'INTER VIEW' with 2010LAB at Dortmund U!

Good Eveningggg!!!
I can't believe it's actually been a year since we cracked open the doors of 'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!'...doesn't time fly?! Since closing said doors for the last time back in September it seems like only yesterday we were surrounded by chip forks in the realms of lovely Vienna.... so me and Polona recently were invited to chat with the guys at 2010LAB at the Dortmund U about 'Creativity's impact on Society' for their wonderful 'INTER VIEW' series! The feature is now live and you can read the full story HERE!!!!
While I'm on the topic of last year's extravaganza...I thought I would share some never seen before behind the scenes pictures of Team Fish and Chips in action and what goes on after hours!!!!

Anywayzzz that's all for now...I'm off to test out my awesome new carrot and bunny teapot....
Love and Sparkles,
Emma
xxx

Ciao 2010, Hello Next Adventure!

Ooh hiya!
I intended to churn out some kind of round-up and Happy New Year speile when it was actually new year...not when it's nearing the end of January...but anywayzzz...
Can't believe how fast this past year has zipped by...I also can't believe that I have spent the most of it overseas with only the odd week here and there to indulge in home stuff like Hollyoaks, beans on toast and veggie lasagne!
2010 for me was quite different compared to the normal shizz I've been up to this past few years...for one I wasn't in London and secondly I've worked on a series of projects opposed to my seasonal Fashion Week shows...
At the start of the year I had the pleasure of working with my chum and magical stylist Alexis Knox on a whole bunch of stuff....we saw it all from climbing up ladders at music video shoots...to creeping around filming in spooky, old pubs! Fun times! We also whipped over to Copenhagen to cover fashion week for Notion Magazine...that was a cheap laugh too!
A huge chunk of the year was spent working on curating and directing the 'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!' exhibition that was hosted over in Vienna with the lovely Polona Dolzan. Such a fun project to work on and great to have so many talented people on board...and just to mention it one more time...WE GOT JUST UNDER 30,000 VISITORS!!!WEEEEEEEEE!
It was awesome to be based in Central Europe for a while and to create my SS11 collection alongside a load of curly palaces, schnitzels and lederhosens!
I was sad to say farewell to Vienna after so long but, excited as the next delight was 3 months working over in Japan....which I've already gone on about a lot recently....so I'll pipe down!
One of the things I've loved most this past year was to work in totally different surroundings and have the opportunity to work with a lot of new people...it's been a fun one!
Was lovely to come back to the UK over the Christmas and have a nice long kip...and FINALLY my luggage turned up so now I have a ridiculous amount of trinkets and treats that I brought back from Japan!
Right now I'm preparing to head of on my next adventure as next week I'll be whizzing off to Taipei to start on my next project...I'm going to be based in Taiwan for the next few months as Artist in Residence and imagine my delight when I found out they have a temple made of shells and a Hello Kitty Maternity hospital! So I'll be updating on that once I'm there!
Ooh also got an exciting parcel this morning...the catalogues from the 'Let Momo Eat Cake' exhibition arrived! Exciting stuff! You can see a picture of them above alongside a recent feature of the new collection!
Right, I'm off to make lunch and then get crafty with some dyeing!
Love and Sparkles
Emma
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SS11 Showcase Collection and Farewell Vienna!

Photographer: Wolfgang Steiner

Hair and Make-Up: Claudia Haider

Hosiery: Pebelle

Models: Ina Rot @ Stella Models & Zuzana Stanekova @ Look Models.
Hello Hello!!!
Lots to update on...I'm in Japan right now...But I shall give you a full rundown of the last couple of weeks beforehand!
So the first big bit of news was that we finally closed the doors on 'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!' after receiving a record number of almost 30,000 visitors! So happy that it has had such an awesome response and it's been a great project to work on over the past 9 months!
After spending the majority of the past year in Vienna, including my residency, I have said farewell to Whirlers and after packing up the exhibition, I ventured back to England for a few days!
Throughtout working on Fish and Chips, I have also been developing my condensed showcase collection/SS11 which features my commissioned prints as part of the exhibition. This season I presented a selection of the pieces statically in the gallery and the images above are of my most recent lookbook shoot, that I worked on with photographer Wolfgang Steiner.
So in the space of a week I waved goodbye to Vienna and the action packed chapter that was 'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!' and found myself in Japan. I was recently awarded a position as Artist in Residence as part of the Mino Paper Art Village Project who have invited me to live and work here for the next 3 months. I only arrived yesterday after an epic 30 hour long journey which involved pretty much every mode of transport that you can imagine! So right now I'm settling in and attending to the action packed schedule that is planned...but I will save the full story for tomorrow!
Toodle Pip!
Emma
xxx

Clothes Show and Updates!!!

