beige variations (chelsea bird in camden)

Nicole, uncannily channelling a Chelsea bird circa 1969. On Camden High Street, circa 2009.

night vision

Mr. Dot & were out recently, at an art launch party on High Street Kensington, and on the way home, we saw this guy with his friend*. Actually, Mr. Dot spotted him: he was his style find. He & Mr. Dot were having a whole kind of alpha male jokey banter going, and I managed to get enough shots in the low light that some weren't too blurry. (This post is for you, Jordan & Trendy Dwarf! And I've just discovered, today is said Dwarf's birthday, so please go to his blog and wish him a happy one!

*Just heard from him: his name is Markus! In fact I remember saying it to myself several times after so I wouldn't forget, but of course I did. He said it's all vintage & I'm going to get more details shortly.



Minutes later, I saw this great Italian girl. Alas I didn't write down either of their names at the time, and haven't heard from them (yet) so we'll only have to speculate where he got that hat (& gloves, and coat, & cowboy boots) and where she got that fabulous lizard effect black leather jacket, brocade Mary Poppins-esque bag, and gorgeous belt. And I'll ponder what names fit them. She could be a Marcella, no? The only Marcella I know is blonde. Or, Nicoletta! Actually, that might be her name.

It just occurred to me: more beige & black. The trends I'm seeing now are: all black, black with beige, black with red, black with accents of brown leather, black with bright colours (as per Emily, but more great looks on that coming up). Oh and of course, the ubiquitous black with leopard pattern!

emily's style

This is ridiculous.

I'm so tired: just got back from Topshop a while ago - I can't resist that Dress Me Up thing, and took a ton more shots - and now, I'm trying to decide, and I can't! I took a bunch of shots of Emily & her friend Cal, who was in London for a few days from Australia, and I just can't eliminate any of the shots! It must be because I'm tired - do you ever get like that? I just could not get a bad shot of those two. So I'm just going to close my eyes and pick any old thing.



I love Emily's style. I love everything about Emily's style. And I love Cal's casual guy style. They look like brother & sister. When I asked her where she got her skirt, she couldn't remember.. this is basically them just throwing on any old thing to go out and about, and shopping at Topshop (which is where I met them after doing the first Dress Me Up shoot: just outside the store, heading in).



Actually, because I'm so tired, I'm just going to copy part of her email, if you don't mind. Well, even if you do, I'm doing it anyway!



'It's so cute how you say you want few things in life but you want the boots :) You're not going to believe it but I bought those boots in Romania almost 2 years ago for £20, brand new, real leather. Even today they're still my favourite.'



'I've always had a secret passion for fashion as I have believed it is the key to expressing your personal identity.And I love shopping in vintage shops as much as the high street.
I never thought of being a designer,I studied drama and at the moment I'm looking for modelling jobs.I recently moved from Romania to London,to follow my love,british boyfriend which I'm now happily living with.I've done mainly catwalk jobs,but would love to do anything related to fashion so if you have any ideas...'

Well? If anyone out there has any ideas, just leave a way for her to reach you! Many thanks xoxo