Posts Tagged ‘Pam Hogg’

The circus that is London Fashion Week kicked off, for me (pictured right), with a show working with a dear friend, Alexia Somerville – High Voodoo Priestess and stylist extraordinaire – at Beach Blanket Babylon in Notting Hill, designed by Soro.

After graduating at St Martins, Soro (pictured left) went to work at Vivienne Westwood with Murray Blewett, Viv’s right hand man, as his mentor. He excelled at pattern cutting and design. His clothes are beautifully made in luxurious silks and jersey, the colours fun and sexy.

Soro, 26, has been commissioned by the National Ballet of Zurich to do the costumes for Stravinsky’s opera “Firebird”. So in keeping with this theme, Soro’s second show was based on “In the upper room” a ballet by Twyla Tharp.

The hair was done by the lovely Bed Head crew (see Darth hairdrier technique on right!!). We were each given a unique do based on the different characters in Soro’s mind, the make up had a doll like feeling – lots of blush, baby blue eye shadow, some girls had false eye lashes, some were left natural. I have noticed designers are opting more and more for individualised beauty looks, rather than the traditional generic, one size fits all that usually gets sent down the runway.

After the drama of Alexia’s missing phone (its as bad as losing your eyesight at fashion week), I jumped in a cab and headed over to 180 The Strand to the On/Off space where a number of shows and presentations are being held.

The indelible and kind Pshemko, hairdresser and all round lovely Polish man, invited me to watch Ramon Gurillo, a Spanish knitwear designer.

Amber Le Bon (pictured left in white) opened the show just as Suzy Menkes took her place in the front row. Amber’s beautiful and long tresses were shamelessly messed up, fly away hairs floated as she sauntered down the long white catwalk. The girls rocked a healthy glow, shine was kept to the brow, cheeks and body while the eyes were a smokey grey, the lips, nude.  Simple yet stunning. Johnny Sarpong, sometime hairdresser to Sienna Miller and Brad Pitt and the curator of hair for the show, gave me the low-down on his favourite products (video interview to follow).

Pam Hogg was the next show on my agenda and one that I was thoroughly excited to see. I love her mad space suits, the brilliant Barbarella inspired glam looks (see catwalk images below) and her music – Pam is a hot DJ on the London circuit.

Her show was held in an underground car park just off the Strand. As we wound our way underground, I spotted the glittertastic Jodie Harsh (pictured right with me), sporting some divine Terry de Havilland wedges teetering down the steep hill. Jodie walks with more swagger than some models.

Peaches (pictured right looking enthralled with the whole proceedings), Boy George, Paul Simonon and Stephan Jones injected some razzle dazzle into the front row. The show was electric. The hair was BIG and Mad Max like. Lips ruby red, blue eye shadow, strong sculpted eye brows and powdered skin.

The clothes weren’t much of a break from her last collection, but strong anyway. The girls looked like outer-space angels, with disgustingly high platforms where the heel had been scooped out. They must have been killers to walk in, some girls managed it, some didn’t.