth! Currently available in all boutiques and online from next month.