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Joanne Stoker 1981


To kick off London Fashion Week, I headed to see the Joanne Stoker presentation held in a furniture store just off Denmark street. The collection was inspired by the eighties with shoes to fit the strong women of the era. 


The models wore bright eyeshadow and shoulder pads, making me feel like I'd just walked into The Carrie Diaries. It was fabulous.


You can see traces of Stoker's influences such as Yaacov Agam, Memphis design and Luis Barragan in the bright geometric shapes throughout the collection.

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John Deakin and the Lure of Soho at The Photographers' Gallery

One of the highlights of my 'Theatreland' school trip was seeing the John Deakin exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery in Soho. I was the one of the few who had a higher interest in photography than acting so I really enjoyed it. Deakin was known for his fashion photography in Vogue, portraits and captures of interesting characters in London's Soho in the 1950s and '60s. Soho is a place bursting with character, so seeing it through his eyes in such a different time period was really intriguing.  Below is my favourite photo, I love the shadows around the woman's face and the softness of it. 


Here are a few of my other favourites.







And here's a video taken from The Photographers' Gallery's website, explaining more about Deakin and the exhibition.



Overall, the exhibition was fantastic and I really loved seeing all the colourful characters John Deakin encountered throughout his life.

-Lexi xo

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Life in Film at the Borderline




On Thursday night I went to see Life in Film at the Borderline in central London. It was actually in Soho and I walked through the Soho hotel where I went to the Good results PR press day a little while ago. Whenever I'm there now I feel like a young Carrie Bradshaw, finding her way in the city and going to cool concerts and events, and then I go to school the next day and it kind of kills the buzz ^_^. But Life in Film are a really good band and we went to see them for Alice's birthday. The Borderline was a really cool venue and we were right at the front. We missed most of the opening band, The Book Club, but what I saw was pretty good. I really want to start going to more concerts and gigs because the energy of any live music is so great. Life in Film are pretty small at the moment but they sound really amazing live. I managed to pinch the set list at the end. It is ripped and was soaked in beer but it captures the atmosphere perfectly.


Here are a few of my favourite songs they played.




Have you been to any concerts recently?

-Lexi xo


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