Boooo to WHSmiths and my newsagents not stocking the Elle Collections. 
Yay for the new issue arriving at my desk this morning.  I know it's been out for a couple of weeks but seeing as Borders'
closure has slowed down my magazine intake, it's taken me this long to
get it.

>> So today, if I'm somewhat absent from the blog it's because a) I'm prepping a heffer of a Christmas feast for friends which requires my full attention and from a more relevant fashion point of view, b) I'm taking part in Nick Knight's 100 Portraits for the March issue of i-D, mirroring the one he did for i-D's 5th Birthday in 1985.  Yup, today, alongside Hussein Chalayan, Lara Stone and Simon Foxton (oh dear, just nearly peed myself thinking how embarrasingly wrong this could go...), I will have my portrait taken by Nick Knight and it will be *gulp* streamed live on SHOWstudio (I'm scheduled for 3pm but it might be later than that...). 

>> There are few shoe designers that I post about where I'm using lookbook images.  Most of the time, it's flat pack shots that leave the imagination of onlookers to do the work and envision the rest of the ensemble to go with the shoes.  Kron by Kron Kron however do like to take it a step further with their candy pick n' mix shoes that have had me in a flurry ever since I saw them on sweet Saga's inspiring blog.  Now that I have a pair in my possession, I'm even more intrigued by what Kron by Kron Kron will do next given that my feet and my spirits stand to benefit from their shoe visions.

I seem determined this week to litter the blog with a ton of animated GIFS, so much so that your eyes will start getting that tired double lidded thing , similar to when acidic pixels were all over MySpace back in the day (can't quite believe I'm already using 'back in the day' with MySpace...).  Still, this is the way that Contributor Magazine have chosen to present their bitesized posts on their haute-blog/e-zine and in their case of frequently uploaded and strangely compelling imagery, it works a treat.