THE LAUNCH OF PUMA YARD

On Friday night I headed down to the opening of PUMA YARD on Brick Lane, the interactive new space from PUMA Social. The anticipation has been building up around east London with Brick Lane walls painted, and pointing you to the Jamaican themed social club. 

There's lots to see and do on entry, from dozens of rum cocktails to try, incredible Jamaican barbecue food- I tried the curried goat with plantain, which was awesome, as well as a sprint track, photo booths, a Bob Marley Listening Wall with headphones plugged into shoes, and games tables with everything from checkers to ping-pong. 

Groove Armada supported by Redlight and Kissy Sell Out played the headline set on the launch night, who were totally incredible, the perfect music to dance the night away to, and I can't quite remember dragging my ass home after a few of those delicious cocktails! 

There’s a lot more amazing events to come from the Boiler room at Truman Brewery- where all the PUMA YARD events will be hosted over the next 17 days, from live music from Professor Green to Cool Rummings (a cocktail making competition to complete a rum cocktail in the time Jamaica took to lap the bob sled course)

I’ll be heading down over the week so hope to see you guys there! 

Check PUMA YARD for more event details.

SHOES FOR SHOW

A couple of weeks ago, whilst is was absolutely bucketing down with rain, I ran down Brick Lane to catch the opening of the new Shoes for Show exhibition presented by Javari.co.uk. I'm afraid the exhibition isn't running anymore (sorry about that), but it featured shoes that were quintessentially designed for their beauty and not for wearability. It's hard to pick a favourite but mine might have to be the Pugh shoe designed for Beyonce's Girls video, and how amazing is that last picture of Mr. Ferragamo? 

BILLOWING

Wearing: Ann Demuelemeester jacket, Vero Moda leather jacket, T by Alexander Wang tank, Ann Demeulemeester draped fishtail skirt, ACNE boots, Mimco bag

 I'm constantly craving this long dramatic silhouette lately; with yet another purchase from the stock sales, this fishtail skirt is beyond amazing, catching the wind perfectly. Maria and I went for coffee in the amazing Leila's on Calvert Avenue, Shoreditch. You feel like you're in a giant kitchen, definitely worth going if you haven't been before.

Thankyou to the amazing Maria McMenemy for taking these shots.

Vintage with East of Eden

Last Saturday I was invited on a little Vintage shopping excursion with Emma, star of the Summer Glaceau Vitamin Water campaign; "show your vits". Blog crew and Paul Valentine from Exposure PR met with Emma for brunch at the Nude cafe just off Brick Lane.

After much fun drinking tea, hearing all about Emma's new Vintage shop 'East of Eden' and gabbing all the latest blog gossip, we headed over to Brick Lane to start hunting for treasures.

Isn't she a beauty? All the ads feature real people (you may have seen these ads as you descend into the depths of the tube) and have been picked based on the brand personality. Emma is Miss Revive - "a party girl with a twinkle in her eye, she is often hitting the tiles in her 1940s get up, painting the town red - specifically east london, where she runs a club night!"

She is also a university lecturer, vintage shop queen AND afro-cuban choir singer! Wowzaaa what a star! Her vintage shop 'East of Eden' will be opening on Balls Pond Rd in Hackney, Ldn. I can't wait!

I'm afraid this isn't the best picture, but it does show the whole crew, and Emma's insanely awesome outfit.

From left to right we have Amy from Wolf Whistle, Leigh from Style Canteen, Cyrenea from Freak Delux, Emma 'East of Eden', Charlotte from Style Cartel and Paul from Exposure PR.

Alexxsia from My Labyrinth was with me too!

I must say that Paul told us that he would be wearing a purple jumper and would be easy to spot, so we went right up to a guy in purple at the nude cafe and introduced ourselves, turned out not to be Paul. Cringe!

In Hanbury Hall Vintage Market where I bought a few treasures.

So wanted this emerald green velvet dress! It wouldn't even slip past my hips, boo!

Totally awesome bag in the Brick Lane indoor market, the bag flap was two uncut raw pieces of leather, very Ann D!

Incredibly beautiful 1940's pink crepe maxi, I wanted to try it on but I got my hand slapped just for touching it. Woops!

Anything that delicate isn't for wearing.

We finished off at a shop selling Vintage by the Kilo round by the bus stop (Really don't know my way around London yet!), it was pretty manic in there but I managed to pick out a nude skirt (was totally on the hunt after seeing a girl in a floor length nude skirt), brown leather lazer cut belt and few silk tops. All for £6!

The lace silk shirt was my favourite buy of all, the lace goes up the sleeves and down the back, a really rare find. I've always wanted a cute russian fur hat too!

My Topshop bag came today! I'm definately happy with my decision. It's beautiful and brown suits me down to the ground.