BREAKING NEWS!!! Fashion East Announces Line-Up for AW12

What do Holly Fulton, Gareth Pugh, Roksanda Ilincic, Meadham Kirchoff and Jonathan Saunders all have in common? Well aside from bags of talent and legions of loyal fans all of these hotter-than-hot designers began their sartorial career with a helping hand from fashion’s fairy godmother, Lulu Kennedy. Since it’s launch in 2000, Lulu has been running Fashion East, an ingenius initiative which nurtures London’s most exciting young designers through the turbulent early stages of their careers.

Each season the scheme provides a select few with the means to present their work to world on the London Fashion Week catwalk. The designers are chosen by a panel of industry experts including Grazia’s Kay Barron, Vogue’s Francesca Burns and Brix Smith-Start and provided with mentoring, PR and an opportunity to present their collections to top international buyers and journalists. Fashion East’s previous protégés have gone on to become some of the most in-demand designers around and each season the fashion world waits with baited breath to find out who could be the next big thing. Now the time for waiting is over as Lulu and Co have proudly announced that for the first time ever, Fashion East will be supporting the same line-up of designers that showed with them last season; James Long, Marques’Almeida and Maarten Van der Horst. Judging from what these emerging fashion stars delivered for SS12, we should be in for a treat.

James Long SS12

Marques’Almeida SS12

Maarten Van der Horst SS12

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Posted on January 2, 2012 by Ella Catliff in Fashion Leave a comment

AW12

La Petite New Year’s Fasholutions…

Is there anything in life more dull than New Year’s resolutions? I mean, what’s the fun in vowing to go to the gym everyday, give up smoking or spend your free time learning Mandarin instead of watching Gossip Girl? Nope, as far as I’m concerned, coming up with a stylish set of fasholutions is a far better use of your time. And you never know, some of them might actually last beyond the first week of January…

1) Dress to impress. Always

I’m pretty sure I said something similar this time last year and on the whole I’ve stuck to my self-imposed smart-ish dress code. However there have been occasions on which I’ve ventured out into the world wearing a pyjama top or unintentionally distressed denim only to run into someone I know and like or even worse, someone I know and dislike. This will NOT happen during 2012!

2) Don’t re-wear the same outfit to more than 1 event over the course of (minimum) 3 months

In December I found myself tagged wearing the same dress on two occasions, oh the shame…

3) Stop tweeting about the weather

The same applies to Starbucks and what I had for lunch. It’s not big, clever or remotely interesting to anyone but myself. People will start to “unfollow” me if I’m not careful.

4) Never, EVER choose comfort over style

February Fashion Week is a nightmare in this respect. You want to look chic enough to cause a street style snapper stampede but the temperature’s hovering around zero and your extremities are turning blue. Last year I gave in to the weather and wrapped up in the same wool peacoat coat everyday. This time I’ll be damned if I don’t wear my SS12 buys with pride.

5) Invest in Mulberry

Alexa, Tillie, Evalina… Every season I ogle Mulberry‘s beautiful bags yet some tedious detail (i.e phone bills, tube travel, my love of Pinot Grigio) always manages to stop me getting my hands on one. This time I will invest in a Mulberry bag of my own even if I have to sacrifice my social life or live on Pot Noodles for six months to do so!

What fasholutions will you be making this year?

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Posted on January 1, 2012 by Ella Catliff in Fashion 1 Comment

The Best of La Petite Anglaise 2011…

Ok, so I’ve completely given in to the allure of the cheesy New Year themed post. But 2011 has been such an incredible year for La Petite Anglaise that it seems a crime to let it slip away without looking back on some of my best blogging moments and of course, thank all of you for taking the time to read about them.

