Mademoiselle

By Tuesday morning EVERYbody was talking about the Hermes event. News had even spread to the D&G showroom and everyone was desperado to hear my tales about the Hermes orange sheep, the pink pony and the mechanical elephant. The D&G showroom was awash with tartan – it was Sid Vicious meets Karen Carpenter, all ruffles and floor length gowns. I loved the new bags, snappy little numbers with multiple zips all over them. One larger bag even had a front pocket for all things to do with travel: a special holder for passport, keys and currency. Bravissimo!
Next it was off to meet Lara Bohinc for lunch at Providores on Marylebone high street. Lara, who is 6 months pregnant was still working 6 inch studded Louboutin boots! Now that takes stamina. The Slovenian beauty showed me her new fine jewellery collection, Mademoiselle wanted every single piece. Anyway, I was more obsessed by the fact that she was still working a skin tight pencil skirt in pale grey, a green flouncey Preen top and those boots! Those boots! From Providores I skipped (due to my new flats by TODS, I felt so ashamed in front of Lara) off to a meeting at the Tommy Hilfiger press office to meet another glamour puss to talk about the launch of Tommy Hilfiger’s new music project – I didn’t realise Tommy used to dress the New York Dolls in the 1970’s. What a dude. Apparently Tommy is coming to London next Wednesday and I’ve been invited to the launch – can’t wait to meet him.
On Wednesday the Giorgio Armani press team invited me into the office to look at their bag and shoe of the season (I’m talking AW08 here). I love their new flat biker boots – OMG, can I feel a flat moment coming on? Have to breathe into a brown paper bag on the way out as am suddenly convinced I’m getting old due to new interest in the flat. Or maybe I’m just feeling a trend coming on. A trend that I will do my best to ignore, there’s plenty of time for that in retirement god-damn-it.

Pop into meet the girl from the DKNY Jeans press office on the way out of Armani. I love the new store on Bond Street, all neon strip lights and dirty banging house music. Feel like I’m in a gay club. Moving on. Meet up with a friend who at the age of 34 is burnt out from the fashion industry and has gone off around the world to find herself and recover. She’s been seeing the top healer in London who was recommended to her by the make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury who she met at Alice Evens wedding to Joan Grufford last year. I am LOVING her tales of adventure. Plan to book myself straight in to see Mr Top Healer man….
Finally, yesterday, I went to see the stunning new collection at Bottega Veneta. OMG I want to be the Bottega woman, all super-lux and credit crunch free. Hobble down the road after that to meet high flying lovely publisher of ELLE in the Wolsely where we eat……wait for it…. CAKE!!! We discuss the news that apparently Phebe Philo has bagged herself the top job at Celine - you heard it here first! Round off the day perfectly - head off to see Paul Weller at the Royal Albert Hall