Shawl, Bodycon Nude Dress – American Apparel, Fur Bumbag – ASOS, Pants – Emma Cook Sample Sale, Body Rope – Surround by Mimi of Brook & Lyn, Shoes – Office

If I may summarize the past few evenings: My window is 4 metres wide and 3 metres tall and I’ve been sewing 4 lots of curtains out of fabric, hours on end. My sewing machine is 15 years old and angsty, I am a no0b sewing machine parent. I have very very little patience. Conclusion: There will be neither curtains nor sewing machine at the end of this.

Oh. I also do not own a ladder, so I am relying on my bicycle, tripod and sofa. In whatever order, really.

The scrap bin, full of neglected unfinished pieces

Central Saint Martins BA Jewellery Studios | Product photos from SOSOLO

Michelle and I met during our starry-eyed innocent, hope-filled CSM Foundation Degree days in 2006, when photoshop was still plan B* and makeup bags only contained pencils and markers. I was foolishly consulting Cosmopolitan magazine then for fashion, but Michelle was cool from the beginning. Straight in from Indonesia, she rocked a shag-cut and a tiny tattoo of an airplane on her foot. We ran off in different directions ever since our BA degrees started, and only recently I realised we’d been in the same building for 3 years and never crossed paths. So I made it my business to pay her a visit at the school studio when she got in touch about the Jewellery Pop-Up Shop, which everyone needs to go to before it closes at the end of the day on Monday. Her current collection is inspired by genetic mutations, as she illustrates the metamorphosis of a simple ring through several stages of evolution. The studio atmosphere was also amazing – if BA Graphic Design had studios like this I believe we would’ve actually gone home with an education… I’m kidding.

CSM BA Jewellery Pop-Up Shop
42 Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8NW
Wednesday 3rd November – Monday 8th November
Prices from £20!

Michelle: Blog | Online Boutique (Etsy) | Ampersand Studio (Etsy Vintage & Handmade) | Twitter

*Photoshop became Plan A by the time I got to BA Third Year, don’t tell the tutors.

Page 27 of ‘100 Chairs in 100 Days’ by Martino Gamper

Came across this amazing book 100 Chairs in 100 Days by Martino Gamper while I was waiting for Jill in Leila’s cafe, enjoying a Polish ham & mustard sandwich and a latté. I couldn’t help but think that this is the type of approach I’d want to have towards my wardrobe – marrying the most unlikely shapes and elements, yet to be fully functional as a whole…

Did someone say Park & Stool…?

I realised the only time Kit and I join hands to collaborate is when we’re both hunched over her bowl of phô fishing out red meat so I can gobble it up like a bear. We’re also DIY enthusiasts and happen to share the opinion that if you need glue-gun to attach fabric onto fabric then it’s not DIY – it’s pre-school craft, and don’t get us started with stapling shit to shit. She’s a trained pattern cutter with ninja scissor skills, I’m a webdesigner sensitive to misaligned pixel – in a nutshell we’re both just anal and you wouldn’t want us as mothers or wives (sorry hubz). So we decided to team up to do a few DIY projects that might be educating in terms of garment construction and produce end-results that you might actually wear more than once. Remember this H&M panther scarf? Turns out there’s a lot more ways to transform it with just a few tools at home – for this one you don’t even need a sewing machine – check out the tutorial here to make your own scarf-print kaftan dress!

Check back often or tune in for the next one!

Jacket – Courtesy of H! by Henry Holland for Debenhams, Shirt – I Don’t Like Mondays, Cowl Scarf around waist – Gmarket, Belt & Bag – Courtesy of Jin Yoo 103684, Cut black jeans – Zara, Boots – Office,

You don’t have to whisper, I know I have a huge sack of potato around my waist. Where else would I keep my ‘tater butt? The scarf is unfortunately nearing its death and due to the stale economic climate I cannot provide it a more luxurious retirement – hence the relocation to general butt area. Next thing it’ll be around my ankles and then finally off the body.

Thank you Leonie for the photos!