Aloha Hawaii...

12 hours from me posting this, i will be on a Virgin Atlantic flight en-route to Hawaii...! Eeek!!

To be honest, it is still all a bit crazy and still hasn't sunk in. It has all been very last minute and spontaneous, only two and a half weeks ago (to be exact) the decision was made that a much needed get-away for my best friend and i was imminent. So we will be joining the newly-weds, honey-mooners and American celebrities (in my head Hawaii is exactly like Forgetting Sarah Marshall) to surf, whale watch and relax . We will be vacationing (as they say in the states), on the island O'ahu, staying on Waikiki Beach, i can imagine there is going to be an immense amount to do out there*

I have just about zipped my suitcase shut and finally got to use this brilliant gadget i got last week. Now i am in no way a gadget geek (the only gadgets i own are my electric toothbrush, my iphone and laptop) but i am thoroughly impressed with it and think everyone should have one. It is a handy luggage scale by Salter that weighs your cases beforehand so you know how much it weighs before arriving at the airport. A lot more accurate than trying to balance a suitcase on a bathroom scale. Genius.
Now baring in mind that i am away for 9 days (2 of those are mainly flying: 18 hours each way, including transit in LAX), i seem to have accumulated:

1. 2 pairs of heels
2. 27 pieces of jewellery
3. 7 tops
4. 9 bikinis
5. 1 jumpsuit
6. 8 dresses
7. 4 sandals/flip flops
8. 3 shorts
9. 5 skirts
10. 3 trousers/leggings
11. And seemingly lots of other luggage fillers...
    

=20.993451kg!!!

Luckily, with this amazing, device i am able to save myself the embarrassment and stress of finding out at the bag drop off point that my luggage is overweight, and having to (on my hands and knees) reshuffle the hand luggage and check-in luggage. I have of-course failed to divulge the story of that exact scenario happening to myself and Steve Doyle (of BUCK) earlier this year during Milan and Paris menswear fashion week. The less said about that the better, the embarrassment was near fatal...

I look forward to surfing, swimming, snorkeling, rainforest's, volcanoes, whales, turtles, sushi, Luau's and more. I will try my hardest to picture blog as often as possible out there.

*if anyone has any suggestions of places to go and things to do, please run them my way.

Inside Moschino

Attending the Moschino AW10 presentation in Milan this season was a bit like a kid been let loose into a gratis candy shop. Aside from the pretty impressive collection- (video below filmed and edited my me for Buckstyle)



Everywhere you turned there was always something that caught my eye, a bit almost like a Moschino museum. Check out the cool at Moschino HQ, Milano...

I did wonder if it was, and wanted oh-so much to throw my double espresso over it, but the thought of been escorted out of Moschino HQ by 2 well dressed security guards was that little bit to mortifying. Till this day i still am none the wiser...

Fantastic trench coat/biker jacket combo from the AW10 collection.I love this new hybridity (is that a real word) in fashion. Oh and mustn't forget to mention the very incredibly-handsome-sexy model.
Teddy bear picture frame. Huge, about the size of a wardrobe
Another large picture frame, this time made from pegs and twine

Below, a selection of (possibly) vintage bags ....don't quote me on that.





A cow and calf chilaxing in the lobby...
Don't get to close Steve...!
She was a right old cow! ahahahha....ha!
And then these huge snails outside on the road adjacent to Moschino HQ.

Bizarre. Fun
All of this made for a memorable AW10 at Moschino...

More fashion week snaps to come...!
x

Acne Paper Party Pics

Now i am not one to post party pics on this blog, but this was a party worth noting about. It happened on Friday at the Spitalfield Church in my manor, East London. Vodka was flowing and everyone who was anyone was there. It was too much fun, a great party to catch up with all the people you work with on a daily basis and don't get to see often enough.
The theme of the new issue of Acne Paper was enlightenment, spirituality, transcendence and paradise. "As human beings we sense there is more going on than meets the eye... We are reminded about these energies when entering holy places created by great craftsmen and artist... Even the most sceptical atheist, when gazing at the icons, painting and sculptures, feel that there is something godlike about it." A very fitting comment for the grand location.

(L-R) Excellent publicist (to Katie Eary and Katie Rowland) Sergio Pacini and me.

The cover story (above) this issue is a collaboration between Tilda Swinton and Paolo Roversi, plus i got a lovely Acne canvas bag (below), with Swarovski crystals to add to my ever growing collection of Acne. I love it!

Acne Paper 9 is available worldwide from today (19th October 09)

Fashion Mozzie Bait in Milan- Day 1

Greetings from Milan, or as they say in Milan: Ciao Bella's. We got of our very quick and relatively stress free flight at Malpensa Airport yesterday and were immediately hit by the wall of heat and humidity. It is so warm out here it is ridiculous, but ridiculous good... I think I packet to many jeans and not enough shorts and skirts (Not counting my 2 leather skirts I packed for obvious reasons- slight sweat + leather= sticky).
Last season the weather was the total opposite: Snow, sleet and rain everyday. Things are looking up. After a short trudge to find out hotel our Milan fashion week could truly begin. Here are a few photos from last night...

AMAZING or what? A mini triple pack of Prosecco*! Perfect for the parched and tired Buckstyke trio.
*Or as the Buckstyle team refer to it... Prosexio

The biggest pizza you have ever seen, i am not joking, Steve and Elliott ordered one each and they were approximately 50cm wide each. I settled with calamari and prawns...

The most ornate taps i have ever seen in a restaurant.

Steve, Elliott and i opening out huge stack of invites on arrival at our hotel. The hats are not a brave move in moving fashion forward (or backward), they are the personalised invites from Dsquared. Cute huh?

In the picture above you can not see the HUGE mozzie bites i have encountered on my body. I feel like mozzie bait! Fashionable and stylish mozzie bait! Great! Right i am off to the Burberry Show now, think we have an interview with Christopher Bailey.... Exciting! Watch this space...

Ps- I didnt mention the crazy monsoon style weather we experienced last night, it started raining all of a sudden and i meant really really raining! Huge droplets and the thunder and lightening and more rain. I did feel at that point, that 'that' Carolyn Massey cape would have come in more than handy...