AW12 launch & lookbook

The AW12 lookbook is now available to view online! See it here.

To those of you who made it along to our party at Wolf & Badger last night: thank you! Such an amazing evening. Thank you also to everyone who made it come together so brilliantly - Ruby, Adrian and their brilliant intern Amy at Fanclub PR, Paul and the guys at Fair. for running the bar, Ellie Tobin for lending her very skilled hands to our hair and make-up, Dave Okumu from the Invisible for spinning some very cool tunes and my lovely mates Mimi & Alex for strutting around wearing pieces from the new collection.

Look out later today/tomorrow for all the party pictures, courtesy of Kate Stanworth...

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AW12 preview at Wolf & Badger

We're getting very excited putting together the finishing touches for next Thursday's AW12 preview at Wolf & Badger.

If you're in the area after 6pm come and join us for a drink, courtesy of Fair., take in the new collection and let Dave Okumu (of Mercury nominated band The Invisible) gently assault your ears.

Where it all began, part 5

Here's another one from the family archive. I love how everything in this photograph is so blue! This is my mum, perched on a tree stump and surrounded by swans in a very cute blue cardi which would have been knitted by one of my great-grandmothers.

AW12 shoot - behind the scenes

A little late, but as promised, here are a few behind-the-scenes shots of our brilliant AW12 shoot on Sunday.

Where it all began, part 4

This shot of my great-grandmother is one of my absolute favourites. This one isn't even about the knit, although I'd wager that she made that one, too. It's her brilliant pose (that fish!) and the gorgeous dress she's wearing (which my mother assures me she also made herself).

It's such a beautiful, rich image and I find it really inspiring, especially now that I've started researching and gathering ideas for my SS13 collection.

[Great-grandma Dover with uncle Christopher and great-uncle David]

French Vogue Vs Wham!

I'm a bit late with this, as it came out earlier this month but I wanted to share it for a couple of reasons, one because I just love it - Emmanuelle Alt from French Vogue + Wham! = what's not to like? But also because it's rare to see a magazine editor jumping around like a nutcase, let alone an editor of Vogue. It's refreshing/hilarious to see that she has a sense of humour and can laugh at herself and made this video to mark the re-launch of the Vogue Paris website.

Where it all began, part 3

When I was around 10 years old, my mum knitted herself a black mohair cardigan. She also made me a royal blue one but I hated wearing it because it was itchy (I was very fussy back then). But my mother's: I loved it then and I love it now. In fact I tried to steal it at the weekend but Mum decided all of a sudden that she might want to wear it again. Typical.

Anyway, there must have been something in the air during that visit, because when Mum went up to the loft to find something completely unrelated, she unearthed the pattern for it. I HAD to scan it and share it with you because it's so fabulously eighties, it is simply too good not to (see above, in all its glory). I also got a shot of me in the aforementioned cardigan that is sadly not in my possession (yet...). Needless to say, I will be making my own very soon.