Tattoo Updated

Just a little update on my tattoo which I got from Ben Davies at Brighton Tattoo Convention, who tattoos at Madam Butterflys in Hastings.

It now looks like this and is a beauty!

Excuse the goosebumps! It got very cold as I took the picture!

Early in the day Ben had also done this wonder on Gemma from The Vanity Box. Isn't it great! And on such a lovely person too!

Here's some more treats from Ben to take a look at. I can't recommend him highly enough, not only is he skilled, gentle and talented as a tattooist, he's also a super sweet guy and has great taste in ice-cream! You can 'like' his fan page here and see even more of his work too.

 Beautiful Gypsy Woman,

 Gypsy woman on Gemma from The Vanity Box

 His and Hers Legs on Betty Flowers

LondonEdge February 2012

Well now....it's again been so busy we're struggling to keep on top of work let alone on top of blogging! Some of you who are fans of the Lady K Loves facebook page, will have seen all of the images recently pop up from a shoot with Miss Cal O'Rein and Hannah. So we're currently making sure there is fabric at the factory, grading new pattens, finalising trims and colours and making sure everything is on track for Spring Summer.

However I've decided this afternoon is about coffee, blogging and a little bit of kicking back before operation New Pink Studio starts tomorrow.

We've done LondonEdge a few times and it's always such a  fantastic opportunity to talk to our customers and stockists. This year was certainly no exception and we as ever met lots of wonderful new people. One of the high lights for me was having not one, but two people who stopped by the stand giving excellent feedback on the jeans....and by excellent I do mean praise! I'm always happy to hear from people about fit and finish, colours and prints, I completely understand that I have a particular way of dressing and while Lady K Loves in undoubtedly influenced and a reflection of that, it's very important to make sure there are options there for everyone. So feed back on needing more bust room in dresses, for instance, is important and received with open ears. That said, nothing fills me with pride and joy more than hearing good things about Lady K Loves styles, so hearing from two completely separate people that they love the fit of the jeans, particularly when they have different body shapes and sizes made my weekend!

Among the other lovely people we saw over the weekend were models, Zara Ann, Frankii Wilde, Solene, Miss Cherry On Fire, Dolly Divine and I'm pretty sure more I've forgotten (I'm really sorry!)

It snowed on the Saturday night, which was hilarious as Verity (The Vanity Box, new web site coming soon) and I had gone out to the Hillybilly Hop, it's not too far from her house in north London, but it still took us about 2 - 3 hours to get home, a snow ball fight, thinking we were going to get hit by a skidding van and a half an hour walk home in the snow! After what way clearly way too late a night and not enough sleep, I made my way from north London to Olympia to get to the show. Sunday was kind of quiet becuase lots of people had gotten snowed in where ever they lived. Betty was supposed to be coming up from the Coast to help Cam (Bow & Crossbones) but it just wasn't possible with the fantastic service South Eastern or Southern trains put on!

That night however was a lot of fun! Verity diligently made her way across London (I have to say I was really impressed, I'm not sure I would have bothered coming if it were me and it wasn't really necessary).

 Verity and I taking pictures every time we got a coffee or ate anything......I think we'd gotten delirious!

So we went to the after party with the lovely (like really, really lovely, I'd never met them before and am looking forward to going to more shows which they're at since they're so sweet) girls from Bubblegum Vegas, Cam from Bow & Crossbones, and the guys behind Freddies of Pinewood who I've never met before and were so friendly and funny. Que a free bar.....as in, up to the bar to buy a drink and instead get a whole round with 2 of everything for all of us! By the end it was me Verity, Heather and Dani (Bubblegum Vegas) left doing some very bad dancing on a light up dance floor.

 Verity, Me, Dani and the lovely Zara Ann

The fantastic and beautiful Miss Cherry On Fire was modelling from Bow & Crossbones, as many of you already know we often team up together, so dressed in Lady K Loves and dripping in Bow & Crossbones goodies, she walked around and tempted people to come and talk to us (and did a fantastic job too!)

Day 2 of not enough sleep! The show it's self was much busier and again full of lovely wonderful people to talk to as well as Gemma (The Vanity Box) joining us for the day which was so lovely to see her. That night was The Jive Dive at The Boogaloo in north London (directly opposite an old friends house randomly!). Which was a lot of fun! I can't jive very well...so was pretty nervous as it was quite a small room, but everyone was up and dancing and I had a great time even if I did end up with people taking pictures making me more nervous!

