The Cambridge Satchel again and again

Now, I have long been a fan of the Cambridge satchel. Most of the fashion world in fact are fans too. Mulberry's Alexa(which I own), is in fact based on the classic design. I guess Dr Marten, which I am a huge fan of, has jumped on the wagon and created pretty much the EXACT same style as the original Cambridge satchel. Umm, is this ok?  I do love the DM version because its got the faded worn look but I don't know how I feel about it. here are pics of the two bags, the top one is the Original and the bottom one is the Dr Marten version.
If I had any cash right now, I think I would but the original.

check them both out at their Cambridge Satchels and Dr Marten.

x

Oh Zandra...

There is loads going on in London all the time and during the fashion seasons there is quite a bit more. This year, I decided I was in fact, going to explore my options. So I signed up for Pure, which is a Fashion trade show here, and I met up with a friend and headed over to Olympia. Has anyone been to a trade show??? Okay, I have been to the gift show in Toronto helping out my parents with their stall and have also partaken in some fab purchases, in bulk of course!

This show was a whole other story... boring with a capital 'B' That is until my friend Emily pointed out that on the show schedule Zandra Rhodes was doing a talk, I squealed with delight!!! For those of you Torontonians that don't know who that is:

1. You really should know who it is. and
2. she is the better version and the English answer to Betsey Johnson. I promise.

Did you guys know that Zandra was the first person in Fashion to put safety pins on her clothes? Even before Malcolm McLaren and Viv Westwood?

Zandra did not just talk to the audience, she had a mini little show,  Here are some pictures, but excuse the quality please as all I had with me for photo-taking was Emily's Blackberry! Amateur.

Yes, we got to sit in the front row

Illustrated Alice

I worked on a few pieces a little while back for my application to London College of Fashion, luckily, I got in! Today I realized that I hadn't shared any of my recent work with ANYONE! How lame is that? It's so like me to make stuff and then hide it, I am a pretty private person which does not go well with blogging but hey, i'm trying! My friend Nicole  did the photography at Time for Tea