SEPTEMBRE

So we begin the slow decent into winter people. Or fast actually, as September is always a month full of exciting change and new beginnings. For example we have the SS11/12 collections to look forward to, fashion forecasting begins for next year, the academic year renews itself for a crop of students fresh or worn out from 'summer', etc. This Sept I have the birthdays, Glasgow, documentary film training in Birmingham, photography course kicks off, work at a design company (more of which later this month) and generally carrying on this wonderful journey that started with the firing of oneself from dreadful IT training company.

But before we get into the swing of Septembre fully, here are some chicken bites for the month.

1. The 8th sees Fashions Big Night out. Check out http://fashions-night-out.vogue.co.uk/ for more informazionz. And mayve just mayve I'll see you down there

2. Maison Martin Margiela '20’ The Exhibition leaves Somerset House on the 5th of September if you haven't paid it a visit yet make sure you give it a spin before it leaves www.somersethouse.org.uk/fashion/maison_martin_margiela_20/

3. If you have to put up with the drag of school uniform, give yours the edge and save some monies in the process with 35% off school attire at American Apparel http://store.americanapparel.co.uk/backtoschool.html

4. Jet off and enjoy the last of the summer sunshine in Europe with Ryanairs cheap as Primark jeans prices

5. Head on down to your nearest Religion store and pick up some lusciously delishballs fashion. Just feast your eyes on two outfits from their AW10/11 collection. Yummy. Scrummy. Tummy.

6. Lastly catch Offset Festival this weekend (4-5th) for some fresh musical talent without the cockheadedness and ridiculous price tags of those mainstream festivals. Plus it;s in Eshix (Essex) init.

But MORE than anything, whatever you do make sure you have fun!*

kiss.

*as long as your idea of fun doesn't harm, involve criminal activities, hate of love/others etc. THAT I woulds not likes.

END OF AUGUST!

So here we finally are at the 31st of this month called August. And I can't believe how quick it has flown by. I feel like so much has happened this month in such a short amount of time that mayve I've skipped a month?

Thursday just gone saw my bestest best friend in the world turn 23. And in order to show her my utmost love for her we went to the RITZ for Afternoon Tea. Ooh suits you Sir! It was just magical. I'm so happy she loved it and here are some piccies from our day.

The rest of the weekend was spent in Leeds and I'm always taken back by how nice every one is up North. London, as much as I love ya, can sometimes get really stuck up its own gorgeous ass. BUT it was right back to London we headed to on Saturday and Sunday for adventures at ...

the bad boy that is CARNIVAL a la NOTTING HILL.

I've had some bad experiences at carnival namely when father daddy-pops papa lost me and my brother at carnival when we were younger. No shitting about ever since then mother mummy-mom mama has kind of banned carnival from having any part of our lives. But behold 2010. This year the bestest persuaded me to go on a float with her and Holy guacamole I'm glad I did. You feel like a superstar for the day and if anything you don't have to hustle and bustle through the crowds and can just have a dance and a real good time. I was with YAA Carnival Group and if you fancy being a rock star or more precisely a soca star for a day. Or two. Why not join them next time. You know you vant to. Check it all out on www.yaacentre.com

Now as good of a time I had I must say I was surprised my the number of primarily 'black' males that were shoved up against walls and frisked :( My favourite tho was the guy who got shoved. poked. and prodded. And then went straight back to dancing by our float :) So here's the message for you young men out there don't have anything on you that you shouldn't have then when you get frisked you can jump straight back into dancing, while annoyed copper looks on in jealousy. Trust me the look on the coppers face was priceless. If everyone that got searched had nothing on them, the police would soon stop searching. Don't give anyone a reason to make you into a statistic.

Social rant over, who's looking forward to September? I know it spells a NEW START. College. Uni. Autumn. etc. So enjoy these last few hours of August before it's time to return to all things Autumn.

kiss.

GARETH PUGH + REALITY TV?

Yes I know you either are peeing ze pants with this or holding your hands in the air in despair. However. Do not be too quick to make an irrational equals from this sum.

Let me explain.

As we know having no job can occasionally (mostly) lead to days spent gaming, interneting and/or t.v.ing. Depending on the length of unemployment sometimes we can get all three in the same day. It was while combining the last two that I stumbled across a reality tv programme called Fashion House on 4od. Imagine my delight when I discovered one of the London contestants was our Gareth. If you can not it goes something like ...

