Dress by Amanda Wakeley; shoes from McQueen

After 6 years of being together since highschool, the Significant Other and I tied the knot on the 24th of September in an orangery in Warsaw with a small group of close family and friends. Mrs Significant Other… I’m still having difficulty getting my head around that new title, and really should stop introducing my new-husband as my boyfriend. Months before the wedding we both took a day-trip up to Bicester Village and dug at the rails in quest of eachother’s garms, and we stumbled upon a beautiful white Amanda Wakeley dress that had a 90% knock-down, and a Boss suit for him and that was that. We loved that we were making it our own wedding, no frills – literally! Finding a photographer proved most challenging though – after cringing sessions of Googling ‘Wedding Photographers’, we thought we’d have to install CCTV at the venue and just live with that, but it luck led us to SnapStudio and we got four amazing shooters who were light on their feet and caught some heavy action. Looking back, I wouldn’t have done a single thing different, it was a perfect day and I’m so happy to be able to share it with you.

Photos & editing by Piotr & Gabriel (wedding) + Marcin & Natalia (Photo sessions), with some shots from my device.

Sweater – Alexander McQueen on loan from My Wardrobe, Knit dress – Market in Lithuania, Dress – COS, Shoes – ZARA, Belt – Vintage, Bag – CADO

I know this sounds like a broken record, or an overachieving techno number, but I’m just so exhausted exhausted exhausted doo-doo-beep beep….beep-de-ree-doo-doo…

Would PRs like some quality coverage on shows, because it would help to receive some tickets when requested, you know. And don’t you dare email me later and ask me to blog about the lookbooks of the latest collection, or stream the show in a post. I don’t give a flying rat’s ass about which celebrity wore your brand also, neither do my readers.

Thank you Jill for taking those shots of me.

1 – Susie, 2 – Nadia & Frances, 3 – Audrey, 4- Elise, 7 – Anywho girls, 8 – Kate Lanphear, 9 – Yvan & Ruby Aldridge, 10 – Anywho girls again, 11 – Maria

Photo by Brian Keith

You leave us with an immense gap, but thank you so much for your life.

If death makes us appreciate one’s existence more,
Lee Alexander McQueen (1969 – 2010) didn’t need to leave at all.

Alexander McQueen shimmy jacket

Steve Madden mummy wedges

Paul Smith Silk tunic

Minidress by Helmut Lang

New Melissa boots

Vivienne Westwood bag

Footwear by Nicole Richie for House of Harlow

My Wardrobe Items

The other day I had a chance to oogle and stroke my bunny paws on My-Wardrobe.com‘s SS10 collection, many many thanks to Anette for the invitation : D Ellen and I ploughed through the thick rain and dodged ominous black puddles to arrive at the showroom looking like dogs that tried to drink from a lawn sprinkler. Typical Park&Cube grande entrance. Since we both don’t drink, we got high on mini cupcakes instead, and then attacked the racks. Looks like SS10 will be more colour and texture, which is always welcome – Nicole Richie for House of Harlow line was especially good, the footwear mirroring Nicole’s Boho style, and great one-off pieces which I imagine would look great mixed with McQ-like badass elements. Oh and the Melissa has a new rubber boot family that I couldn’t stop sniffing. (I’m seeerious, they smell so good)

I’m so not over this yet, I remember watching Alexander McQueen’s F/W 08 runway around October and just going Ohhhhh WOooow through the whole thing. The colours, the rich fabrics and the embellishments…they’re so against the current economic slump but they sure got my spirits up!

Marching bands, witch fairies, Indian, British, French, Russian royalty… what a celebration of culture:

So now I’m thinking I need me a few yards of tulle, white tights, and Indian Khussa flats…

Dress Normaluisa Necklace Landver Crystal Necklace Tulle Skirt, Tights Topshop Feather Clutch Linea Khussa Flats Faridaspassions.com