17.11.09

CRYSTAL FIGHTERS BY MARTIN ZHARINGER

ABOUT A YEAR AGO MY FRIEND MARTIN ZHARINGER WHO LIVES DOWNSTAIRS MADE THIS VIDEO FOR CRYSTAL FIGHTERS.

I MADE THE LEGGINGS- WHICH YOU CAN ACTUALLY REALLY SEE- OUT OF TUBE MAP T-SHIRTS OF LONDON.

LOVE THE VIDEO, LOVE THE SONG & YEAH I REAAAAALLY DO LOOOOOOOOOVE LDN!






DIRECTED BY MARTIN ZHARINGER
HAIR BY CHARLIE LE MINDU
STYLING BY NOVA DANDO

11.11.09

LA ROUX IN BLACKBOOK WEARING NOVA DANDO...

BUBBLES & ELLY DID A SHOOT FOR BLACKBOOK AND ELLY WORE A SUIT I MADE HER...

9.11.09

HOUSE OF DANGERKAT OPULENCE...

31.10.09

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...

28.10.09

DONT HATE ME BUT I LIKE THIS...

19.10.09

CHERYL COLE THE NEW QUEEN OF ENGLAND...

I LIKE HER...I WISH SHE WAS THE QUEEN.


























11.10.09

COOL...

BOYSCHOOL 1ST B-DAY

video

10.10.09

SOOOOO FUNNY...

7.10.09

STORIES OF THE EYE- TONIGHT

IM DJ-ING AT THIS TONIGHT- COME FOR SOME FUN x

30.9.09

LA ROUX- IM NOT YOUR TOY

WAS SO BUSY THE LAST FEW WEEKS TO POST THIS....
LA ROUX'S NEW VIDEO FOR TOY DIRECTED BY ALEX&LIANE.

I WILL POST UP BEHIND THE SCENES PICS OF THE DAY SOONY...

27.9.09

FUN TIMES...

SO LAST WEEK I WENT OUT DISCO DANCING EVERY NIGHT. IT WAS HAPPY FASHION WEEK CELEBRATIONS AND HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS VISITING TOWN TO HAVE FUN WITH.















GEORDAN, ME & JONNY MAKE-UP
















JONNY MAKE-UP, GEORDAN, SAAM & BUBBLES

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVED THE BASSO AND BROOKE SHOW THE MOST! I WENT WITH BUBBLES. SORRY I DIDNT TAKE ANY PICS APART FROM THIS ONE OF BEAUTIFUL BUBBLES...
































DJ-ED AT THE VIVIENNE WESTWOOD PARTY WITH HOUSE OF DANGERKAT BEING MY DANCING CREW ON STAGE AROUND ME- GOOD TIMES!


















ONE DAY I ENDED UP WITH A LOAD OF TEXTS SAYING I WAS ON THIS BLOG THE SARTORIALIST. WHERE PEOPLE MAKE COMMENTS ON WHAT THE SUBJECT IS WEARING UNDERNEATH. HAVE A READ THRU- THERE ARE SOME GEMS AND YOU CAN LEAVE THEM YOURSELF...
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/2009/09/on-streetlondon-now-london.html


FEATHER JACKET: MY RAINBOW COLLECTION
HOODY: JONNY MAKE-UPS SAMPLE BIN IN AMERICAN APPAREL HQ
BAG: LOU GOT IT IN THAILAND
LEGGINGS: THESE WERE THE STARTING POINT OF THE DISCO COLLECTION FROM KNITTED SWATCHES FROM MY COLLEGE KNITWEAR PORTFOLIO
SHOES: THE LAZY ONES























THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS- DONT GO OUT TILL 5AM...THEN WAKE UP IN A SPOON TRAIN WITH A BED FULL OF MATES...GET DRESSED IN 3 MINS...PUT ON A COMEDY OUTFIT OVER THE THING YOU SLEPT IN...JUMP IN AN ADDISON LEE WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING IN A MIRROR...TRY TO MAKE IT TO JEREMY SCOTTS 10AM SHOW SO LEG IT TO THE TENTS & GET PAPPED BY A LOAD OF CAMERAS ON THE WAY...