At some point (Monday I think) I also stopped by to say hello to Mr Ducktail, rockabilly barber who's not only very talented at his job, is also a super nice guy! 

Tuesday involved more wonderful customers new and old, plus a sneaky find of a tiki/poly style bar up stairs with fake palm tree, which me and Laura Fortune (Miss Fortune) saw as a prime opportunity for a bit of posing! I also picked up one of these lovely Lucky necklaces from Bow & Crossbones....I've had my eye on one for a few months and am sooo in love with it.

Me and Laura, not the best picture, but it was the end of the day!

Shoot With Retro Photostudio

For some time now we're been talking to Retro Photostudio about doing a shoot. It's another colaboration we've really wanted to do, but it just hasn't happened yet.

The shot was starting very very early, 8:30, I'm pretty sure, at this fabulous hotel, Hotel Pelirocco, which has beautiful themed rooms, from music based to boudoirs...

The shoot was based in the Betty Page room, starting so early, we dropped off the outfits the night before, so as to avoid any delays.

The Vanity Box was on hand for all of the make-up and hair needs, with 3 models Acid Doll, Miss Phoenix, Miss Lula May and Sam Huggins.

All the images below are of  Miss Lula Mae, Miss Phoenix and  Acid Doll, Miss Phoneix in the spotty dress in also in jewels from Bow & Crossbones. 

Brighton Tattoo Convention

What is really our second proper stand at a big show, was this years Brighton Tattoo Convention. We'd done smaller stands and tables at craft fairs and event such the London Kustom Ko-Op. So it's still quite nerve-racking to be out talking to customers. I always want to be doing whatever I can to make sure they're happy, so the feed back this week was really important and useful.

We left on Friday afternoon, me, my brother driving and Sarika, my friend, the car was pretty full!

We went straight to the Race course to get set up, after a few hours the stand was looking pretty good, and it was clear we would need to do a little shopping before we could finish. It was odd setting the stand up with out Betty, as we were sharing a stand, but she'd been there earlier in the day. A mad dash around Brighton in the morning, a healthy handful of stress and we were set up and ready to go......!

We had a great spot over near the Sailor Jerry stand, close to the main sitting area, bar, rum cocktail bar, and stage! being near the Sailor Jerry stand was good for drinks....but mostly becuase, it was manned with awesome people, some of whom were friends. Come mid day on Saturday there was important hair assistance given to be given, (photo from www.gloomylightsphotography.co.uk/)

There was lots of talking to lovely customers, some super cute returning customers who I'd spoken to via e-mail but not met, music, dancing, rum, good friends and good time. Part of Sunday was spent hanging out with Gemma of The Vanity Box, Gemma from ErisApple as well as getting a little tattoo from Ben Davies. Sarika was fantastic, really good talking to all of the customers and full of great suggestions on how we can make the stand better (a fresh pair of eye's are so useful)

Sunday day time I stopped off to see Ban and have a little tattoo. Then that night it was Brighton Rumble, which I'd never been too and was pretty excited for.Also over the weekend Retrophoto Studio, had a shoot which we were involved in, but that's another blog post.

Adam Ant - Reading 2012

Back around Christmas time I was contacted by Georgie Girl, otherwise known as Georgina Baillie. Currently singing in Georgie Girl and her Poussez Posse, as well bas back up with Adam himself. She was after stage clothes for the last few nights of the tour. I have to say I wasn't wear at the time how many costume changes she made or how much she was on stage.....but the combination of liking to say yes to things, along with the lure of photo's, free guest list and potential press, I said of course.

I then got her measurements through....and bespoke was the only option, she's got a crazy figure! True hour glass, with tiny waist. So I made her some of the new styles.

Reading is a bit of a drive from where I live, so I went with my mum, which was fantastic fun, before we set out we looked like this

In in Lady K Loves Classic Jeans, and the first draft of a new shirt.......which will be coming soon.

That night we didn't see Georgie Girl, we got there late and I seem to remember reading somewhere they didn't play that night.....? (I might be wrong, very sorry if I am).

Whilst queuing at the bar, I spotted the very lovely Kim from Floozie and had a nice chat with her. And then he was on stage! He was fantastic, on really good form, clearly enjoying him self. There was lots of dancing. and two encores, the second of which had a few T Rex covers thrown in! This was pretty much the best picture I got.

So instead I've stolen this one which is much better!

