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Jonathan Saunders, London Fashion Week A/W 11

Jonanthan Saunders created one of my favourite collections of London Fashion Week!

The collection is a beautiful mixture of roaring 20s

inspired prints, including a beautiful bird print

(a LFW mini-trend in itself this year).

I loved the colour palette from the shades of emerald and sapphire to the soft cream and sophisticated black.

What I love more than the shows itself is

spending time backstage.

I really enjoy watching the whole process unfold from the hair and make-up to the catwalk run-through.

Jonathan Saunders was a particularly good show to be at backstage as there was a fantastic atmosphere!

Here are some of my photos from backstage at Jonathan Saunders where you can see the models getting the final touch for the catwalk show above. What did you think of the collection?

That's Not My Age may not have been invited to the Oscars but back in the olden days when I worked on women's magazines, I organised and styled this photo shoot at one of the location houses used in the King's Speech. Lionel Logue's office is number 33 Portland Place, an old eighteenth century London townhouse hired out for films, events and fashion shoots. And as anyone who's seen the film knows it's quite dark and distressed inside...

We didn't have a huge amount of lighting and had to shoot in the doorways and by the windows in order to see the model's face.

Anyway, that's more than enough trumpet-blowing for one day, That's Not My Age is excited to see what the fabulous Tilda Swinton wears this evening. She looked brilliant in Jil Sander at the Golden Globes and Haider Ackermann at the Baftas:

The director of one of Mr TNMA's favourite films, Debra Granik/Winter's Bone has not been nominated for an Academy Award which is a disgrace, but I'm not going to bang on about sexism in the film industry right now. When asked what she'd be wearing, Granik replied, ' I was hoping to get some non-designer, one-size, burka-style outfit that I could climb inside. Then I could watch the whole thing through the peepholes.'

What would you wear to the Oscars?

Photos
Tilda Swinton: Harper's Bazaar and Grazia
Debra Granik: Life.com. Quote from The Sunday Telegraph

Wardrobe Basics: Classic White Tee #13

The Wardrobe Basics series considers those items that form the foundation of a fully functioning wardrobe. They are those pieces that will go with anything else that you might add to your wardrobe and those pieces that you go back to season after season. This series takes each of those Basics and discusses their importance and where to buy them, for every budget. You can see the previous Basics in this series here.

The white tee. What can I say? It is a wardrobe staple that you'd be crazy not to own:

SAVE: ASOS Button Back Tee

SPEND: Mardi Jeudi Sheer Crop Pocket T-Shirt at Asos

SPLURGE: Seneca Rising Double Pocket Short Sleeve T-Shirt at Asos

What is your Wardrobe Basic?

London Fashion Week Top Ten A/W 11

Firstly, sorry for the HUGE amount of time passed

since my last blog post!

The past fortnight has been manic, both in the build-up to,

and during London Fashion Week and I feel like I haven't stopped.

I think that I've only just managed to come out the

other side with the help of my two best friends Mr expresso and Miss Berocca.

It's been an exciting few weeks working on LFW

and I can't wait to tell you all about my favourite bits...

Firstly, it makes sense to start from the top and tell you

about my favourite shows from LFW.

You can also remind yourself of my highlights from last London Fashion Week.

So, here is my top ten of shows:

1. Mary Katrantzou

2. Jonathan Saunders

3. Acne

4. Erdem

5. Burberry

6. Christopher Kane

7. Roksanda Ilincic

8. Holly Fulton

9. Charles Anastase

10. Richard Nicoll

RECIPE: Oatmeal Thins

Made these earlier in the week and not only are they very very yummy, they are also very easy:

Thank you to Leia for this recipe.

Fashion in Film 2

Scaramouch, a 1952 film set in the 18th century, is about a Frenchman that poses as a clown and meets a master swordsman in a duel of revenge. Janet Leigh wears the most enchanting and voluminous dresses and Eleanor Parker with her fun and charming character shows off the ballerina customs. Set in romantic old world France with cobble stone streets and in grandiose Castles is the perfect fairytale.