ITS FASHION WEEK AND IF YOU LOOK LIKE A CRAZY THEY WILL TAKE YOUR PHOTO!

MY FAV COMMENT IS...if she weren't so youthful looking, she could probably be mistaken for the crazy bag lady at the supermarket or an escaped kindergartener who's dressed themselves for the first time.

24.9.09

OCTOBER VOGUE- FEAT NOVA DANDO













































PHOTO: MARIO TESTINO
STYLING: LUCINDA CHAMBERS
GOATSFUR CAPE WITH DIAMANTES ON PINK HAIR MODEL BY NOVA DANDO























PHOTO: MARIO TESTINO
STYLING: LUCINDA CHAMBERS
GOATSFUR CAPE WORN BY STELLA TENNANT BY NOVA DANDO

23.9.09

DAZED DIGITAL ARTICLE...























http://www.dazeddigital.com/Fashion/article/4940/1/Nova_Dando_SS_10

21.9.09

THE RAINBOW COLLECTION FILM...






MY COLLECTION WAS INSPIRED MAINLY BY MY TIME ON TOUR IN AMERICA WITH LA ROUX THIS SUMMER. EACH TOWN WE WENT TO I SOURCED FABRICS, GEMS, BEADING, DENIM AND MATERIALS.


PICS FROM THE SHOOT TAKEN ON MY NOKIA E71...


















19.9.09

GUERILLA SHOW TAKE-OVERS

TODAY ME, MYLES AND THE HOUSE OF DANGERKAT WENT OUT ROUND FASHION WEEK DANCING WITH OUR GENERATOR AND SPEAKERS DRESSED UP IN THE RAINBOW COLLECTION AND THEY PERFORMED THEIR OPULENCE DANCE.

OUTSIDE PPQ IT KICKED OFF.


HILARY ALEXANDER PULLED LEAH ASIDE AND ASKED HER WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT WHICH MADE OUR DAY, WE'RE BIG HILARY FANS.

KEEP UP TO DATE ON OUR FASHION WEEK GUERILLA STYLE SHOW ADVENTURES ON www.twitter.com/novadando

HAPPY FASHION WEEK!!!!!!!

THIS IS MY WINDOW DISPLAY IN THE HOSPITAL CLUB...



THE HOSPITAL CLUB LET ME BRAND THEM WITH 'HAPPY FASHION WEEK'. HAD MY SHOW THERE FRIDAY NIGHT....






















THE HOUSE OF DANGERKAT CAME OVER FROM CALGARY AND PERFORMED 'OPULENCE' AT THE SHOW...





















































































































































THIS IS COLORS...






















THIS IS 'TINE...
















THIS IS JOJO...

























































SAAM PERFORMED HIS 'VIDEO PORTRAITS' SET...

































































LA ROUX PLAYED LIVE.






































































































HERE ARE SOME STILLS FROM THE FILM OF COLLECTION... (THANKS SONJA!)

































































LINK TO KENNY'S KCTV ARTICLE...

LINK TO AMELIA'S MAGAZINE ARTICLE...

LINK TO WALLPAPER BLOG PICS OF SHOW...
http://www.wallpaper.com/gallery/fashion/london-fashion-week-blog/17051357/20865#nav

LINK TO FRED BUTLER'S BLOG POST ABOUT THE SHOW...

PARTY PICS OF THE NIGHT....














PATRICK & GRIMSHAW


ALISON & ISOBEL






















HOUSE OF DANGERKAT & LA ROUX.


















HOUSE OF DANGERKAT & THE MISSHAPES.




































15.9.09

POSTAL STRIKE : (

YOU MIGHT NOT GET MY SHOW INVITES AS THERES A POSTAL STRIKE. EXPECT AN EMAIL INVITE...

11.9.09

I DIE...D.I.E

'GIRL YOU ARE SHUTTING IT DOWN'

'I DIE...D.I.E'

I DONT WATCH TV SO I HAD NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE. BUT ITS HILARIOUS AND I GOT SUCKED INTO WATCHING THEM ALL.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNDkzMjcxNzI=.html

SHES BASICALLY THE PERSON IN LA RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING EVERYONE LOOK LIKE THIS...

