Zuli Alao is a Psychotherapy student at Regents College. She says it is difficult but good training. Her style influence is anything cultural. Zuli’s favourite place in London is Notting Hill and although she is originally Nigerian her favourite place in the world is London. Surprisingly she says she loves food and will try anything. She is wearing a scarf from Portobello Market, jacket rick Lane, T Zara, leggings Urban Outfitters and her boots are vintage, also from Notting Hill.
Natasha Williams-Rapata works at Maje to subsidise her student loan. She is studying Philosophy at Greenwich. She describes her style as Boho modern and likes Parisian style. Surprisingly she is a mixture of 4 nationalities, English, Finish, Maori and Chinese. Her glasses are Ray Ban, Bag Chloe, top Maje, skirt Bershka and vintage shoes.
Mayuko Yamamura has lived in London for 6 years. After studying jewellery at St Martins you can see her work
here. She sites her design influence as western vintage and antique jewellery. Surprisingly she like action films like Star Wars and Die Hard. Her favourite place in London is Notting hill. She is wearing a skirt from H&M, Top Acne, Shoes Chloe, her bag is a Christian Laquoix and she is wearing vintage jewellery.
Robert M Goodwin is a marketing ambassador for Bacardi. It was a role he had at Uni that has just developed further. His style influences are British heritage and Ralph Lauren. Favourite places in London are Chelsea for lunch and Embankment for dinner. There are 2 surprising things about Robert. Firstly his height, he is 6ft 6 and a half. I had been looking at some people across the road and turned and suddenly there he was. I was so amazed he at first thought I was going to ask for directions. Secondly, he is training to be an officer in the TA. Robert wears, glasses from the Tie Rack, jacket by Feraud, kerchief by TM Lewin, tie Smith and Rutherford, shirt M&S, trousers Topman, vintage shoes and is carrying an ASOS bag.
Nikoleta Petrof is job hunting and would like to do something creative. When she lived in Greece she worked in Marketing and has her own blog
create in marteting. One of her surprises was that she was getting married in a few weeks, back home in Greece. Her fiancé also told me she likes to dance but only in the house with no-one watching. Her favourite place in London is Oxford Street and in Greece is Santorini. She is wearing a Heel dress, T from Primark and her tights and shoes are from Greece.
Louise Carmichael and Duncan McCormick told me the story of how they met. Louise was out for the night with her sister had just had a an argument with her. Louise decided to leave and literally on the way out the door of the Electric Ballroom in Camden she bumped into Duncan who spoke to her. Normally she said she would have just carried on but he convinced her to stay, they clicked straight away and the rest is history. So not so surprisingly their favourite place in London is Camden. Louise is a Brand Merchandiser for Topshop and Duncan is a musician. His grandfather was the 1st and he says maybe the only Opera singer to come from Trinidad, probably where Duncan gets his love of music. Louise is wearing a T, belt and shoes from Topshop, her skirt is American Apparel and bag is vintage. Duncan says Louise styles him and everything he is wearing is from Topshop, except his hat, which is H&M.
Helen Nakato is the manager of Jigsaw in Westbourne Grove and everything except her jeans is from there. Her head wrap is from Shepherds Bush market and her beautiful jewellery is from
Made a fantastic fair-trade company. Originally from Uganda and after working in the fashion trade for 15 years Helen told me she would like to be Pharmacist. When I asked her if she had done anything about following her dream I was surprised by her answer that infact she is at the stage where she is applying for a post as a Pharmacist having completed all her qualifications.
Caron Kinnaird is in London for 6 weeks modelling for Oxygen. After a stint of testing she is now getting jobs which is making her feel good. Her style influences are Alexa Chung and model Karlie Kloss. Originally from Glasgow, Caron’s favourite places in London are Camden and a club called Maddox in Mayfair. Her surprise for us was that she used to be a cheerleader. Her glasses are from Chanel, 1st top and bag is H&M, 2nd is Topshop as is her skirt and her shoes are from Primark.
Oliver Pearch from Shepherds Bush is a Fashion photographer. His signature style was formed when he played the ghost Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol at school. It is where his passion for wearing white came from. His favourite place in London is Mayfair and says that surprisingly he is very normal. His coat is from Cordings, trousers from the south of France, shirt Harrods vintage and his shoes are Skipton Heneage.
