Well as we all say goodbye to 2012 and hello to 2013; I take
a look back and count down my 10 best moments of 2012.
This year has been an amazing year for me and this blog. I am really proud of the things that I have achieved and I am looking forward to things to come in 2013 but before I go through the best moments of my personal 2012, I am first going to look at the top 2012 moments that I will remember.
This year has been an amazing year for me and this blog. I am really proud of the things that I have achieved and I am looking forward to things to come in 2013 but before I go through the best moments of my personal 2012, I am first going to look at the top 2012 moments that I will remember.
Raf Simons named creative director at Dior and Jil Sander returned.
After months of speculation about who was going to replace fallen angel of 2011
John Galliano as creative director at Dior, rumours were finally put to rest
when Raf Simons was named. The fashion world was shocked during Milan fashion
week when Jil Sander announced that he would be leaving his post at the fashion
house which caused everyone to reignite the rumours and gave him a standing
ovation for his final collection. With Raf moving on, Jil Sander returned to
her own house after a 9 year absence.
New creative director at Balenciaga
As Nicolas Ghesquiere stepped down from Balenciaga after 15 years, the fashion house named much loved fashion designer Alexander Wang as the new creative director in December. The fashion world will be full of excitement in 2013 waiting for his first collection for them as well as seeing what will be next for Nicolas.
The fashion world said goodbye
Much like 2011, the fashion world said goodbye once again. This time it was to front row journalist and style icon Anna Piaggi aged 81.
Fashion did the Olympics
It seems that the fashion world was determined to make the London 2012 Olympics the most stylish one to date when Stella McCartney was announced as the designer for team GB, Ralph Lauren for team USA and Giorgio Armani for the Italian team. London continued this in the closing ceremony by showing the world how much we do LOVE our fashion by having Supermodels walking down the runway.
A Royal affair
As Nicolas Ghesquiere stepped down from Balenciaga after 15 years, the fashion house named much loved fashion designer Alexander Wang as the new creative director in December. The fashion world will be full of excitement in 2013 waiting for his first collection for them as well as seeing what will be next for Nicolas.
The fashion world said goodbye
Much like 2011, the fashion world said goodbye once again. This time it was to front row journalist and style icon Anna Piaggi aged 81.
Fashion did the Olympics
It seems that the fashion world was determined to make the London 2012 Olympics the most stylish one to date when Stella McCartney was announced as the designer for team GB, Ralph Lauren for team USA and Giorgio Armani for the Italian team. London continued this in the closing ceremony by showing the world how much we do LOVE our fashion by having Supermodels walking down the runway.
A Royal affair
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| RAINBOW QUEEN BY VOGUE SOURCED FROM DAILY MAIL |
Once again there was a big focus on everything British in 2012 and as the queen
celebrated her diamond jubilee, us proud British people celebrated and showed
the world how we put on a show. Every British fashion magazine paid tribute to
the Queen and my particular favourite was a feature in vogue, which created a
colour blocked spectrum of outfits that she has worn over the past year. We all
also waited in anticipation to see what amazing outfit the Duchess of Cambridge
would wear to the many events that celebrated the Queen. With the announcement
that there will be a new member of the royal family, I’m sure that British
fever will continue into 2013.
A new kitty on the block
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| SCREEN SHOT IMAGE FROM @ChoupettesDiary TWITTER ACCOUNT |
There was a new star in the fashion world this year and no one was more surprised as Karl Lagerfield, his beloved furry friend, Choupettes became a household name, so much so that British Grazie featured her on the front cover and she acquired at twitter account @ChoupettesDiary with a following that currently stands at 24,486.
H&M teams up
with Marni, Anna Dello Russo and Maison
Martin Margiela
2012 was the year that H&M continued with their designer
collaborations. In March they teamed up with Italian designer, Marni and I was
one of the many who queued to purchase pieces from the collection. Later on
they joined forces with Anna Dello Russo and Maison Martin Margiela.
London
Collections: Men Launched by Prince Charles
2012 marked an exciting time for British menswear designers
as London launched its first ever Menswear Fashion Week called London
Collections: Men, which was officially opened by Prince Charles. For menswear
to have its own London Fashion Week marks a important mile stone as the
strength of menswear that is filtering through is very strong. The next one is
coming in January and we are all very excited to see what our amazing British
Menswear Designers will produce.
