Beads of Babylon: March 2011

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Kate Moss Covers Harper's Bazaar in McQueen.

Kate Moss covers the May issue of Harper's Bazaar in Alexander McQueen.

Image: harper'sbazaar.co.uk

Monday, March 28, 2011

HauteMuse, MatchesFashion & Iman Pasha-Designer's Shopping Event.

Saturday 26th March witnessed the second HauteMuse Magazine's Designer Shopping event in collaboration with fabulous Iman Pasha & MatchesFashion of London. Hosted in the glamourous Le Crillon Ballroom of La Cigla Hotel-Doha, Qatar became home to four incredibly talented, contemporary London based designers. Mary Katrantzou, Jonathan Saunders, Roksanda Ilincic and Holly Fulton showcased their Autumn/ Winter 2011 collections to V.I.P guests and Qatari royalty.

It was such a pleasure to attend this event considering Celine, YSL & Christopher Kane were hung around every corner! I also got to meet and talk to all the designers, and they were such a delight! It really is amazing when you meet people you look up to, and find so incredibly inspirational.

Mary Katrantzou, Jonathan Saunders, Roksanda Ilincic and Holly Fulton are some of my favourite London based designers and getting to chat with each of them about their collections really was a dream come true! I wont keep you waiting any longer, here are the pictures from the dazzling night!

Jonathan Saunders & Myself.

Holly Fulton & Myself.

Mary Katrantzou & Myself.

Roksanda Ilincic & Myself.

Holly Fulton & Iman Pasha wearing Holly Fulton.

Iman Pasha, Dana Abdelhadi & Hind Dahmash of Expose Communications.

Dana Abdelhadi & Lama El-Moatassem (Design Director of Toujouri)

Iman Pasha, Sara & Afrah Bouhamra with guest.

Matches Fashion Team

Me at the event.

Images courtesy of Iman Pasha Fashion Consultancy & (Maryam Al Rasheed) Haute Muse Magazine.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Lady Gaga For I.D Magazine.

Lady Gaga on the cover of "The Exhibitionist" Issue of I.D Magazine shot by the brilliant Mariano Vivanco and styled by Nicola Formichetti. I'm a big Vivanco fan, I loved some of his earlier work for turkish Vogue and Dolce & Gabanna, so It's so great to have him shoot such an influential celebrity for I.D Magazine.

Bill Cunningham New York!

Bill Cunningham is a legendary photographer and I was so excited when I heard about this documentary! It was released two days ago in the United States, SO it will probably take a while till it makes its way down to the middle east but I really can't wait to see it! Check out the trailer below. This is one you won't want to miss trust me!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Karl Lagerfeld for Diet Coke Round Two.

Karl Lagerfeld collaborates with Diet Coke once again to bring us three fabulously remarkable bottle designs this coming summer. They will be available in stores starting June 2011. Make sure you get yourself one, they're definitely worth keeping!

HauteMuse & MatchesFashion Designer's Shopping Event.

HauteMuse Magazine's Designer Shopping event in collaboration with the beautiful Iman Pasha & MatchesFashion of London is only two days away! Very excited about meeting the wonderfully talented London Based designers. Doha is getting it's Fashion Party on once again, I really can't wait to see the collections MatchesFashion have in store for us this time around!

To find out more about the event Click Here.

To SEE COVERAGE OF THE EVENT CLICK HERE.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

How Many Shoes Have You Got In Your Closet?

Net-a-porter goes around this week to ask the likes of Leighton Meester and Giovanna Battaglia how many shoes they've got in their closets! I always recommend a dose of shoe retail therapy. Could a girl really have too many pairs of shoes? :)

To Check out this season's hottest shoes Click Here.

Keira Knightley for Chanel: COCO MADEMOISELLE Ad Campaign & Video!

The talented Ms Keira Knightley stars in her second ad campaign for Coco Mademoiselle shot by Mario Testino.
Check out this sensational short film with Keira Knightley and Alberto Ammann. Directed by Joe Wright with "It's a man's man's man's world" performed by Joss Stone in the background it sure blew me away!

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

YSL Spring/Summer 2011 Campaign Video!

It's here and it's nothing short of extraordinary! Filmed by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, featuring the brilliant Arizona Muse. Check it out!

Spring/ Summer 2011 Trends: Cinched Waistline.

A cinched waistline is all the rave this season. I'm a big fan of this look because I really believe it accentuates femininity. Definitely a season must-have girls, so make sure your closets don't go without a cinched waistline!

Victoria Beckham Chloe

Dolce&Gabanna Erdem

Fendi

Gucci

Lanvin

Julien Mcdonald Marc Jacobs

Oscar De la Renta

images:catwalking.com

Sunglasses for Spring-Summer 2011!

Spring is finally here and summer is going to come knocking soon! The sun is shining bright so we're going to need some fabulous shades for this season. Here are some of my favourite picks from the latest designer shades!