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I WENT TO LA LA LAND TO DO THE GOSSIP- HEAVY CROSS VIDEO...

HERE IS THE VIDEO...


HERES THE STORY OF MY TRIP...












I GOT LUCKY ON THE PLANE AS ALTHO I DIDN'T GET AN UPGRADE...I GOT A 4-ER SEAT SO I WAS ABLE TO TAKE SOME SLEEPING TABLETS AND SLEEP ALLLLLL THE WAY. NO KIDS OR BABIES EITHER : )













THIS IS JEN. I STOLE HER OFF MY FLATMATE ALEXIS...SHE IS HIS FRIEND. JEN IS THE LOU OF LA - MY NEW LA BEST FRIEND. I LOOOOVE THIS GIRL. SHE IS SERIOSULY AMAZING AND I WAS SOOOO HAPPY TO MEET HER. SHE SAID SHE WOULD HELP ME OUT ON THE JOB AND SHOW ME ROUND ALL THE FABRIC AND TRIMMINGS PLACES IN LA.













JEN TOOK ME DOWNTOWN TO ALL THESE AMAZING FABRIC SHOPS. IT WAS SOOO EXCITING FOR ME TO SEE NEW STUFF. JEN SEEMED TO BE MATES WITH EVERYONE IN ALL THE SHOPS- SHE IS MEXICAN SO SPEAKS SPANISH AND GOT ME SOME GOOD DEALS : )



THIS IS PART OF A MURAL OF THIS PIG SLAUGHTER HOUSE ON THE WAY INTO TOWN FROM JEN'S HOUSE. THE BUILDING IS HUUUUGE AND THE OTHER PART OF THE MURAL HAS PIGS FLYING UP TO HEAVEN BUT MY PHOTO DIDN'T COME OUT OF THAT PART AS WE WERE DRIVING QUITE FAST IN THE CAR.

I CALLED BRIAN LICHTENBERG UP TO SEE IF HE WANTED TO GET INVOLVED IN THE VIDEO. BRIAN IS A FRIEND OF M.I.A AND PEACHES AND HE HAS DESIGNED STAGE OUTFITS FOR THEM BOTH TOO. PEACHES ALWAYS SAID WE'D GET ON AS WE LOVE THE SAME STUFF SO I CALLED HIM UP AND HE SAID HE WOULD GET INVOLVED WITH MAKING SOME PIECES FOR BETH FOR THE VIDEO SO I WENT OVER.

THIS IS BRIAN LICHTENBERGS COTTON COLLECTION- ITS LIKE THE TIDY VERSION OF MY OWN ONE IN MY STUDIO.









WAS AMAZING TO MEET BRIAN HE IS SOOO SOUND. AND ALSO NICE TO MEET SOMEONE THAT DOES SIMILAR PROJECTS TO YOU BUT IN ANOTHER CITY. IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO WORK WITH HIM ON THE PROJECT AND IT BECAME A COLLABORATION.

BRIAN CUT UP THE CATSUIT I HAD MADE AND MADE IT NEXT LEVEL AMAZING.






BRIAN'S COLLECTION IS SERIOUSLY AMAZING. WE EVEN CREATED ANOTHER SCENE JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET A DRESS FROM HIS AUTUMN WINTER COLLECTION IN IT WAS THAT AMAZING.













BRIAN SAID GIVE JONNY MAKE-UP A CALL. HE WORKS AT THE HQ OF AMERICAN APPAREL- HE REMEMBERED MEETING ME AT HE JEREMY SCOTT PARTY IN PARIS SO WAS AN INSTANT MATE TO ME. THE HQ IN LA IS THE FACTORY WHERE THEY MAKE EVERYTHING.... ITS HUUUUUUUGE AND JONNY SHOWED US ROUND AND LET US PICK PIECES FROM THE STORE FOR THE GOSSIP.










WE HAD A FITTING IN BETH'S HOTEL ROOM. WE ROCKED UP AND TURNED IT INTO A SHOP WITH ALL THE CLOTHES WE BROUGHT FOR HER AND THE BAND TO TRY. THEY DECIDED ON PIECES FROM BRIAN'S COLLECTION AND THE EXTRA JAZZY STUFF WE'D MADE.

THIS WAS THE DAY OF THE SHOOT. BRIAN AND AJ CAME DOWN ON SET AND HELPED OUT WITH DRESSING WITH ME, JEN AND PETER SO WE HAD A GREAT CREW : )


BRIAN MODELLING THE HEAD-DRESS I MADE THE DANCERS.
























BRIAN AND AJ ARE THE GARETH PUGH AND MATTHEW STONE OF LA WE DECIDED. THEY REALLY REMINDED ME OF THEM SO IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO HANG OUT WITH THEM AS FELT AT HOME.





































