Google Glasses team up with DVF.

I was surprised to see that DVF had teamed up with Google at New York Fashion Week. Several DVF models were seen walking down the catwalk wearing the Google glasses. 

I wouldn't personally describe them as the "latest fashion accessory" but am interested to see the documentary they are putting together as a result of the collaboration.

Orange to match the outfit! 

 

The glasses enable users to take photos, send and receive SMS, gives directions and much more. This promotional video below highlights some of the glasses key functions. Seems all a bit to futuristic for my liking but we'll see. 

Mo Farah strikes again.

So I don’t want to make you all jealous but I was indeed one of the 80,000 people who witnessed Mo Farah sprint his way to that second gold medal.  I have never experienced an atmosphere quite like it.

 The gun went and that was it, for the next 13 minutes 41.66 seconds the crowd really were going mad. There was the most amazing 12 year old kid behind me screaming so loudly his parents kept apologising. Mo Farah said afterwards how "It just got louder and louder.  It reminded me of when you go to a football match and somebody scores a goal - wow." I discussed in a post a while back how I found the passion from football fans quite overwhelming and I didn’t quite understand it but on this occasion there was a tremendous sense of anticipation and excitement which was shared by everyone in the crowd who were willing Mo to win.

If you looked around the stadium it was literally a 12 lap Mexican wave with GB flags going crazy every time Mo Farah approached. Initially Mo was at the back of the pack but then he made his move and kept on moving until he was at the front. 

Mo at the back of the pack!....

But not for long!

By the time he commenced his final lap the stadium was erupting and the screams were just getting louder and louder, as Mo went faster and faster - it was extraordinary.

Once my father had got over the emotion/excitement and exhaustion of Farah’s win he pointed out we will always be able to say we were there when Mo Farah won his second gold and I can safely say I will never forget that moment.

Well done Mo!

Hello Gold Medals.

London 2012 Olympics - picture time.

There is no denying that the London 2012 Olympic Games were a huge success. I’ve been to my fair share of sporting events but they all seem insignificant compared with the Olympics.

The first event we went to was the beach volleyball and we left feeling rather boring that we weren’t dressed up – everyone was well and truly getting into the GB spirit.

As a result my family and I decided to go all out and invest in some Team GB T-shirts.  I thought I’d share a few from the family album. 

Excited much?

Outside the Stadium.

One of the Olympic volunteers - he actually requested this photo with us! 

And of course the famous "Mobot" after Mo Farah's win!

Adidas Team GB Sing-a-long.

Love this Adidas video featuring Sir Chris Hoy, Victoria Pendleton and many more Team GB stars, singing “Don’t Stop Me Now”.

They really were a successful bunch collecting an impressive 65 medals – 29 of them gold, so why not celebrate with a Queen rendition.

Photoshop Magic

Seriously excited to announce I have finally learnt how to edit on photoshop. This is something I have genuinely wanted to know how to do for ages.

I managed to get Photoshop through work and that was that I got hooked.

Having just been to the Olympics my first edit had to be with the GB flag and the results are as follows……

With the family at the Olympic Park.

My brother and I ready and waiting for the Beach Volleyball.

On an Olympic note I have absolutely loved every single minute of it and can assure you some Olympic blog posts will follow. Tonight has been the first night without Olympic coverage and I’m lost – what did we all do before?

Met Gala 2012

For those of you who haven’t spent the past couple days’ admiring the stunning dresses worn at the 2012 Met Gala then here’s an opportunity for you to do so. 

I can genuinely look at these dresses time and time again - the good, the bad and the ugly, I love them all.

Here are a few of my personal favourites. Enjoy! 

Colour colour and more colour. I really love January Jones in this yellow number and of course the on trend peplum detail.

Quite often I find that black dresses never really stand out on the red carpet or in photos but of course Rosie Huntington-Whiteley will never fail to pull off a look. I love the combination of her sleek hairdo and high necked dress!

And of course where would we be without Beyonce's statement dress!

London Life

I know I mentioned in previous posts that I have moved to London but I can officially say that I love London living. For starters it’s just so nice not having to wake up then spend the next 1hr30 of my life rammed onto a train with commuters.

Secondly I have finally re-joined the gym – something which whilst commuting was seriously lacking in my life. Even more exciting is that David Gandy – yes the beautiful David Gandy goes to the same gym. I can safely say this has been one of my London’s highlights!

Definitely works out!!!

Aside from David Gandy in the gym there is of course the whole city at our disposal to explore. Even better is that exploring doesn’t have to involve spending lots of money.  My friends and I have ventured to both Spitalfields and Borough Markets. Both of which made me feel like I was on holiday surrounded by fellow tourists.

Some seriously impressive street entertainment!

The highlight of Spitalfields had to be wandering into what we thought was a kooky shop but turned out being a multi-storey car park which at the weekend transforms itself into a collection of stores selling an array of clothing/jewelling/household bits and so on.

We then stumbled across the food section at which point that was it – the healthy eating was out the window and it was Burrito time! Quite literally one of the largest Burrito’s you’ve ever seen. When seeing the Burrito you’d think we’d consider sharing but oh no, each one of us tucked in and quite literally demolished the entire thing.

Funnily enough Borough Markets was another scrap the healthy eating day. As a serious cheese lover it was extremely hard to me no to have one of these cheese sandwiches.

Cheese and I actually managed to resist!

I did of course have a fair few tasters throughout the day, along with a collection of delicious meats, dried fruit, olives and so on. All of which we accompanied with a lovely glass of Prosecco.

After we were sufficiently stuffed and if I’m honest painfully full we headed to the River walking past the Globe, The Tate and across Millennium Bridge to St Pauls Cathedral. 

Tourists in disguise....

The main reason we headed to St Paul’s was for a glass of champagne on the roof terrace of One New Change but we got distracted for a good hour in Topshop and never made it up there! Next time I guess!!!!