L(ove)FW SS11: Things that made me smile...

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Jim Goldstein's presence, everywhere! Here's a close-up on his Galliano jacket...

The hats at Margaret Howell and every editor on the front row holding on to their cup of coffee...

The natural ease in everything Margaret Howell touches...

The summery floral print that jumps up and says, 'wear me!' at L'Agence...

And stripes! You gotta have stripes with florals...

The entire Emilio de la Morena show and especially the little cutout details at the back...

And the shoes! Oh, the shoes. Thank you, Charlotte Olympia....

The hair at Charles Anastase that remind me of a girl called Valentine...

The backdrop at Matthew Williamson even though we had to drive to Battersea Power Station for it...

Blurry, sure, but Valentine's bright red shoes manage to still shine through, no?

The precision in the cut and vision in J. JS Lee's collection and the fun window at her NewGen shed...

The popcorn at Orla Kiely's presentation that I then spilled all over the backseat of our Merc...

All images by myself.

L(ove)FW SS11: Things that made me smile...

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Acne's choice of venue for their show, Princess Margaret's apartment in Kensington Palace...

And the band that entertained us outside...

Mr Galliano at the Fashion Fringe show...

The interior of Antonio Berardi's venue and observing the model walk-through before the show with Antonio, Sophia Neophitou and Gucci Westman alongside Sasha in a moment of perfect serendipity...

Mama Dellal and Charlotte together at Emilio de la Morena...

The backstage tent for Erdem at Bedford Square Gardens...

And the tent where the sublime show took place...

The bags by The Fantastic Ms Hillier for the Gorgeous Mr Holland...

and there's so much more...

L(ove)FW SS11: Shiny and new!

With London Fashion Week over and done with, and the chatter from Milan over the brilliance that was Prada and Jil Sander beginning to fade in the eve of Paris Fashion Week, I think it's a good time as any to reflect on what caught my eye over the who-you're-calling-crazy five days of LFW. Like a magpie, I was drawn to shiny, sparkly, gorgeous little things to collect and treasure and two jewellery labels in particular stood out for me.

Alex Monroe I was, and I imagine you already are, familiar with so it was lovely to walk through the doors of the Exhibition at Somerset House and see their pretty, countryside picnic stand right in front of me. Dangle delicate chains of charms over a tall glass or spread them on a pretty blue spot print plate and I will hover above like a hungry bee and admire it all, it's that simple! But Alex Monroe's collections always deserve a closer look, to marvel at the detail of the charms while desperately trying to figure out how it can all be yours. Bees, bicycles and daisies for Spring? Yes, please.

Cabinet I was not familiar with but that's because I live in a land deep inside my own head and miss out on a lot of good things happening in this outside world. It didn't take long to get me hovering again, this time above their beautiful bejewelled and be-feathered antique collars. Designed by Gemma Critchley and Zara Braganca, this is the label's third collection and it's certainly one of my favourite personal discoveries of LFW.

All images by myself.