Paris Fashion Week AW 2014....Anne-Catherine

Anne-Catherine Frey (in Dior) after Chloe, Paris, March 2014.

Paris Fashion Week SS 2014....Anne-Catherine

The utterly gorgeous (inside and out) Anne-Catherine Frey, Tuileries, Paris, September 2013. 

Paris Fashion Week AW 2013....Anne-Catherine

Anne-Catherine Frey, Tuileries, Paris, March 2013.

Paris Fashion Week AW 2013....Anne-Catherine

Anne-Catherine Frey, after Chloe, Paris, March 2013.

Paris Fashion Week SS 2013....Anne-Catherine

Anne-Catherine Frey, before Christian Dior, Paris, September 2012.

Recreate Anne-Catherine's look (kind of):

The tailored shorts suit: a smart, chic alternative to the trouser suit for when the weather warms up (I think Anne-Catherine's suit was from The Kooples). T by Alexander Wang Boxy blazer + T by Alexander Wang pleated trouser shorts, Thakoon side vent jacket + Thakoon cuffed shorts, Elizabeth and James Wren Jacquard blazer + Elizabeth and James Stevie Jacquard shorts, Band of Outsiders blazer + Band of Outsiders shorts, Rag & Bone Jefferson blazer + Rag & Bone Ivette crepe shorts (a little less structured than Anne-Catherine's shorts suit), Maiyet pleated shorts, A.L.C. Dean shorts, ASOS soft blazer in geo tile print + ASOS shorts in geo tile print or ASOS blazer + shorts

Marc by Marc Jacobs Oxford creeper, Alexander Wang Ingrid lace up oxfords, Church's The Burwood studded leather brogues, or ASOS Maple brogues

Paris Fashion Week SS 2013....Anne-Catherine

 Miss Anne-Catherine Frey, after Celine, Paris, September 2012.

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012....Anne-Catherine

Miss Anne-Catherine Frey, Tuileries, Paris, March 2012.

A lesson in how to wear shorts in winter....and in the rain :)

Paris Fashion Week SS 2013....Anne-Catherine

The gorgeous Miss Anne-Catherine Frey, Tuileries, Paris, October 2012.

That Carven skirt? Almost too beautiful to wear. Almost ;)

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012/13...Anne-Catherine

Anne-Catherine Frey, before Guy Laroche, Paris, February 2012. 

Can't wait to see Anne-Catherine and her gorgeous smile next week in Paris :)

If you are trying to decide what "must have" piece you need/don't really need but still desperately want for this coming winter, consider an intarsia sweater. They are everywhere this season* (at all different price points) and I suspect that you could pick up some really cute vintage jumpers at op/charity shops....which nobody else will have :) I loved this Carven sweater from last season (well, I pretty much love anything from Carven!) on Anne-Catherine and I have some photos of Hedvig wearing it in a different colour as well which I will post soon.

Recreate Anne-Catherine's look (kind of):

3.1 Philllip Lim Digital Brindle Intarsia sweater (love the sheer knit panels on this sweater), Stella McCartney Intarsia sweater, Proenza Schouler Intarisa sweater, ASOS animal sweater with contrast sleeves, Paul & Joe Sister Alaska sweater, or Topshop Aztec motif jumper

Jeunesse Anouk blouse, Elizabeth and James Damien shirt, or ASOS men's style pocket shirt

Alexander Wang Jane shoulder bag 

ASOS Ace wedge ankle boots, Elizabeth and James Peri wedge booties, or Jimmy Choo Mayor leather ankle booties

*but look totally different depending on what else you style the sweater with.

Paris Fashion Week AW 2012....Anne-Catherine

Anne-Catherine Frey, after Louis Vuitton, Paris, March 2012.

Even if you aren't heading off for a holiday in the sun just yet, take your legs on a tropical adventure with a pair of fun printed pants. Mix with a little floral and a little leopard print (and a pina colada with paper umbrella!) and it is almost as good as a week in Hawaii. Almost ;)

Recreate Anne-Catherine's Look (kind of):

Stella McCartney Hawaiian print pants, Camilla and Marc Surrender Botanical print trousers, Peter Som Floral trousers, Topshop rose print trousers

Topshop by Maarten Van Der Horst Hawaiian shirt, Kookai tropical shirt, Sandro Epicure printed blouse or Emma Cook printed silk shirt

Manolo Blahnik Shariffac leopard print loafers, J.Crew leopard print loafers, TOMS leopard print ballerina flat or Alexander McQueen leopard print loafers

Rag & Bone Lancaster sweater, Etoile Isabel Marant Dory sweatshirt



Paris Fashion Week SS 2011....Anne-Catherine

Funny, gorgeous, generous and oh-so-photogenic (and not afraid of looking a little bit silly posing for me with her eyes closed outside Chanel!)....my friend Anne-Catherine*.


