In good Company

Before we get down to business and discuss the Company Style Awards, let's just pause for a second on this wild ensemble.  From pastel curls to red creepers with clashing green socks - with fur and spikes aplenty inbetween - it just screams 'I don't give a you-know-what'.  Possibly one of my favourite street style spots ever, and totally sums up why I shoot where I do as, on Brick Lane, as this chap demonstrates, anything goes.  And somewhere within me is a proper photographer just dying to get out who loves the light that creeps across the graffitied walls in the late afternoon.

So, yes Company magazine.  Guess what!  Yours truly has been nominated in the first ever Style Blogger Awards, in both the street style and overall best blog categories.  To say I'm chuffed and surprised would be a serious understatement.  It's an absolute honour to be sharing the longlist with some of the best bloggers around, not to mention for a magazine that I not only read (honest) but have a lot of respect for because of the way they recognise and promote the importance of blogging in fashion in this day and age.  Good luck to all the nominees, and if you want to give a little blog from the backstreets of east London a chance, you can vote for me here

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Glasgow smile

No, I don't mean this (warning - it's gross) type of Glasgow smile, but an actual one, on a lovely smiley lady from actual Glasgow.  It certainly brightened my day, so much so that I didn't even notice that amazing pastel topknot at first. I've yet to take my first east London streetstyle shot of 2012 (failed to shoot today, I blame the gin), but stay tuned...

NYFR

That's New Year Fashion Resolutions dontcha know.  If you don't want to worry about your post-Christmas waistline/credit card bill/alcoholism, put your efforts into your wardrobe instead.  Here's just a few mottos I'll be adopting for 2012:

1.Try something different.  I might finally get round to dyeing my hair red.  Though probably not this short.  I'd also quite like this coat.

2. Get brave with colour.  Wear a bright green feathered mermaid skirt in the daytime (especially if you're the lovely Rosalind).  Oh, and don't forget to smile.

3. Consider yourself a bit clever with pattern clashing.  And if that involves also wearing flared trousers, so much the better.

4. Accessorise like there's no tomorrow.  Wear feathers if you like, as Stella does (of course it helps if you also have a little Christopher Kane going on)

5.  Layer like a pro.  The pro being Nadia, not me, I'm utterly crap at it. On me, this cardi looks like something I pulled out of the cat's basket. On her, layering perfection.

Happy new year, everyone, I'll look forward to seeing you all heeding Styleeast's fashion wisdom on east London's streets soon...