Rebekah Roy

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Base mag interview

Matisyahu - King without a crown

Rats, mice, Gareth Pugh & Liberace

I love that you never know what inspires someone else or where our influences always come from. But sometimes you see an image and it reminds you of another image. A few years ago there was a man on Queen Street West in Toronto who had quite a few rats that sat on his shoulders, it freaked me out a bit, I'm ok with hamsters but rats, not so good. Wish I had a photo of him...

Gareth Pugh SS 08 collection with mice that are made of tens of woollen 3D mice. Actually when I was little my mum made me some felt mice!

Swap-A-Rama Razzmatazz

 Swap-A-Rama Razzmatazz
Fashion frenzy
This offbeat event, where clubbers swap clothes, has migrated across the Channel from Europe’s fashion capital (Paris, duh!) to London’s leftfield-loving East End. For the friendly fee of 99p you are free to grab whatever items take your fancy. But be warned – there is no guarantee you’ll get back as much as you are forced to give. Over-enthusiastic swappers have been known to end the night with little more than a furry waistcoat protecting their modesty. Everyone looks ridiculous – and not in the usual Shoreditch manner, necessitating hours of preparation. Your outfit is dictated by chance – along with a little sartorial bartering.

Check out the website to find out when the next event is on http://www.myspace.com/swaparamarazzmatazz.

I'm not sure this event is for me, I really like my clothes and I'm not so keen to part with anything, but I love the idea. Maybe I'd dress a bit silly with all those items sitting in a bag for Oxfam - some which I quite like. I'm ok with looking a bit ridiculous even silly, but I'm not so comfortable with ending up with no clothes...

Fashion156.com & Daydream Nation Review

Daydream Nation London Fashion Week SS 2008.
As we walked through to the theatre a lady attached to a pillow who was eager to sleep on our shoulder greeted us. She was one of many wondering figures wearing pyjamas and serving coffee to the sounds of another whistling sweet dream lullabies; these actors gave a fun introduction to Daydream Nation, whose SS08 collection was titled; ‘Good Morning I’m Sleeping’.

This was certainly no ordinary catwalk show, the models/actors were constantly in character, sleepy and dreamy, their motions down the catwalk or stage were slow and evolving as they yawned their way towards the audience. With a focus on neutral shades, executed in calico and jersey fabrics, Daydream Nation’s SS08 collection included beautifully slouchy cotton dresses, with heavy frill bottoms, tiered and layered.

A focus on necklines ran through the collection, with pleating and folding of the fabric creating exaggerated necklines and collars to simply shaped garments. There were injections of black amongst the neutral colour palette in print on jersey, and layers of frills to skirts. The pillowcase style tops were signature to this dreamy collection, creating a funnel neck and hood-like effect when worn in varying ways. The collection was made up of versatile designs, often garments that can be transformed, like trousers, which become shorts once they are hoisted, and tied. This performance was an interesting way to view a collection, and never a dull moment was to be had with Daydream Nation.

Laura Ellis.

Daydream Nation Review

The much raved about Giles show closed the day on the official schedule but the Fashion Capital crew were up for something new and decided to go ‘off’ and check out the Daydream Nation show at the ICA. Instead of the usual array of expressionless models marching up and down the catwalk Daydream Nation put on a live performance that was a combination of mime, dance, clever choreography and live music. While you may think that such an ambitious show could well take away from the clothes the performance was creatively arranged so that the models interacted with the garments. Most of the pieces, after-all, were multi-functional and could be worn in a number of ways. Wearable and yet quirky designs shown in a charming and amusing presentation – it was a great way to end the day.

Daydream Nation images by Jemima Compton

 

Keira Knightley & Vanessa Paradis for Coco Chanel

Chanel has released a short film starring the actress  Keira Knightley

My favourite Chanel ad was

Vanessa Paradis for Coco Chanel [1992]

Hannah Marshall Look Book SS08

Of course you already know that I adore Hannah Marshall, not only as a friend but really I think she's a fabulous designer, and you should really keep your eye on her! www.ninaandlola.com

Me & Extreme Sports

I went to Isle Of Wight for a press trip with Merrell who are a key sponsor of the White Air Extreme Sports festival. Ok,so I was at an extreme sporting event. For those that don't know me you're thinking what the f---? But those that do know me well, would just say cool! I've gotten away from sports since I moved to London. I still really miss dragon boating and my great team The Killer Bees!! I did get to go kayaking and it was so cool to be on the ocean, it feels so different then being on Lake Ontario. There was no wind so we were limited in our events but maybe that was a good thing? Anyway I got to go Mountain boarding, which was great fun and sounds super cool!!! Of course I'm not sure about my look but somehow you don't really care when you're rolling/tumbling down a hill...I do have some very cool trainers that are made from Gore Tex (And yes Gore Tex is/was a really person Robert & William Gore) and they can get wet! I used to have these other little sip on shoes for water sports, they were good for no slip but were very tight on the feet, anyway these are much more comfortable, it look & feels just like a running shoe!

Daydream Nation Good Morning I'm Sleeping

Quirky ready-to-wear label, Daydream Nation is showing their Spring/Summer 2008 collection off schedule on the 19th of September at London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts.

The sister and brother design duo behind Daydream Nation, Kay & Jing Wong, wowed London in February by uniting fashion with theatre at a performative catwalk show and are setting out to do the same again.

"The ICA  is home to the best new art and culture from Britain and around the world,” and will be a perfect backdrop to the duo’s sartorial storytelling. Fashion Stylist, Rebekah Roy is styling the show and will no doubt add the flair that has made her a favourite amongst top magazines, television programmes and celebrities.

Daydream Nation collections are inspired and adapted from the stories and memories found in vintage clothing. They play with and manipulate pieces from the past, creating new tales to tell each season with live catwalk spectacles. Their Spring/Summer 2008 collection is sure to delight the crowds as it did in February and should definitely not be missed.

Visit:  http://www.ica.org.uk or http://www.daydream-nation.co.uk

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Celia Birtwell Print Scarf

I love accessories! A cute little neck scarves can make or break an outfit!

Orlando Bloom Japanese UNO Commercial

Orlando Bloom in a Japanese UNO Commercial, Uno (owned by Shiseido) for the hair product, Fiber Neo.

Georgina Harley-Smith

Out and about with the fabulous Georgina Harley-Smith. We were visting Harrods looking for shoes for her upcoming show at London Fashion Week!

Don't you just love that big gold bag!!!

Hannah Marshall in Elle

I'm sure we're all looking forward to seeing Hannah Marshall's new collection! The collection will be exibited during LFW at ON/OFF.