LOUBOUTIN LOVE.


















HANNAH IN BETH'S BRA.


































RYAN WAS THE CHOREOGRAPHER.


























THE DANCERS WERE TURNED INTO GLITTER MEN.


























BETH WEARS BRIAN LICHTENBERG A/W 09
& NASIR MAZHAR HEADPIECE
























AFTER THE VIDEO WE WENT OUT PARTYING TO H-WOOD.










JEAN-CHARLES WAS THERE TOO & IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIM.









JONNY-MAKE UP AND GEORDAN.







JOHN WADE THE MANAGER OF MARC JACOBS HELPED US OUT WITH PIECES FOR THE SHOOT.
















NEZ WAS THERE TOO WHO DIRECTED THE M.I.A 'JIMMY' VIDEO I DID.

















WEIRDEST TITS IN THE WORLD.





WE WOKE UP IN THE GOSSIPS HOTEL AFTER A CRAZY PARTY IN BETHS ROOM AND THEY HAD LEFT AND THEN WE WERE COMPLETLY STRANDED. YOU CANT GET ON A BUS- I ONLY SAW 2 THE WHOLE TIME I WAS THERE- AND YOU CANT HAIL A CAB AS THERE NEVER SEEM TO BE ANY. ITS WORSE THAN PARIS. I HATED THIS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH SO I BOOKED A FLIGHT TO SAN FRANCISCO AND DECIDED TO GET OUT OF THERE.












I LOOOOVE PEACE SIGNS. THEY WERE EVERYWHERE IN LA.








PRICE'S NEW HAIR-DO







LABRA-DOODLE = A LABRADOR AND A POODLE!









MY NEW STUDIO!








GOT TO SAN FRANCISCO AND LOOOVED IT. ALL I HAD FROM LANA WAS A TEXT SAYING. GET ON THE BART, GET OFF AT THIS STREET, GET THE TRAM TO THE END THEN WALK TWO BLOCKS...AND THATS EXACTLY HOW EASY IT WAS TO FIND HER PLACE. HER PLACE FELT LIKE PARIS SO FELT REALLY CLOSE TO HOME.












I HAD ONLY BEEN IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES BEFORE I DECIDED ITS THE PLACE I WOULD LIKE TO RETIRE TO. I MET THIS GUY AND HE TOLD ME HE DRUMMED FOR THE GREATFUL DEAD ONCE. I BELIEVE HIM.



















THIS IS MY GOOD FRIEND LANA. WE STUDIED AT ST MARTINS TOGETHER. LANA IS AMAZING... CHECK OUT HER WORK AT...
LANA SELLS WORK AT THIS COLLECTIVE . SHE IS AN AMAZING COOK AND WAS HOLDING A BAKESALE OUTSIDE OF THE SHOP TO RAISE MONEY FOR A NEW SIGN. I COULDNT BELIEVE HOW MANY CAKES SHE SOLD! THEY WERE ALL TO GUYS THO AND SHE IS PRETTY HOT SO I THINK THAT HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT. WHEN SHE LEFT ME TO MAN THE STALL I SOLD NONE AND ATE TWO.













SONJA WAS IN TOWN MAKING A FILM. I HOOKED UP WITH HER AND FRIEND IN SAN FRAN, KATERI.











THE HYDRANTS WERE SPRINKLED WITH PURPLE GLITTER.



















SONJA'S FRIEND KATERI WORKS AT THIS GREAT ARTS CENTRE CALLED 'MEZZANINE'. WE WENT TO THE GIG AND ONLY HALFWAY THRU DID I REALISE WE WERE WATCHING GOODRUN GUT! SOOOOO GOOD : )














I WAS GOING TO BUY THIS VERSACE JACKET.









BUT THEN I DECIDED IT ONLY REALLY WENT WITH THE OUTFIT I HAD ON THAT DAY.







IN SAN FRANCISCO EVEN THE STARBUCKS WAS GAY : )








RACHEL WAS IN SAN FRANCISCO TOO. WE HOOKED UP MOST DAYS AND DRANK LOTS OF COFFEE.







THEY ALL DID COFFEE LIKE THIS. THEY DONT BOTHER IN LDN : (







WE WENT TO SEE MOS DEF AND DEAD PRES AT MEZZANINE TOO.
















I SORT OF THOUGHT THE SEVEN BRIDGE WAS MORE IMPRESSIVE THO.















SONJA & SARAH- LOVE THESE FOREVER AMEN.












CLAMS.











































SONJA DROVE ME BACK TO LA AND WE CHANTED ON THE PLAIN.

















THIS ONE IS FOR MY MA.