2012 British
Fashion Awards
With the end of the year comes the 2012 British Fashion Awards
which was held at The Savoy Hotel in London. Stella McCartney was the winner of
the evening taking home 2 awards for Designer Brand and Designer of the Year.
20 year old Cara Delevingne finished an already successful year by wining the
Model of the Year award.
Romeo Beckham makes
his modelling
Following in his father’s and Mother’s footsteps, Romeo
Beckham became the newest member of the Beckham household to enter the fashion
world by becoming the face of Burberry making his modelling debut. Romeo models
along side Cara Delevingne and Edie Campbell in Burberry’s new campaign.
What will you remember from 2012 that has happened in the
fashion world?
Frozen editorial gets published on fashionezine.com
The beginning of 2012 started with a bang as my editorial called 'Frozen' was featured on fashionezine.com. You can read all about the editorial in my post 'That's the look - Frozen' and my behind the scenes post 'Behind The Look – Frozen’.
Idol magazine
online featured 'Hot' and ‘Wind’editorial
In April, my shoot that I did with Michael Furlonger
entitled Hot featured on Idol Magazine Online. Read all about this editorial in
‘That’s the Look – Hot’.
After a year of trying to do this shoot, we finally put time aside in August to shoot the wind shoot that was featured on Idol Magazine and was blogged about many times. Read all about it in my blog post ‘That’s the Look – Wind’ and check back soon to read how we created this in ‘Behind the Look – wind’.
Ruby Goe 'Badman' album cover
May saw music artist Ruby Goe launched her single ‘Badman’ in which Michael Furlonger, Bunnice Allen and I shot the single sleeve for. Read all about it in my post ‘Ruby Goe’.
Factice magazine 'I like mines...raw!'
May, also saw my shoot ‘I like mine…raw!’ that I did with photographer Marianne Paraskeva and hair and make up artist Bunnice Allen published in Issue 13 of Fatice magazine. Check out my post ‘That’s the Look –I like mine…raw!' And come back soon to read how we created this editorial in ‘Behind the Look - I like mine…raw!’.
ByRogue Jewellery Mood/Brand Images
In July, I created brand images for ByRogue Jewellery with Michael Furlonger and Bunnice Allen. Read all about this in ‘That’s the Look – ByRogue’.
Idol magazine issue 4
In September, the team achieved the cover of idol magazine for their 4th issue with our shoot called Plastix. Check out my post that tells you all about this exciting achievement in ‘That’s the Look - Plastix’.
Blog features new designers fashion films
In October, blog behind the look did a feature on new
designers fashion films. These really were liked by you all; if you missed them
then you can view them below.
Intro - Felicities Showreel - http://www.blogbehindthelook.
Day 1 - Ada Zanditon - http://www.
Day 2 - Julia Burness - http://www.
Day 3 - Tramp in Disguise - http://www.
Day 4 - Phannatiq - http://www.
Day 5 - Arianna Cerrito - http://www.
Day 6 - David Longshaw - http://www.
Day 8 - Beautiful Soul - http://www.
Day 2 - Julia Burness - http://www.
Day 3 - Tramp in Disguise - http://www.
Day 4 - Phannatiq - http://www.
Day 5 - Arianna Cerrito - http://www.
Day 6 - David Longshaw - http://www.
Day 7 - Xsenia & Olya - http://www.
Day 8 - Beautiful Soul - http://www.
Post in Links A La Mode
My post about new designer Ada Zanditon SS13 collection
featured as one of the weeks must read post on IFB Links A La Mode. Check out
my post ‘Links A La Mode - My post featured!’
Jenny Schwarz’s AW13
collection.
In December, I worked with Jenny Schwarz on her look book
for her new AW13 collection. Make sure you watch this space as new post about
this shoot will be coming soon in 2013.
Epic Shoot with
Photographer Michael Furlonger
Just before Christmas, I worked with photographer Michael Furloner,
make up artist Bunnice Allen and Prop/Set Designer Lorna Kelly to create the
most epic shoot that we shot over 4 days. I can’t tell you anything more than
that but please stay turned to read some exciting posts in 2013 about this
shoot.
What are your personal top moments of 2012 that you will
remember?
I hope you have enjoyed my post and
I would like to thank you all for your support in 2012. I hope that you have a
great night celebrating the last night of the year; I look forward to sharing
posts in 2013 and hearing your thoughts.
Happy New Year!
The girl! x
