Fashion! Turn to the left. Fashion! Turn to the right.....

The long awaited photo shoot was last Saturday and it couldn't have gone more perfectly. Even though there was rain, the weather still seemed to be on our side. We were a team of six that clicked really well and the location was also a pleasure to work with.  Having consumed lots of coffee we were all buzzing and there was no stress to be seen. Perfect! The clothes worked better than I could have imagined. It was almost as if they were made for our models, so hardly any pinning or tucking needed to be done.

Any ho, here are some photos from the day. They are only ones I took on my phone... but it will give you a little sneaky preview on some of the outfits and location! Enjoy :)

Front of Shoreham Airport

Airport Reception

Michelle waiting in between shots

Last outfits of the day! Girls waiting to go outside

Cassie and J on hand with props and reflector

Yippie! Rain has stopped!

Emer at work

Images taken by Jennie Davies

Brighton Rock on a lazy Sunday afternoon...

My husband had a lovely surprise from two of our close friends on Sunday.  As a birthday present they had bought my husband tickets for Brighton Rock at the Duke of York's Picturehouse,  and offered to baby-sit our little girl, Molly. I had somehow managed to keep this from my husband all week, which was extremely  difficult as I have been so excited about Rowan Joffe's 60's-set reworking of Graham Greene's classic noir novel. We had even witnessed the new Pinky (Sam Riley) and Rose (Andrea Riseborough) being filmed for  parts of Brighton Rock outside the Royal Pavilion last Autumn. On Sunday, Pete was delighted when he found out our plans for the day and we slowly made our  way to Duke of York's. On turning up, we were so happy we had pre-booked tickets as all viewings for the day had sold out and unfortunately there were no two seats left together. We were fine with this, after all we were there to watch a film and not natter!

Graham Greene's novel is set in Brighton but Joffe has filmed the newest addition of Brighton Rock in Eastbourne, with parts of Brighton's lanes and Royal Pavilion still very recognizable. I do understand why Joffe has chosen to do this as I can imagine Eastbourne now is probably what Brighton would have looked like back in the Sixties. Brighton can have dark undertones and Joffe showed this well.

Andrea Riseborough (Made in Dagenham) played Rose perfectly.  You really feel for her character as it was more Rose's story and not Pinkys this time, which added an emotional charge to the film.  Helen Mirren played a strong, assertive and feminist version of Ida. This was perfect for the 1960s as the modern woman hadn't arrived yet but was well on her way. 

Overall I recommend that you go and see Brighton Rock, especially if you are from the Eastbourne and Brighton area. It's great for location spotting, but not only that, it is a great new adaptation of Graham Greene's novel. Go and see it for your self and tell me what you think!

 

What I Wore  

Vintage Brogues - Vintage Fair

Short Jacket - Topshop

Vintage Leather Satchel - Starfish

Vintage Pencil Skirt - Belonged to my mother

1950s Faux Fur Hat - Vintage Fair

We decided to go and have a drink after the film  to discuss what we thought over a nice long drink and went to a pub that we haven't visited in a long time, The Greys on Southover Street. When Pete and I started dating it was one of our locals we liked to visit when we lived on St James Street. Unfortunately after moving to Hove and having a little girl we don't get to visit that often, so today was a real treat. This place is truly fabulous. If you haven't been... GO! They have wonderful live music on most evenings and a large selection of Belgian beers. What more could you ask for? Pete and I then finished our lazy afternoon with a very windy stroll along the beach and a final pit stop at The Bee's Mouth for some fine Asahi. Yummy! Perfect end to a horrible week.

Images taken by Jennie & Peter Davies apart from the image of Rose & Pinky (courtesy of Google Images). 

Video courtesy of YouTube.

Stylish blogger award!

The lovely Bridget from Other People's Trash has awarded us with the Stylish Blogger Award. I am very excited about this and happy to think that someone should think we deserve such an award. I wouldn't be able to make this blog happen without our glorious fans. In the process of receiving this award I need to tell you 7 things about me and also suggest some other wonderful blogs! Please check them out!

7 things about me:

• I have a big phobia of spiders and clowns.

•  I have an obsession with Morocco. I have been 4 times and every time I go... I seem to fall in love with the country even more! Quite a few designers and artists visit Marrakesh regularly to get inspiration. I definitely love to go there to take photographs. This is one of my photos from a previous trip.

• I used to have 5 x pet rats. I know... mad! But they are one of the best, loyal pets anyone could have! They are very intelligent and you can train them like dogs. It's just a shame their life span is quite short.

• I work part time as a chocolatier for Choccywoccydoodah. I love it! I get to play with chocolate all day long and make beautiful flowers as well. If you don't know of Choccywoccydoodah, please check them out! We make beautiful wedding cakes which are out of this world.

• I love to play with Lomography cameras. They are amazing and the results are always a pleasant surprise. I think every one should put down their digital cameras down once in a while and go old school.

• I was born in Singapore and have been living in England since I was 3. I am very proud of my Asian roots and would like to go back with my husband and little girl some day. They have never been before and would love to show them what an amazing part of the world it is!

Me, a little girl, in Singapore!

• I love cheese! Any type of cheese... Brie, Camembert, Stinky Bishop, Cheddar, Stilton... you name it! One of my favorites has to be baked Camembert. It's like a mini cheese fondue and delish with freshly baked bread and red onion chutney.

Blogs that should get the Stylish Blogger Award (in no particular order):

• She's Called Claire
•  Diary of a Vintage Girl
• Oracle Fox
• WishWishWish
• Snippets of Shiny Thoughts
•  Cherry Humbug
• The Mannequin Lady

All images taken by Jennie Davies apart from the spider image (courtesy of Graphics Fairy) and cheese image (courtesy of Google Images).