Helloooooo from Viennese Whirls!!!
So once again I've been totally hopeless at updating my blog...the reality is...my Fish and Chips project has taken over my life and pretty much consumes my every waking moment!!!In exciting news...in the exhibition has been open for 10 weeks so far and we have racked up an almighty 22,000 visitors!! Epic! So I'm super happy about that and it's nice to see after so many months of hard work such a positive response! Alongside working on the exhibition I have been working on additional items of my special showcase collection which replaces my seasonal collections this year, so watch this space for when I unleash those as right now it's sewing central in my studio!
Alongside the exhibition the programme has seen allsorts of exciting features including kids workshops with JEF that I hosted alongside a bunch of great talks, discussions and New Designer Showcases!
I've also been making the most of being based in Central Europe at current so I have cracked out the backpack and trotted off on a few travels with the journal to hand! Berlin...Poland...Budapest...there's been many a story and plenty of drama!
One of the recent bits and pieces that I was involved in recently outside of Fish and Chip World saw my work being featured in the 'Clothes Show London' catwalk shows last month....
Superstar stylist Alexis Knox embraced with panache the mammoth task of styling the entire mainstage show at London's Clothes Show at Earls Court produced by The Doll agency..a 3 day extravaganza featuring 7 daily shows and 280 outfits! Looked awesome and I was so pleased that my pieces could get in the mix!!! Ch ch checkkk out the pictures 'innit! Great job Knoxy!

So that's the basic speile of what has been going down! There's a couple of really exciting projects in the mix...one of which sees me moving to Japan in a few weeks time to spend a few glorious months living and working there...but that warrants a post of it's own so I shall savour that for next time!
Don't forget to keep an eye on my 'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!' project as it storms through it's final weeks: http://www.fishandchipstwiceplease.blogspot.com
And that's the juice of what's been happening!
Love and biscuits
Emma
xxx

Back from Missing in Action!

Hello Hello!
So I'm back in the land of the living having been M.I.A this past month or so what with work commitments and allsorts taking over my life! After 6 months of mega intense work, my current project, 'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!' saw it's big, grand launch last month! Finally the doors opened of the exhibition that I have been curating and it all kicked off with a super busy private view followed by an afterparty! Loads of the crew jetted in from London for the occasion and it was awesome to finally see the exhibition up and running in all it's glory! In just 3 weeks of it being open it has already racked up almost 5000 visitors which is great!
It's getting some awesome press and some great feedback so I'm really happy!!wooo!
Above are a couple of images of some of the looks that I created especially for my special showcase collection for the exhibition! They were shot as part of a shoot by our contributor Thom Will. Also up there is an illustration of my work by Laura Bell that I LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Photography: Matthew Brindle
There's a few images from the exhibition....a couple of them feature one of my new pieces, a jumpsuit made using the commissioned print design that I created especially for the project!
So it's been a busy few weeks since the opening, co-ordinating features of the accompanying programme which has included events such as round table discussions, talks and presentations!
Lat week I trotted off to Budapest for some Hungarian action which was amazing! More to come on that at a later date!!!!
Love and Sparkles
Emma
xxx

Dazed and Deine Jugend...and Stuff....

Hiyaaa....
A couple of random updates from recent happenings....so a couple of months back one of my pieces from my SS10 collection as part of my collaboration with Pebelle, went on a little holiday to Berlin to star in Deine Jugend's new music video. The film is directed by Katja Hentschel and styled by Alexis Knox....you can ch ch check it out....


In other news myself and Polona recently did an interview with Anna Battista for Dazed Digital...here we tell all the juicy gossip about the upcoming exhibition, 'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!', the story about how it got it's weird title and tra la la....so you can go and read the full interview HERE!!!!!

Also, there's a cheeky peek at our feature on Electronic Beats...!
And finally lunch time calls....
Love and Strudel,
Emma xxxx

'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!'

Yo Yo Yo....
So I've been banging on about the exhibition of dreams for quite some time now....so I'm going to whack out the deal right here.....

'Fish and Chips, Twice Please?!'

'Contemporary fashion exhibition presenting the UK as a hub for international design talent.

The exhibition is directed and curated by British fashion designer, Emma Bell, and curator Polona Dolzan. Presenting the industry's most forward thinking creatives including designers; Louise Gray, Charlie Le Mindu, Scott Ramsay Kyle, Piers Atkinson, Dashing Tweeds, Louise Amstrup, Cooperative Designs, Nicholas Kirkwood and Craig Lawrence.

Also presenting as part of this showcase are creative talents from complimenting industries including contributors; photographers Matthew Brindle and Thom Will, Illustrator Laura Bell, fashion film from Mirrored Palm, animator Will Adams and Stylist Alexis Knox.

The project is supported in co-operation with The British Embassy Vienna and The Federal Ministry for European Affairs alongside a selection of respected sponsors and media partners.
freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL, MuseumsQuartier, Vienna.
June 10th 2010- September 12th 2010
Open daily: 10am-7pm
Free Entry.'
So that's what is going down....alongside the exhibition we also have a juicy side programme involving workshops, exclusive parties, collaborative club-nights, lectures....plenty going on including an exciting project with Designers Against AIDS, a selection of New Designer Showcases....allsorts!!!
And we now have our blog up and running....so be sure to keep an eye out for any hot news!!!
here it is....
http://fishandchipstwiceplease.blogspot.com
Ooohh and our Twitter is now up for the action...so be sure to follow!!!!
http://twitter.com/fishandchipsss
And while I'm doing a huge, shameless plug on the project....you might as well check out our Facebook page RIGHT HERE!!!!
So, there you go...exciting times ahead!!!wooooooo!!!!
Love and Chips!
Emma
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