May 2009 Archives

I've been detoxing all week... well since Tuesday and I've just broken it this evening with a bag of crisps and a little bit of chocolate... oh and the compulsary G&T (slimline mind!) for a sunny post-work Friday tipple. But let's just ignore that slip for a second shall we?

No not Britney style... fortunately! (Last time I checked I still had a full head of hair).
I mean oops, me and my big mouth!
It appears that me and my Diva-like rants have caused a little bit of a stir and ruffled a few feathers among a couple of the Birmingham fashion elite, notably with my recent run down of a fashion show a couple of weeks ago. Well, I didn't expect that!

Naturally, I don't expect praise when I start letting my opinions run free, but then that's just it, it's just me... little old me and my opinions. They're not meant to put (too many) noses out of joint.

I'm quite flattered actually, that what I say appears to matter to 'said' persons.

Ah well, note to self... think before you speak next time!

Apparently you can tell a lot about someone just by looking at their face.

... on the model's backside!

It appears I am not the only person who occasionally tumbles from their stilt-high-heels. The fashion show 'One Night Only' at Harvey Nics on Thursday evening featured models from Saphires Model Management (who organised the event) strutting down the catwalk in sky scraper heels. Not one managed to walk comfortably, and to my delight, the one model who I was particularly jealous of (beautiful looking girl) completely stacked it, falling flat on her backside at the beginning of the catwalk, a little like Naomi Campbell in the picture below. Bless. At least when I do that I'm not being paid to keep my balance...

As I said though, she was lovely looking. And the rest? A couple of the blokes looked like they'd been plucked fresh from the high street, and one looked like action man's brother. The first girl to walk out wobbled her way through every strut whilst simultaneously pulling off a total 'away with the fairies' appearance incredibly well. She had great hair though, thanks to Lisa Shepherd's stylists. They did have one very quirky red headed model, whose personal style could almost give Agyness Dean a run for her money.

If you don't already know what I'm talking about, my lovely friends at Kerrang! Radio have been celebrating the last couple of days... why? Not only did Singing Henry win the Sony DAB Rising Star award but the station won UK Station of the Year (1m+ listeners)! Ie two wins at the Oscars of the radio industry. CONGRATULATIONS!!!

But moving on... tomorrow evening (I'm VERY excited about this), I shall be spending part of my time with my fabulous friend Tara of Rewired PR (who have recently won the contract to look after Style Birmingham - good work ladies!), part of it wandering amongst rails of fabulous clothes along with some of Birmingham's fashion glitterati, and... here's the exciting bit... part of it in the presence of the one and only Caryn Franklin! At Harvey Nics 'One Night Only' fashion event. Did I mention I'm excited?

See the ladies in the photo below? they couldn't possibly be going to a fashion show in Birmingham - Birmingham's not glamorous enough for that..... oh no wait! They ARE! Clothes Show Live last year at the NEC Birmingham to be precise.

I may be about to back-track and ever so slightly contradict myself from a previous blog 'Birmingham: No style capital', but here we go...

.. and got Jonny Dangerous into some decent attire... momentarily at least! Yes, since my preparation blog last week, I took on the challenge of re-styling the unfortunate fashion mis-hap that is... or was...Jonny Dangerous, and you can check out the video HERE

Or you can read his article HERE

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it hard to believe that he's tried to pass this off as challenging for him? If you can call following me around the shops moaning that his fingers hurt from the hangers challenging then yes. I think we know who was doing the work really....

I'd also just like to take this moment to point out that the rather boring white polo shirt and trousers ensemble shown 2nd, was not actually my choice. Far too plain. Mr Dangerous, you see, likes white T-Shirts and, as he was editing this little skit thought he'd just 'slip' it in there... you can't teach an old dog new tricks I suppose. But I gave it a darn good shot.