Edit on Photo from The Atlantic

I hope you don’t mind if I pause the fashion tape for a moment and ask for your attention to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan. I know you’re hearing it from everywhere, but I’m rather glad for that because this ain’t no Celine handbag plastered on every other blog/website/whathaveyou. This is a rug, yanked from under people’s feet and then confiscated and shredded. Please help in any way possible, be it in form of a prayer, donation or even physical help.

And if you’re asking how’s a prayer going to help – God heals and restores, what more can anyone ask for when everything’s broken?

J JS Lee AW11 @ LFW, Presentation photos courtesy of LondonFashionWeek.co.uk

Hands down best bag of fashion month, no!? The backpack… wait, is that right? I feel like ‘backpack’ should suggest the waft of rotting sandwich from under a copy of To Kill a Mocking Bird while leftover spitwads pickle other neglected lunches… I disgress. Personally, the bag (comes in stone, caramel and black) was the highlight of Jackie JS Lee‘s AW11, a cherry on top an already amazeballs collection. I thought her last season was worth a serenade but this season I find myself swept off my feet. Wee.

Trench – Mum’s Burberry, Trousers – Zara sale, Shoes – Cutesyshoes, Bag – Courtesy of Chanel, Galaxy print body – Courtesy of Motel Rocks, Cardigan – Uniqlo

Warsaw Palace of Culture Sala Kongresowa; Thank you muzzer for the photos!

So what’s with the glasses, eh?* According to this dame here it should seem that I’m on a man-repelling agenda but no, if I had that kind of social fluency I wouldn’t be living with 18 diseased cats. No, I’m allergic to cats, and I have a boyfriend – that guy standing behind me, that’s him. I keep telling him to move out of the frame but apparently he’s not up for long-distance relationship just yet. One of the Chopin Music Academy students in our church was picked to perform with 9 top tenors in Poland, and of course I had to make an appearance. I feel sorry for the concert hall staff for having to install all the red seats in my honour.

Wow the blurb is getting lamer by the post. I blame diseased cat #4. OK SHUTTING UP.

*Forgot my contacts in London is all.

Wax-coated jacket that memorizes every crease

Braille studios in Dalston

I remember, this was the day I was contemplating being subhuman and staying in bed with dirty hair instead of going out to visit Ben & Sam of Braille. Time and time again I keep having to remind myself that this blog is not a platform where I report on the latest collection of brands, and especially not menswear because don’t we all just pretend to have boyfriends to cover up the fact that we’re social outcasts? Ok maybe that’s just me. Also frankly, I don’t get paid skittles to spend hours travelling to press events and then struggling to write things up.
But whad’ya know, I visited Braille that day and I had to eat my words. I realised that, even if I were to visit a studio producing hacksaws and lawnmowers, if it told a good visual story it’d be worth ‘reporting’ on. This is indeed Braille’s AW11, but this is also the birthplace of the collection, where Ben & Sam painstakingly sewed on each button and produced the pieces without the help of any interns – reason why they named the collection ‘Our Damn Hands‘.

Thank you Michael from SpotComms for arranging this all.

Day 1: Latte and Eggs Royale at the Breakfast Club

Day 2: Cheddar cheese burger, strawberry milkshake and fries at Byron

Day 3: Ribena juice from Mulberry; Olive Capers pasta, latte and Focaccia at Princi; Tea and roadkill Mulberry cupcake

Day 4: Sushi boxset and Blueberry Granola Frozen Yoghurt from Itsu

Day 5: Vegetable dumpling Udon from Itsu (Noodling shot thanks to Kit!)

Day 6: Glamour x Krispy Kreme for Glamour Magazine 10th Anniversary Limited Edition (Photo thanks to Franciepants)

Making out with the doughnut, such a PG rated naughty pic that is.

BAH I give up. For days I’ve been trying to cook up another one of those ‘Special Edits‘ but I’ve got the biggest designer’s block that the Park & Cube bit is starting to make sense. So here’s the food I ate during fashion week, they deserve a bit of attention anyway, the Glamour x Krispy Kreme doughnuts especially. The lovely Abi arranged 4 boxes to be delivered and before it was released for distribution I’d already stuffed my trap with a dozen. I’m going to be so fat  *cue ‘oh no shini you’re not fat‘ comment. **cue ‘oh yes I am, I should’ve had 6 doughnuts, I should go hurt myself now‘ reply.