I know I’ve already harped on about Mary Katrantzou not once but twice today but I just can’t get her mesmerising prints out of my head.  The exaggerrated effect of them coupled with her colour choices just makes me really excited about what she will do in the future.  At the BFC London Rocks showroom in Paris yesterday, I literally zoomed into her collection seeing as I had seen the other ppl’s collections at the shows (Todd Lynn, Louise Gray, Erdem, House of Holland etc etc).

Mary is one of the lucky few to start her own label so soon after her CSM MA collection and she’s lightened things up a bit for S/S 09.  No more double bonded jersey as the fabrics are much lighter whilst still retaining a stretch.  On parts of the dresses, light denim is sewn, which slightly casualfies the pieces, especially on the piece with a mock denim short front.  The zips are fully functional this time so you can shorten things if needs be or have purposeful slits in the dress.  What I love is the clash of colours that is always well judged and never seems wrong.  The addition of stripes makes me think that Katrantzou did a funny play on the classic breton stripe.

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Tags: Elle, London

I didn’t really have much time to walk around PROPERLY but seeing as the weather is truly gorgeous here in San Francisco, the streets actually BEG to be walked on.

I didn’t expect to buy anything 3 hours after landing here but at Crossroads Trading Co. on Fillmore Street, a $20 buy came in the form of these pink Salvatore Ferragamo shoes.  Ok, so I have only nailed ONE element of an outfit for $20…one step at a time…once I start hitting up Mission and all the thrift goodies there, we shall see what will ensue there…

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Yes, I’m lagging a bit even with short outfit posts.  I’m absolutely knackered though working 18 hour days practically, struggling with Parisian taxis (grrr…) and oh yeah, that basic function of eating due to lack of time…oh and I can no longer reveal my good deed story….twas’ a good one though…I’ll just keep that for my good karmic thoughts day….

As you can see, I didn’t feel so great yesterday… (actually feel worse today and the pic will demonstrate I’m sure…).  Outside, the Sophia Kokosalaki show…

(Vintage fuschia cape thingy, Urban Outfitters grey sweatshirt top, vintage slip dress, Sophia Malig floral leggings, floral cage skirt made by Angie Montreal, Miu Miu pink shoes).

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