People behind the brands no. 7

Alice is here, to share her amazing hard working talent...

Alice Tibble Women's Wear Designer

I worked with Alice for a short time, and I miss her dearly. She is a pleasure to work with, and she works really hard and long hours to show her overlooked talent!
She also lived and worked in New York for luxury designers such as Catherine Malandrino and Calvin Klein.


Alice knows, what she wants, when she designs and this is key, and why I adore her!


We had dinner at Polpo in Soho and caught up. This is what Alice said:




1. Where do you work?
- Reiss
 
 2. What do you do?
- Women's wear design

3. What do you love to wear?
- Depends on the day- I generally just love that I have a choice


 4. What is your favourite shop?
- Acne Town House


 5. What is your best travel memory?
- Oh- I have the worst memory- I love travelling, so they are all the best really! 
Maybe the first time I went to New York, as it ended up changing my life
 
 6. What is you favourite colour?
  - This changes- I like more combinations of colours. At the moment I really like washed out or sun bleached shades!
 
 7. What would you like to be remember ed for?
- Being a good person! Whatever that means!

8. What is your favourite drink and food?
- Aperol spritz for a drink and any pasta

9. Where is your next travel destination?
- Tuscany

10. Will you always work in fashion?
- Yes


11. What is your favourite style?
- Relaxed?!!!

Thank you Alice, you are great and can't wait to follow your new designs...




Enjoy,


Pernille

Helmut Lang blazer for Paris

Paris style outfits...

This is my first trip to Paris in the summertime, and I can't wait to feel and enjoy the city in July!

My outfits for the 3 days have been decided and here they are:

Day 1

Daytime for travelling to Paris, T shirt from Zoe Karssen, Black leggings from American Apparel, Nike trainers, Black blazer from Helmut Lang. Tote bag from Vanessa Bruno

Evening, Classic Black long dress from Ghost and Black Jonathan Kelsey sandals, Helmut Lang blazer, small clutch from Vanessa Bruno

Day 2

Daytime for shopping, Pink jeans from Current Elliot, White T shirt from Noir, Gap sandals, shoulder bag from Isabelle Marant!

Evening, same jeans with my Black  cashmere halterneck from Noir, Black sandals from Jonathan Kelsey, same belt and bag as for daytime above

Day 3

Daytime, Grey print T shirt from Baum and Pherdgarten, Shorts from Cos, Gap sandals.

Paris here we come!

Enjoy,

Pernille

Net a Porter T shirt for Paris trip

Perfect T-shirt for Paris...

I have already started putting my wardrobe together for my weekend to Paris. Yesterday I received a package which was a T shirt, that I ordered from Net a Porter!

I love the wrapping from them, even though it was on final sale, it still came nicely wrapped with a sticker and a thank you card!

Now this is clever customer service! I took a few pictures to show you.. they really make you feel like a lucky girl at Christmas...How can you not keep ordering from this site! 

The T shirt is perfect for Paris. It's from Zoe Karssen, and I will show it to you soon!

Enjoy,

Pernille

More people behind the brands no. 6

Here is the Clooney beard Group Head Art director!

John Walters

John not only has a great creative talent! He is also a great friend. His designs show off his impressive mind and skills!

Recently John was one of the first in London to create a Spiderman game, where the consumer must use their own smartphone to control and play with! Check it out it's a crazy and fun way to experience advertising, " John's Spiderman game". This is what John said:

1. Where do you work?

- Spinaker Direct

2. What do you do?

- Group Head Art Director

3. What do you love to wear?

- Converse trainers

4. What is your favourite shop?

- Monmouth Coffee in Bourough Market

5. What is your best travel memory?

- Seeing the Pacific Ocean and the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time

6. What is you favourite colour?

- Dark Purple

7. What would you like to be remembered for?

- Being a nice person

8. What is your favourite drink and food?

- Coffee and Thai style papaya salad

9. Where is your next travel destination?

- South east Asia

10. Will you always work in advertising?

- Who knows, as long as they will have me!

11. What is your favourite design?

- The London Underground tube map

John, you and your Clooney beard is just perfect, what will you bring us next in advertising!!!

Enjoy,

Pernille

James Rhodes my new hero

I almost have a crush on him!

I have always been a fan of classical music but never imagined to meet anyone like him! What a talent. His life story is also proof, that we all walk around with secret dreams of doing something special in our lives, and that it's never too late to follow your dreams! 

James Rhodes have really taken classical music to a new and different level and for 10 years he walked around thinking his musical talent wasn't good enough!!!

