pecan pie @ spitalfields

my sister, molly, came down from cambridge to visit and, after a potter around spitalfields market, stopped at the gorgeous leon cafe branch they have there.
we tried their SCRUM pecan pie and tested the quality of the camera featured on my new phone. i wish she could be always be here in london. the day or two we spent together flew by.

spitalfields market, edited on my samsung waveII

just finished reading the absolute classic 'Utopia' by Thomas More. it was unbelievable. for it's time, particularly. a review will be up on the reading list shortly. i highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in politics/society in any way.

PD x
listening to: red hot chili peppers - stadium arcadium album
images: all my own, taken on my trusty samsung wave II

identity

my heart skipped a beat when i checked out the amazing new designer sales on cocosa.com
i love all the hippy style we can expect for this summer
and you just HAVE to check out these beautiful boho treats:

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when i began making this dress, i loathed it!
and even when i'd finished it, i still didn't like it much.

but then i put my sister in the dress and took some photographs for my portfolio and these were the result - now i pretty much love it!

as my grandpa always said, "this girl would make a binbag look good!"

it's purely an artistic piece on the theme of identity so i perhaps won't be planning on wearing it!
it's just taught me to always use molly as my model if i want to cheat and make my clothes look good.

PD x

brown-eyed girl

Sister looking immensely pretty!

I love these pictures. I took them quite a while ago now...

Though she's majorly ruined her hair since then after dying it a million times.

SO amazed by fashion show 'Lost in Paradise' on friday night :)

Well done Caro who modelled and Camilla who organised the night, it was fantastic!

Happy Monday!

xxx

New background - Donna Karen Fall 09

It's all because...

...we live our lives in fashion.

read the dress...

My sister, Molly wears : dress - made by me ; black patent heels - new look ; fake pearls - topshop ; anchor neck scarf - primark

This is the result of my AS textiles coursework project. I made the dress from scratch and the inspiration was from tartan obsessed Vivienne Westwood, Tracey Emin and the significance of the fashion industry.... (sincerely don't suggest you take that on as a project topic - bottomless pit!)

As soon as i cut the last loose thread I put the dress on my sister and snapped these pictures of her in my garden.

Next week i'm onto the next dress... OH yes. The joys of AS exam stress.

PD x

ps. Apparently the UK's gonna have a long, hot summer, whey! This calls for extreme summer shopping. ASOS.com here i come...

listening to: stephen fretwell - new york