Asian Couture Week

The Vivienne Westwood/ Dans La Vie fashion film Oyster starring yours truly was screened at London Fashion Week last year to general acclaim, but I'm not at LFW this year- probably just as well, as I'm already up to my eyeballs with organising photo shoot trips all over the UK, USA and Asia!

While I was shooting in Singapore last November I was contacted by the director of Oyster, the Head of Fashion Film at Nick Knight's SHOWstudio and my good friend Marie Schuller. I couldn't believe we just so happened to both be in Singapore at the same time! She was shooting a fashion film about Asian Couture Week for SHOWstudio and invited me along to hang out and enjoy the show with her and her friend Sue.

 Marie shooting her film Eastern Promises with the runway models at Asian Couture Week

How could I say no?! We got great seats to see some of Asia's premiere couturiers and their work was nothing short of jaw-dropping!

This is me wandering around the venue before even the VIPs were let in to see what I could see...

 Wardrobe Polaroids backstage

Trying to figure out if I could possibly make off with that red dress without getting caught. All exits guarded by bouncers :(

I changed out of my little summer dress (Singapore is HOT in November!) and into latex for the party, of course... I got snapped and papped about five million times, which made me assume that I'd be able to find at least one photo online to share with you, but apparently not.

I can share some photos of the actual runway show though; it was really spectacular. This was my favourite of the designers, Guo Pei, China's most extravagant couturier:

So, enjoy LFW if you are there this year, but don't get too Western-centric with fashion. Asian designers are equally amazing and they know how to put on a show!

Anita xxxx

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Marie Schuller's fashion film 'Oyster', feat. Vivienne Westwood and Dans La Vie!

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I am SO thrilled to finally be allowed to share the new fashion film, Oyster, that I recently made with international award-winning filmmaker Marie Schuller! It was sponsored by Vivienne Westwood and Dans La Vie and premiered in London on 13th April at the Fringe! Gay Film Festival! I just can't stop watching and re-watching it:

Marie has shot with lots of celebrities like supermodel Raquel Zimmerman and legendary fashion photographer Nick Knight, and I've personally been a huge fan of her work since I was introduced to it in Singapore last year, so I was almost overwhelmed with excitement when she contacted me out of the blue, getting straight down to business by asking me point-blank to star in her latest film, without even having met me, let alone auditioned me! The first time we met in person was at the shoot itself! She put me at my ease immediately as she is a lovely person and great company as well as being awe-inspiringly creative. It was a pretty crazy experience shooting the film, as you might imagine, but once I got going it felt like the most natural thing in the world. I smile to myself every time I ride the tube, now ;)

For those who particularly like mackintoshes + nudity (you know who you are!), I will be also be posting some gorgeous new photos (really, some of my favourites ever!) featuring my own classic tan Burberry trench coat  in my next blog, so please subscribe now to be alerted when they are online!

Lots of love,

Anita xo

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