LFW Essentials
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Vogue Fashion’s Night Out
As you may have heard, tonight is the second year of Vogue Fashion’s Night Out from 6pm to 11pm. It promises to be as hugely successful as last year with London’s favourite designers, models and fashionable people in town to mingle with the shoppers and help you find just what you’re looking for in capital’s West End.
Expect expert styling from the Vogue team, plus superstar appearances from the biggest names in fashion in all your favourite shops. Fashion’s Night Out is open to anyone and no tickets are required; just pitch up to your favourite stores for an evening of glamour and entertainment. Prepare for 2010’s biggest fashion party.
There’s so much going on tonight, I hardly know what to do with myself!
I’ve downsized the list of events and made a “faves” list, but even that’s still too much. Here are all the things I want to go to:
Jaeger, Regent St, for a prize draw, DJ and cocktails. (6-9pm)
Liberty London, for the opening of Manolo Blahnik’s “World of Shoes” pop-up (from 6.30)
Chanel, Bond St for manicures and champagne (I feel this is a must) (from6.30)
Diane Von Furstenberg, Bruton St for Studio 54!!! (6.30-10pm)
Topshop, Oxford Circus for the miniature Vogue experience.
Selfridges, Oxford St, have a wide array of things in store. (from 6pm)
Mulberry, Bond St for pies, face painting, and DJ (6-10pm)
Louis Vuitton (invitation only) Bond St, to see Alice Dellal spin the decks (7-10pm)
Nicole Farhi, Bond St for crepes and wine. J’adore crepes! (6-10pm)
I hope to see some of you guys out and about, it’s the best night to shop, lots of offers and proceeds go to charity! If you see me “holla”, I wanna get lots of pics of everyone taking part.
Go to VFNO for more info
Vogue Fashion’s Night Out – Furla
Isolabella, the Italian Sambuca, teams up with luxury accessory designer Furla for an indulgent in-store evening of cocktails and shopping as part of ‘Vogue Fashion’s Night Out’ – the annual global retail therapy initiative, now in its second year.
To celebrate, Isolabella will unveil a new cocktail ‘Oz Bella’ inspired by the launch of Furla’s new ‘Wizard of Oz’ collection. The event is taking place at Furla central London on 221 Regent Street, W1B 4NJ between 7pm and 10pm. The store will be open to all.
‘Vogue Fashion’s Night Out’ was launched in 2009 as an international, multi-sensory, shopping experience with each participating store stamping their own identity on their ‘events’. Last year, this celebration of fashion shopping inspired thousands of style conscious consumers to visit stores around the world – making it the largest shopping event in history. This year’s initiative is set to be even bigger, with an additional three new cities taking place – bringing the total number of participants up to 16.
Mark Collins, Senior Brand Manager for Isolabella said: “For us Furla is an obvious partner, as not only are they an Italian icon, they are synonymous with high quality understated elegance. Isolabella is a stylish high quality extra fine Sambuca made in Milan, Italy thus the result is an evening for shoppers to celebrate the very essence of Italian creativity.”
Furla is a leading Italian brand specialising in luxury handbags and accessories for men and women. They have outlets around the world including five shops in London. In honour of VFNO on Wednesday 8th September, Furla will be closing their Regent Street store at the later time of 10pm.
In addition to the exclusive ‘Oz Bella’ shoppers will also be able to savour an ‘Orange Bella’ or ‘Candied Dream’. In these two cocktails the succulent taste of Mediterranean oranges are combined perfectly with the delicious flavour of anise as it is enjoyed through a distinctive liquorice straw – an irresistible taste experience which will be available to all on the night.
Shearling Trend – Topshop AW10
Shearling is already a HUGE trend for AW10, Burberry put the exclamation point on that during LFW AW10.
GlamUK organised a shoot for us to showcase some of Topshop’s AW10 shearling collection. The shoot was photographed by Adrian from Snappy Lifestyle, styled by Joel from The Dash Empire and modelled by Em fro Make Lemonade, Karena from My New Best Friends, Ellen from The Real Runway, and moi.
I’m modeling Khaki shearling coat, £395, Topshop
Karena from My New Best Friends models Tan leather wool collar jacket, £58, Topshop
Em from Make Lemonade models Black leather and shearling jacket, £78, Topshop
Ellen from The Real Runway models Black Shearling jacket, £325, Topshop
I’m modeling Black shearling gilet, £195, Topshop
Em from Make Lemonade models Khaki shearling hooded gilet, £195, Topshop
Ellen from The Real Runway models Khaki fur lined hooded parka, £85, Topshop
Karena from My New Best Friends models Black hooded shearling gilet, £58, Topshop