I love his story telling about the composers before he starts playing, or should I say gossip. He really knows the juicy stuff about all these geniuses. Watching James play the piano not only shows his enormous talent, but he also brings the stiff attitude of classical music down a notch, and because of his style, he is a classical rock star showing us his tattoos.

BBC interview with James

I think, he is adorable and fascinating, and I do hope to go and see him in concert one day.

One performance that I love to watch again and again is James playing Felix Blumenfeld's "Etude for left hand no. 36". I still can't believe the sound in my ears knowing it's played with only one hand!

Success is your own creation!

Enjoy,

Pernille

Antique shopping

I love old and charming stuff...

Antique shopping is a passion for me, and I can't travel anywhere before I look for something old and charming to bring back home! Here is a small selection, of what I have collected over the years from some of the best places.

One of my favourite antique shops in London is called Marshall Gallery and it's located in Brook Green on  Masbro Road, right down the street from a great London pub called the Havelock Tavern! I can strongly recommend to enjoy a meal at the pub after looking at antiques...

I recently got these Pink French antique kitchen storage jars there. They are perfect for my little rustic cottage kitchen!

I can also recommend the small antique shop inside Liberty in the furniture department. Here I bought my favourite Ball glass jars, which I had in New York before, but the wind made the curtains smash them from my windowsill! I was really pleased to be reunited with them, when I found them again at Liberty! They look adorable on the bathroom windowsill storing q-tips and cotton balls!

New York Flea markets are also great for cool and fun things. I have to admit that my favourite collected items from NYC was found on the street! Yes on the street, they are now fully cleaned and are safe in their new home! One of my street finds are these Blue glass seltzer bottles! I feel very lucky to have found them!

When I was in Copenhagen in May I found these Gold edge glasses which are perfect for a Martini or Champagne. They were £10 for 9 glasses, and I couldn't help thinking their charm would fit right in my house! I found them at a charity shop called Frelsens haer...

Portobello Road also offers lots of great things, these two wooden letter rubber stamps are just too adorable. I got them just outside one of the antique shops on Portobello Road for £3.00. I want to use them to make party invitations one day!

I love books and only have a few antique book and Magazines. These books I found in a shop, on the top end of Portobello Road by the tube station. The book stoppers are from Bruges, when we walked a long one of the canals and found a small antique market.

I'm not sure when to call something antique, 2nd hand or old! All I really look for is, that if it has charm, and if it fits in my house.




I will love it no matter what! As long as it has charm!

Enjoy,

Pernille

People behind the brand no. 5

The Young generation keeps on moving...

Georgie Davies Fabric Development Assistant

She stylishly got her first job with a fantastic brand just after graduating last year! It's an achievement to find a job in London just after finishing college, and to land up with a high end designer is just fantastic! Well done Georgie...

Georgie is adorable, and I'm a big fan of her hard work and creativity. She is also my British translator and support, when I'm lost in the British culture! I got stock on the lunch menu when reading "Bubbles and squeak"!! Who would have known it's stir fried left over roast and vegetables! In Denmark we call is "Biksemad"!

We met up in the lovely town in Kent called Westerham for lunch. This is what Georgie had said:

1. Where do you work?
- Issa London

2. What do you do?
- Fabric development assistant

3. What do you love to wear?
- Little floaty dresses and cardigans

4. What is your favourite shop?
- Zara

5. What is your best travel memory?
- Morocco with my best friends

6. What is you favourite colour?
- Blue

7. What would you like to be remembered for?
- Being fun and caring

8. What is your favourite drink and food?
- Mojito and Duck breast in lavender honey

9. Where is your next travel destination?
- Gloucestershire

10. Will you always work in fashion?
- Yes

11. What is your favourite style?
- Vintage and modern

After the interview, we had a little walk around the village green, and unfortunately we struggled to find the best light to take her picture. The summer weather is just not with us at all!

My interview was great, sweet and British, just like Georgie.

Enjoy,

Pernille

Jil Sander comeback

She is back...

My final project from the Royal Guild's College in Copenhagen in 1996 was a study about Jil Sander, and her amazing designs. I compared her silhouettes then, to the iconic sculptures from Giacometti.


Here is my Jil Sander "mix tape" photo album, with iconic campaign pictures from 1995 and 1996 used in my final project. This takes me back to Copenhagen being a young woman with fashion dreams...


 

I can't wait to see the new Jil Sander collection in September 2012, hopefully the famous silhouette is back... 

Enjoy,

Pernille