7.9.09

NOVI ON SET...

5.9.09

DEEP IN THE SEW...

WORKING ON NEW COLLECTION SO DEEP IN THE SEW.

HERES A FILM MY FRIEND SCOTTEE MADE ABOUT A YEAR AGO WEARING THIS RIBBON PIECE I MADE HIM FROM THE DISCO COLLECTION TO WEAR ON THE DOOR OF OUR NIGHT...

1.9.09

MYLES' B-DAY : )



Clips from the documentary, Paris is Burning, set to the song, 'Assasinator 13 by Chikinki (Ruede Hagelstein Remix)' (Killy Cuts) with a little John Tejada 'Forced Friction' (Palette) mixed in at the end. Songs were mixed by Tiefschwarz for their Essential Mix on Radio 1 (BBC)

31.8.09

15 MINS TO REMEMBER HOW GOOOOOD ORBITAL WERE/ARE...












AND THIS ONE DEDICATED TO MISS HELI MILES. BRISTOL 1998-01 GOOD TIMES.

30.8.09

B-DAY YOUTUBE WEEKENDER...







18.8.09

MA AND PA DANDO...

TRES COOL : )

17.8.09

HARD DAYS WORK...

TODAY I WORKED ON A NEW BRYAN FERRY VIDEO DIRECTED BY THE GENIUS BEHIND MOST LONDON MUSIC VIDEOS- JO APPS. KEEP YOU POSTED ON ITS RELEASE.
MODELS AND BRYAN FERRY- JOY.

11.8.09

SUPERMODEL CRUSH OF THE MOMENT... CHRISTY TURLINGTON


















MY FASCINATION WITH 90'S SUPERMODELS HAS LED TO A FULL ON CRUSH ON CHRISTY TURLINGTON.

10.8.09

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE...

LISTEN ON SILENT- THE TRACK KILLS IT

9.8.09

FAJ- I HOPE YOU DIE SOON...

I MET JESS AND FRAN 3 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE IN 1ST YEAR LCF AND THEY BEGAN ASSISTING ME ON LOTS OF MUSIC VIDEOS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND BECAME GOOD FRIENDS. NOW THEY HAVE GRADUATED THIS SEASON FROM LCF AND DONE THEMSELVES PROUD WITH A COLLECTION CALLED 'I HOPE YOU DIE SOON'. THEIR LABEL IS CALLED 'FAJ'.

THIS IS THE FILM DANNY SANGRA MADE OF THEIR COLLECTION...

I HOPE YOU DIE SOON from danny sangra on Vimeo.



www.fannyandjessy.blogspot.com

6.8.09

TOMORROW NIGHT... IM BACK IN LDN & DJ-ING AT THIS...

5.8.09

NOOOOOOO YORK

THIS CLIP WAS IN MY HEAD THE WHOLE TIME...

31.7.09

SEATTLE


















































30.7.09

SATURDAY NIGHT... HOUSE OF DANGERKAT TAKE OVER NEW YORK...

SATURDAY NIGHT IN NEW YORK TONIGHT 'THE HOUSE OF DANGERKAT' ARE PUTTING ON A NIGHT IN THE TRIBECA GRAND.

THEY WILL BE SHOWCASING THE FILM THAT WE MADE IN MY FLAT A FEW MONTHS AGO OF KAITI DANGERKAT DANCING WEARING PIECES FROM MY DISCO COLLECTION.

SARAH PIANTADOSI AND JO APPS HAVE BEEN BUSY EDITING THE PIECE TOGETHER AND IT SCREENS SAT NIGHT ALONGSIDE HOUSE OF DANGERKAT PERFORMANCE.

I UNFORTUNETLY WONT BE THERE- WILL BE IN MONTREAL AND ARRIVING IN NEW YORK ON SUNDAY TO FIND OUT HOW THE NIGHT WENT.



KAITI DANGERKAT WEARS OUTFITS FROM NOVA DANDO'S DISCO COLLECTION.

