Woke up this morning and was reminded of the Esteri collection last year and how much fun I had producing it, creating the lookbook and selling it. So I'm giving you guys a glimpse of the collection again.... on youtube!
Here goes - Esteri 2009 collection
Have a fun filled Tuesday!
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Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Thursday, 24 June 2010
ESTERI so far
At Esteri we have been really busy..... so I'm going to give you a quick update of what we have been doing.
We have a new production manager and sampler! yipeeee and its being a great experience so far working with this new team. We are working on the Esteri Spring Summer 2011 collection which I have decided to call "The First Lady" no it has nothing on Michelle Obama.... but a lot on Grace Kelly of Monaco and Jackie Onassiss... might seem cheesy to you but this is my most exciting collection so far - its Grace Kelly in 2050! all dressed up and ready to go!
Also Esteri has been involved in organising a fashion show event billed for October - 4 months away. The show called FOBOShow is being organised in collaboration with a superb event management company in London - IVATION Concepts and we feel super special to be working with them - very vibrant artsy company!
so yes together we are gonna make FOBOSHOW happen! what's foboshow about? I'll tell you in our next post and that will be soon!
I really wish I could show you what the SS2011 Collection looks like but right now its still cooking and we dont want to spoil the jaw dropping surprise effect! okay
thats all for now! we'll be back....
dont forget to join our facebook group and also follow Esteri on Twitter. We are on both networks as Esteri
Catch ya!
We have a new production manager and sampler! yipeeee and its being a great experience so far working with this new team. We are working on the Esteri Spring Summer 2011 collection which I have decided to call "The First Lady" no it has nothing on Michelle Obama.... but a lot on Grace Kelly of Monaco and Jackie Onassiss... might seem cheesy to you but this is my most exciting collection so far - its Grace Kelly in 2050! all dressed up and ready to go!
Also Esteri has been involved in organising a fashion show event billed for October - 4 months away. The show called FOBOShow is being organised in collaboration with a superb event management company in London - IVATION Concepts and we feel super special to be working with them - very vibrant artsy company!
so yes together we are gonna make FOBOSHOW happen! what's foboshow about? I'll tell you in our next post and that will be soon!
I really wish I could show you what the SS2011 Collection looks like but right now its still cooking and we dont want to spoil the jaw dropping surprise effect! okay
thats all for now! we'll be back....
dont forget to join our facebook group and also follow Esteri on Twitter. We are on both networks as Esteri
Catch ya!
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
Fashion Fabric Show and Sample Collections
Today, The London Textile Forum started its exclusive fashion fabric show. Now this show has been described as one of London's most exclusive fashion fabric show, and is aimed at designers, small to medium sized manufacturers, dressmakers and retail fabric specialists looking for high quality fashion fabrics from UK and European mills.
Yours truly was there to gain inspiration for my Spring/Summer 2011 designs and probably find a fabric to blow me out of the waters....
There were about 20 exhibitors from the UK and Europe, there were a number of Swizz companies. The Exhibitors all offered small minimums (10 metres and 15 metres.... Basinghall UK offered its habutae fabric "good for linings and dresses" at 25 metres minimum but as far as I could see, most of the others did a 10metre and 15 metre minimum.
There were an assortment of knitted jerseys, wools and silks, embroidered and print satins, leathers and cotton, bridal accessories, linings and trims.....
i fell in love over and over again with two silk fabrics from Henry Bertrand and a gorgeous ivory polyester tafetta from Forster Rohner.... all in all ... it was a fruitful experience!
I feel newly inspired to produce my Spring/Summer 2011 sample collection....sometimes i think the fabric you use for your collection can really make or break you.... am i alone in this thought?
I loved it! and might go back tomorrow again!
Its a two day show! so if you can still make it run off and give it a go!
Yours truly was there to gain inspiration for my Spring/Summer 2011 designs and probably find a fabric to blow me out of the waters....
There were about 20 exhibitors from the UK and Europe, there were a number of Swizz companies. The Exhibitors all offered small minimums (10 metres and 15 metres.... Basinghall UK offered its habutae fabric "good for linings and dresses" at 25 metres minimum but as far as I could see, most of the others did a 10metre and 15 metre minimum.
