London Fashion Week favourites.....Mary Katrantzou

I was amazed to see the footage of this show. Never one for normal, run of the mill prints, Mary Katrantzou has set the bar high with these beautiful creations. Each print is like a secret garden, the closer you look the more gems you find. From coral reef and fishes right down to jewels and flower. Inspired by nature and its life alongside mankind. It is like the viewer has zoomed in on a photograph to the point where  All in vibrant, eye catching colours. The collection is so right and the detailing from the fold in the fabric and the bright but simple make-up and the shoes. Oh the shoes.

Along side the strong prints, which, in the case of the flowers used for example have been blown up so that it it is sometimes hard to recognise the flower in question, like zooming in on a photograph, sits the use of embellishment. Mary has put squashed cans to excellent use, sprayed to give that dirty silver/chrome look and them added to dresses to bring the 'mankind' influence back into the fold.

On a whole the show really excites me, even more so when I find focus on one or two of the dresses especially. They are a real work of genius and if I had the money I wouldn't question spending money on one, or two, or maybe even three....Here are some of my favourites;

      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Hope you love the collection as much as I do!!

xxx

(pics from style.com)

Plant Pot Polish

What is Hiding in the plant pot???

L-R: Beige Babe (397), Aqua Cool (420), Show Off (297)

As my obsession with Nail polish grows, so does my collection. At the moment I am in love with Rimmel London's Lycra Pro Professional Finish range. It comes in so many colours(they bring out new ones every so often I feel the need to keep up) and it has a wide brush, for quick, easy, mess free nail painting. I always find myself bying these in batches of three because boots always seem to have a 3 for 2 offer on Rimmel products and I can never resist.

xxx