pumpkin head

I'm in a real pumpkin head at the moment. I noticed it everywhere at London Fashion Week: hair, clothes, shoes.. it's funny, I don't like orange per se (altho, I love orange, the fruit) and I like bright orange with hot pink and something neutral, like tan. But pumpkin... pairing pumpkin with anything, especially blues and greys and blacks, navy blues, pale blues.. yum.







There's something about the weather turning colder that makes me think about pumpkin pie. I've been convalescing at home since Thursday, and have so far made big batches of stew, gingerbread cake (another great colour, btw), the most amazing onion soup.. and when my husband, who doesn't cook but has been doing the shopping, brought home a giant sack of carrots instead of the 'six to eight' I asked for, I decided to try simmering them to a mushy softness and mashing, to make pumpkin pie. Well, more like flan, because I didn't make a crust, just sprinkled brown sugar, cinammon (another great colour!) and crushed Special K. And top tip, cupcakes: it works! No more trawling the streets of London, a lonely ex-pat, in late November, trying to find the last dented tin of Libby's. Who knew!?



I wish I remembered this girl's name with the pumpkin hair and the glittery shoes. She was delightful. The other two, I didn't meet, but the Girl with the Pumpkin Coloured Hair.. I hope you find me. Because I've totally forgotten where you got your shoes. Are they perhaps Miu Miu?

Shot within about ten minutes of one another, Day Six (Boy's Day), LFW, Somerset House, 20.09.11. And now that it's suddenly, magically, turned summer here in London town, I'm going to try venturing outside: wearing a sleeveless, translucent, early sixties inspired button down pumpkin coloured blouse with little peter pan collar, and white pedal pusher shorts. THANK YOU LORD for this glorious warmth.

madame butterfly

At the moment I was holding a real live Christopher Kane velvet ribbon dress in my hands for the first time, at Dover Street Market - a heady experience, I promise you, I was in a bit of a swoon - this glamourous creature swept into my peripheral vision. For a moment I thought I'd gone into a film and was seeing a younger Bianca Jagger, or was he Mick.. he checked a few things out with a critical eye and was off, heading to another level.

In a flash, I was after him. Did my whole "would you like to be on my blog' thing & we planned to meet outside a few minutes, during which time, Margo (previous post) appeared.

Jake did some modeling for Vivienne Westwood and Alexander Mcqueen in the past, but retired and become a designer instead.
He's a St Martin Graduate, worked with Burberry and Dior before and now working for a London high street brand called M-BUTTERFLY. He's wearing a trouser/skirt by Comme Des Garcons, furry Knitwear top by Martin Margiala, and shoes by Miu Miu vintage. He's also working on his own line which I can't wait to see.

For your viewing pleasure, my favourite aria from Madame Butterfly. Mr. Dot has asked why I'm posting this version as 'she's no Callas' but she's good enough for me, and I like the image. Image, for me, is everything.