Street Style at London Fashion Week AW 2013

Following yesterday’s post, photographer Frederique Rapier has kindly offered to let me share some of her street style images from this last week’s A/W 13 London Fashion Week. All of the photos in this entry, along with caption, are hers. Here we go!

Photo: Green light, red light – Somerset House

Photo: Bold colours against dark skin – a delight. – Somerset House

Photo: Oh the luxury – Somerset House

Photo: Clean and classic – Somerset House

Photo: Vintage and granny chic – Somerset House

Photo: In a league of its own – Somerset House

Photo: There were some glorious beards and finely dressed gentlemen on display at Somerset House

Photo: Pops of colours and textures to brighten up the winter at Somerset House

Photo: Geek chic and fab hair – Somerset House

Photo: Glamour and opulence is to be expected – Somerset House

Fantastic, aren’t they? Such a great time of year for people watching in London!

See more photos from Frederique on her website.

Autumn Leaves in Stamford Hill

While I was in New York earlier this month, I had the opportunity to enjoy plenty of beautiful Autumn leaves, like these…

London has nothing on upstate New York when it comes to a vibrant  October, but Joseph O’Malley captured the golden London leaves here perfectly in his two photos below of Springfield Park in Stamford Hill, North London.

Enjoy what’s left of the leaves while you can – Winter is coming! Brrrrr….

 

Side note – After seeing these photos, I spent the last 20 minutes reading a very interesting article about Stamford Hill. I googled the area because I realised it’s somewhere in London I really knew nothing about. This fascinating piece from The Telegraph is what popped up. It’s long, but worth a good skim at least! (I realise it’s old news from 2011, but we found ourselves lost in a heavily Orthodox Jewish area of Brooklyn at the end of our NY trip so this was particularly timely from my perspective!)

Last Days of Autumn

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.  
P.D. James

The last few days have been bone-chilligly cold with those bitter winter winds sweeping through tube platforms and forcing our hands inside coat pockets as we parade through the morning rat race.

It’s hard to believe that just last week I was jumping in a huge pile of leaves that a friend and I had created in the middle of St. James’s Park, sitting there, smirks and grins, coats off, chatting as leaves floated around us. Everything shimmered in the golden glow of a late afternoon sun.

Autumn is my favourite season, so as a last nod before it sinks into memory for another year, I’ve unwrapped my hands from a hot cup of tea and decided to share a few pictures from this perfect English Autumn day.

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Autumn in East London

On the corner of Wilkes Street near the Sunday UpMarket and Brick Lane, this brick a house draped in pretty Autumn leaves. I wasn’t the only one who stopped to snap a few photos. Walking on through the market, I caught a drift of mulled wine in the cool air – true Autumn/Winter season in London!

Autumn Colours

The sprawling heath in Hampstead is one of the most beautiful places in London this time of year.

I took a walk through the trails in the woods and later up Parliament Hill (photos of that part for another time) and brought my camera along to capture the pretty colours.

Joggers, families walking dogs and couples holding hands stuck to the main paths so it was easy to find complete silence on some of the trails through the woods.

The ground was a blanket of Autumn colour, the air fresh and wildlife scurrying about.

The branches above were still losing their leaves.

It was, of course, drizzly (it is London afterall) and the leaves were shining.

Wild mushrooms cling to the branches, some flowers are still in bloom and the bushes around Kenwood House are pretty reds and orange.

There are even lots of pretty magpies flitting through the trees…

Perfect for a lazy Sunday stroll.

Crunching leaves under your feet, leaves floating down when a breeze comes through and squirrels chasing each other along the branches above your head, it’s a great escape from the rush of the city streets.

Either take the Northern line to Hampstead or the London overground to the Hampstead Heath station.

After the walk, warm up with rum and chocolate crepes at La Creperie on the high street or pop into one of the many bakeries, pubs or warm book shops.