 (Which I think is stolen from the What Katie Did site, who I believe provided the lovely bullet bra seen here. Sorry for the steal....hope the link is ok)
Sadly if she did wear any of the Lady K Loves stuff, I didn't see it.....but if anyone does she here in this outfit...it's from us!

And this is also a little sneak peak of the new Verity top, inspired by a conversation had last summer with verity from The Vanity Box and Miss Betty Flowers (who already has a top named after her). More from the new range when photo's are in from Hannah KS Photography, from our shoot with Cal O'Rein

The Collective

A few months ago I got a phone call from the lovely Verity at The Vanity Box, we'd spoken previously about working together on shoots but so far it hadn't happened.....logistics, both being very busy and just not having the right opportunity. So I was really excited when she had a plan to get us and some friends who all work in the same arena to combine forces on a super shoot....

You'll have heard of some of the brands and companies below in previous blogs....I'm really lucky to be friends with some wonderful and talented people. Through them I have a fantastic amount of support, advise, inspiration and of course fun.

So 2 models, 2 clothing companies, a beauty power-team, a couple of the most lovely girls on the scene, fantastic jewellery and an incredibly talented photographer.... the results of which are below.

Bettina Scarlett in Bernie Jumper, Gold and Red Cigarette Skirt, skirt coming soon.

Bettina & Jessie Orbits in She's Not So Dumb dress.

 

Jessie in Hello Sailor trousers in denim, Classic Tee in red and below, Shirley Skirt in navy and Cardi in lemon yellow

And finally, below is Jessie in a new top, called Verity after the driving force behind the shoot.......we had a chat in the summer which set me thinking......I love it when an idea and the prefect name comes together! There's a matching skirt, to come and more of this line, photo's coming very soon!

So the talented team.....

The Vanity Box - the lovely Verity and Gemma, hair and make-up masterminds.

Betty Flowers - ever lovely, was originally involved, however a horrible bit of flu put a stop to that.

Tigz Rice - fantastic photographer, seriously, check this lady out, a wonderful eye.

Bettina Scarlett - model, stylist, PR and general awesomeness.

Miss Jessie Orbits - Singer, bombshell, and model

Bow & Crossbones - Fantastic jewellery company, who does fantastic day to day wear, and some beautiful limited availability styles for that really special occasion. Plus the brains behind it is a absolute diamond!

The Outerlimitz - I've not included any of these images, but run by a lovely lady called Di, Outerlimitz is a great rockin' brand.

New Years Eve At The Boston Arms

After spending a lot of time working in bars and previously not having the best New Years (as in, same pub/club we'd normally go to, just we had to pay more to get in and some how it was supposed to be the best night we'd ever had......?), I've been a little cynical about it. Then I happened to see the lovely Cam from Bow & Crossbones post about going to the Boston Arms with some friends of ours, Betty (She Makes Me Blush) and Verity (The Vanity Box). So I did what any sensible person would do and asked if I could come too! Verity has a massive house and we were all invited to stay there, she's such an excellent host too!

Sadly, Betty had the flu and couldn't come in the end, but despite that set back we had a great time.

I got to London about 3 o'clock, and we spent a very slow afternoon getting ready, drinking cocktails, and having some dance lessons from Verity. Shona from Adventures In Vintage was also there, I hadn't met her before and it was a real pleasure to hang out, plus we had a little solidarity together since nether of us had been before or knew how to dance. Verity was really sweet and gave me a make over before we went out, I felt fantastic!

We got there just in time to see most of The Ladykillers set -

Followed by another band then Bloodshot Bill after the bells. It was a little odd becuase I don't think the DJ even cared it was 12 o'clock.......there was no real announcement made and ever one was just having too good a time to really notice!

Despite getting there at just gone 10, we stayed pretty much till then end, had a hilarious taxi drive home (we went round in circles and I really don't think the driver had any idea where he was going).

I checked my photo's the next day and they are rubbish, taken during a random point in the night when suddenly we all took pictures.....and pictures of one another taking pictures. Rubbish as in they mostly looked like this........(and these where the best ones!)

 So thankfully Shona had a couple of nicce one's of me which I can show you.....

I wore a midnight blue velvet pencil skirt with frill at the back and a gold lurex strapless top, with a small bolero to match the skirt. Given that I've not no clothes with me currently and I'd made it all that week I was pretty pleased with my self! You can see some of it in the pictures above.

I had a fantastic time and am looking forward to the next one, though I need someone to help me practice to dance before hand.

 Happy New Year!

LKL x