Pastels Made for Black and Blues

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Your wish has duly been granted.  Actually…er….it was the wish of one reader who wanted me to fill some Paris Fashion Week outfit gaps seeing as I was falling down escalators, scraping knees at Lanvin (the scab is such a good un' to pick at the mo…) and getting food poisoning at Cafe Ruc.  So this may not be that interesting to the majority of you.

Ack, I'm sorry to go on about the woes but really…. I have to chortle a bit at the comedy of errors that has been this week.  Actually the fashion week month has been blighted by a combination of personal errors, unhappy coincidences and just mucky old fashioned bad luck.  So by the time Paris came around, I was suitably less enthusiastic about getting all snazzily dressed.  Some may have noticed the outfits posted have been of the grey and black sort… and admittedly there may have been a subconscious 'Blend in with the Rest' mentality running through my head added to the fact I wasn't feeling 100%. 

Still I did try and whenever the sun was popping out, suddenly my mind turned to colour… juicy pastels to be exact.  Yet each time, it seems like some head honcho of the outfit dictatorship committtee up in the skies deemed that colour should be banished because each time something odd/bad would happen to me in each outfit…

Case 1) Nikicio green jacket, Vanessa Bruno Fringe Top, Emilio de la Morena Swarocski-covered shorts, H&M pink tights, Acne shoes – Ok, so this was a minor snag and quite literally a snag… the tights were getting all ripped up at the back even as I merely touched them.  Spent the day wondering whether the snag was growing bigger and bigger and whether perhaps sparkly hotpants were the right choice.  Comedy moment… the Sart for some reason wanted to snap my rearview (or the tights I think…) and yelped out "There's a huge snag up there!"  Fortunately the light disguised the rip….
As I said a minor mishap but it convieniently fits in with my mal-colour theory so just go with it ok?

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Case 2) Josh Goot Dress, vintage black fringe jacket, Topshop tights, Michelle Jank necklace, Pierre Hardy x Louise Goldin ankle boots – This was the outfit I wore huffing and puffing trying to get from Vivienne Westwood to Lanvin to make it in the nick of time…at the cost of my knee as I was running towards the show, I knocked into a woman who didn't shift an inch but I alas went tumbling into the rubbly ground outside the awesome location that is Hall Freyssinet.  I concede that was my fault.  The tights became a bit holey and blood/pus stained and therefore were chucked.  Comedy moment…interviewing Alber Elbaz whilst willing for the blood/pus not to drip onto his shoe (a cinematic motif, no?)

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Case 3) Emma Cook ruffled dress, Toga jacket, ASOS coral knee highs, Topshop Unique shoes – This one needs no explanation as this was what I was wearing the day I did the ankle.  I really should have been smiling in the hospital as per the pic as opposed to sobbing like a baby in front of my friends (thank you Arnaud and Anthony for putting up with my tears and tantrums…).  Comedy moment… After the Dazed/Another team came to my rescue post JCDC show, Cathy Edwards remarked "At least you fell in a pretty Emma Cook dress!"… had to chuckle at that through my tears (Emma Cook and Cathy Edwards are great chums…).   

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So… colour not allowed?  Or is it just the luck of the draw?  Oh well… as if something as ridiculousl as a a high colour-to-injury ratio is gonna stop me.  Busted out with some bling bling yellow on Sunday and hobbled it out to Brick Lane.  The ankle is way more sore now after all that walking and maybe that's my penance for blinding other people with the jacket but at the end of fashion week, I've finally seen the light at the end of the tunnel and it's both colourful and a bit painful… just grin bear it I guess…

All photos by Phil of Streetpeeper who without which, Steve and I would never have been arsed to buy a Restform Airbed…

66 comments

  2. gorgeous outfits; you almost make the one shoe look seem fashionable. speedy recovery!

  3. Pastels and black are loving me right up at the mo… Rather than compliment each individual piece (which I could do), I will just say – I love this set of photos. Do not surrender to the black and blues! Hope your foot heals soon. x

  5. ROTFL at the thought of you trying not to bleed on Alber. Next season DD need to send you into the trenches with a camera crew. But as per usual you were one of the best (non fresh off the catwalk) dressed peeps.

  8. Oh my! Each outfit more gorgeous than the other, don’t know which is my fave, they’re all amazing! LOVE the vibrant yellow! The Emma Cook ruffled dress & outfit = gorgeous, everything = gorgeous!!!
    xx

  9. Be careful – that one shoe look may catch on Susie!
    Poor you – you have had such a bad run of luck but you are still looking hot and smiling throughout it all – I’ve really enjoyed reading your posts on Paris – stirling work after what you’ve been through!

