Providing a platform for emerging UK designers and musicians to showcase their creations

Providing a platform for emerging UK designers and musicians to showcase their creations
May 25th will see the re-launch of the monthly fashion and music event brought to you by La Geneve North ( www.lagenevenorth.co.uk )and Fat Talent ( www.fattalent.com )
This informal fashion and music event enables you to experience Fat Talent's best live acts perform and a fashion show put together by the La Geneve North Team.

The aim of the monthly shows are to ‘Celebrate the fusion of fashion and music’ by combining the two into one spectacular informal evening. The night consists of live entertainment and a fashion show destined to support the UK’s best emerging talents. With a diverse crowd of passionate music and fashion enthusiast in attendance, designers with edge are ensured to reach their hard-to-reach target customers. Aspiring and emerging designers are given the opportunity to showcase their designs to a crowd of music and fashion enthusiast at the renowned creative Arts venue 'Inn on the Green'. Just a stone throw away from Portobello, so be expected to mingle with a cosmopolitan crowd

“The Inn on the Green is a restaurant and bar that also boasts an impressive reputation for showcasing the very best in creative arts. Serving up live music, performing arts and one off events, the Inn on the Green is west London’s liveliest live venue”

La Geneve North editor in chief, Yolande explains “We aim to present the audience with an entertaining evening in a relaxed environment where up and coming designers can showcase their works. As an up and coming designer we know how difficult it is for them to gain greater exposure for their creations so we do our part in trying to make this happen by bridging this gap.”

As well as designers gaining greater exposure for their collections to a savvy crowd of fashion and music enthusiasts. They will also get the opportunity to be interviewed by one of the writers from La Geneve North online ( www.lagenevenorth.co.uk) , for it to appear on their website and monthly newsletter which boasts an international subscription list of 19-35 year olds.

Fat Talent and La Geneve North believe in offering the best up and coming artists in fashion and music, a platform to show off their talents in a relaxed environment.

For more information please visit: www.lagenevenorth.co.uk
www.fattalent.com

If you are a designer and would like to showcase your designs at one of our events please email: latifah@lagenevenorth.co.uk for an information pack.

If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities or stall opportunities please email: info@lagenevenorth.co.uk

Aspiring fashion photographers, Make-up Artists, stylists and general work experience are also welcome to apply. Please email info@lagenevenorth.co.uk

Show start time: 19.30Venue Address: Inn on the Green, 3-5 Thorpe Close, London W10 5XL

Nearest Tube: Ladbroke Grove

Nearest Train Station: Kensal Green

Map: http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=524324&y=181417&z=0&sv=W10+5XL&st=2&pc=W10+5XL&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

Tickets: £5 on the doorContact: info@lagenevenorth.co.uk

Seriously…do you like?

So I bought these shoes (well I think they can be classed as that?? ) recently and finally wore them the other day.

I bought them from a small shoe shop in Camden which imports designer look a-like shoes from Hong Kong.

It appears my friends and family seem to enjoy referring to them as “Interesting”, I’m not quite convinced by that description that they like them but I certainly do :)

They’re so, so comfy too :)

So what do you think of them?

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Chanel Shades+Christian Dior shades + Sunshine = Yolande

OMG I am so loving the recent weather. Seriously I’m all smiles everyday when the sun is out, I mean I’m a smiley person in general and it’s ten times more when the “Sun is shining…weather is sweet” (K, K enough of my singing there)

But today was a lovely day in general. I spent my morning/afternoon at 4 Seasons Shop boutique which is also where my fashion card collection is sold so if you’re ever in the area on the weekend feel free to pop in and say hello :)

My friend Julie then came to meet me and absolutely fell in love with the shop. She ended finding some amazing jewellery pieces which I didn’t even spot and I have a serious eye for exquisitely chic things (lol).

You can view some of 4 Seasons Shop’s amazing jewellery pieces at www.4seasonsshop.co.uk . It has’nt got everything on there as things come and go so quickly and sometimes sell out completely so it’s def worth coming down and having a browse.

We then headed straight to the park after Julie’s shop.

I get really bad hay fever so I try and ensure I wear shades at all times when I’m in the park. Today I wore my black large framed Chanel shades.

Below pic: Me in my Chanel shades (sorry the pic is a bit blurry...we were zooming in the car)

My friend Julie wore her amazingly beautiful new Christian Dior shades which I so want!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No seriously these shades are a must.

Below pic: Julie in her adorable Christian Dior Shades

The rest of the day was spent chilllaxin with a bunch of lovely laydeeeeeeess

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Kingly Court, Strada and Usher ...

Today was another beautiful and sunny day in good old England. I managed to sit in Kingly Court without going to Traffic People ( I honestly love that shop!!) I did however somehow end up in Marshmallow Mountain. If you are ever in the area its def work a quick pop in, they have some amazing unique pieces!!! I will try to post some pics of some of the great clothing and footwear I have bought from there.

After Kingly Court we headed down to Strada for a meal and I had the most amazing pasta!!!

I was exhausted after Strada so decided it was home time…then I remembered a few friends I haven’t seen were in the area. I met up with Albie and Daryl and a few others outside Paper Night Club.

