We met Karl

Yes and Yes! We met Karl Lagerfeld in Selfridges on 24th of July around 8 pm. My friend and I, we had waited for almost 5 hours. As a result, we got to know every single corner of Selfridges. Well, the waiting was worthful. We first saw Mario Testino. I didn't have my glasses on, so I didn't recognize him until 2 seconds after he was on the carpet. And I was too excited to get my iPhone ready, just got the back of him. Anyway, later on when he went back to take the photo, I finally caught the front of him! 

Around 8 PM, we finally saw Karl coming! Surrounded by the bodyguards, medias and cameras, he was exactly what I saw on TV. Because we planned ahead of time, I caught a few good shots. However, without my real camera, iPhone didn't provide much quality.... Probably 10 minutes before he left for the roof cocktail party, my friend and I already lined up in front to catch up the last front photo of him. All of sudden, I saw he was signing for the girls while walking towards the elevator.... I didn't prepare for this, and thanks G that I had my tiny memo with me and he was kind enough to sign for me! 

The purpose of Karl's trip was to launch his Karl line in Selfridges and to host a private cocktail party to honor this event. In fact, Selfridges will also debut the designer's premium line: Karl Lagerfeld Paris Man and a womenswear pop-up store (where we saw Karl. P.S the collection is awesome!) presenting the Olympic themed collection that named Team Karl! 

Overall, I had a great time and a wonderful experience, though I couldn't feel my feet at all on that night. 

Lillian Bassman

I love Richard Avedon's capture of motion; I love Irving Penn's simple and sharp portrait; I am incorrigibly in love with the deadly romantic, elegant, fabulous black and white fashion photography. Just on time, the appearance of another photographer pushed me further down on this "monotonous"life.  (Well, you know, in a good way) She is the greatest Lillian Bassman.

P.S. All of Lillian Bassman's photos are from Google picture. 

Her fashion photography is a combination of ink and bleach (odd, I know, but color wise). It makes you wonder that who the girl is in the photo. She is so beautiful and mysterious. It triggers the curiosity inside you and you will follow her unconsciously like you have been spelled...

Here is my attempt in black & white and color.

Graduate Fashion Week

Finally I was done with Term 2. Besides the usual busy schedule, one of the most exciting things would be the Graduate Fashion Week and our school's own graduate fashion show that actually made me felt like that I was still participating in this industry.

The Graduate Fashion Week was on a Tuesday that conflicted with my classes... However, under the "instigation" of my friend, I went to the show and it was totally worth the price of skipping my classes!! Because, first of all, I met Hilary Alexander and even took a photo with her!!!! She was very nice! Second, the fashion shows were fantastic! 

Here's me and Hilary Alexander!! :)

However, to be honest, I prefer our school -- London campus' graduate fashion show more. The students' design here are more inspiring and innovative. By the way, I was also helping the backstage and the runway preparation. It was not my first time, but still enjoyed it! Here are some of my favorite designs from the show! 

Loc Hong Charles Lu

Pinpanee Na Ayudhaya Israngkum

Pei-Chuan Tsai

Sivan Moualem

Daniel Moshe Cohen

Claudia Gamba

Carmen Gutierrez Estrada

Liron Itzhakov

Andrea Aguirre Landa

There are still a lot more that I really like. Overall, it was very successful and good luck to those hard-working designers in the future! 

P.S. All the fashion show photos are from The Style Column. (http://thestylecolumn.com/istituto-marangoni-graduate-show/)