THIS COLLECTION WAS MADE OVER A YEAR AGO NOW SO THIS PROJECT PUTS TO BED THE DISCO COLLECTION AND NOW WORKING ON SOMETHING NEW.......... TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON.

29.7.09

TORONTO...ONTARIOOOOOOOOOOOO
























































MICKEY SAYS THAT THIS IS WHAT I AM GOING TO LOOK LIKE WHEN I AM OLD.

































AL PEREZ TOLD ME TO LOOK OUT FOR THE LOONIE STORES.

















ALL THE LOONIES ON ME...

















CHRISTOPHER CAME OUT TO PLAY...






















HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH THIS JACKET WE SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT.




























































CAT OR ART?

















































28.7.09

VANCOUVER



26.7.09

UPGRADE...

TODAY I GOT A LUCKY UPGRADE ON THE PLANE. I LISTENED TO THIS TO GO WITH IT...


THIS SONG HAS BEEN MY SONG OF THE DAY...

25.7.09

CALIFORNIA LOVE


































LA ROUX WAS PLAYING ON JIMMY KIMMEL. WILL & MICKEY TRASHING BACKSTAGE...

































LIZARD CAME TOO SO IT WAS LDN CREW : )

















WE WENT TO A DINER AFTER THE SHOW AND THERE WAS A TABLE OF NAKED GIRLS SAT BEHIND US...HAHA.

















LA ROUX ON JIMMY KIMMEL...


THE NEXT DAY WE WENT TO MEET JONNY MAKE-UP DOWN AT THE AMERICAN APPAREL FACTORY...

















HE SORTED OUT THE GUYS WITH SOME PIECES AND POSED FOR PHOTOS WHICH HE WAS BORN TO DO...

































MAGIC : )

















LA ROUX PLAYED AT THE TROUBADOR THAT NIGHT...

































ALL MY LA MATES CAME DOWN. IT WAS BRIAN LICHTENBERG'S B-DAY SO GREAT TO SEE IT IN WITH HIM.






































ELLY AND BRIAN LICHTENBERG HAIR-DO TWINS.

















RHETT. GREKO. ME. ELLY. BRIAN. NATASHA.

















AFTER THE GIG MY LA CREW TOOK US TO THE ROOSEVELT FOR SOME DISCO DANCING. THEN WE WENT BACK TO OUR HOTEL FOR AN AFTER-PARTY WITH AN IPOD.

















TONY. ME. MICKEY. AJ. GREKO. NATASHA. VANESSA. RHETT. ELLY. BRIAN. DAVE (PEBBLES).


















NATASHA ROOZROKH. MY OWN PERSONAL LA TOUR GUIDE. GOOD TIMEZZZZZ

















NXT DAY NATASHA DROVE ME ROUND LA WHILE WE LISTENED TO MUSIC REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEALLY LOUD. BEST THING TO DO IN LA.

















































THIS WAS MY FAV SONG OF THE DAY...




22.7.09

SAN FRANCISCO...




TODAY WE'RE IN SAN FRANCISCO...




I BOUGHT SOME OF THESE PHONE MATEYS FOR LOU AS SHE ALWAYS BUYS ME PHONE MATEYS WHEN SHE IS ON TOUR : )


WENT TO THE RADIO WITH ELLY...




IN CHARGE...


OOO... NEW SHOES : )






21.7.09

A M E R I C A...

I HAVE GONE OFF ON TOUR WITH LA ROUX CREW. KEEP YOU POSTED OF OUR GOOD TIMEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

















CAMBRIDGE...






SATURDAY ME AND CATHAL SCRUBBED UP AND WENT DOWN TO CAMBRIDGE FOR OUR GOOD FRIEND PHILIPP HINZ'S GRADUATION FROM CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.































CATHAL- HUGO BOSS AD INSPIRATION.


THESE 2 BELOW ACTUALLY THE CANTEEN IN THE COLLEGE- ITS WOWZERS.



























