H&M interiors

Some people have Zara, I'd love to frequent Urban Outfitters as much (if money grew on trees yes) so instead I visit H&M, the highstreet Ikea of choice for affordabe luxe at high street prices. I've moved house so I'm looking for new, pretty, perhaps (un)necessary things for my new room & thought I'd browse H&M online to see what homewares they had to offer. I was actually suprised at how good the selection was. In fact it was if they read my mind (I wanted vintage-esque, they gave it to me!)
Here are a few of the purchases :

Dog £6.99

Ruffly rose Cushion £3.99(Only!)

Illustrative duvet £19.99 (it wasn't when I bought it! :( )

Illustrated cushion £6.99

To lift the spirits on a dull morning - Shower mat £6.99

You can afford to splurge without the guilt of a huge pricetag - http://www.hm.com/gb/department/HOME
A warning though, don't tick the "I'd like it to all come at once" box otherwise you'll be waiting for weeks. Yes I learnt my lesson. And no next day delivery? H&M sort it out

Beautiful Fashion Short Films

These are selected videos from film maker Elisha Smith-Leverock, prop designer Fred Butler & stylist Kim Howells.
Heliocentric Electric
I love the music track! I'd love to know who its by??! (not the original song version of course, that's a classic, I mean this one)


Fred Butler A/W 2009 - Heliocentric Electric from Elisha Smith-Leverock on Vimeo.

Sunshowers feels like a proclamation to Spring! (Though the model could do with a bit of Touche Eclat under her eyes (sorry!)


Sunshowers from Elisha Smith-Leverock on Vimeo.


And finally a video not mentioned previously for Fred Butler's A/W 2011 Incandescent Meta-morph-incessant collection


Incandescent Meta-morph-incessant Fred Butler A/W 2011 directed by Elisha Smith-Leverock from Elisha Smith-Leverock on Vimeo.

"A Womens work is never done"

Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day is a duo called Loren Platt and Teo Conner who have put together an exhibition of women in the creative industries. From fashion sculptures to photography the aim was to "promote empowering role models and provide a platform to connect and inspire women". Down with the tabloit tramps and up with talented individuals of whom you can learn something from.
The exhibition featured established creatives such as Fred Butler (who also gave a talk at the sit down dinner, more later) & new up and coming illustrators such as Milly Freeman.
I loved the giant callidoscope below that was inspired by 80s power dressing. Inside were rotating 'power women accesories', like lipstick & nail files (Power Woman Must-Haves!).

and inside!

Fred Butler creations

On the final night of the exhibition props stylist Fred Butler along with the women from her all female collaboration, Elisha Smith-Leverock & Kim Howells screen their latest film collaboration Incandescent Meta-morph-incessant, first shown at this year’s London Fashion Week. They also showed short films SunShowers(my personal favourite) & The Nape of the Neck.
Next fashion journalist Caryn Franklin & co-founder Debra Bourne from All Walks Beyond The Catwalk, screened their latest film compiled for The National Portrait Gallery. A collaborative organisation working with Erin O Connor to promote a healthier vision of beauty on the catwalk; incidentally they were the ones who introduced up-and-coming designer Mark Fast to the voluptuous size-12 model Hayley Morley that caused a stir at LFW last year. The idea is to start at home, be comfortable with who you are as what you see in the media is false; if we do not buy into the current unachievable idea of beauty then hopefully other ideals will be celebrated. Visit http://www.allwalks.org/ for more info.