Out and about....little girl blue

I have photographed Irina many time and am sure I will again. Not only does she have her own wonderful blog A Portable Package. She is also a dentist and a very stylish one at that.
Here she is wearing a Stella McCartney dress with a yellow Celine bag and Marc Jacobs shoes.

Out and about....the golden diamond

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I have to start my post by saying that the 1st image today is one of the reasons I truly love streetstyle photography all summed up in one word, spontaneity. If I had been setting this up we would have had to get a whole team together and cast the bike and rider for the background. Well maybe the guy on the bike would have looked different, but apart from that I couldn't have asked for more. It is such a kick when you see it all fall into place in the lens. And to have Doina as the main focus of the shot, perfect. Doina is the force behind The Golden Diamonds, her about me says that her biggest dreams are to develop the Fashion Industry in Moldova and also to become a politician. So quite a broad brush of interests. She has certainly been making in roads on the fashion front as I was just reading in her tweets that the shoot for her own collection was taking place on yesterday - Monday. And you will eventually be able to see it and buy it from here. So to give you a flavour of what to expect, the skirt and shirt in the 1st shot are her own design, which she has paired with an Armani coat, Chloe shoes and YSL bag. In the second the jacket is her own design, worn with Massimo Dutti jeans, Zara sweater, Chloe shoes and is carrying her iPad in a Stella McCartney iPad cover. Her last look is made up of a polo neck and skirt from ASOS, vintage lace over the polo, YSL shoes and she is carrying a Moschino bag.

Out and about....just off Oxford St.

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I caught Laura as she was on her way to work and you can see why I stopped her. That pop of green with the animal print and BAM I was wide awake. This was far too good to miss. Laura works for Miss Selfridge in their head office. She is a Brand Co-Ordinator which involves working with buying, merchandising, tec and one other dept - please forgive me I was doing the interview as we walked along and as you all know my handwriting at the best of times is far from perfect....it is also why I forgot to ask what she is wearing - 2 apologies. Now I did remember to ask Laura's style influence which is high street, festivals, Mary Katrantzou and Stella McCartney, mixing high street with designer. Her favourite place in London is Covent Garden and her surprise is that she is a bit of a geek. She loves gaming and the Wii which she plays with her boyfriend.

Out and about....the Dam and beyond

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Rachel is a student at the fashion institute in Amsterdam. She has just started her 6 month internship with SuperTrash. Her style influence is the 60's and 70's she likes to mix vintage with new. Rachel's favourite place in Amsterdam is the Vondel Park (in the summer). She likes to travel. Her favourite kind of travel is backpacking and is happy walking all day long. You can see it is raining in the shot. One of the amazing things about Amsterdam is the attitude to the weather. Although they have more or less the same weather as the UK when it starts raining they don't run for cover like us they just get on with it. Only if it is too windy will they leave their bikes behind and walk. Rachel is wearing an Acne jacket, SuperTrash jeans, Marc Jacobs shoes and is carrying a Stella McCartney bag.

Before I leave the Dam I would like to share some other sights from there and beyond with you.

Twe Kanefas Bale 1632 - This was the sign over the the door to our apartment. I don't think I have ever lived anywhere so old before. Twe Kanefas Bale means 2 canvas bales, this is about as much info as I have managed to find out about it.

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Beautiful morning light - the arches are lit only by the sun. Sometimes you are just given gifts.

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This is the same bridge from the other side.

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Beyond the Dam -
On our way home we stopped at the fairytale Kasteel de Haar. There has been an a castle on this site since the 1300's however this is not the original as the castle has been destroyed and re-built several times. This is almost how it has looked since the 1600's however it fell into disrepair and refurbishment started again at the end of the 1800's. This newest magnificent refurb was completed in 1912.

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Walking around the castle I noticed this not so graceful Swan. It checked out the water and then fell in head 1st. I couldn't stop laughing. It then redeemed itself with the beautiful display in the 3rd shot.

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LFW September 2010 - Imogen Roy

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This is Imogen from eightlondon who is also a blogger. I managed to find out a bit about what she was wearing on the last day of the women's wear shows this year. Her coat is a Stella McCartney, dress is by Lisa Perry, shoes are Steve and Adam (cant find the ink), finally her bag is from Chanel. She sites her style influences as Asia, recently the exhibition on Belarus at the V&A, art books, street style and couture. We both agreed it would be wonderful to go to a couture show. Surprisingly she told me she is fluent in French and German. I really wish I could speak more than just English.