Printed Pants

A printed trouser is definitely one of my all time favourite wardrobe staples. The first glimpse of sunshine and my collection of floral wide legs are the first to be dusted off from winter hibernation. I'm mega excited about all these new printed visions that keep appearing and have been spending quite a few hours wondering how to get my hands on the JW Anderson paisley ones worn by Alexa Chung last week. Paying £795 is not an option...

A beauty at Milan Fashion week wearing DKNY

Image from blog.style-sight.com

J.W Anderson paisley dreams

Image from the telegraph.co.uk

Elizabeth and James A/W 12/13 collection

Head to toe JW Anderson at London Fashion Week

Poppy Delevingne looking visionary at the Topshop show

Alexa Chung in the paisley dreams

at the House of Holland show

Ralph Lauren Wimbledon Party

We went to the Ralph Lauren for Wimbledon party last night to support the wonderful charity Too Many Women. The party was at the Brompton Cross store and typical to Ralph, no detail had been spared. My best bit was walking up the fresh grass 'red carpet' up to the 'line judges' who welcomed us in from their proper Wimbledon chairs, perched up high. Delicious cocktails, great outfits and one incredible prize. The silent auction was for two tickets to the men's final, looked after by Ralph Lauren from start to finish.

The brilliantly dressed waiters

Loving the Burleigh china and coral still life

Sienna Miller in Autumn/Winter 11 cream lace

Poppy Delevigne in Ralph Lauren A/W11

My best dressed at the party. She looked like a very cool Pocahontas.

www.ralphlauren.com

www.toomanywomen.co.uk

Ten Minutes With...

Actress and model

Poppy Delevigne

What did you have for breakfast today?

A crispy bacon sarnie on rye bread and a coconut water

Best part of being a Chanel ambassador?

Access to the Chanel archives in Paris, London, Milan & New York. They are treasure troves filled with Chanel delights

Poppy with Alexa Chung at this years Chanel Cruise show in Cannes

Describe yourself in 3 words

Cheeky, Kooky & Compassionate

Where do you escape to?

My boyfriend's country house in West Sussex. It has wisteria growing up the walls and fields that go on forever

Who's on your speed dial?

My Dad, Storm, my agency & Amanda from Inparlour, she's a tanning magician.

What 3 things would you take to a dessert island?

The book 'Valley of the Dolls' by Jacqueline Susann. Black waterproof mascara for my blonde lashes and my I-pod - I'm loving The Kills right now.

Oooo and James in some very small swimming trunks....

Image from Valley of the Dolls

Who would be your 5 last supper guests?

Ossie Clarke, Keith Richards, Marianne Faithful, Andy Warhol, Christopher Plummer and Willow Crossley!

A young Marianne Faithful

And what would you be eating?

Anything with CHEESE! Cheese raclette, cheese fondue, a wheel of cheese, cheese on toast and pizza with EXTRA cheese. With cheese cake to finish...

Current Obsessions?

Can I have four?! Brazilian bikinis, De Gournay wallpaper, Neon rose body oil and Tom Binns jewellery

De Gournay wallpaper

What annoys you?

When people spit in front of you

Best London hangout?

Amanda Crossley's house, for cosy time or dinner dance offs...

Miracle beauty must have?

Chanel sublimage eye cream

Where will you be in ten years time?

Having LOTS of babies... And hopefully I'll be able to cook by then!!

Poppy and her boyfriend James Cook

Sale of the Century

I've just about recovered from our sale we did on wednesday. After months of planning, it feels very surreal that it's now over.

It went better than we could ever have dreamt of. We were slightly panicking that we wouldn't have enough stock but arriving on the morning and seeing it all together for the first time, the worrying swiftly moved on to how the hell we were going to get rid of it all. You've never seen so many bags of donations. Some hideous creations but mostly real visions. We had to make a rule limiting ourselves to only buying two pieces each before the doors opened otherwise there'd be nothing left for our lovely customers. I chose a pair of Diesel mint green, slashed skinnies for £20 and a navy Chanel, boxy tweed jacket for £50. It's such a beauty that I had to keep it pretty much glued to my side all day so it wasn't kidnapped.