THIS IS US BACK AT THE HALLS AT WRONG-O-CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

13.7.09

I LOVE...AKIKO























THIS IS MY FRIEND AKIKO. I LOVE AKIKO. SHE TRAVELS THE WORLD PLAYING DRUMS IN 3 BANDS...THE BIG PINK AND FRONTS HER OWN 2 BANDS PRE AND COMENECHI. SHE CAME OVER TO DANCE IN SAAM'S BLUE BOX AND I DRESSED HER UP IN SOME CLOTHES I MADE AGES AGO...














































I ALSO MADE HER AN OUTFIT TO WEAR WHEN SHE SUPPORTED THE YEAH YEAH YEAHS IN EUROPE SOMEWHERE.








12.7.09

I LOVE...MISTAJAM- BBC 1XTRA

MYLES BROUGHT A DIGITAL RADIO INTO THE STUDIO WHEN MY BROTHER STOLE HIS POSH APPLE SPEAKERS BACK OFF ME.
SINCE THEN WE LISTEN TO RADIO ABOUT 12 HOURS A DAY FLICKING BETWEEN BBC RADIO 6 AND BBC 1 EXTRA.

MY FAV SHOW IS MISTAJAMS SESSION ON BBC 1XTRA FROM 7-10 EVERY WEEKNIGHT. MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS ALWAYS SEEM TO BE THE BEST SHOW.



TURN ON, TUNE IN, COP OUT VIBES.

: )

NIKE JOBBIE...

THIS WEEK I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH NIKE ON A PROJECT TO STYLE THEIR NEW HOODY COLLECTION.
HERES OUR TEAM AT THE END OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY.



L-R SUSIE BUBBLE- WHO DOESN'T NEED STYLING IN ANY WAY BUT WAS REALLY COOL ABOUT IT, ME, THE FABULOUS JO GILMORE WHO HAS BECOME AMAZING ASSISTANT TO ME AND MYLES, MYLES, THOMAS DE KLUYVER: MAKE UP, MARK/ROBBIE HAMPTON: HAIR AND HIS ASSISTANT REI WHO EMITS LIGHT BEAMS FROM HIS HAIR : )

DREAM TEAM : )


WILL POST THE AD WHEN ITS DONE : )

9.7.09

ITALIA...



ME & LOU WENT TO ROME TO DJ FOR THE 50th BIRTHDAY OF ELLESSE. WE BUMPED INTO MARK AND WAK FROM ELEY KISHIMOTO ON THE PLANE WHO WERE ALSO GOING TO THE PARTY. THAT WAS NICE.

THE PARTY WAS IN THIS AMAZING ROME PIAZZA ROMAN SORT OF THING.







THIS IS US LOOKING REEEEEEALLY PALE NEXT TO JADE JAGGER.

THE NEXT DAY I LEFT ROME AND WENT TO FLORENCE TO GO TO THE PITTI FILATI YARN TRADE SHOW. I MET UP WITH EMMA WHO WAS IN FLORENCE FOR PITTI FILATI TOO. WE WENT OUT SKINNY DIPPING AND THEN FOUND A RESTAURANT RIGHT NEXT TO THE PRETTY BRIDGE FULL OF AMERICAN EXCHANGE STUDENTS AND ASKED FOR THE MOST ROMANTIC TABLE IN THE HOUSE AND ATE LOBSTERS.



PHOTO TAKEN ON MY NOKIA THAT DOESNT WORK V.WELL AT NIGHT

2.7.09

LA ROUX IS NUMBER 1!!!!!!!!!!!



LA ROUX WENT STRAIGHT IN AT NUMBER 1 WITH BULLETPROOF!!!! WKD WKD WKD.

BEEN WORKING WITH ELLY OVER THE LAST 8 MONTHS AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME GOOD TIMES.

THE OTHER WEEK WE WENT TO GMTV AND MET LORRAINE KELLY...

LA ROUX WEARS JACKET BY ELEY KISHIMOTO.


LA ROUX WEARS THIERRY MUGLER



I HAVE NEVER HAD A MATE WHO'S BEEN NUMBER 1 BEFORE..CHUFFED : )

GLASTO!

THIS IS THE OUTFIT I MADE ELLY FOR GLASTONBURY PERFORMANCE- THIS IS A SPECIAL VERSION OF BULLETPROOF SHE DID FOR THE BBC AFTER HER MAIN GIG IN THE DANCE TENT.





