This commercial is just too over the top for me but I have to share it with you! It’s Orlando Bloom in a Japanese UNO Commercial. Uno is a hair product owned by Shiseido, the main product is Fiber Neo.

maybe it works for the Japanese market?

Out and about with the fabulous Georgina Harley-Smith. We were visiting Harrods looking for shoes for her upcoming show at London Fashion Week!

Don’t you just love that big gold bag!!!

I’m sure we’re all looking forward to seeing Hannah Marshall’s new collection! The collection will be exhibited during LFW at ON/OFF.

New Shoot August 07

Neoprene Cat bib protects small birds, mammals, and reptiles!
©Photo by Sue Madeville

I love that they give everyone a fan, it’s so civilized. It’s might look pretentious and chic but really it’s hot in these venues and a fan can be functional - yes you can have fashion & function!!

I love shooting for Flux - they are my favourite shoots. The editors at the magazine are great: they don’t just like something because it’s trendy or popular they like it because they like it.

I worked with photographer & singer Haidée Augusta! She was so sweet, she actually packed a picnic lunch for us! You can listen to her on myspace.

It rained for most of the shoot… but we got all the shots and they look good!!!

Interview London
Denim and Simon King

Are you
working on a new collection?

London Denim: Constantly,
although I do stop for coffee.

Where
are you from?

London Denim Suffolk: Ipswich in
hence the six fingers on each hand and webbed feet

Are there
any family members that inspired your work? An Aunty that sews etc?

London Denim: Yep my Nana
taught me to use a machine when I was about 9, but I would not say she inspires
my design, she was just a really great Nana.. My uncle Ian is an inspired
cabinet maker and I’m totally inspired by his dedication to perfection of his
pieces.

Have you
always wanted to have a fashion label?

London Denim: Yes, I like
both the control and vanity

What is
your signature? Is there a specific fabric or print that you are known to
use? Or a detail?

London Denim: On my jeans its
got to be my cut on the hip. With my T’s is large prints.

What are
some of your favorite colours, patterns, weights of material to work with?

London Denim: I don’t really
have a favorite colour but I do hate Yellow and Paisley

Who are
your favorite designers that you look to for inspiration?

London Denim: For my
customized collection it was Cartier, I’d seen a few of their 1920’s pieces at
the deco exhibition at the V&A last year and went bonkers for them.
Beautiful diamond birds, torcs and panthers. Galliano really is the ultimate
designers designer if I could be reborn it would be with his talent.

What
outside aspects inspire your designs?

London Denim: My customers
inspire much of my customization work. Because I work very closely with them on
one off pieces often I’ll follow a path which will lead to a small capsule of
something I would not have imagined without that close interaction.

What were
some of the struggles you had to overcome when beginning the label?

London Denim: Learning the
business, learning who I was as a designer. It all sounds really trite but
there are very few designers out there who’ve sprung out of Zeus’s head fully
formed.

Have you
been featured in any publications, TV shows, etc…? If so, when/where?

London Denim: All the normal
ones, BBC featured my customization work, with Fashion TV I did an interview at
my first Pret, Evening Standard and a few others. I’m lucky to have a good PR
and to be producing pieces which the press like so I’m getting quite a lot of
press on the collection at the moment.

Where is
the collection currently sold and who are you dream stockists?

London Denim: I really only
sell to Harrods and a few independents. The boutique at Babbington house would
be a great stockist, I’d deliver personally and pick up a massage at the
cowshed at the same time.

Which
celebrities would you most like to see wearing your collection?

London Denim: The ones I
fancy. I’m sure Hannibal Lector would say something about me feeling closer to
them as they’d be wearing my designs; Tracey Emin, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shilpa
Shetty, Marline Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Joan Collins,

Do you
remember your dreams?

London Denim: Always, I have
really great dreams every night. Adventures where I fly, save the world, find
the treasure, Move house….

Do you eat
breakfast?

London Denim: NO

When are
you showing next?

London Denim: I don’t have a
show I exhibit at London Fashion Week Exhibition.

Favourite
food, restaurant?

London Denim: Banners in
Crouch End. Not only is the food fab, the music’s normally chilled regee.

Where do
you like to shop?

London Denim: Depends what
for, for trainers I’d hunt all over till I got the right pair so that’s
normally Harrods or Harvey Nichols. Harrods have the best menswear staff in London,
they’re into you as the customer no into themselves as the living mannequin.
For everything else I just tend to wear cheap white tops, I go through them so
fast so it’s the sales and bulk buying.

Favourite
menswear place?

London Denim: My idea of
menswear heaven is Jeffery’s in meatpacking NY. The buyers are HOT. They really
know how to mix brands and don’t seem to be scared of trying out new brands.

Did a great shoot this weekend. I love this dress, it’s quite heavy and the skirt is large but I would love to wear it! I just think I wouldn’t be able to sit down and no one could come to close to me! Jen & Shica did a great job, really without a good team I’m just a girl with fabulous clothes, and I hate to say it but that is just not enough!