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.

A mini glimps at Acne SS10

So today was a great example of my last blog post about the fashion press working at super sonic speeds ahead of the season available in the shops. With the gross horrible weather and the definite feel of autumn around the corner, i spent today salivating over the Acne SS10 look books, dreaming of the light fabrics against my skin, their wide brimmed hat shielding me from the sun, the angular shapes of the blazers with nothing more than a sheer belly top on underneath, alas i look out of the window and sigh... not for another 6-7 months i fear. Last night was the Acne SS10 presentation at the Curve Gallery at The Barbican Center which was a was a static presentation with male and female models wearing the coming garms of my favourite brand. Here are a few pictures, i have got my hands on so far. More to come. Please note my wish list begins:-fantastic triple pin heel sandal boot-Amazing silver sunglasses by Husan El Odeh (as the model pictured wearing them told me, they are completely impractical if you are walking a dog or want to look at anything below the bust of anyone- but who needs practicality when you look amazing!)
Its not fair, i want it all!
*more concise blog post on the Acne SS10 to come (I lost my trusty iPhone at the weekend at carnival so i am currently camera-less and phone-less, well at least i have my Acne)*