After a lovely evening at Sushi Samba and then a small bite at Hakkasan, our alarm went off yesterday – after snoozing twice – at 08:00.
Burberry riep
Unfortunately no ticket but if there’s anywhere beautiful people gather, it’s there, so we had to go. After yogurt with granola and salmon with toast, we were ready to go. Packed with photo and video cameras, we hopped into the taxi. We both wore sneakers, for me the best thing ever, for Lies a kind of hell. She seriously starts to feel pain in her feet after half an hour and longs for her trusted high heels. Upside down world…
Dammit
At the entrance of the venue, we were asked for our ticket. “No we don’t have one.“ ”Ah so are you on the list?“ ”No, we are not.” Sssshit, this was of course our chance to bluff our way in. Unfortunately, it failed.
Strategy
The intention was to take as many cool people on camera as possible, to ask here and there for a quote about how the show was, but perhaps the most important thing was to get Lies and Olivia Palermo in a photo together. We split up, Lies had the camera and I made videos. I found a perfect spot by a barrier where all the guests walked by, a sort of red carpet. I believe I saw a hundred Burberry trench coats pass by. And Olivia, I saw Olivia. I called Lies, but she didn’t pick up. Tss.
More beautiful than beautiful
It was really a different ball game than the TopShop show the day before. Everything was so well organized, enough space to take photos, the security was nice and I actually didn’t have to turn off my camera because everyone who walked by was beautiful. I also saw Anouk, owner of Creators of Desire and friend of Amayzine. Cara and Kate Moss were of course somewhere, but I couldn’t spot them.
Waar is ze?
After the last people had passed, I went looking for Lies again. Guess what, she was posing a bit for some photographers. Come on, her Proenza forward, Escada jacket neatly styled, leg crossed behind, sunglasses on and posing away. I don’t think I stood much of a chance in my black Zara jeans and Nikes. High time for a designer bag if you ask me.
Shopping time
Fully hyper, we hopped back into the taxi to load all the material at our hotel and let the Amayzine Headquarters know how incredibly cool it was. Lies reported for the camera, we got super fun quotes, beautiful photos, and Mario Testino and Poppy Delevingne full on screen. We treated ourselves to a few hours of shopping because high on the wish list was The Shoe Heaven in Harrods.
You understand, I could leave Lies here for hours. And I did. I quickly took a taxi to the hotel for a bit of chill. Packed and loaded, she later came into the hotel room. It had become flat shoes. FLAT shoes. It’s all going wrong here.
Last night
We were quite a bit tired from the day and all the impressions, so we booked a table at the restaurant of our hotel. No unnecessary luxury. Raw tuna and salmon and beef carpaccio. I drank green tea and Lies stayed a bit longer with a glass of wine and her laptop. My eye mask and earplugs went in and I was asleep by eleven.
Vandaag
I woke up early and moved to the gym where I spent an hour on the treadmill and then we packed our bags. We are going to Somerset House and then have a lunch appointment by the pool on the 7ththe floor of Shoreditch House (members only). I will of course tell you all about that.
