KATCH AW 12 PRESS DAY

LOCATION: Cirque Du Soir, Ganton Street.

An exciting collection of designers showcased their wares in a quirky, circus themed club. I sipped on a white wine spritzer whilst chatting to some of the lovely designers who were eager to introduce their collections.


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HIGHLIGHTS

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Salima Hughes

A truly unique customisation concept: Delicate and bespoke jewellery that symbolises a few bars of your favourite piece of music. Salima is classically trained and explained how the 5 level music stave was the inspiration for her elegant bracelets, necklaces and rings. I absolutely loved this "Music" collection and each piece was beautifully made.

Zeynep Tosun

Zeynep Tosun's collection was a breath of fresh air and I kept going back to her rails for a triple-take at her bright and beautiful pieces. She has worked with the Alberta Ferreti design team and collaborated with Jonathan Saunders and is definitely a rising star to keep an eye on. Her unique prints, bold use of patent leather and unusual metal detailing make this collection truly outstanding and I am very excited to see what she does next.

Arrogant Cat


A small collection of bright jeans and this super-awesome Michael Jackson red leather jacket with glittering sleeves. Can you imagine this over a white tee and black skinnies? BAM!

Miss Matahari

Both fiercely sexy and seriously high-performance fitness wear designed for a totally kick-ass workout. Miss Matahari was an absolute darling and told me about the theme of empowerment that she had in mind with this collection whilst pointing out the glimpses of beading detail, hot pink pieces and light-reflective strips that made this collection a feast for the eyes.  This collection was the BOMB and I would feel like superwoman working out in her pieces. 

MATH

Chanel tweed meets Olivia Palermo meets alluring secretary meets Alexander Wang jersey and leather piping. I'd like this whole collection to be my wardrobe, please.

CLEO B

Last but certainly not least - Cleo B, a British brand founded by Cleo Barbour. The theme of this collection was what I would describe as Sixties With Swagger, showcased perfectly by creative and brave use of musical imagery. Surprisingly bold details cropped up as accents on flats, as a bag in itself, as cutouts on boots and even as an amazing heel on their shoes. I'd never heard of Cleo B before but I loved this collection and really hope that it will be available for purchase in their boutique. Wouldn't these pieces be perfect for everything from editorials to young starlets on the red carpet?

A big THANK YOU to Katch PR for inviting me :)


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What do you think of the collections?
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Love,
Geisha
xoxo

Sleek Makeup Foundation Matching Event

This event is still going on until 8pm today so make haste and you could still get there in time!

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My highlight of the day was dropping by the Sleek Make up Foundation matching event on Judd Street - I actually used to live on this street for my final year of university so it brought back good memories!

The actual venue was just a room on the ground floor with a Sleek Make up banner out the front - very easy to spot and lots of friendly faces from the Sleek staff inside. The idea of this event was for Sleek to gather information on how their new foundation (a creme-to-powder foundation it seems, which would be lovely for a slightly heavier but not drying autumn/winter coverage) and how it suited various skin tones. You filled in a questionnaire and had some one-on-one time with the make up consultant to find your perfect match - mine was Barley!

Girls trying on some of the foundation

The yummy cupcake tower and other welcoming bits of food and drink

The webmaster checking their facebook page! And you can see the pink goodie bags in the background :)

zooming in on the cupcake tower... i obviously had to dive in and ruin its perfectness

the icing was almost as thick as the cupcake! just the sugar boost that i needed

skipping away happily with my goodie bag!

Products:

- eye dust in Ooh Baby (light blue)

- eye dust in Glory (gold)

- Safari i-divine palette (my choice)

- Chaos i-divine palette

this is the chaos palette

and this is the safari palette

• The eyeshadows are lovely, smooth and pigmented as usual.
• I'm a bit confused at the duplicate gold colour on the top row of the safari palette though...
• The Chaos palette is completely matte - you won't find any sparkly shadows here!

It was such a hard choice for me because i wanted both the graphite and the safari palettes (greedy little me!) but in the end i decided to go with safari because it had some nice greens, blues, golds and that luminous white highlight colour.

BUT... now i'm lusting after the graphite too! oh well, you can't have it all.

Scoot on down to 94 judd street before 8pm today and you can try out the creme-to-powder foundation that will be released in the next few months and get a goody bag too :)

Love,

Geisha

xoxo