Serafina Steer

Boutique hair salon Taylor Taylor London presents the first in a new series of exclusive evenings of private acoustic sound – Taylor Taylor London Lates.

For the debut evening, guests are invited to a private audience with Petra Jean Phillipson, to celebrate the launch of her album, Notes on: Death.

Art-house folk rock performer Petra has toured all over Europe and has worked with the likes of Marianne Faithfull, David Holmes, Serafina Steer and Martina Topley Bird.

I had the pleasure of visiting Taylor Taylor London this year for a cut and dip-dye this year and fell in love with the stunning salon. Where better than to enjoy an intimate night of haunting, awe-inspiring song, cocktails, canapes, and Elizabethan-inspired dress…

Places are by invitation only. Please RSVP with your name and address no later than WEDNESDAY 17th AUGUST to pr@taylortaylorlondon.com or call +44 (0) 7920 762207

You will then receive your ticket in the post – please present this at the door.

For more info, visit: www.taylortaylorlondon.com

Everyone at London Fashion Week seemed to be clutching an invitation to Steve J and Yoni P’s ‘Puppet Theatre’ presentation and even the great Diane Pernet popped in to check out the duo’s new collection.

Their innovative presentation, held in the Korean Cultural Centre, was inspired by the Eastern European marionette culture (I’ve witnessed it in Prague and it’s terrifying). The atmospheric ‘puppet theatre’ was full of lifeless but cheekily well-endowed puppets sporting strategically place fruits and solitary pieces hung on rails, illuminated by light and shadows.

Steve J and Yoni P

As for the new collection, there were ‘let’s go boating’ soft tailored jackets, structured dresses with two-tone lapels and detailing, pretty 50s-inspired underwear as outerwear, screen printed tees and khaki shorts for guys.

Steve J and Yoni P

The show was set up as a ‘still life’ with models staring ahead and draped over chairs, serenaded by harpist Serafina Steer. Many of the models had branch markings ‘tattooed’ on their arms and faces and some had their fluffy angel hair and hands tainted with red dye.

You really need to see it to understand, so check out a clip of the Puppet Theatre presentation…

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Video by brightonART

Their Autumn/Winter 09 collection is also worth a look – it’s full of cosy tartan smocks, Aztec print cardies and purple day dresses. Stockists: My Sugarland and supersweet.

An Elizabethan Evening of Song at Taylor Taylor London

Steve J and Yoni P Presentation @ LFW SS10