tour diary: Londontown

It's the final installment of the Lucette UK tour diary! We ended the tour off with a bang in my dearest, London.  I've posted about London a lot in the past so I figured I would simply share some photos from our stay rather then do a full-on guide this post. We definitely packed a lot of the city in to a few days...

 

 

Nothing like a rainy London stroll...

 We stopped by the British Museum where "the Brit" had a staring contest with a lion...

 and I took photos of pretty girly-er things...

Lucette and her dad had never been to London before so I felt the strong urge to drag them on a little trip up the Jubilee Line to see Abbey Road Studios (very near where I lived many moons ago).

e We signed the wall outside the studio, of course. We also called my dad and I asked him to go to this website so he could see us live in front of Abbey Road! and he could see us, which was pretty entertaining :D 

Obligatory Big Ben photo-op...

 

on to the last show of the tour...

We played our final show at the breathtaking and magical Union Chapel.  I have dreamed about going to watch show there for ages but actually playing there!?! I needed someone to pinch me for fear I was just having a really vivid dream! 

 

sound check...

"The Brit's" parents came to the show all the way from Cornwall since we didn't have time to come to them this trip!(As did a few close London buddies)...

Still waiting on the photos of us performing (because, obviously, someone else had to take those ;) but I will post them once they emerge! Then the Secret Sisters took the stage and did an incredible job. It was bittersweet though since it was the last show.

 

During the last song the girls brought a surprise guest to the stage, the fabulous Brandi Carlie. It was a gorgeous end to an amazing show.

and, just like that, it was over and we were plopped back in LA. back to reality. But we had such an unbelievably wonderful time!

PS: to hear more from the band I toured with here's the link LUCETTE  and while I'm at it here is the link to the band we supported THE SECRET SISTERS < all of them are lovely lovely ladies, incidentally.

A taste of my London Fashion Week

I must apologize for my all-over-the-place-ness recently! Many changes have been going on but I have, for one thing, settled into my new day job, I've also kicked my jetlag and am (finally) starting to feel like I'm getting  things accomplished again! Which also means I am ready to finish all the posts about my London visit! Thanks for being patient readers!

You may recall, in the not so distant past, I did a post on London-based label Colenimo's last collection which I adored! Well, I was lucky enough to be invited to a private view for the Spring/Summer 2011 collection - equally adorable and vintage inspired. I also met the Designers, who were such lovely people! I also attempted to put together a little video of the night to post here.  I so loved the way the pieces were displayed - hung from lofty ceilings via cute white ribbons - it was almost like an art installation.  The only negative was that the clothes sort of twirled around at whim - incredible effect for people there in the room, not so easy for amateur cinematogaphers to shoot, I'm afraid. but I did my best with my limited gear and a shaky hand. Here's what we are left with...

The gorgeous SS11 lookbook isn't online yet (this is a sneak peak. shhhh...) but the line is really beautiful so keep your eyes peeled in the coming weeks. www.colenimo.com

seen you soon!