I never thought I would ever say this, but I am shamefully grateful that London Fashion Week is over! I hadn’t planned to go, and was quite uncertain that I would gain #LFW blogger accreditation, so when I did I knew it was another fashion extravaganza and great networking opportunity that could not be missed, so I held my breath, crossed my fingers and dived into the London Fashion underworld.

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[LOVE]

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In most cases, I am queen of the underworld, and like a true sanguine style, I love shows, people, music, late nights, canapés, and endless chit chat and champs, but for those who don’t know I ended my relationship with my partner of almost five years a couple of weeks or so ago, and although it was a premeditated decision, it’s knocked my social mojo right off kilter, and left the #LFW after parties etc. for next season.

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Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it’s better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together.

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[LIFE]

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Right, like the title says, ‘out with the old news baby, in with the new’. Thank you so much to all who nominated me for a Cosmopolitan Award for Best Lifestyle blogger. For anyone that doesn’t follow me on Twitter (which you know you should!), I have been selected as a finalist to attend the award ceremony on October 4th this year. I don’t believe I have fully expressed my gratitude, so many of you that have RT’d and Reblogged on my behalf, I am touched and deeply humbled by your love and support.

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Thank You!

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I know it was you guys, because it wasn’t me, I am so not the self-promotional type, not the ‘look at me, vote for me type’, so the fact that I got through on my viewer votes alone, despite the thousands of blogger entries was truly CRA(z)Y ! Thank y’all and LOVE Y’all!

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African Apparel designer/blogger/fashionista AJ, from My African Closet, who recently featured in the Guardian has so kindly offered to create a custom dress for little old me, especially for the Cosmopolitan Blogger Award ceremony. So when I am not blogging, I am daydreaming about it my dress to be. So you can bet I will be posting that on here when it’s done. Congratulations to My African Closet for being nominated the running for Best Fashion Blog (I think I may have voted for you twice #overenthusiastic)

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Blog post on AJ’s AW12 Collection posting this Friday.

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[LIPSTICK]

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Last but never least, thank you to:

  •  -Jazz FM for a great night at Café Rouge with live music and great food for The Rainbow Trust charity
  • -V&A Museum- thanks for the V&A Ballgowns book, love all the dresses in there!
  • -Rimmel London- for my manicure and Kate Moss lipsticks for London Fashion Week. I genuinely love the iconic colours from Kate’s second lipstick collection.
  • - Fad Charity, Maths, Ji Cheng, ForwardPR, PopPR and Raffaele Ascione for accommodating me for the Vauxhall Fashion Scout shows at such short notice!

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