Latino Caribbean Carnival Rugby Night at Play!

Last week before jetting off to a secret location (which I discovered at the airport was Phuket - more about that later) I was invited to walk at a fashion show welcoming the Guyana and Uraguay rugby teams to Hong Kong, where they would be competing in the Rubgy 7's. I must admit that rugby isn't particularly my thing but I know enough to know that for the Guyana team, this was a big deal. They'd never played at the 7's and so the caribbean community of Hong Kong got together to throw them an exclusive private party at one of Hong Kong's premier nightclubs, Play.
As well as some amaxing performances from caribbean carnival dancers, there was an auction, dancing, free food and, of course, the fashion show.

Image courtesy of my boyfriend who snuck into the press box with his camera!
L-R: Me, Zoe and Yuki

As well as wearing gorgeous dresses by Fifi, bikinis by Pualani Hawaii, lingerie by The Powder Room, kaftans and stunning jewellery, we were also walking down the runway accompanied by the very handsome gentlemen from the Guyana rugby team.

Image hotlinked from the Fifi Facebook page
I'm wearing the red and gold Fifi "Love" dress, and love it I do!
L-R: Richard Staglon, Me, Elwin Chase

The organisers wanted the show to be more than just a walk up and down, so we were instructed to dance up the catwalk, which is why I appear to be dancing. The two men behind me are also players from the Guyana team, Richard Staglon and Elwin Chase.

A quick shot after the show with the designers.
L-R: Monisha, one of the organisers; Josie from FiFi, Zoe, Yuki and I, the models; Helena, out agent and Fiona, from FiFi

After the show Ras and I stayed for a few quick drinks with the girls and headed home for a reasonably early night's sleep before getting back up at 6am to head to the airport.

I'll blog about that tomorrow, but to tide you over here's a quick picture:

Ras and I in the foyer of the hotel.

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Latex, Fashion and Big Hair!

Various fashion and news websites were posting about a certain fantastic model named Andrej Pejic yesterday. What was the occasion? This gorgeous male model was used by Dutch retailers Hema to promote their new push-up bra.

Picture linked from the Daily Mirror website - Andrej Pejic modelling Hema's push up bra

Personally, I think it's excellent advertising - not only have they caught the attention of the world by using a male model to advertise their bra, but the images tell you everything you need to know about whether it works or not! How better to prove that the bra really does increase your cupsize by 2 sizes than to put it on someone with completely flat chested!? Check out Andrej's other work here: Andrej's Storm Portfolio.

On another note, whilst searching for Hema's website, I discovered that it does this! How cool!?

As well as perving reading about Andrej's recent campaign, I shot with the wonderfully talented Joe Gascoigne again yesterday, this time with the help of makeup artist Leanne and wardrobe stylist Erica Krasickaite. 

Joe rather amazingly edited a few of the shots by the next morning and Leanne took a number of backstage/behind the scenes shots with my little camera.

Latex bra - Peccatus Latex Couture, Studded harness by Karolina Laskowska

I think this evening I'm going to settle down in front of the TV with a face pack and a giant mug of Chai Latte and relax <3

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