p.s. love Anne-Catherine's tick-tock Hermes around her neck (only a fashion student would think of that!) and her giant vintage doctor's bag (which belonged to her boyfriend's grandfather who was a doctor). I took the cutest photo of Hanneli (who was carrying the world's tiniest bag!) and Anne-Catherine together with their respective handbags but I sort of stuffed up the focus so I can't post it :(((

*Nope, she doesn't have a blog....yet! Will let y'all know if she makes one :)

The Fashion Student.....Anne-Catherine

On the way back to London on the Eurostar following my afternoon with Anne-Catherine, I was mentally compiling my shopping wish-list:

• Hermes Cape Cod watch


• Pantone Chair (with covetable shoes artfully arranged on top)


• Leopard print shirt


• Miu Miu croc-print wallet (in beige) and key fob


• Gareth Pugh Scythe ring


• Mr Molly cat*


• Chic but Edgy cropped hair**

Oh, and could I please live in Paris as well?!

I met Luxembourger Anne-Catherine, a 1st year fashion design student at ESMOD in Paris, back in March at fashion week. She had that gamine/Audrey Hepburn/Mia Farrow/Audrey Tautou look going on....not to mention the fact that she bears a remarkable resemblance to Natalie Portman (does anyone else think that?). We kept in touch (Anne-Catherine writes the funniest emails that make me giggle out loud) and when I went to Paris for men's fashion week we took the opportunity to meet up and do a little shoot together.

Despite the heat, time constraints (I was worried about missing my train), and running up and down stairs doing outfit changes, we had a fantastic time. Anne-Catherine is one of those girls who you just know you would have played well with in the sandpit at kindergarten.....although probably she would have been the one with the cooler play-clothes and haircut ;)


On the Velib bikes (has anyone tried the Barclay's ones in London yet?), Anne-Catherine was wearing leopard print shirt from H&M, shorts from Ralph Lauren and gold Vivienne Westwood Anglomania wing platforms (which she de-winged for the photographs).






At the bookstore: vintage blouse and belt, Topshop skirt and Zara limited-edition wedge peep-toes:








Anne-Catherine's t-shirt and skirt are from The Kooples (who are apparently opening a London store really, really soon-I thought it was later this month, or maybe early next month), ring from Gareth Pugh, and her booties were a gift from her best-friend's mother who no longer wanted them. Sweet!

Lace bra from American Apparel, gilet from COS, vintage skirt, and Zara limited edition wedges. The belt is actually her mum's very first belt (she purchased it in Vienna) which she has now passed down to Anne-Catherine:

In Anne-Catherine's apartment: tank top from Zara, customised jeans from Cheap Monday, necklace from Corpus Christi Paris, Hermes watch (a present from her parents) and La Roux (one of her favourite singers) cameo ring.

You guys know the drill by now.....you can click on the collage to make it bigger.

The two little critters in the photograph 2nd from right (bottom) are called Smithers (on left- after the Simpsons character) and musungue. Have to love a girl who isn't afraid of having her childhood toys photographed :) And I will perhaps admit that any time I travel, I take along my stuffed toys (those who used to follow me on flickr will have spied them in photos). God forbid the day I have to open my suitcase for inspection at the airport- acute embarrassment sure to follow! Some people take Diptyque or Tocca candles travelling with them....I take WWW, Tilly and Snickety!

Mr Molly disguised as a sushi roll! Apparently he had a haircut, and was a bit cold so Anne-Catherine wrapped him in this little blanket (below):

*Molly actually lives in Luxembourg with Anne-Catherine's parents so he wasn't actually at our little shoot (much to my disappointment!). So Anne-Catherine sent me this cute photo instead.

**Okay, so this is NEVER going to happen after my one disastrous short hair moment (complete with perm!) but I adore Anne-Catherine's bowl/undercut hair.

Running With The Fash Pack....Paris Fashion Week A/W 2010

The adorable Anne-Catherine, from Luxembourg, who is in her first year studying fashion design in Paris. I met Anne-Catherine twice during Paris Fashion Week and both times she looked great.

It is fantastic and exciting to be able to see (and photograph) all the women wearing head-to-toe designer at fashion weeks, but what really inspires me are girls like Anne-Catherine who clearly adore fashion, and are able to put together uncontrived looks on a budget. I love seeing and chatting to girls (Rowan, Peony, Audrey, Tracy all spring to mind) who successfully mix vintage with high street and designer. Funnily enough, these are the girls I most like to photograph as well!
Adore Anne-Catherine's super short haircut and her bowler hat. She is fuelling my current obsession with all things hat related!