THIS IS ME AND EMMA. STONE CIRCLE VIBES.






19.6.09

TOO BUSY TO BLOG...SORRY :(


14.6.09

LOVE... 7UP 'UNCOLA' AD

VOGUE- JULY



GOATS FUR CAPE WITH DIAMOND CHAIN BY NOVA DANDO

8.6.09

SOUNDCLASH CHAMPIONSHIPS...




































































THESE ARE THE PHOTOS FROM THE NIGHT... WE DIDN'T DO TOO WELL AS HALF OUR TEAM HAD BEEN THROWN OUT BEFORE IT EVEN STARTED - BECAUSE THE BOUNCERS DIDNT LIKE THE LOOK OF THEM! WAS WEIRD.

SO IT WAS ME, MYLES AND HENRY AGAINST GIRLCORE! WHO WON!







































































7.6.09

I NOW LOVE LADY GAGA

HER 1ST 2 VIDEOS WERE A BIT NAFF SO I WAS UNSURE OF HER. BUT NOW SHE HAS WON ME OVER WITH THIS ONE AND I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE LADY GAGA. SHE LOOKS GREAT IN THIS VIDDY. THE STYLING IS AMAZING.



WHO ELSE COULD GET AWAY WITH DOING A FORMATION DANCE IN A WHEELCHAIR, DANCING LIKE A CRIPPLE IN THIERRY MUGLAR, THEN SPIKING HER BOYFRIEND WITH DRUGS FROM A RING AND KILLING HIM. SHE LOOKS HOOOOT IN THE JEREMY SCOTT JUMPSUIT AND THE BALENCIAGA AT THE END.

IF BRITNEY HAD DONE A VIDEO LIKE THIS SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN SLATED BUT GAGA GOT AWAY WITH IT! THATS QUITE MADONNA-ESQUE.

THE VIDEO WAS DIRECTED BY JONUS AKERLAND THIS SCANDO DIRECTOR AND HIS WIFE STYLED IT...DREAMTEAM : )
http://www.anthemmagazine.com/story/1591

1.6.09

ABBEY ROAD...

TODAY WE WENT TO ABBEY ROAD COZ LA ROUX WAS DOING A LIVE SESSION. WE DIDNT POSE FOR ONE OF THOSE ZEBRA CROSSING PICS...WE JUST SAT THERE AND LAUGHED AT THE PEOPLE WHO DID...WE POSED FOR THIS ONE INSTEAD.

L-R ELLY'S DAD, ME, LIZ, ELLY, JESS

27.5.09

THE DISCO COLLECTION DRESS STYLED BY SASHA RAINBOW




SOME SHOTS OF A DRESS FROM MY DISCO COLLECTION THAT LIRIA FOUND IN A BRAZILLIAN MAGAZINE... STYLED BY SASHA RAINBOW. SEXY TIME...TNX SASHA RAINBOW...

25.5.09

IN ZOOPORT FOR A FEW DAYS...

23.5.09

DJ-ING IN SELFRIDGES TODAY!





















20.5.09

CATCH TOMORROW- STAG AND DAGGER GIRLCORE & NOVA DOWNSTAIRS...

I'VE DJ-ED DOWNSTAIRS AT CATCH ONCE A MONTH ON A THURSDAY FOR THE PAST FOREVER. ITS SERIOUSLY ONE OF MY FAV GIGS AS ITS JUST LIKE PLAYING AT A HOUSEPARTY AND EVERYONE ALWAYS COMES OUT OF THE WOODWORK AND TURNS UP IN CATCH ON A THURSDAY NIGHT.

THURSDAYS REALLY ARE THE NEW FRIDAYS...A SCHOOL NIGHT AT CATCH IS ALWAYS THE BEST NIGHT. ITS THE START TO THE SHOREDITCH WEEKEND.



ITS GIRLCORE UPSTAIRS TOMORROW NIGHT AS PART OF THE STAG AND DAGGER FESTIVAL. SO REMEMBER I AM PLAYING DOWNSTAIRS AND COME AND HAVE A CHAT AND DANCE TO WHATEVER I MAKE YOU DANCE TO.