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Coffin on Cake - Press Day

After work one day I popped into Shoreditch to go and meet the Coffin on Cake pr, where they were showing their AW13 collections. With brands from Roxy, Juju and Demon Denim I was pretty excited to see what was to be had.

Quicksilver have always been a love of mine, and this menswear skateboarding shirt is super classic, a polka dot never goes a miss.

So I was introduced to Surfdome an online retailer and bloody love them. Next seaason they've bought this sick orange Northface coat, absolutely in love however this is mens and I really hope they do womens!

I've never been a particular fan of walking boots but these Cushe shoes would look pretty cool on a well dressed dude.

Woah woah woah, so 90's has totally come back to fashion and so had the jelly shoes. Juju are the original family made business who designed the jelly shoe. Now these ones above glow under UV light!! Clubbing in Brighton? These are your perfect shoes, they also do the most colourful wellies in every single colour. Defs check them out!

 As we know, Dr Martens have been taking over the boot scene lately, but I have to say Caterpillar could soon be their rival. Admittedly I wasn't a fan of their mustard yellow boots, but these black and blue look pretty cool. Dazed and Confused recently featured them in a spread and it looks pretty cool.

Poser #14 - PFW AW13

These trousers were an absolute bargain find, £7 from H&M in the dregs of the sale. At the time I was like hmmm really? But I thought fuck it YOLO/FOMO (new one my friend taught me, fear of missing out).

Sunglasses & Trousers, H&M, Coat, Asos, Rollneck, Uniqlo, Shoes, Topshop

Poser #13 - PFW AW13

Oooo alor mon amie! I love looking sooo chic dahhhhling. Embarrassingly most this outfit is from Topshop but what can I say? Who doesn't own a good outfit from Topshop?

Sunglasses, Asos, Necklace, H&M, Clutch, Whistles, Coat, Jumper and Trousers, Topshop

PFW AW13 - Costume National

Set at the stylish minimalist venue, palais de Tokyo, the crowd were ridiculously avant garde and stylish which very much represented costume national. Tailored long length coats were the key focus of the collection. With splits at the side seams and others featuring a bottom open block with tie. Head to toe in black created a slick edgy silhouette, half way through blocks of white expanded the one tone colour palette keeping it clean and very much monochrome. Capasa was pretty safe this season, nothing was new but just as nice. He stayed within his comfort zone creating what he knew best. It was a shame to see such a safe collection, hopefully next season he will step out of his black box.

Poser #12 - PFW AW13

As I jet off to Paris each season a load of pictures are to come. Here's day one, me in a shit load of colours. Why not?

Beanie, Brick Lane Market, Coat, Asos, Shoes, Nicholas Kirkwood, Socks, Cos

LFW AW13 - Marios Schwab

Lasts night show was truly enchanting. As the lights went out, everyone was anticipating what creations were

 about to glide down the runway. The runway slowly lit up, section by section and soon a model appeared in a 

cape and dress. Poised with attitude, the dresses still had softness in tone, covered in embellishment, a colour 

palette of wines and forest greens captured the audience with their fluid movement and perfectly formed silhouettes. 

Dresses were cut at the empire line with contrast panelled PVC blocks and sleeves gave the appearance of a caped

 outline. Hints of dark sea blue with textured iridescent fabrics were a highlight. There was a real sense of opulence 

and luxury to each look that went down. Materials such as velvet and silk chiffons, with subtle hints of glittering 

sequins in hues of burgundy and amethyst exuded an elegant innocence. Inspired by “calligrams” the term in which 

words create an image, the clothes form a story that was felt by the audience. The gowns seen in the final part of the 

collection were made of plush velvet and jewel tones, the use of fabric created an updated image of a 15th century 

fashion, a show worth waiting for each look made you want to be part of a captivating fairy tale..

Poser #11 - PFW AW13

Just landed in Paris and we were on our way for some food. I love my shoes so much in this. And Paris is so ridiculously pretty!

Sunglasses, Asos, Coat, Topshop, Clutch, Whistles, Shoes, Nike

PFW AW13 - Jean-Paul Gaultier

Ridiculously excited for jean Paul gaultier, it was set at the rather luxurious hall of walgram, the last time I was here I got a little I toxicated on free champagne. The stage was set in the middle with gaultiers name written in huge letters on the backdrop. Everyone had goody bags which were filled with his new scent jpg classique. Beautifully tailored coats with biker details were head to tow in black whilst leather was a constant theme. The fierce fashion music blaring coinsided well with the clothes, the models embodied a sexy and sassy feel blowing kisses down the runway. Texture was imminent and strong sharp shapes were key. Burn out striped sleeves paired with a PVC fur trim bikers was an empowering look which had a throw back feel of the 80's. Power dressing was an obvious inspiration as strong shoulders and streamline silhouettes made an appearance accompanied with hints of sequins. Androgyness goddess was felt from each model, with beautifully draped dresses with a side a split skirt and double layer biker top contraption it was cool, edgey but still fun. Signature fur floor length coats took stage and the finale looks went down as a duo and were made up of shimmering two tone fabrics in hues of epic bronze and silver futuristic tailored suits.

PFW AW13 - EACHXOTHER X BLAIR CHIVERS

Last season we met the lovely Blair, and this season we popped along to see his collaboration with Each x Other again as we loved him so much. This time they went all out, with huge lighting on the walls and the room decked out in his art work and the collection put together on little rails it was a beautiful sight.

Wall Art

Live silk screen printing onto clothes.

A little glimpse of the collection.

I had this done on the inside of my coat.

The collection is very cool edgey and androgyness, definitely worth checking out. I can see the brand sitting along side ACNE, Alexander Wang and all those hip cool brands.