The Talent Magazine Launch

Today I went to the exclusive Talent Magazine launch at the luxurious Mamilanji, on Kings Road, Chelsea. Having had my phone stolen on my way there meant I had to just hope the rest of the La Geneve North team would find their way there without any problems.

Fashion Editor and designer Samata Angel and the rest of the editorial team, Zara Adams (Editor), Leoni Kibbey (Film Editor) and Emily Rose (TV Presenter Editor) were on hand at the exclusive event to celebrate the launch with Channel 4 present filming.

Amongst the guests included Will.I.Am from the Black Eyed Peas, Supermodel Jessica Pain, Tim Noble, Lady Lush , Celebrity talent agent Petra from Somethin-else Sound productions (www.somethin-else.com), Nolcha director Kerry Bannigan (www.nolacha.com) and many more.

We were entertained by a wonderfully selected live PA performance and amongst the media crowd were Sky, Daily Express, Xpedia media and many more.

Overall it was a fantastic night with a fabulous crowd. The quality of the magazine was very impressive and I particularly loved the fashion section!

Look out for this fantastic magazine out in Borders, WH Smith’s, Sainsbury’s and selected news agents.

Pics from the night:

Striking a pose in front of the cover

Julie and Me

From Right: Lady Lush and friend

Kerry and Fashion Photographer Alex Leorndaht

Julie, Petra (celebrity agent) and Kerry Bannigan (Ceo of Nolcha.com)

Me and Charles Gordon of Draw UK Ltd

Me and Julie finally get a chance to sit down :)

Me and Vivienne Boateng of Dentaa's Show

About the Talent Magazine:

Created by professionals in the film, TV, Fashion and Media industries, The Talent Magazine caters to a niche market and previously under-represented collection of emerging talent. It provides as well-raised platform for these individuals to showcase their work in creative industries, alongside a base for industry professionals to connect and seek advice for upcoming projects.

A pioneer in its choice of topic, the Talent Magazine commits to promoting new talent, and with only 4 editions a year and a huge variety of distribution channels, it carefully selects material from industry professionals, information and opportunities for upcoming artists and profiles of new talent.

Flaunt Fashion Show hosted by Soiree Nights

Yesterday evening I went to the Flaunt fashion show hosted by Soiree Nights (www.soireenights.com ) which took place at the Lavish 24 venue in Kingly Street, West London.

Due to the bomb scares from the previous night I found myself running considerably late due to heavy traffic so was therefore praying the show will be fashionably late like most shows tend to be.

Despite the bomb scare, the turn out for the event was extremely good, with Fashion TV on board filming the event.

The event commenced with a Cocktail and Canapés Reception and an opportunity to mingle with those from the fashion world.

Showcasing their exclusive collections were Georgie W Couture, Alexandros Kouloumanou and Chailie Ho. Each of these fabulous collections were presented to us with great attitude, innovation and style.

Despite my hectic day the ambiance was enough to re-energize me. It was a pleasurable and entertaining fun evening overall.

Some pics from the night:

Me and Model Elena Fernendes- Face of Sparkle Jewellery have a quick catch up

From Left: La Geneve North Make-up Artist Katherine Anasa, model Elena Fernendes and friend

‘Battle of the Quants’ fashion show

Above pic: From left: Me, fashionsta Julie, model Sharika Wells

Today was a manic day and morning. It was the day of the private fashion show I was coordinating for Nolcha (www.nolcha.com) at the Park Lane Hotel in Mayfair. I was up from 6am and went through all the plans and scrolled my to-do list to ensure I had everything covered.

By 8am I started making phone calls to everyone involved who I either did not manage to get through to yesterday or had to confirm specific details with me. I already started feeling the pressure by 8.30am as the initial make-up artists we wanted to use were unable to get to the venue until 5.30pm which was far too late. I had to find a replacement so started ringing around my make-up contacts and eventually found a replacement.

I felt very confident with today's show as I had a very strong hardworking team as some of them were from La Geneve North (www.lagenevenorth.co.uk). I finally got a call from Elena, who was one of the models I had been trying to get hold off. She was ever so lovely and confirmed she would be there so that was one less of a worry.

What to wear is always a tricky and time consuming one for me as I am always so indecisive about what to wear to events!! I decided to go for my bright coloured Alice Temperely style dress with my Green leather strapped, wooden heeled sandals.

I got to the Park Lane hotel at 2pm where a few of the models from Envy Model management had already arrived and were patiently sat next to the cafe by the ballroom entrance. I directed everybody to the relevant room and set everything up etc. I gave a brief talk on everything and the show itself. The other make-up Artists soon arrived with the other models and we got cracking!! Our hair stylist for the day was La Geneve North's fabulous Latifah Jolie who previously worked for Toni and Guy. Our photographer was the wonderful Alex Leonhardt. The models were styled by designer, Georgette Williams, with the wonderful TJ Arlette at hand assisting all the way through.

Model Lucinda Hutchin’s mother got the privilege of getting a make-over by La Geneve North’s make-up artist Katherine Anasa, who used a fantastic range of Mary Kay cosmetics.

Amongst the attendees were Draw UK’s Charles Gordon and Desmond Adymekwe, Andy O (Director of soireenights.com) and Sebastian Banovic (founder of Digital Hell). It was overall a fantastic night with everyone letting their hair down at the after party!