:O and then lots of :D

If you are unfamiliar with the work of Gareth he is all for conceptual design and draws influence from fetish, the East London club scene think Boombox etc and merges it all into one heck of a heady high. The show itself isn't the finest of productions but what it gives in way of an insight to a young Mr Pugh and his design aesthetic is simply proper mint. With contestants from France, Sweden, Italy and England battling it out for an opportunity to work for Stella McCartney and guest appearances from Donatella Versace, Valentino and pebble loving Naomi Campbell it does have real credentials. Highlights include overally camp designers Desqaured telling Gareth he should go into theatre(costume design) as he will not make it in fashion*, a behind the scenes look at LFW and an appearance from renown fashion guru ... Melanie Blatt from 90s pop group All Saints???

Either way it's amazing to see Gareth at work and how he approaches the design process and how the judges react to his exciting and truly unique creations.

Check it out at www.channel4.com/programmes/fashion-house/4od and above is a snip of his ingenious work for AW10/11.

kiss.

*so Gareth now shows at Paris FW, holds a distinguished title as designer at Versace and his deigns are reveared the world over ... clearly fashion was the one thing Gareth WAS going to make it into. Put that in you camp pipe Dsquared.

KOL..

before they joined the man. Love the emotion this song gets across. These doods no matter how comersh they've become made good music. FACT.



kiss.

TINGS!

Is such a funny word, you drop an 'h' and suddenly it packs one hell of a street punch but anyhoo. I've left a space time lapse these last few days about what has been going down in the world of egg so here's a snippet of a taster.

So after the adventures at Saatchi I went to Birmingham (again) but this timings for my first day as Production Assistant with First Light on their Digital Documenters Project. Which I later found out was now a role as Communications Officer, var exciting change. So watch this space on this project.

What else? Ooh and the weather has been proper unmint like. So in a search for some comfort in the cold check out these amazeballs boots to keep our poor tootsies warm. All of which can be found on our fave www. shopping spot - ASOS. I've been busting this for years but get your bright socks out like a nice neon yellow or pink and wear with these boots for an instant style twist. Promise.

Carvela 140 smackers (£)

Reppeto Mec 310 big ones (£)

55 fish sticks (£)

40 Simon Cowells (£)

I know bit of a patchwork post. But. Felt. I should pull my blogging finger out and flex them writing muscles.

kiss.

THE OTHER DAY RIGHT!

So the other day right? Right! I went to the Saatchi Gall-arrr-ray on my way back from my photography course interview in ze Chelsea's and had a thoroughly, piffingly, jolly good time. The gallery is team contemporary art but I won't pretend I know anything about it as that would be offensive to the hoards of super talented and knowledgeable art people out there but what I can tell you about is my time looking at this said contemporary art. It was fun and thought provoking and interesting and shocking and all the nice things I like about art.

Now don't get me wrong I don't know a lot about art and am not one of those people that can use lots of arty words that confuzzle people like me. All I know is I like looking at things that make my eyes happy. AND even better make my brain think. And I 'spose that's what good art does (or at least for me anyways or at least is supposed to). That is get us all engaged even if you know jack ish about art, artists, art movements ectetera you feel like you can enjoy what you are seeing.

And above are some pictures I took of the wonderful things I loved seeing*

When I can fish out my notes I'll put the jist of the images like the artists name, title of the work and such like up but like I said I gorra fish out the notes from the endless pile of notes I've been collecting lately. Until then if you get a spare min check it out - you'll have a lorra, lorra fun. For info on the gallery and Mr Charles flex you internet muscles at http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/ .

kiss.

*note - not all galleries are happy with people taking pictures (my younger utterly splendid little sister told me this, of course me being me, was like pah I'll take pictures if I want only to be shamefaced and tutted upon in Whitechapel gallery oopsy) so my friends to avoid you having to face this embarrassment remembers to ask before you pap. Unless of course you knew this from long time and you're thinking well duh Sophie where have you been living, everyone knows you're not allowed to take photographs in art galleries - in which case where have a been living?

I ♥ ACNE

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And I want ACNE. The fashion label of course.

Now that I am working on getting 'the body' back I can start to daydream without to much whimsical-ness of all the lovely clothes that if I get a job that pays mega bucks (of course this is not going to happen any time soon unless I consider prostitution or criminal activities - which after you see these beauties you might think is not too irrational of an idea) - I would buy.

kiss.

FATTY BATTY FATTY!

So after weeks of seeing the fat return to my post holiday body I decided enough was enough this week and I've started running again. Prior to the Benicassim Festival break I was running almost every other day, did yoga, only ate organic dish water etc and I looked good people real good but alas no more. But its hard dawg. I'm not full times employed so I gots me a lot of time to lunch, dinner, snack and eat some more. Both at home and away.

So to keep me going when the fried dumplings, doughnuts and piles of chips come-a-calling I've compiled an album of pretty young thangs to push my fat ass into gear. With A/W practically ringing at our doors bells and the accompanying pies and warm cosy feasts it brings with it might be an idea for me to try and get fit before those early, long and cold winter nights settle in.

kiss.