Fashion At Your Fingertips

While I probably won't have time to go to any of these myself, they're some of my favourite events of the year, across my favourite cities (Bristol, Cardiff & London) so I thought I'd share the love:

1.

Judy's at Spitalfields > Saturday 4th February 2012, The Old Spitalfields Market London, E1 9EW. 

Open 11:00 - 1700, Entry: Free

Especially now they've introduced this bad boy:

2.

Scoop International Fashion Show > Saatchi Gallery, Duke of York's Headquarters, 

King's Road, London, SW3 4RY.

Open Sunday 12th - Monday 13th February 10:00 - 19:00

Monday 14th 11:00 - 10:00

3.

Hosted by the one and only @MarkHeyes

26 Purchase Of The Week

Reiss < Beck: i Phone Holder Light Blue, £35

Image courtesy of Reiss

Bring Your Own

Fish & Chips +

 Bring Your Own Wine

 = The Golden Hind, Marylebone

Vintage Soho

Image courtesy of London Hotels Insight

A gentleman named John H Hutchinson took photos of Soho in the seventies, including my very own Frith Street. Really worth a browse! See Here for his Flickr Album.

HMV Next Big Thing

The Stylist has just bought us tickets to one of the HMV Next Big Thing gigs at the Jazz Cafe, Camden. So come February, we'll be seeing Labrinth, Tanya Lacey and Stooshe, see below. Who wouldn't wanna get drunk with these ladies?

See Here for parts 2 & 3

26 Purchase Of The Week

In the spirt of all things TOWIE, as I begin working on the 4th series again on Monday - look reem, smell reem, be reem, with this:

Toxic Fox < The Only Way Is Essex: Reem Canvas Bag, £9.99

Image courtesy of Toxic Fox

Meet The Filmmakers: War Horse

Image courtesy of Apple

Tonight my good friend (also a Claire) and I were lucky enough to get a seat at one of Apple, Regent Street's in store events - Meet The Filmmakers: War Horse. A Q&A hosted by Chris Hewitt, talking to Richard Curtis and Tom Hiddleston about the film which is released today. They talked in depth about the realities and sincerity of being part of a war film, working with the 14 horses that played 'Joey' throughout the entire process, and the excitement of going to set with Steven Spielberg every day. 

See trailer below:

iJoined The Club

Today I finally upgraded my contract to an iphone 4. Not the latest toy I know, but still a step in a new direction for me (formally a Blackberry lover). Now I've got a new excuse to take a trip to Cath Kidston and buy a whirlwind of accessories to protect this little baby.

Image courtesy of Apple

Birdsong

Image courtesy of BAFTA

It's been a while, but this evening my good friend Kat and I popped along to the Princess Anne Theatre at BAFTA to watch a screening of Birdsong, part 1, the BBC One adaptation of the novel written by Sebastian Faulks. I haven't read the book since I studied it in College (don't I feel old now), but it was extremely interesting to watch it play out on screen all these years later. 

This was followed by a Q&A with director Philip Martin, actress Clemence Poesy (as pictured above), actor Joseph Mawle, and writer Abi Morgan (The Hour, The Iron Lady, Shame) - is there ANYTHING this woman can't do? If part 1 doesn't have you in tears (which it did me), apparently part 2 will have you in floods. It is absolutely beautiful.

See trailer below:

Words Words Words

Tomorrow, Selfridges Oxford Street launch their brand new programme 'Words Words Words', transforming their ever diverse Ultralounge into a Library.

"The library will provide a unique interactive space to become fully immersed in the topic, from specially curated ranges of inspirational books to fascinating classes and lectures from The Idler Academy and It's Nice That".

Image and quote courtesy of Selfridges

If, like me, you haven't started work this year yet or don't have an average working schedule from Monday - Friday, you'll be able to attend quite a few. See here for the Full Programme. The events kick off tomorrow at 12:30pm with Robert Louis Stevenson's classic 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'.

Personally, I'm looking forward to these:

Thursday 26th January - 6:30-7:30pm - The Idler Academy Talk - Coffee Culture

Thursday 9th February - 6:30-7:30pm - It's Nice That Talk: Words As Images

Wednesday 22nd February  6-7pm  - Stories About Fashion By Rachel Rose Reid

Diamonds Are Forever

After breakfast with the Stylist today, we took a stroll to Southbank to browse the annual jewellery exhibition 'Dazzle' (7th November- 8th January), at The National Theatre. While it was a short but sweet visit as the space was quite small, the highlight was without a doubt, Northern Irish designer Ros Millar. She displayed pieces from her collections;

Black & Rose Growth

and, Growth and One Off Pieces

Favourites included these guys: 

Fine Band Stack, £335

Nugget Pendant Necklace, £95

Sprue Ring, £195

Her online boutique is coming soon so keep your eyes peeled!

Images courtesy of Ros Millar and Milena Kovanovic

26 Purchase Of The Week

Listen > T-Shirts: Red Script Tee, £25

Available TODAY here

Image courtesy of Listen

H2Oh Wow

Expand your January detox to include your skincare regime and give this a try, NARS new Make Up Removing Water. Any product that includes water has to be healthy, right? Available now, £19.

Image courtesy of NARS Cosmetics

Nailed It

Nails Inc NEW 'The A Lister's Collection', £25 for all 4. Available now.

Lower Sloane Lane - soft toffee nail polish

Mayfair - iridescent white nail polish

Ledbury Road - metallic taupe nail polish

Covent Garden Ballet - delicate grey shimmer nail polish

Image courtesy of Nails Inc.

The Curse Of Skins

Although I'm part of the minority of people that dislike Skins, the trailer (as per usual) for Series 6 does have a pretty good soundtrack:

Blast From The Past

Today my friend uploaded some photos from the Blackberry photo booth at House of Holland S/S11 after party, September 2010. I'd forgotten they even existed!

Fancy A Pint?

Heiress to the Guiness family and haute couture fashionista, Daphne Guiness for MAC:

Image courtesy of MAC Cosmetics UK

Wear A Jumpsuit

...is just one of the tips that MTV Style has recommended as a new year's resolution for 2012.

ASOS > Jumpsuits: Exclusive Wrap Front Jumpsuit In Yoko Print, £35

Image courtesy of ASOS

So what are you waiting for? See below for all 10:

MTV Style's New Year's Eve Resolutions