There were an assortment of knitted jerseys, wools and silks, embroidered and print satins, leathers and cotton, bridal accessories, linings and trims.....
i fell in love over and over again with two silk fabrics from Henry Bertrand and a gorgeous ivory polyester tafetta from Forster Rohner.... all in all ... it was a fruitful experience!
I feel newly inspired to produce my Spring/Summer 2011 sample collection....sometimes i think the fabric you use for your collection can really make or break you.... am i alone in this thought?
I loved it! and might go back tomorrow again!
Its a two day show! so if you can still make it run off and give it a go!
Thursday, 25 February 2010
The London Fashion Week
The exciting London Fashion Week A/W season has come again bringing with it one whole week (18th february - 24th february) of fabulousness...intense creativity and extravagant fashion...I dont know about you, but the LFW is one week I'm always eager to see come, wish it wont end and when its done... i heave a sigh of relief and then start another wait for the next fashion week in Autumn!
The Jalouse LFW closing show yesterday was as awesome as I imagined it would be with Angy Morton, Anh Tuan and Lida O' Reilly strutting their stuff....it was a case of style hanging out! shades of blue and green, fuschia pink and black were some of the colours that featured strongly in yesterday's show
Angy Morton with his football jersey gowns still managed to pass across that dreamy sense of fantasy.... butterflies and fairies and shakesperean thoughts....
Lida blew my mind.... with those awesome gowns... i could practically feel the intensity of her creativity and hard work in the lines of those gowns.... Anh Tuan leaves you wanting to wear black all the days of your life... i have a few pictures to show you... forgot my camera at home in my excitement and had to make do with my phone!
hope you catch the beauty and the complete enchantment in these pieces
The Jalouse LFW closing show yesterday was as awesome as I imagined it would be with Angy Morton, Anh Tuan and Lida O' Reilly strutting their stuff....it was a case of style hanging out! shades of blue and green, fuschia pink and black were some of the colours that featured strongly in yesterday's show
Angy Morton with his football jersey gowns still managed to pass across that dreamy sense of fantasy.... butterflies and fairies and shakesperean thoughts....
Lida blew my mind.... with those awesome gowns... i could practically feel the intensity of her creativity and hard work in the lines of those gowns.... Anh Tuan leaves you wanting to wear black all the days of your life... i have a few pictures to show you... forgot my camera at home in my excitement and had to make do with my phone!
hope you catch the beauty and the complete enchantment in these pieces
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
How to be Beautiful - tips
I'm starting off here with a few tips on getting your fashion right...it really is possible to be fashionably gorgeous! i call it being fashigeous which was initially going to be the name of this blog... but now i have decided to just call it what i do best...fashion patrol...
Still i'm bringing you a few tips on being fashionbly gorgeous so here goes
1. When you go shopping for clothes make sure you get something that suits your figure and flatters your shape... get classic pieces and my rule of thumb is that if you have to ask a second opinion about it – it aint hawt! Buy only things you absolutely love and can already imagine atleast 2 things to pair it with in your wardrobe
2. Buy fashion magazines… and check out what the models are wearing…the hair dos, make up… you can keep the hot trends in mind that way… you might not want to follow them every inch of the way but you know what is going on and they will help your creative juices flow…
3. Cute clothes are great… be stylish and adventurous when shopping for your clothes… stop filling your wardrobe with black under the pretext that it’s a safe colour that goes with everything… we have tried to get you to try other colours with all the “purple is the new black” “green is the new black” fads and seriously the idea is that ‘there are other colours out there other than black’
4. Wear bright colors - Like I said before… black is not the only colour out there, now take it further and wear bright colours, it will most likely give you some confidence.. so go after the pinks, yellows, turquoise blues and printed pieces… they will put a spring in your steps…
5. Pay attention to your hair – woven, braided, straighten, curled, coloured…. Anything…. as long as it’s impeccable… and there are all kinds of cute accessories out there like headbands and ribbons to help you! Dirty hair and hair flying around is not cool and even though coloured hair is great, four or five colours is not! The fashion patroller is big on hair… horrible hair will ruin the best of outfits.