My friend Albie is just so stylish! Check out his blog @ http://albieespinola.blogspot.com

They somehow twisted my arm and insisted I have a drink with them in paper before I head home, so I did and by the time I knew it Usher came into the club singing happy Birthday.

I so was not expecting it guys so my camera was not at hand. I managed to get the below shot but missed Usher. My friend got a load of great shots so I will post some of her ones when I get them.

Below pic: Damn just missed Usher in the shot

The girls have spotted him :)

Girls jus wanna have fun!!

Sanaa really getting into the groove…by the way she is an amazing architect ( www.j-jila.com )

Blue is my fave colour at the moment so I had to snap up this girl’s cute blue dress!!

Below pic: I have fallen for these mini chandeliers

Basically Usher got paid £500,000 to perform by businessman Andrew Williams. It was Andrew’s surprise and birthday present to his girlfriend Katie Teague.

Katie also had a cake at hand for her as Usher sang her Happy Birthday. This cake was like the biggest cake I have ever seen!!! It was incredible!!! Also amongst the celebrities were Pete Doherty.

Usher’s wife, Tameka, later joined them in the V.I.P section where they partied until 2am!!! By which time I was on my journey home falling asleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Moving house…new art collection etc etc

So it’s been pretty mad recently ( I know what’s new? lol)

I moved out of Islington which I really miss :( I’ve lived there more or less all my life so I guess it was time for a change :)

Moving house is always so stressful and also you get to see how much junk you really own. My new place is much smaller and I need to fit the equivalent of 4 wardrobes ( from my old double room) into two wardrobes in a single room. This has proved challenging but also got my creative juices flowing.

I had a whole chest of draws full of jewellery in my own room which is no longer feasible in my new room due to space. So in order to save space I put together this hanging jewellery board, which I made myself. All I do is hang the Jewellery onto the board meaning I have free draw space (yay!). I bought the floral b/w paper from Paper Chase and it goes so well with the rest of the room which I’m really chuffed about.

Below pic: My Jewellery Board! I love it!!!

So whilst moving house and all that good stuff I also sketched together a new fashion art collection. All my illustrations are transferred onto greeting cards which can be purchased via my art website www.lovegenevieve.co.uk . My new designs are really something different. It has a pop arty feel to it. You’ll totally love it.

My greeting card range will also be available to purchase in Brick Lane beginning of June so I’ll keep you posted. At present you can buy them at 4 Seasons Shop in Islington ( www.4seasonsshop.co.uk )

Below: One of my recent illustrations all done by hand.

Now I better get back to my emails as I have so many to reply to…

Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Joe Blake - The sexy, chic urban label i'm Loving!!!

I came across the label Joe Blake recently and absolutely love their creations!!

I caught up with the designer behind this amazing emerging label, Joanna Blake, to find out more in this brief interview…

How long have you been designing?

10 years

Do you come from a fashion background?

YES, I went to London College of Fashion

Tell me us a bit about your current collection?

Sexy, sassy, urban funk full of luscious tops and dresses that can be worn to bars and clubs and socializing.

What advice would you give to other aspiring designers?

Work very hard and keep striving.

Where can people purchase your clothing from?

www.joeblake.co.uk

Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?

Owning a renowned fashion label.

Don't forget to check her out guys at www.joeblake.co.uk

See you untill next time
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Aces and Volume Magazine Party

Today was a long yet exciting day as I commenced my day at Brunel University doing talks on fashion and business (on behalf of Aces) to a classroom of young ambitious youths who most definitely pleasantly surprised me. Working as my other team member was the wonderful director of the well renowned G Force Productions who showed an amazing clip of his event last year. I recall going to my first G-Force event in West London whilst I was at University studying journalism and freelancing as a writer to interview American Artists and British dance group Flawless. I will never forget how amazed and exciting this event was, I was so amazed I just wanted to watch the whole show.

I will post up the pics from the workshops when I get them :)

The Evening

On my way back from Brunel University I stopped off by one of my favourite, favourite stores in the world…yes Borders on Oxford Circus. Being an art and magazine junkie means I feel the need to browse through every new art book or arty magazine. I am working on a new art collection so it is always also an inspiring experience.

Later I headed off to Holborn for the Volume magazine launch party. As tired as I was the eclectic crowd kept me awake. There was an amazing band playing but I did not catch their name as I was too busy adoring everyone’s fashions.

I bumped into designer Kali Arulpragasm, designer and director of Superfertile jewellery collection. I must say her unique pieces of supersized jewellery were so striking it instantly caught my eye. You can also check out her edgy designs in the new edition of Volume magazine and on her website (http://www.superfertile.com/ )

Pics:

Above Pic: Supertile Necklace

Below Pic: The designer wearing one of her jewellery creations

Above pic: Daryl Rita and the amazing photographer Jessica Bonham, also featured in this month's Volume Magazine

Links:

http://www.myspace.com/volumemagazinelondon
http://www.akalondon.com/art/
http://www.superfertile.com/
http://www.jessbonham.co.uk/