GOLDDIGGERS First Birthday Party

Hey, it's already been a year since Golddiggers started at club Egg. Seriously? Time went by so fast. The party was loooong, starting at around 2pm and went on and on and...on...till way after midnight.

 

Who was there? Let's have a look....

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

Cynth Icorn 

 

 

 

 Atlantis

 Emily Clayton 

 Eppie Conrad

Luke Harris 

 Smiley Virus

 Carl Illingworth

Antonio Gigliotta

 Lewis G Burton

Vinny G Laroche                                                 Smiley Virus 

  

  

Alekssandra and her tits                                                           

                                                        Alejandro Gocast

Naddy Sane                                                          Adrian Rybak

 The Roustabouts                                                      James Taylor   

  

 

 

 

 Luke Harris

 Bright Daffodil 

promoter Laurence Malice & Rosemary Turner

 Jason Summerfield

Hmm ..

Ursula Snakes 

Akimbo  

 Oggy Yordanov

               all images ©O.Yordanov 2015

"Isabella Blow : Fashion Galore" soon at Somerset House

                                 image by Steven Meisel

So, it's finally official - "Isabella Blow: Fashion Galore!"  is the next big event to add to your diaries peeps. The exhibition has been organized by the Isabella Blow Foundation and Central Saint Martins and will showcase more than 100 pieces from her collection. Curated by Alistair O'Neill and Shonagh Marshall, the show will be organized by theme and will spotlight Blow's aristocratic background; her early relationship with then fashion students  Alexander McQueen and Philip Treacy; her massive hat collection; and her love of the British countryside.

                  image by Miguel Reveriego

Daphne Guinness, a longtime friend who purchased Blow's wardrobe after her death in 2007 is the main contributor to the show and described it as a "bittersweet event" for her. Issy, who was an important figure in fashion and nurtured many a new talent, committed suicide at age 48 after years of battling depression. Daphne Guinness was her friend and is also the founder of the Isabella Blow Foundation, which raises money to promote fashion, and to encourage young and aspiring talent. It also funds selected charities that promote mental wellbeing.

"She made our world more vivid, trailing color with every pace she took." - Guinness said. "I do believe that in choosing to exhibit them we've done the right thing — and that it is what she would have wanted. I am doing this in memory of a dear friend, in the hope that her legacy may continue to aid and inspire generations of designers to come."

Among the labels featured in the show, in addition to the obvious McQueen and Treacy, are Jeremy Scott, Julien Macdonald, Viktor & Rolf, Fendi, Escada, Prada, and Marni. Heath has created bespoke Blow mannequins that will wear full outfits once donned by the late fashion stylist and muse.McQueen's entire spring/summer 2008 collection, La Dame Bleue, which the designer and Treacy dedicated to Blow, will also be on show.

The show is to run from end of November this year to March 2014.

Leigh Bowery Book...

Watch Sue Tilley talk about Leigh Bowery in which she depicted the extraordinary life and talent of possibly the most outrageous and creative of all club kids to date. Recommended by my friend Phillip Salon, this book ispired me and opened my eyes to the genius of Leigh back in the day and I passionately urge everyone :

 Find it. Get it. Read it. 

Laterz!

Oggs

David Bowie is... at the V&A

The most exciting exhibition of 2013 will be the David Bowie show at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Titled David Bowie Is this show opens on 23.March and promises unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive which will be the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David Bowie - one of the most pioneering and influential performers of modern times. David Bowie is will explore the creative processes of Bowie as a musical innovator and cultural icon, tracing his shifting style and sustained reinvention across five decades.The V&A’s Theatre and Performance curators, Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh have selected more than 300 objects that will be brought together for the very first time. They include handwritten lyrics, original costumes, fashion, photography, film, music videos, set designs, Bowie’s own instruments and album artwork.The exhibition will explore the broad range of Bowie’s collaborations with artists and designers in the fields of fashion, sound, graphics, theatre, art and film. On display will be more than 300 objects including Ziggy Stardust bodysuits (1972) designed by Freddie Burretti, photography by Brian Duffy; album sleeve artwork by Guy Peellaert and Edward Bell; visual excerpts from films and live performances including The Man Who Fell to Earth, music videos such as Boys Keep Swinging and set designs created for the Diamond Dogs tour (1974). Alongside these will be more personal items such as never-before-seen storyboards, handwritten set lists and lyrics as well as some of Bowie’s own sketches, musical scores and diary entries, revealing the evolution of his creative ideas.

This is probably the most highly anticipated show of 2013 and will co-inside with the release of Bowie's new album "The Next Day" - the first in about 10 years. Earlier this month he released the first single Where Are We Now which was received with great praise by fans and critics alike.

Early bird tickets for the exhibition are available HERE

Sources: V&A,  Photograph by Brian Duffy © Duffy Archive

Sorapol S/S 2013 launch : After-Party

The after-party for the launch took us to London's latest addition to the nightlife - Tonteria ( Guy Pelli's brand new club which opened on Friday night with this very party) at 7-12 Sloane Square and is expected to be the new 'place to be' in no-time. 

Here is a glimpse of the fun-times, before we turned the cameras off to let loose too...[yes, that happens, believe it or not...]

                              [say whaaat?]

                                                                                          Philip Sallon                            Naddy Sane

Sorapol  and milliner Jordan Gene Bowen

                                    

       Oggy Yordanov with Riina Õun                                                 

   Sorapol and Daniel   

©Oggy Yordanov 2012