Recently on Instagram: Snow Story

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(1) First glimpse of the snow outside my Mansion window, (2) Matilda the Musical, (3) My new camera at work, (4) My favourite silver skull rings, (5) Pop Quiz night at Immediate Media, (6) #TeamTina, (7) Snow day trek home from work, (8) Hampstead Heath, (9) Parliament Hill, (10) Me and my snowman Liz Lemon.

Tim Walker: Story Teller at Somerset House

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During my recent visit to the Tim Walker: Story Teller exhibition at Somerset House I felt like I was stepping onto the pages of the most wonderful fashion story you could imagine. Either that, or I was tumbling down the rabbit hole...


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As I wandered through rooms filled with flying saucers and jelly hats, giant snails silently climbed the walls and I spotted a bee playing the cello and a grasshopper on violin. You might mistake this as a tale from Through the Looking-Glass, but I was in fact being swept away by the surreal imaginings of fashion photographer Tim Walker.

A bed made from bones with skulls as bed-knobs caught my eye and I realised that behind each fantasy, stark mortality looms. Walker portrays both the wonder and fragility of life through his enchanting photographs. Breathtaking props and unworldly models are captured with a click of the shutter.

Placing the unexpected in mundane situations, Walker captures the imagination and creates a story for the clothes. My favourite pictures were a series of photographs taken with Tim Burton in Colchester, Essex in 2009 when a giant skeleton sat in a field full of red roses and models dressed up as Lydia Deetz from Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands.

Admission to Tim Walker: Story Teller at Somerset House is free and the exhibition runs until Sunday 27th January, 2013. I highly recommend a visit if you get the chance.

Have you seen any good exhibitions recently? Are there any coming up that you're looking forward to?

Recently on Instagram...

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(1) #Edelweiss, (2) Me wearing Motel sequins & Laura in Topshop sparkles on NYE, (3) Wearing vintage faux fur on the party tube, (4) More NYE party party, (5) Vintage army surplus shirt, (6) Leopard fur coat & American Apparel chiffon shirt.

Burgandy at the British Museum

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Beanie: American Apparel
Jumper: H&M
Levi shorts: Urban Outfitters
Creeper boots: Deena & Ozzy
Pendant: Vanessa Mooney
Leopard print coat & bag: Vintage

Today me and my housemates all got up and wanted to wear the same thing. Burgandy. Emily started it with her dress and Kate was soon to follow with her socks and pom pom scarf. I wore my burgundy shorts so that we could look like a girl band.

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We went to the British Museum to look at the Ancient Egypt galleries.

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We also found this fertility tablet. Mega LOLZ.

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FIST BUMP.

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Autumn Afternoon in Primrose Hill

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On Saturday I went for a walk with Mil and Kate to Primrose Hill. Mil wanted to spot celebrities.


This was before Kate got in a bad mood...



Look how happy she is in her duffle coat like Paddington Bear...


Camel Coat: Thrifted in New York
Denim Shorts: Urban Outfitters
Ipso Facto band tee
Scarf: J.W. Anderson x Topshop
Wishbone Necklace: Marc by Marc Jacobs

The view was pretty nice. Here it is in grey...


And blue...


We didn't spot any slebs but Mil did find some 'Quite Nice Mugs'.


By this point we'd walked all the way to Camden and Kate was in a #BM because we couldn't get to a McDonalds fast enough.
The moral of the story is that Primrose Hill is ultimately a bad place for a hangover walk due to its lack of fast food.

Autumn stroll in Regent's Park

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While the rest of the house stayed on the sofa on Sunday afternoon, I was determined to go out and see some autumn. This is my favourite time of the year when it's all fluttering leaves, fat squirrels and golden hues. So we went to Regent's Park and then walked along the canal.












Day at the beach

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Swimsuit: M&S
Shorts: Vintage Levis
Sunglasses: Monki
Lips: Rimmel London Oxford St. Fuchsia
Nails: Red Carpet Manicure

I decided to embrace the 80s for my trip to Southerndown beach in South Wales last weekend. I matched my bright purple and pink swimsuit with the new Oxford St Fuchsia lipstick shade from Rimmel London. You can read my review of the new Rimmel lipstick shades on Sugarscape here.
I had my nails done by Red Carpet Manicure last week. I chose bright red, but it just ends up clashing with most of my outfits. It's supposed to last up to three weeks but I already have a few chips after four days, so it's not looking too good for my review so far!

Invites for London Fashion Week started coming in at work today. After years of following the whole thing online and through Twitter, it'll be great to actually be there and see some shows. Now I'll just have to work out what to wear...






V festival 2012

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Top: Urban Outfitters
Shorts: Vintage Levi
Bag: Vintage
Boots: Dr Marten's
Nail polish: Maybelline Forever Strong in Dark Denim and Nails Inc Diamond Arcade Nail Jewellery

I went to V Festival in Hylands Park this weekend with the girls from Sugarscape. It was so hot we thought we were going to melt! I wore this outfit on the first day we arrived. Cut-offs were definitely the way to go but I stood out like a sore thumb around all the Essex girls in their bikini tops and even smaller shorts! It was so hot I had to plait my hair back, long hair is not good in the heat.


We spent lot of time wandering around looking for good street style for Sugarscape (harder than you might think!) We also spent a good amount of time sat in the shade in hospitality with super cold beer. The heat was unbearable!


When the temperature finally cooled down we caught a bit of David Guetta before heading off to watch Ed Sheeran. 



Boom!

Styled to Rock launch at The Box, Soho

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Last Thursday I was invited by the kind girls at Diet Coke to attend the Styled to Rock launch party at The Box, Soho.
Styled to Rock is a new show being produced by Rihanna to find a new hot young designer.
You can read my interview with Henry Holland, who's a judge on the new show here.
I also spoke to Rihanna's stylist Lysa Cooper, but we'll save that interview for closer to when the show starts on Sky Living on August 14.
I was also *this* close to talking to the lovely Nicola Roberts. But unfortunately my blagging skills were no match for her PR. I wrote about her outfit here.
But I did grab a chat with the amazing Bip Ling and that totally made up for being Nicola-less.
 Bip's going to be a mentor on the show in one of the episodes. She said she put her vintage clothing skills to use for a special challenge!



I just love her Louis Vuitton, Yayoi Kusama sunglasses. She's so cute!




week in photos

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Relaxing in a boat in Regent's Park, Rowing the boat while Milly relaxes, running with the Olympic Torch, My Olympic banner from Coca Cola, The view from my desk on Friday morning, meeting Joanna Page at the Superdrug press day, Milly's 'arty' photo of me, afternoon tea.