We didn't want to be left with anything so priced everything at ridiculous prices. The winner of best bargain award went to Miss Chloe Delevinge. She is the proud new owner of a never worn pair of canary yellow, Charlotte Olympias and a this season Matthew Williamson LBD. Both for about £100. Can you imagine the excitement?

Team Photo by Charlie Wheeler

Erin, Amanda, Me, Poppy and Vanessa

Vanessa with a bikini donated by Gerri Halliwell

My home made magic donation box

The Lovely Cressida, manning Ned's 'Not Another T' stall

Erin - in her new Rag and Bone bargain jumper, Amanda and Vanessa in action

Cabbages and Roses creations

Too Many Women Cupcakes

'Hats and Bells's' award winning chocolate biscuit cake

Chloe's yellow Charlotte Olympia visions

If you would like to donate anything to our wonderful cause, we would LOVE it.

http://www.justgiving.com/fashion-sale

www.toomanywomen.co.uk

www.beauforthousechelsea.co.uk

Sensational Summer Sale!

Some friends and I are having a wonderful sale in aid of the charity 'Too Many Women'. We've got loads of great stalls - Cabbages and Roses, Made in Heaven Jeans, my new fave Chinti & Parker, divine jewels, spiritual healing, manicures... We also have our own stall which we've been concocting for weeks and is made up of all the incredible, designer donations we've been given. It's probably not in the spirit of things to buy up everything on our stall but some of the Chanel and YSL pieces really do have my name all over them.

Please do pass on the invitation to anyone who likes a shop, we're upstairs in Beaufort House, open from 2pm and would love to see you.

Wednesday 18th May, Beaufort House, 354 Kings Road, Chelsea, SW3

2pm-8pm

A Night with Thakoon

I had the pleasure of meeting the brilliant Thakoon last night. Beauties Poppy Delevingne and Mary Charteris threw him a party in the basement of Soho House. Im not quite sure what we were celebrating but it was a great do nonetheless. And they some seriously tasty mini burgers.

Thakoon and Carmen Kass for GAP

Mary Charteris, Thakoon and Poppy Delevigne

Poppy and Ruth Crossley

Loved these pictures

www.thakoon.com

www.sohohouse.com

Chanel Sensations

Turning on my laptop this morning I was greeted with photos of Karl's latest Chanel show in Paris. As always it looked like the most incredible and theatrical show - Volcanic even, excuse the pun..

Chanel A/W 2011/12 Show in Paris yesterday

Out of all the catwalk shows in the world, if I had to choose only one to go to, without a doubt, it'd be Chanel. They are always the most sought after tickets and always the most spectacular shows. The photos this morning got me reminiscing about my Chanel show extravaganza.

Last May, when we were still living in France, my gorgeous friend Poppy who happens to also be a Chanel ambassador, took me with her to the Chanel Cruise show in St.Tropez. You can imagine the hours I spent trying to work out what the hell to wear. Cub was only six months old and think I'd only left the house about three times since he'd arrived. I'm not exaggerating here.

Anyway, I managed to get dressed. Obviously when we arrived at the show and saw everyone else's full on, head to toe Chanel creations I wanted to get straight back in the swanky chauffeured car and hide for a bit. Everyone there were proper, die hard, Chanel fans. To the point where it was almost funny. It was like being in a moving Chanel boutique. Absolutely fascinating.

The show itself really was one of the coolest things I've ever seen. All the big name, top models arriving by old school Rivas, hopping off and sauntering down the St Tropez port, in the most sensational, floaty numbers ever seen - all the stuff that's in the shops now. Go and have a look. So so pretty.

Chanel Cruise show in St Tropez May 2011

Poppy and Caroline Seiber

Pops and I