Clothes Show, Earls Court, June 2010

Me & my sister outside Fashion Babylon at the Clothes Show, showing off the latest trends in a Topshop 60's inspired dress (left) and me in a Topshop exclusive jumpsuit, with oversized shades, gold bangles, tan bag & sandals and a gold necklace watch to top it all off.

Having never attended a London Clothes Show before and alongside all the hype from emails, billboards & leaflets galore, I had high expectations.

With hundreds of boutique stores to choose from, selling brands to vintage pieces I was in heaven. I found many cute gold necklaces, a vintage suitcase to die for and numerous floral skirts and shirts. But you had to look through a lot of bits & pieces that were, let's put it, not to my taste. It probably didn't help that I attended the last day of the show, which was full of the 'reduced-must-go-now' items. Minus the clothes, there were plenty of food & drink stalls, including corona beach with The Wanted offering autographs & photos, Kitkat senses cafe, Martini, a champagne bar and a chocolate fondue stall. Everything was ridiculously overpriced but what else would you expect.

Some killer heel seats

After a few hours of shopping it was time to see the catwalk, which I was extremely excited about. Even though we paid extra to have front row seats & an additional goodie bag, I actually thought the seats at the end of the runway were the best in the house, which surprisingly were cheaper! The catwalk itself was unbelievable, with such a range of trends & pieces inspired from looks all around the globe from Japan to France, Italy to Britain, I was very impressed with what the Clothes Show had to offer. The only thing that wasn't up my street was the dancing. Don't get me wrong, it was fun to watch and they were brilliant dancers, just it wasn't what I would expect to be on the runway. The goodie bags themselves were standard and as always just filled with food and magazine sized samples. Having a Platinum pass was brilliant in the fact that we received excellent seats but regarding an additional goodie bag, it was not worth the money.

Carnaby.co.uk had a band & artists


As a whole, the day was fun, what girl doesn't love shopping with discounted prices? But missing the hottest day of the year being inside for the whole day & missing Germany thrash England in the football, it only just made it worth it by an inch. In comparison to London Fashion Weekend, I'm afraid to say Clothes Show, you come second.