Metal Man HAS Landed!

Metal Man has well and truly landed people...and it seems he's here for the long haul! I blogged about the origin of the MM concept a while back (click here to re-install), and I've spent the last couple of months intermittently developing the Metal Man artillery for one project or another! As some of you know, I am mental enough to actually wear these pieces out lol...but even I didnt' think the look would actually catch on!?! In this post (and the next) I'm proud to reveal that Mr Electro has made it from the junk corner in my living room - to print and to the catwalk :D

I happened to meet Denise Brown at Miss Flavour whilst wearing a mini-disc or two as you do! I soon found out that she was a stylist and she expressed interest in perhaps using one of my pieces in a shoot for Flavour Magazine!! A month or two later I got the call! Denise was styling Britain's Next Top Model runner up - Alisha White. Check out the results:

I couldn't make it down to the shoot because I was off working on some ad or other...but my mum had my back and escorted all the pieces (Thanx Mum lol). And I'm soo chuffed with the out-come which was published in the movie-themed Feb '11 issue of Flavour Magazine. You can see the rest of the issue, including interviews with Jessie J, P Diddy and our very own Jay Auburn HERE:

Noice!!
@sh.x

Ashleigh Ashley Flavoured: -

Right, so I've given you a little snap-shot of November, but I think it's about time we got to the nitty gritty! As you've probably guessed from the title, in this post we're going to cover the when Ashleigh Ashley met FLAVOUR MAGAZINE. Looking back through my emails I realised it had been over a year since I first tried to make contact with Flavour. But it was a lucky encounter at RAWW rehearsals (Brixton based soul/jazz band), that finally led to me being officially introduced! This encounter was with a chrasmatic young man named Mr Midas - Dancehall MC, face of Boom TV - and close friend of Flavour...he made the introductions. I'd heard good things about Flavour Live as a must perform/must see live music event and with artists like Loick Essien and Scorcher having graced the stage at previous shows, I was thrilled find out that I had a slot at CARGO for Flavour Live, Nov 2010!!

So, gig secured the obvious dilema became WhaT to WeaR lol. If I was going to do Cargo I had to make an effort right!? Well I took a trip down to Felicities ... and with the fashion season shifting from Winter to Spring/Summer 2011 the show room was full of new and wonderful creations :D Check out these EPIC trousers by Lall London...a personal favorite of mine this guy has an amazing eye for texture!


And these space age accessories are courtesy of another fab designer, Jacob Kimmie. As beautiful as they look they were a bit of a stylists nightmare to attach (oh and don't watch the hair lol):

And check out these beautiful shosies! From budding shoe designer Dionne Gooding (I went to school with her younger sister). I had a look at several of her designs and though I didn't get the chance to rock them this time,I cant wait to test drive these hot wings hehe: Well, other than a minor wardrobe mal-function during my end of night interview, the night went swimingly...the band really delivered the icing on the performance. Check out some of the pictures taken by DJ Chef and Jr.JK! And check out my end of night interview with DJ Longers...talking Swag hehe:






Thank you FLAVOUR MAGAZINE!! And massive thanx to the BAND and Felicities for helping to make this night possible!!
@sh.x
P.S. Happy Birthday to ME hehe