Running with the Fash Pack...London Fashion Week A/W 09

It is always a challenge when taking Street Style photographs to create interesting images....it is ridiculously easy to fall into the trap of just having the subject strike the "standard pose" (directly facing the camera) which gets the shot but doesn't necessarily make for inspiring viewing. This is particularly so around Fashion Week when everyone is rushing from show to show and/or has been asked to pose for a photograph a zillion times that day. I try and not do the "same old, same old" but inevitably my nerves and lack of courage to, for example, ask the person I am photographing to move to a better location, get the better of me and I...

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Running with the Fash Pack....London Fashion Week A/W 09

Best facial hair moment of the week (above): The Raj Moustache. Love.This woman was fabulous. She had THE most amazing figure, looked completely stunning and was lovely to chat to as well:A little bit broody, a little bit preppy and a whole lot handsome:My absolute favourite photograph of LFW, little Iris (below). I love her gorgeous little tunic, stripey tights, bobbed hair and that tongue!!!: Beauty powered by Red Bull (below):Another favourite look (below). The hat just makes the look:...

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Running with the Fash Pack...London Fashion Week A/W 09 (Day?!- I've lost count!)

LFW ended with a bang last night with the House of Holland show in Mayfair. Kanye, Pixie, Peaches, Nicola Roberts, Jamie Winstone, Erin O'Connor (who arrived in the LFW Maserati which positively Grrrr-owls) all turned out for Henry Holland's show complete with model and muse, Agyness Deyn (fresh in from NYC). It was a crazy, charged atmosphere with the paparazzi everywhere (one almost ran over my foot on his motorbike) and bemused fashion folk looking on at the circus.One of my favourite looks of LFW (I think she is Lulu Kennedy, Director of Fashion East...apologies if I have got it wrong):Mr Kanye West, in da Messy house (outside BFC tent):I'm...

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Running with the Fash Pack...London Fashion Week A/W 09 (Day 3)

Today (Monday 23 February 2009) I fulfilled one of my dreams. I got to meet THE most influential fashion and street style blogger in the world. The Master of Street Fashion photography himself: Mr Scott Schuman.....THE SARTORIALIST.Those of you who follow Scott's blog will know what I mean when I say that I almost wet myself when I spotted him outside the Marios Schwab show: my understanding is that Scott rarely (if ever) comes to London Fashion Week. After double checking that it was indeed Scott (with a another photographer who assured me that it was indeed the great man himself), I mustered enough courage to introduce myself and squeak out...

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Running with the Fash Pack...London Fashion Week A/W 09 (Day 2)

Saturday morning, 21 February 2009. The sun beamed down on London and the temp was positively balmy (well, almost). It was the perfect day for a lie in, lazy brunch and a leisurely read of the weekend papers. Not for the fashion pack, however, as Saturday morning signalled the second day of LFW A/W 09.Given the crush the previous day at the BFC tent, I decided to avoid the museum precinct and head straight to the Margaret Howell show in Wigmore Street. I love the "all vintage" look (or what looks to me like vintage) on the gorgeous girl above. How about those high-ish waisted, stonewashed jeans?!! I think this look should come with a warning...

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Running with the Fash Pack...London Fashion Week A/W 09 (Day 1)

Yesterday (Friday 20 Feb) was the start of London Fashion Week A/W '09 so of course I headed off with my camera to see if I could get a few photos for my project: "London Calling: Running with the Fash Pack". I arrived at the BFC tent at the Natural History Museum to complete chaos: The South Kensington Tube was closed. It was half-term school break (read:thousands of kids, mums and dads had converged on South Kensington to visit the museums). It was the start of LFW (read: hundreds of fabulously dressed fashion editors, buyers, stylists, models and fashion-types had converged on South Kensington to attend the first day of the shows). Bugaboos,...

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