indecision

Perhaps it's the mild fever.. I'm not quite nipping this bug in the bud yet. I'm going thru hundreds, thousands of shots from London Fashion Week, which for you fashionistas is soooo two weeks ago, but for me, in this delirious state, is still happening. And I've still got so many non LFW week shots to post!!

I didn't ask this girl her name or where she got that dress/smock/coat under her black leather jacket. I'm in such a state that I can't decide between these two shots. They're so similar, and yet, different. So you're getting both: lucky you.

UPDATE: Woke this morning (still in a state of mild indecision, but Mr. Dot has googled swine flu, and I don't remotely have the symptoms, including, apparently, an inability to lift one's chin from one's chest - perhaps he read that wrong) & saw that someone named Annika had kindly identified this girl as Ida Pyk, a fellow blogger. Wish I could read Swedish.

Thank you Annika! Thank you, each of you, for your comments. It makes blogging feel less like a monologue and more like a conversation.

frida (form following function)

It started to pour, I was freezing from a whole day out shooting (under dressed) so I ducked into H&M in Knightsbridge (& of course one can't leave H&M empty handed!). Saw this girl with a calm beauty about her, and didn't realise til we started talking that she's a real model. Frida Gustavsson, with IMG. She's from Sweden, as is H&M, so she's a seasoned shopper. Taking her photo was a surreal experience: she transformed before my eyes from a sweet young girl to something.. otherworldly. Quite grown up, and self possessed. The moment I snapped the shutter, she became a regular girl again. I predict she's going to be a huge star, because she's also really, really nice. Also, she was like the only person I saw all day actually wearing a raincoat. Wise girl. Won't do these days to show up at a photo shoot with a cold. Freak everyone right out.

In Frida's own words:
"Uhm oki the trenchcoat is from Zara, the sunglasses from H&M acctually ;), tights from Falke, sneakers from GANT, the small black clutch/envelope-bag is from a really nice swedish brand called WHYRED and the backpack is vintage, thats all i think : ) "  

lars eating a sandwich near his bicycle

Lars, of Sweden, dotted on High Street Kensington with his bicycle, eating a sandwich. Note the use of two different red plaids, the necklace with the cross, and the way he's personalised his red Nikes with aqua laces. And the detail on the bicycle clips.

I asked him to wait there while I went back to 02, where my husband had my bag, to get my card. To my surprise, he was still waiting by his bicycle, in that stoic Scandinavian manner, when I got back. Lars, if you're reading this: thanks, & hope it was worth the wait.