La Petite Anglaise Jaime Winstone, Janice Dickenson, Jo Wood, Front Row at Julian Macdonald

Janic Dickenson, Sadie Frost, Jo Wood, Bianca Jagger, Juliette Lewis & Jaime Winstone on the FROW
at Julian Macdonald’s AW11 show

La Petite Anglaise Mary Katrantzou, Holly Fulton, Roksanda Ilincic, Jonathan Saunders

Mary Katrantzou, Holly Fulton, Roksanda Ilincic, Jonathan Saunders and yours truly at the Matches Fashion
Shopping Event in Doha, Quatar

La Petite Anglaise Christopher Bailey, Vogue's Fashion Night Out

Me & Christopher Bailey on Vogue’s Fashion Night Out 2011

La Petite Anglaise Tibi, New York Fashion Week

The finale at Tibi’s SS12 show during New York Fashion Week

Ella La Petite Anglaise, Anna Sui, New York Fashion Week

Yours truly at the Anna Sui SS12 show during New York Fashion Week

La Petite Anglaise Anna Wintour at Medham Kirchoff

Anna Wintour & Hamish Bowles on the FROW at Meadham Kirchoff’s SS12 show

Me and jewellery designer Anne Bowes (AKA my mum) with Nanette Lepore at
her private champagne and shopping evening

This year I got to cover some of the most exciting shows at London Fashion Week including Burberry and Meadham Kirchoff where I sat alongside (ok many rows behind) the likes of Anna Wintour and Anna Dello Russo. In March I travelled to Doha with Jonathan Saunders, Holly Fulton, Roksanda Ilincic and Mary Katrantzou, a slightly surreal experience which, naturally, I shared with you. La Petite Anglaise cropped up in Grazia UK, Vogue Italia and Jille Magazine Japan and this September I was lucky enough to make my New York Fashion Week debut. La Petite Anglaise has featured (and enjoyed) parties, press days and private sales galore but none of these things would have happened without your continued support so I just want to say thank you and wish you all a fabulous New Year!

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Posted on December 31, 2011 by Ella Catliff in Fashion 2 Comments

A Year in Vogue…

Every little boy or girl grows up with a dream. For some that dream is to be an astronaut, for others it’s to be a champion horse rider, a popstar or a Princess. Generally speaking, we outgrow these dreams at some point. After all, eating vacuum packed meals in zero gravity doesn’t actually sound like very much fun and our chances of snagging a Prince are generally slim to none. But whilst we may forget our childish ambitions for fame, fortune and world domination there is a certain wish that I for one will never forget: to be on the cover of Vogue. Laugh if you will but I’d bet my cashmere socks that I’m not the only fashon obsessed female who never grew out of wanting to grace the front page of the sartorial bible. For most of us this will remain forever a fantasy but for the likes of Alexa, Victoria and Gisele, donning a priceless designer ensemble and getting snapped by Mario Testino is all in a days work. So as we say goodbye to 2011 here are the lovely ladies who got to live every girl’s dream this year…

They’re all beautiful, inspiring, talented and let’s face it, lucky… Who was your favourite British Vogue cover girl of 2011? And who would you like to see there during the year to come?

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Posted on December 31, 2011 by Ella Catliff in Fashion Leave a comment

British Vogue

Mirror mirror on the wall, who’s the chicest of them all…

Now I’m not making excuses or anything, but thinking up blog posts during the Christmas/New Year period is pretty bloody tricky. Endless holiday-themed posts run the risk of being cheesey, boring and causing a widespread boycott of your blog. After all, there are only so many times one can use, read or hear the phrase “festive sparkle” before being overwhelmed with the desire to dress only in black for the rest of your life. But then again, it is the season to be jolly and ignoring it all together just seems plain miserable. The New Year is fast approaching and it seems a shame to let 2011 slip away without so much as acknowledging the 12 months of fashion which will soon be little more than a distant memory. So in an attempt to look back on the sartorial year we will soon be leaving behind without boring you, or myself, to tears I’ve decided to compile my own “best dressed” list for the year that’s about to be gone…

Name: Alexa Chung
Occupation: TV Presenter
USP: (that’s unique STYLE point btw) Geek Chic

Name: Florence Welch
Occupation: Singer
USP: Pre-Raphelite Locks and Ethereal Elegance

Name: Hanneli Mustaparta
Occupation: Blogger/Photographer/Stylist/Model
USP: Simple but effective

Name: Olivia Palermo
Occupation: Ummmm…
USP: Groomed n’ Glossy

There’s no way in hell I could possibly pick a favourite so instead I leave it down to you… which one of these four fabulously dressed females truly is the chicest of them all?

Love Ella. X

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Ella Catliff in Fashion 4 Comments

Olivia Palermo

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