  12. thank you so much for this susie. lol stupid me… i was totally thinking the whole “one shoe” look was your new look du jour until i saw the foot brace and remembered your injury… doh….haha my room mate has just gotten a foot brace due to some torn ligaments she sustained from our…er… overenthusiastic late night dance session to Chromeo’s ‘Bonafied Lovin’. she decided climbing onto a couch stool (WHAT ARE THOSE THINGS CALLED? you know those cylindrical objects you rest your feet on top of while lazing on the couch..? ive been racking my brain all day, trying to remember what theyre called..) and did a bit of exhibitionist style dancing whilst simultaneoulsy smashing her face against the glass sliding door and crushing her foot with her own body weight.
    spent today doing my very first DIY…covering her foot brace in purple velvet… as you can tell im quite skilled in the DIY department.
    sorry for veering slightly off topic and spamming your comment space with stories of my late night misadventures… all i really wanted to say was thank you for this post and you look spectacular in that turban!

  13. Verrrrry gorgeous!
    Your blog is featured in ELLE Magazine NL! I can scan it, if you want? 😀

  15. omg you poor thing, but hey, only you could rock out a foot brace and make it look good! LOLZ! oh such cute outfits, I love them all! Especially the second one!

  17. Grr – bloody Cafe Ruc & its PFW pretentiousness. I LOATHE that place. Crap service & soooooo over-priced. I can believe only too well that you got food poisoning there. Poor you. LLGxx

  18. Your emma cook dress is lovely. I am lusting as we speak
    Also I really love your sorts no wonder scott wanted to shoot them!
    I hope your ankle gets better soon I remember when I did mine it at Christmas… it was not a fun time. Its bad for people like u who love heels!
    http://aforteforfashion.blogspot.com

  19. Oh Susie, your outfit posts are anything but boring! Love love love love them all! That Emma Cook dress/Toga jacket combo is making me drool . . .

  20. What a TIME you’ve had! Gotta wonder what’s going on for you astrologically, Bubble. That is a major run of bad juju.
    Glad to see you smiling in these photos, tho. Each outfit is more stunning than the last … but also offset by your held-above-the-ground, lame ankle pose. 😉

  21. Susie,
    You’re wise to stay off your ankle and use your brace – take it from one who has suffered from a sprained ankle in the past. It takes lots of patience (ugh!) but you will recover faster if you pamper your ankle.

  23. Loved seeing your outfits!
    Don’t know what it is about Fashion Week, but horrible things seem to happen a lot. This is why I have started to avoid it as much as possible.

  24. All of those outfits are great, the Josh Goot dress and jacket are my favorites. But honestly, your hair is your best accessory. xo

  25. You really did have a spectacularly unfortunate time, didn’t you! But you looked good and hopefully didn’t drip on any designers.

  32. Eeek I hope you’re ankle gets better quickly dear 🙂 I absolutely love the pinks and blues in that first outfit, and your Emma Cook dress is stunning!

  35. One shoe, hmm, Susie, I think you may soon unintentionally spark a trend! (think regina in mean girls with the t-shirt with the boob coverage cut out)

  38. 我很想看懂你写的东西，但我不会英文！
    我只知道看你的图片！
    不错，你的design真的是very beautiful！
    I like it very much！

  39. Sending you speed recovery wishes. Your left foot looks very lonely.
    Lovely outfits, as always.
    xx-LJ from SOS!

  40. I love all of these outfits. But mostly I love that the first outfit matches the blog! so cute. I hope you ankle heals quickly.

  42. Loving the pastels Susie. The weather’s perfect for them too…it feels like the winter wardrobe could potentially be stored away (now that I’ve said that it’ll rain tomorrow 😉

  43. The tiger balm suggestion is actually really good- that stuff works on anything. And you still look so so chic and wonderful, you make a splint look like the next big accessory for spring!

  44. Things are looking greeeeat for you! Well loved articles of clothing are truly your greatest friends in such an unlikely turn of events at Paris FW…
    I’m inspired to do pastels because of this one! 😉

  48. loving the way you put odd pieces together awesomely!!!
    p/s: you may be the only person I’ve seen who could actually rock ankle braces (or whatever you call it) ‚ô•

  49. Looks like you are having fun there..;D
    I’m happy for you girl..Hope to see more from you,i hope you could link my blog in your site.I would really appreciate it.;D

  52. get better soon susie – and please do be more careful from now on as we all know how crazy and frenzied some people can be during fashion week…
    i love how you’re rocking the vintage ferragamos in the last look even with your ankle brace.

  58. You are such a good sport about the whole thing! I praise your ability to laugh about it 🙂 You’re awesome.

  60. You’re one very stylish one shoed girl! Most ppl i know want to be in sweats when the sprain/break an ankle 🙂

  61. gawd, is that and air cast? I had to wear one of those for months once, absolutely hated it and the baggy jeans I felt I had to wear to hide it, hehe

  62. oooh your poor ankle! these colours re just lush though, i wonder how much greater they can get as we have so many spring months left! you might have to revert to body paint if the ice cream colours become obsessive, maybe eyeshadows for now! i’m feeling frosty pastels

  63. Ah, please don’t be discouraged by the color:malady ratio, although I must say, what an awful string of bad luck, cause these outfits are amazing. Plus you’re one of the few people out there who’s willing to take amazing risks with color…
    xxx,
    Tiffany

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