So I was the lucky winner of New Look’s tickets to The Look Show, one of the first fashion shows to feature high street clothing, and perfectly in time to kick off London Fashion Week.
The event was held at the wonderful Saatchi Gallery in fancy Chelsea. Our taxi driver was hilarious, and was telling us all sorts of funny stories about the famous people he’s driven around the area – and he loved our Geordie accents, so took a pound off the total fare. Nice!
When we got there, there was a fairly sized queue forming to get in – all featuring gorgeous girls of all shapes, sizes and age, so we knew we were in the right place. There was even a red carpet rolled out, which felt very glamourous!
Inside, champagne was being served which was fizzy and delicious. All the major high street stores were showcasing their new range – one of the best features being they were the clothes currently featuring this season. So I could literally have seen a dress at the show, then went to New Look around the corner and got it the very same day – a big first for fashion shows.
Me and my friend Georgina mingled around and did some celebrity spotting – we spied Liz McClaron (from Atomic Kitten), Keisha Buchanan (from Sugababes), The Saturdays and Beverley Knight (who I also saw at an event the next day – she was so sweet and lovely, and wanted to buy everything for her next television appearance, which was funny!). It completely wasn’t what I expected a fashion show to be like – with snobby size 0 girls milling around looking down their nose at you. Everyone was very pleasant, and there was a buzz of excitement.
After an hour or so (and a few too many glasses of fizzy pop!) we took our seats. Thank you New Look for securing us such an awesome view – front row at the start of the runway! The models were all provided by Elite Models in London and were all stunningly beautiful – although the show was kicked off by supermodel Erin O’Connor!
I adored New Look’s collection – lots of nautical navy and whites, polka dots (including the shirt I submitted in my ‘outfit’ for the competition entry!), ditsy cardigans and were the only store to showcase swimwear, which again tied into the nautical/holiday theme. It feels like New Look is kicking off summer early this year, which is much needed with all this drizzly rain, lately!
The show was also given an extra bit of sparkle when Pixie Lott came out in a cute black dress and performed an acoustic version of her hit single ‘Cry Me Out’. She was amazing, and got a great reception from us – if I do say so, myself.
After the show, pink champagne was served and we got our goodie bags which were designed by Olivia Rubin. Inside were accessories from all the retailers, vouchers and chocolates – yum yum! The modelling agency even gave out adorable pink glittery cupcakes!
I saw one of the models after the show, and she was really sweet and friendly – even nabbing a goodie bag for herself, saying she hardly got them to keep herself in her line of work. I told her she was brilliant, thought she could do with a sandwich or two and she giggled. Aww!
Oh! And to top it all off – I ended up winning second prize in the raffle. First prize was the ‘Alexa’ Mulberry bag, but second prize was a massive Tony & Guy goodie bag – including a hairdryer, straighteners, products and £100 worth of haircuts. I was so happy, as I never win anything usually!
So thank you New Look for chance to go to such a wonderful event!
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