Stella McCartney at Selfridges

So as you already all know, I love Fashion. I study it, work in it, dream of it and if there was such thing as a Fashion filled cake, I'd probably eat it. (LOL).

Anyway so the other night I won exclusive tickets to a press night for the Launch of Stella McCartney's new fragrance Lily. My best friend and I went along to the evening held in Selfridges London, Ground Floor.

We were given goody bags, with free samples of the gorgeous perfume, books about the designer, a bright neon badge stating "I <3 STELLA" and some deliciously strong pink champagne truffles. The evening was great, Stella McCartney was interviewed by the Editor in Chief of British Vogue, Alexandra Shulman.

Various things were discussed including her love of the countryside and her children. Then she also uncovered she was so happy to have been chosen to help design the Official Olympic collection for Britain, but said it was so time-consuming she was worrying for her main label! (To which the audience all laughed).

After the interview, there was a chance for mingling with the fashionistas that had filled the room, including the designer herself. Cupcakes with 'STELLA' were offered by handsome waitors, and the champagne kept flowing into glasses that seemed to be never-ending.

Right at the end of the evening, as Selfridges was closing, we were offered to take some of the beautiful balloons that had been left...

It was such a great night, and I loved spending it with Mark!

Love,

L x

P.s Have you seen Stella's Olympic 2012 collection, what do you think of it?

The best Rave you will ever go to in your life

I love London, who doesn't??

There's the delicious food, a buzz, the crowds of quirky people, the amazing attractions & the nightlife...

However there is a nightlife that is often missed by tourists and people who don't know where to look... That is why this blog is here, to show you one of the most MAGICAL places that you will ever visit.

I daren't call it a club because it is so much more than that. It is a global dance rave called "Whirl-y-gig" held under London Bridge, once a month. The place always sells out and instantly fills up with the most amazing, friendly people you have ever met in your life. There are no fights, no arguments and no negative energy; it is a place where everyone is free to be who they want to be.

The entire area transforms into an eclectic explosion of colourful lights, sparkly fabrics and stalls where you can buy hippie treasures. They have fairies who face paint beautiful flowery designs for free.

Then comes the music, it is more than just music, it gets into your soul, your feet, hands, fingers all just move naturally. The beat goes on from 10pm until 7am and surprisingly most of the guests manage to last the night. Not only does the DJ Monkey Pilot bring out all the amazing global tunes, many guests bring their own instruments and therefore the dancefloor edges are crowded with the heavy beats of Bongo & Conga drums. When it gets to 6am, you don't even need to look at your watch to realise, because everyone slowly starts to sit down on the floor and lie across their friends. Once everyone is lying down, they shoot a huge parachute across the crowds, which is then waved above everyone's heads, (reminiscent of school years) with colourful lights & patterns bouncing all over it...

I have gathered a selection of my fav photos from my time going there, over the last 3-4 years, Enjoy!

Before we left, we all gathered at my friend's house.... The dress code is hippie & colourful, because it gets warm inside the venue, it's advisable to travel in different clothes & to change at the 'club'...

Off we went...

All I can say is you have to try it out. For me it's like coming home to a place where I feel so safe & happy.

Love,

L x

& some special ravey WhirlyLove x

Miss Incredible -Easy Fancy Dress!

The other day to my shock horror my friend suddenly announced his party was to be Superhero fancy dress. With a full schedule and no time on my hands to hunt out a good costume, I had to make do. But it turned out to be better than I originally thought...

I wore- which most girls have in their wardrobes anyway;

- Knee high black socks.

- Red T-shirt.

- Black skirt with or without a belt.

- Printed out an "Incredible" Logo and safety pinned it to my top.

- Took some black eyeliner paint and quickly drew on a mask.

Done! Took me about 10 minutes to throw it together and everyone loved it -

Few group photos of us out on the town -

Good Luck if you are to try this out!

Love,

L x

New Years Eve in a Jacuzzi

The title is pretty much self-explanatory!

Spent New Years Eve chilling in my friend's 38 degree outdoor hot tub, with bubbles & drinkies, friends & great music. The funniest part was when you'd leave the tub, and you'd would literally be a huge steaming ball because of the cold outside air!

Love,

L x

Family Christmas

I love Christmas - as you can tell from many of my blogs, I actually love ANY excuse to decorate/eat/drink and be merry with friends and family.

These are just a few snaps from my happy memories of Christmas 2011. :)

Love,

L x

Queuing on the stairs - tradition since we were one year olds!

That's all until next year!

Love,

L x

Dad in a Onesie!

Just because we bought Dad a penguin onesie for Christmas, and he actually put it on...

Love,

L x

Tis the season to be... festive?

WINTER WONDERLAND... London Hyde Park.

I was lucky enough to get a job with a great company PWR LTD Events ( Check their fab events out here! ). They run most of the ice rinks around London over Christmas and do a brilliant job at it - maybe I am biased! So we took advantage of the pretty scenery and went for a magical skate one eve before Christmas...

The atmosphere was amazing, pretty little fairy lights lit up the dark sky, and the 'German Log cabins' were great! There was even a talking reindeer head, alongside artificial snow falling from the 'sky', which was a great hit with everyone!

The talking reindeer, accompanied by the artificial snow falling around us...

Brrrr it's Cold outside...

Although the park was amazing, the temperature dropped rapidly (being Winter and all) so we rushed to the best bar at the event - The Spiegel Saloon;

You wouldn't believe that inside this temporary portable tent, such magical things could happen! It was a fully loaded bar with all the warmed mulled wine and German beer you could drink; the scent of the air was filled with spices & 'Christmas Cinnamon'...

Ahh the photos alone bring back sweet sweet memories of Christmas, and the event, I will definitely be heading back there in 2012! Did any of you manage to visit this festive magical event? What did you think of it?

Love,

L x