La Petite Party Diaries: Fashion Monitor AW12

Say what you like about the sartorially obsessed, but you can’t say that they lack committment. Despite last week’s arctic temperatures, London’s fash pack risked life and limb (or at the very least, a bad cold) to attend a not-so-little get together thrown by FashionMonitor.com. For those of you who don’t subscribe, Fashion Monitor is basically an online directory that lists just about everything, and everyone, worth knowing. Parties, press days, breaking news, email addresses… You name it and you can be damn sure it’s somewhere on this truly ingenious site. Suffice to say, any soiree their hosting is well worth braving the cold for. Altitude 360 (Millbank Tower’s 28th floor bar) was packed with industry insiders and familiar faces mingling and mincing to their heart’s content. Delicious delicacies were served courtesy of super swanky Nomad Food & Design and the cocktails were flowing… Something that, coupled with the AMAZING goodie bags we all recieved, made the chilly journey home all the more bearable.

Me & James Joseph of Stylenoir

Prince Cassius (left)

Leroy Dawkins of DiaryofaClothesHorse (right)

Nik Thakkar of Karlismyunkle.com

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Ella Catliff in Parties Leave a comment

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La Petite Party Diaries: Kipling Celebrates 25th Anniversary

Whatever way you look at it, January’s a pretty sparse month. Most of us spend it broke, bloated and generally feeling sorry for ourselves. Up until recently even London’s fashion folk have been holed up nursing their post-party season hangovers and stylish soirees have been few and far between. But with fashion week, sorry fashion month, fast approaching things are starting to look up and last Thursday Kipling kicked things off with their 25th birthday bash. Despite the grim weather we struggled back into our festive finest and headed into Covent Garden for an evening of Belgian themed fun at members-only media hotspot, The Hospital Club. First on the decks was T4′s Georgie Okell closely followed by Sunday Girl, Jade Williams who looked chic as ever in a black chiffon number and coral bead necklace by jewellery designer, Anne Bowes (AKA my mum).

Sunday Girl, Jade Williams & Amber Atherton

Me and Georgie Hobday

I got stuck into the vino and caught up with Amber Atherton and fellow bloggers Prince Cassius and Aizak Buyondo. We drank, danced and checked out artwork by the likes of Rankin, Li Wei and Javier Mariscal. In between all that mingling I also managed to squeeze in an interview with Kipling’s Marketing & Communications Director, Isabel Van Den Roek. That will be coming your way shortly, but for now here are a few more choice snaps from the evening itself…

Jade Williams & Georgie Okell on the decks

Prince Cassius

Made in Chelsea’s Mark Francis

Love Ella. X

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Ella Catliff in Parties Leave a comment

La Petite Party Diaries: Armani Exchange Celebrates it’s 20th Anniversary

With gale force winds and pissing rain, yesterday was officially the nastiest day of the year. As we battled our way to the tube station I almost considered retreating to the comfort of my cosy flat and spending the evening drinking tea in my pyjamas. But there were parties to attend, pictures to pose for and multiple cocktails to drink so we dragged our soggy selves over to Regents Street where Armani Exchange were celebrating their 20th anniversary. Within about 2 minutes of arriving at our destination all thoughts of cold toes and hot drinks were instantly fogotton. The store had been transformed into a club, Jameela Jamil was on the decks and the oh-so-delicious lychee martinis were flowing.

Jameela Jamil wearing Armani Exchange

Moi

Cheesy though this will inevitably sound, the festive mood was tangible and regardless of whether or not they had to work in the morning, everyone was up for a party. The guestlist was a mix of fashion faces and music industry insiders with Dionne Bromfield, Jack Fox, Olivia Grant and Zawe Ashton all in attendance.

Dionne Bromfield wearing Armani Exchange

Jack Fox & Zawe Ashton

Olivia Grant

Rizzle Kicks

By the time 10 o’clock came around the vast space was packed fit to burst and Rizzle Kicks treated us to a DJ set. We drank, we danced and we somehow managed to fit two other parties into the course of the evening. What with all the scrumptious cocktails on tap it turned into a night of extreme over-indulgence but hey, isn’t that what Christmas is all about?

Love Ella. X

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Ella Catliff in Parties Leave a comment

La Petite Party Diaries… Boxpark Launch Party at Shoreditch House

After a long week of lectures, essay deadlines and of course, parties, come Friday evening I was severely tempted to put on my pyjamas, order some takeaway sushi and spend the evening snuggled up on the sofa watching Gossip Girl. But attractive though the idea of salmon nigiri and Ed Westwick admittedly was I had places to be and people to see so it was off with the cashmere bedsocks and into something significantly less comfortable. Now we’re all more than familiar with the genius concept of the pop-up store but last week saw the launch of London’s first-ever pop-up mall. Located in the heart of Shoreditch and constructed entirely from shipping containers, Boxpark certainly isn’t your average shopping mall. Instead of the usual assortment of high street stores you’ll find a collection of brands ranging from Playful Promises Lingerie and Original Penguin to Evisu, Marimekko and countless other labels I’ve never heard of but probably should have done.

In true fashion style, Boxpark celebrated their launch with a nice big bash at East London mekka of cool, Shoreditch House. Guests including Dizzee Rascal and Jay Camilleri flocked to the club’s incredible (and heated, thank God) rooftop garden where we tucked into tasty cocktails and danced the night away.

Dizzee Rascal

Jay Camilleri

Me & Meng Jiang

Love Ella. X

Ps) In case you were wondering, my blingtastic cocktail ring was a gift from the lovely people at Galibardy. I did poke myself in the face with it once or twice but it’s so fabulous any injuries sustained were worth it;)

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Ella Catliff in Parties Leave a comment

La Petite Party Diaries… My Flash Trash Launches Christmas Boutique

After a hectic day of meetings and lectures I dashed home yesterday evening to change into my little pink party dress before tottering out in the direction of the tube (not very slick, I know). Now when you’ve glammed up to the max you feel almost entitled to a night of decadence and dancing. Otherwise it just feels like a waste of a fabulous outfit don’t you think? Well despite having donned my christmas party appropriate, festive finest the evening nearly ended in disaster, or at least disappointment. I’m not one to bitch and I certainly wont mention any names but a certain aforementioned soiree didn’t quite live up to it’s hype. In the interest of diplomacy all I’ll say is that when half the cast of Big Brother 5 turned up, we took it as our cue to leave.

Me & Charlotte

Luckily for us there’s no shortage of fash bashes at this time of year so going home to pack away our party frocks and watch Gossip Girl re-runs wasn’t our only option. Instead we leapt into the nearest cab and headed into the heart of central London where the lovely Amber Atherton was hosting an intimate get-together in celebration of her first ever Christmas Boutique. Feeling hugely relieved that our evening was taking a turn for the chicer we tucked into Champagne, Cupcakes and Gingerbread men and had a good old gawp at the glittering goodies on offer.

Francis Boule and Frederik Ferrier

Amber Atherton

My Flash Trash’s pop-up shop can be found at 1A Duke Street, just around the corner from Selfridges. It will be up and running until the 22nd of December so get down there for stress-free Christmas shopping.

Love Ella. X

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Ella Catliff in Parties Leave a comment

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