6. Beauty exists in all shapes and colors….Exaggerate your best parts….you don’t have to have best everthing to be gorgeous… but if you have gorgeous eyes, show them with eyeshadow and liner… if your hair is gorgeous…. Black… long wavy… show it! If its your nails or legs, teeth or lips the list of best parts is endless… play yours up… and if you are struggling with the fact that nothing about you is beautiful, then you are wrong… ask a girlfriend or male friend what your prettiest feature is… someone trying to get into your pants doesn’t count in this survey
7. Exercise- yes that dreaded word…. Sit ups, legs up, jogging, skipping…. Do something… you could join a gym or buy an exercise video and work out at home. If doing it alone is boring, get your friends together and exercise together…. It will encourage all of you and the idea of an ‘Exercise Thursday’ with the girls is fab… seriously… everybody can’t have a gorgeous face but EVERYBODY can have a gorgeous body!
8. Watch what you eat! … Don’t starve but honestly cakes, chocolates and ice cream do not help your skin, waist or nothing… so don’t indulge so much. Eat a healthy diet with plenty of vegetables, protein, fruit, moderate carbohydrates and drink plenty of water.
9. Smile – perfect and radiate a bright gorgeous smile. Say hello with a bright go lucky smile
10. Finally a gorgeous attitude beats anything else so - Be Gorgeous with Attitude. Be kind, considerate, polite and respectful whenever possible. And if you remember that someone’s got it worse than you ever can, you have every reason to stay positive!
Still i'm bringing you a few tips on being fashionbly gorgeous so here goes
1. When you go shopping for clothes make sure you get something that suits your figure and flatters your shape... get classic pieces and my rule of thumb is that if you have to ask a second opinion about it – it aint hawt! Buy only things you absolutely love and can already imagine atleast 2 things to pair it with in your wardrobe
2. Buy fashion magazines… and check out what the models are wearing…the hair dos, make up… you can keep the hot trends in mind that way… you might not want to follow them every inch of the way but you know what is going on and they will help your creative juices flow…
3. Cute clothes are great… be stylish and adventurous when shopping for your clothes… stop filling your wardrobe with black under the pretext that it’s a safe colour that goes with everything… we have tried to get you to try other colours with all the “purple is the new black” “green is the new black” fads and seriously the idea is that ‘there are other colours out there other than black’
4. Wear bright colors - Like I said before… black is not the only colour out there, now take it further and wear bright colours, it will most likely give you some confidence.. so go after the pinks, yellows, turquoise blues and printed pieces… they will put a spring in your steps…
5. Pay attention to your hair – woven, braided, straighten, curled, coloured…. Anything…. as long as it’s impeccable… and there are all kinds of cute accessories out there like headbands and ribbons to help you! Dirty hair and hair flying around is not cool and even though coloured hair is great, four or five colours is not! The fashion patroller is big on hair… horrible hair will ruin the best of outfits.
6. Beauty exists in all shapes and colors….Exaggerate your best parts….you don’t have to have best everthing to be gorgeous… but if you have gorgeous eyes, show them with eyeshadow and liner… if your hair is gorgeous…. Black… long wavy… show it! If its your nails or legs, teeth or lips the list of best parts is endless… play yours up… and if you are struggling with the fact that nothing about you is beautiful, then you are wrong… ask a girlfriend or male friend what your prettiest feature is… someone trying to get into your pants doesn’t count in this survey
7. Exercise- yes that dreaded word…. Sit ups, legs up, jogging, skipping…. Do something… you could join a gym or buy an exercise video and work out at home. If doing it alone is boring, get your friends together and exercise together…. It will encourage all of you and the idea of an ‘Exercise Thursday’ with the girls is fab… seriously… everybody can’t have a gorgeous face but EVERYBODY can have a gorgeous body!
8. Watch what you eat! … Don’t starve but honestly cakes, chocolates and ice cream do not help your skin, waist or nothing… so don’t indulge so much. Eat a healthy diet with plenty of vegetables, protein, fruit, moderate carbohydrates and drink plenty of water.
9. Smile – perfect and radiate a bright gorgeous smile. Say hello with a bright go lucky smile
10. Finally a gorgeous attitude beats anything else so - Be Gorgeous with Attitude. Be kind, considerate, polite and respectful whenever possible. And if you remember that someone’s got it worse than you ever can, you have every reason to stay positive!
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