the girl in the tate

Hope you all had a lovely Easter Bank Holiday Weekend (I love saying that: Bank Holiday Weekend. Don't ask me why, it just cracks me up). It's funny that people associate Easter with chocolate, to me, it's all about pastels: bunnies & spring flowers and Lauderee-esque macaron colours. To that end, we have rented Sophia Coppola's excellent Marie Antionette (I read somewhere she showed her production manager a box of macarons - or perhaps, since she lives in Paris, they were in a bakery - and said 'I want my film to look like that.' And it does).



But because it's an in-between time - streetstyle shooting wise - I'm still not seeing people in pastels on the street. Take this girl at the Tate Modern, for example. Just a quick two shots when we were with a friend in the member's lounge. It looks like very dull colours but look again: she's tossed together a whole range of purpley brown jacket, mustard top under, the green of the wellies.. I am loving this palette at the moment PROVIDED there is a pop of bright: preferably neon. Orange, purple, lilac, periwinkle, turquoise, hot pink.. something like the bag on the woman near her.

I think that's why we're so into nail polish right now. Either that, or lipstick. I'm not a dark/bright lipstick girl - never was - so it has to be nails for me. But that's for another post (just curious: which are you? Or are you both?)

Anyone do anything weird or wonderful this weekend?

penny for your thoughts

Dani, my friend from college days, is probably the coolest person I know. Not just style: she just has this innate trend predicting.. gift. It's an absolute gift.

For example, she and her equally cool husband, 'M', were visiting from NY a while ago, and when we were in Liberty, she wanted to see shirts & dresses with the little iconic flower print. They didn't have them: they had everything else, but no longer stocked them. Which is a shame, because, sure enough, the 'Liberty' type flower prints are back.



Case in point: Penny, who I saw on this banquette as my husband, Mr. Dot, and I were rushing in to see a film, on Fulham Road. I asked him to go on in as I just had to shoot her. I mean, it was a dark, cold late afternoon (last weekend) and there she was, with bare legs, that knitted cap.. she just looked so fabulous, so chic without trying. A bit Lolita, a bit grunge. With a medical twist.

She doesn't remember where the dress is from, ('It's from.. uh, somewhere.') She pointed to her little purse, though, and said, helpfully: 'This is Ferragamo.'



I didn't want to pry - I didn't know if she was a permanent cripple, or what the story was, but she cheerfully told me no, it's temporary, she just tore her foot in half thru a plate glass window. No, I don't have a clue why (the film was starting). I asked if she was in pain and she politely said yes. A charming older gentleman who was perhaps her father, grandfather, husband, or lover, arrived as I took the shots and dashed in. A few minutes later, we saw the two of them, Penny struggling to get up the steps. I hope she's feeling much better, she's an absolutely lovely girl. Don't you think?

Thank you for your comments: running around, will reply shortly. Hope you're having a lovely, healthy, accident free Bank Holiday Weekend, and Happy Easter, Passover, and whatever else you may be celebrating! xx

indigo

Met my newish friend Indigo Clarke, a fashion journalist from Australia, based in NY (Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to be precise) at the V&A, for coffee & muffins & chit chat, just before she flew off to Paris Fashion Week. I love her quirky yet worky individual sense of style.

She's off soon to LA, lucky girl, to interview Rodarte. Can't wait to read all about it.

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p.s. this just in from Indigo:

Thanks for all the sweet comments (though I think I look awful - so tired after the fash wk reviewing)! My dress is by my fave Australian label LOVER - their stuff is just beyond divine! I'm going to LA this week to interview the Rodarte girls for BON Magazine - so keep your eyes out for it! They are lovely girls, I've interviewed them a bunch of times over the years for AnOther Magazine, Oyster Magazine, Russh Magazine, and they are always a pleasure to hang out with! xx Indigo