If you would like to read more about this event, don’t miss Krysty Hazell’s fantastic article on the event which will be posted on www.lagenevenorth.co.uk

Pics from the night


Photographer Alex with Julie
Group pic time @ Park Lane Hotel
Model Sharika Wells and La Geneve North Make-up Artist, Katherine Anasa
Envy Model management model Taiwo strikes a pose

Latifah Jolie, La Geneve North hair stylist, in action

The wonderful choreographer and singer TJ Arlette strikes a pose :)

The stunning Model Elena
Model Sharika wells and tiredsome moi!!
Me and Julie strike a pose with Global Aquisitions ladies Celeste and Siobhon
Bart CEO of Global Aquisitions and myself at the show after party
Envy model management model
From left: Andy O, me, Sebastian Banovic

For more Info visit:

Nolcha – www.nolcha.com
Georgette Williams – www.houseofgeorgy.co.uk
Alex Leorhardt – www.ale-photo.com
La Geneve North – www.lagenevenorth.co.uk
Draw UK – www.myspace.com/draw_uk
Soiree Nights – www.soireenights.com
Digital Hell – www.digital-hell.co.uk
TJ Arlette - www.tjarlette.net
Mary Kay – www.marykay.co.uk

Photo shoot with Belal Ashraf

I was up at 7am today in order to set out and style a shoot for one of the most sought after up and coming fashion photographers in the Uk, Belal Ashraf.

Although our initial clown concept was put on hold due to unsuitable settings we still went ahead with the shoot. The new concept was very sexy and appealing for women. The model was Shaun, also a personal trainer and our make-up Artist for the shoot was Mildred Padilla.

We shot the shoot in a lavish studio based in the heart of Shoreditch which has rapidly established itself as the 'fashion spot'.

I was running extremely late due to the length of time I spent waiting around to collect the clothes for Shaun.

By the time I arrived everyone was set to go. We went through (with Belal, Fashion photographer) the exact looks we were going for and outfit changes we were gonna make etc. We wanted to create something sexy but not too obvious. Mildred applied soft smokey eyes to bring out Shaun's eyes and covered his body in Glycerine oil.

We got really down and let our creative juices flow, which resulted in jeans and tops being ripped and adjusted.

The shoot was great fun so time just flew by. By the time we knew it, it was 16.00 and we were absolutely starving!! We ended the shoot with some original delicious thin crust pizza's and made it home in the pouring rain but I absolutely loved it!!

For more info: Visit Belal Ashraf - www.belalashraf.com

The pics- Shaun sooo seductive

Designer Sally Osborne’s futuristic shoot

Today I had to be up at 6am as I was taking a couple of the La Geneve North models to a shoot in Islington. I travelled from West London on the freezing tube, then popped over to my parent’s home in Islington briefly to have a fry up breakfast :)

I met up one of the two models called Julie at the Highbury and Islington station at 8am. We got a phone call from the other model Sharika to say she was experiencing severe delays, therefore we made our way to the location.

Our photographer was flying out to France at 3pm so we really had to get cracking with the shoot almost immediately. Designer, Sally Osborne was at hand to assist the models and go through the looks etc and the whole inspiration behind it. I ate, chilled out and observed, which was a change for once. Usually I’m running around like a mad person ensuring there are no flaws with the styling etc as well as directing in general.

Sally’s (The designer) unique designs consisted of silver metallic futuristic designs with visible neon pink stitching. We done a few shots on Holloway road where the wind decided to attack us and my eyes literally refused to stop watering due to the cold


By 3pm we were more or less wrapped and we all said goodbye to our French photographer Lawrence who had a plane to catch.

My Grand National experience

When my friend first proposed the idea of going to the Grand National this year, I was rather hesitant in the first instance as it wasn’t somewhere I had planned to go this year. However once the thought of hat shopping came to mind I was immediately pumped with excitement. We started straight away discussing the whole subject of hats and dresses.

On the day – Saturday 14^th April 2007:

So today me and the lovely Mary Bello set off to the Grand National in Liverpool. Having being our first time to the races, in fact Liverpool in general, we spent a vast amount of time discussing and debating on what look we were going to go for. I wanted to look sophisticated with a touch of glam so opted for my plum low front dress, a cream hat and cream vintage designer shoes by Roland Cartier.

Mary had spent time shopping the day before and made a striking appearance at Euston London station, where I was patiently awaiting. She wore a gorgeous silver Reiss dress (£255) a magnificent pair of Gina shoes and a cute silver hat substitute accessory from Selfridges (£35). So off we went.

When we got to Liverpool we met our chauffer who took us to event, which was approx a 20 minute drive from Liverpool station. We had an interesting controversial discussion with our chauffer who dared to say that “Liverpool women were the most beautiful women in the UK” , knowing he had two London women in the car. However he quickly justified his statement by saying “We were exceptionally beautiful”.

In the Taxi

So once we got to the races the crowd was cheering and the first horse race was about to commence. Me and Mary quickly went to place our bets and off the horses went. The weather was extremely hot so I was thankful that my hat came in handy and was not just on my head for fashions sake but also for protection from the sun.

We did win two bets which we were chuffed about!

It terms of the fashions, it was very diverse and many women wore gowns or went for the WAG look. Brightly coloured hair accessory seemed to be a big hit.

After a long hot fun day we jumped into a taxi to Manchester airport, where me and Mary sang our favourite 80’s anthems throughout the entire journey, then from Manchester Airport got on a plane back to London.

To end the night Mary and a few friends headed off to party in Boujis whilst I made my way home to relax and prepare for another hectic day the following morning.

What a day!!

We met these two lovely ladies who’s ensembles were absolutely adored by me and Mary.

The big hats weren’t so popular, most women opted for the clip on hair accessories or miniature hats as substitutes.

This gentleman decides to borrow Mary’s silver hair accessory

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