Me and Americo photographed by Christian Cheeseman CRED An eagerly awaited fixture in my diary, the sixth Observer Ethical Awards was held last night at the V&A. To be in front of so many incre...
Not really sure how I have negotiated today without having at least one panic attack. I never thought Id meet Barack Obama and am possibly even more in awe of his wife, Michelle. So the fact that w...
Me with Stella for my dress fitting Ive had this under my (metaphorical) hat for a while now. As Colin planned to host Saturdays star-studded Met Ball in New York with Anna Wintour, I met secretly ...
Annie Lennox is a great woman (thats not new news, I know). She set up The Circle - a group for Oxfam - and the Oxfam Curiosity Shop at Selfridges has become its central fundraising event. Last n...
Across the pond, another huge auction preview this week featured Green Carpet Challenge treasures auctioned for environmental charity the National Rural Development Coordinating Committee (NRDCC) t...
What happened when two Green Carpet Challenge favourites went to Tanzania? Designers, Minna Hepburn and Henrietta Ludgate visited the country recently with the White Ribbon Alliance, an internation...
Last night Elizabeth McGovern, star of Downton Abbey, became the first official celebrity to join our Green Carpet Challenge. Styled by our very own Jocelyn Whipple, she wore Henrietta Ludgate to t...
Livia and Lucy with Karen Caldwell Lets start with Wednesday night, February 23, when Colin and I had the pleasure of dining with Ron and Kelly Meyer, who hosted a party for Graydon and Anna Carter...
Lucy Siegle: I almost fainted when Livia flipped back the lid of the jewellery boxes and showed me tonights jewels (and I wasnt even the one in the corset!). Anna Loucah has used the most ethically...
Hello from the unofficial Maid of Honour (Lucy Siegle). I donned white gloves to do up the double corset on the back of this dress. Its quite a feat of engineering. The last five minutes is best de...
Were off! Heres the Gary Harvey dress... This is the first picture for you. Ill explain the corsetry/engineering and everything else as we go... Eleven dresses in one, vintage/thrift/charity shop b...
TEAM ECO BLING... It’s time to talk Oscar jewels. As J-Lo herself might put it, you’re not going to be fooled by the rocks I got. I am lucky enough to have a few cherished vintage pieces from my g...
Last night we went to the opening of the new Tom Ford boutique in LA. His collection is amazing and I fell in love with the shredded silk dresses. I wore a black dress by Kami Organic with a mother...
I’m delighted to tell you that my gown for the Oscars will be made by South-East London’s finest, Gary Harvey. Some recent history as to how Gary and I got together (if that’s the right expression!...
Last night we celebrated 15 years of VOGUE.COM, an impressively early entrant into the fashion blogosphere and still leading the pack. It was a chance to catch up with the editors and contributors ...
Photo by Will Whipple. Yes, I’m having a Rita Hayworth moment! Here we are just about to leave for the BAFTAs earlier this evening. Every time I think I can’t find a better dress for the Green Carp...
Congratulations again to Colin - this time for winning the Best Actor award at the London Film Critics Circle Awards last night in London. My prize was to wear Henrietta Ludgate. I first came acr...
This weekend were on home turf for the BAFTAs on Sunday night. Im really looking forward to the evening particularly because I get the chance to step out in.... (DRUM ROLL, PLEASE)... Nina Skarra. ...
Hanging around red carpets and very beautiful, famous actresses can give you a deluded sense that you are one of them. I believe this delusion even has its own clinical description: Red Carpet Feve...
Twelve nominations isn’t bad!!!!! Now the search for a super-glamorous ethical dress for the Oscars begins… Stay tuned for the nominations for the designer of the Oscar gown! This blog is spons...
For all those who, like me, are chocolate and sustainable style addicts, I bring you the Green Carpet Challenge/Divine competition. The other day I asked followers of this blog for tips...
What a busy weekend! Aside from the Globes on Sunday - which you already know about - this is what else I wore... For Friday nights Critics Choice Awards, I wore a Nina Skarra Peace Silk dress wi...
As I may have mentioned, I have a real thing for the TV series Mad Men. And when I met designer Karen Caldwell it was as if she had stepped out of that era - and that very show. I wasn’t very discr...
It was the moment of truth. At around 4pm (our time) designer Jeff Garner of Prophetik brought the finished dress to our hotel. I must also add that he brought me some beautiful flowers too, which ...
As a friend of mine put it: "nominations come and go but a star on the Hollywood pavement, well that’s forever". Outside the Pig and Whistle pub on Hollywood boulevard (for movie tri...
Inspiration for Anna The red carpet famously glitters with bling. Jewels are an integral part of the process. Well, we see no reason why the Green Carpet shouldn’t glitter too – just with gems that...
A look from Prophetiks spring/summer 2011 collection When we attended the catwalk show for US sustainable label Prophetik at London Fashion Week last year, both Laura Bailey and I fell in love with...
The “diamonds are a girl’s best friend” school of thought is wrong - it’s actually chocolate. In particular, Divine Chocolate. Not only for their Dark Chocolate with Raspberries (my favourite) but ...
There’s being delivered in style and then there’s being driven in a vintage, Bordeaux-coloured Rolls Royce that’s used to ferry the Queen around when she is in town - that’s how Colin and I arrived...
Sound the trumpets! Colin has received a Golden Globe nomination for the Best Actor Award for his film, The Kings Speech. For sustainable style fans, that means only one thing - the Green Carpet Ch...
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