Sunday, 29 January 2012

Johanna Payton - that's me - in Sunday Times Style What Are You Wearing?

Open your eyes, woman!

Remember I mentioned a shoot I was doing a couple of weeks back for a v posh Sunday magazine? Well, I'm only in today's Sunday Times Style - go on, give me an "ooh la la".

I can be found on the last page (next To Mrs Mills - ha), in the What I'm Wearing slot. I'd like to say I was clever enough to have thought of sending them my pic, but it was actually a lovely PR friend who did the deed and consequently I was snapped by the ace photographer, Richard Morris Pushinsky, for the mag.

On the day (after answering the door to Rick in my dressing gown and rollers - a look usually reserved for the postman) I had big, bounchy hair but the ferocious wind outside soon but pay to that, which is a shame, but the clothes are the focus and I'm pretty happy with the bold & bright, classic Fashion Detective selection I'd made.

Thanks to Rick for a fun shoot (and taking the pic above with my silly purple camera) - and to Sunday Times Style for making a bird very happy on a Sunday.

Photo by Rick Morris Pushinsky.

Friday, 27 January 2012

Playful Promises at Shoreditch Boxpark: Vintage inspired lingerie in time for Valentine's Day


Would you like to see my knickers? How could anyone resist (that's rhetorical, by the way). Today, with Valentine's Day on my mind, I've been lingerie shopping at the fabulous vintage-inspired Playful Promises - and I got a bit more than I bargained for...

Thursday, 26 January 2012

Selfridges previews Big British Bang in London with Vivienne Westwood, Philip Lim, Mulberry, Nicholas Kirkwood and more



Well, I've been ensconced very happily in The May Fair Spa all afternoon (spotted in the lobby: a very slender Amy Childs with Harry Derbidge), but here I am to share my morning with y'all; I was up at Selfridges first thing for the preview of its Big British Bang season (4th May - late August 2012), a fun-packed and fashionable collection to mark a momentous year, covering fashion, food, beauty, homewares and entertainment.

If you're the kind of person who would wear Tabitha Simmons' "Pearly Queen" heels (above) whilst sipping tea poured from an Emma Bridgewater teapot with your bot popped on a "Tunnocks Caramel" cushion, read on 'cos you are going to lurve this...

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Gary Oldman's wife wears leather dress...like mine

I'm not dwelling on the fact that Gary Oldman's wife (Alexandra Edenborough) is younger than me (grrrrrrrrr), but I am loving that she was wearing a leather dress on the red carpet last night that is very similar to the brand new one I bagsed off eBay's Fashion Outlet at an unbelievable bargain price...

£12.50 (no, really) leather dress by Love Label @ Very (via eBay)

So basically he likes women in their 30s with short, tight leather dresses in their wardrobes *sigh*

Oh, and HE BETTER WIN THAT OSCAR!