Busy Bees

On Thursday we had some assignments due and presentations. Yes we actually do school work here its not all palaces and adventures all the time. After class we all went to visit E.K.A a really cute boutique in Notting Hill. She carries brands that are not usually carried in the UK so it was interesting to see. She also had a very cute dog which made the visit that much better. Next we went to the Lipsy store at Westfield for a tour of the store. It was a quick stop, but it was nice to see what we had already learned at the Lipsy headquarters in action.
While we were at the mall we stopped by the champagne bar that they had out in the middle of the mall. It was silly, but fun. We had champagne and strawberries, and I had to refrain from singing the strawberries and champagne song. We had an early night and went to bed since Lainey and I still have the plague.

Friday morning we all met up and went out to Spitafields Market for Fashion Fridays.



The bunny statues were on our way to the market. I love them. I think this balloon dress was the highlight of the market for me haha.



We had a break for lunch and then all headed over to the Tate Modern.



We were on the south side of the river, which was damaged by all of the bombings during WWII. It was sad to see because all of the buildings on that side of the river were all very new and futuristic looking. I prefer the old stone buildings. We also walked past this:



Yes I am a complete Harry Potter nerd.

The Tate was nice, and we spent a little while there looking around at the various exhibits. It was very busy so that made it a little harder to navigate. After the Tate we went through the Borough Market which was really fun. We even managed to find some vegan savory pies. They turned out to be gross, but we were excited about them at the time.







And I got a pretzel as big as my head.



After scarfing down my pretzel we went over to the Zandra Rhodes fashion and textile museum where Tommy Nutters work was on display.







The exhibit was set up to look like Savile Row and it was very fun. Various celebrities let them borrow their pieces for the exhibit. We had a little time after the museum to walk around. Lainey and I found a very cute pet store that had couture dog collars and leashes. I of course found something for the dog and the cats there.

Next we had the privledge of speaking with Ben Scholten. It was amazing. He went over the different fabrics and prints that they have done, and explained how they let the fabric tell them what to do not the other way around.





Ben then began to show us some of the vintage samples that were there.





Then he told us that we got to try them on!



Haha yeah that is me wearing a vintage Zandra Rhodes sample with a wolfman t-shirt on haha The top was completely transparent so I was just keeping things G rated. We had so much fun there no one wanted to leave. But we had to. We had a roomies night in. Katy Chelsea Lainey and I all stayed up way too late.