Day Trip: Paris

Bonjour Paris!

Well as much French as I can muster at 6 am. I decided to go for a day trip after all its between a 2.17 - 1.5 hr train ride, and why do a day trip in England when you can sample the sights of Paris for around £69 return avec la Eurostar.

With the Euro being strong and most clients being in Paris I realised I still haven't been up La Tour Eiffel. So why not take the opportunity to get out of town and check out les chic Parisians.

Dare I say it this is my 1st Eurostar adventure.. I feel like I been locked up in the old ages and must be the only one that's all "look I'm on the Eurostar! woohoo" after now many years of it being in operation. I'm loving watching my friend giggle to himself as he watches family guy on his bb, it's rather amusing, or I just like it when friends around me look as they are enjoying themselves.

Plan for the day.. hire bike.. eiffel tower.. wine and site see.

The Mission: La Tour Eiffel....

I have not ridden a bike in over 10 years, let alone cycled on the roads. My bum hurt form the hard seats and my legs hurt from lack of exercise. But it was defiantly a triumph, 2 hours later of searching and stopping to check the map, Les Arc De Triomphe.

Find bike parking bays and on foot to La Tour Eiffel. The cues was long for the lift, so on foot up the tower we go. Take in the views and a glass of wine and then down to the river for a boat ride to Notredame.

wow is that the time? bike stop just by the cathedral made it easy and off we went power biking it back to the station. Just enough time to pick up a baguette and water, and London bound.

Doesn't sound like much but cycling and finding our own way was most of the challenge. I don't think we actually had time to sit and eat. We were very much up and go... next?!... I did want to stop and take pics of the locals. Maybe next time. Enjoying the area as a local (more like a lost local) was better then being a tourist, but saying that we had to do it, and I'm already booking my next Paris day trip. Next trip Lourve. Hopefully we can take some down time and actually eat!

Thom Browne. New York / London

Its the start of the sales in Harrods and as I leave work to pass the infamous building there was a bus and a band on top performing. It was a private event (for the public to spectate in the outskirts) of the Thom Brown London Men's Collection, with spotted guests of Reggie Yates, Tinny Tempha and some Model I recognise from the adverts (lol)

Thom Brown has been making his name since 2001, a winner of the GQ Magazine designer of the year 2008 and awarded the"most influential designer in menswear award" in 2010. So a man to watch out for. You might know him for his Gamme Bleu Moncler sportswear introduction in 2009. His signature is the red, white, and blue stripes.

By perusing his 2012 summer and winter collection you can see that this is a man that is not one to play safe. Is he the couture of menswear? where most men's shows are almost off the peg and wearable rather then the theatric display of fashion that he has presented this year.

A man who started by made to measure suiting you can see his strengths and passion is in the tailoring even in his women's collection.

With all that said I cant say much about his actual RTW since I haven't had the chance to get anyone to try them on, so I cant talk about fits and silhouettes. On line you can see his collection of shirts, ties / accessories (even underwear), knits, shoes , Leather goods, and Eyewear. There is no womenswear available to purchase and suites are made to measure. Through pictures it looks smart but casual, a preppy style that many men are sporting in their casual wear (think turn up trousers, shirts and geeky glasses) with with an air of The Hampton boys in the summer and a reminder of Hilfiger. Maybe its the stripes or the New Yorker in them.

Pics taken from the Thom Brown. New York website.

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Just to say hello...

I thought I'd try and catch up with those of you who are reading this. See what you think.. some comments? what you would like more etc etc...

I have a bit of a cold and heyfeaver so not feeling too well so I decided to go colour my hair brown for the summer and ditch the red that I have been loving for winter. At the moment I have done 1 wash and will pop to the shops in a bit to do another. Its still very red brown.

This month I have lined up a 1 day trip to Paris and the Christian Louboutin exhibition. So I hope you'll enjoy those things to do, see and wear. I also have a style shoot Im planing. Which I really cant wait! just working on a backdrop.

So for now let me wet your taste buds with the link to the Louboutin exhibition. If you wish to go there before I go and review it. There is a summer party there that I might attend at the end of the month.

http://designmuseum.org/exhibitions/2012/christian-louboutin

On my wish list for about a year now :( last year I was beaten on the wait list!

If there is anything anyone else would like me to cover. I can see many of you have been reading on what to wear for a summer wedding. Please drop me a line and lets see what we come up with! Why not even be a follower.

Oooh la laa xx

2NE1 - K Pop introduction

Korean Pop.. well I'm not Korean and there is also J Pop but what I wanted to blog about is their style. Its something I am still experimenting with and wanting to bring it with the western touch. I just wanted to share this video with you and the make up that I did, just so that you can get a flavour of it.

I love the fierce edge they have in their video's. It's actually the whole video and the styling that most K pop has all in all in their genre.

Photo Books by PhotoBox

I wrote a blog about my travel photography a few months ago. With links to Photobox where you can purchase and see my photo book creations.

Photobox regularly has promotions and when they offered me 50% off purchase I bought both my books so I can now see them and show them off to people who come visit. Like coffee table books if you wish.

After placing the order I received them in about a week and I was very happy in deed. The books are hard back and the paper is nice and thick, not some A4 paper job, good quality. Looks and feels like a real published book binds into the spine.

My family are hard to please with things I make or do. As they say families are the hardest critics. So I showed them the books and they were happy and proud of it. Mum said I should have had more pics of me in them (typical mother response), but I wanted my books to be about what I saw and not about me and it being that personal. My sister said they look professional and liked it. Which is good since I dedicated one to her from our holiday on the Nile together. She now wants me to make one with pictures of her dog.

I also showed it to a friend who didn't know I make or do these. And he thought they were actual books till he spotted my picture in them and at the back as the author. So that made me happy knowing he thought it was a professional piece of work.

Make your own with photobox, or just print your photos and put them into an album. I kind of like flicking through photo albums better then showing people on a laptop. You can always order the ones I made if you like ;)

Maybe I'll get all my old pictures from my Mediterranean cruise and do one on Italy.

www.photobox.co.uk