London Fashion Week will be streamed live online

As I start preparing for London Fashion Week, organising invites and tickets etc, comes the news that I don't actually have to leave my bed. In fact, I would probably get a better view of the whole thing at home in my pajamas!

The British Fashion Council announced yesterday that the first Digital Schedule will launch on 19th February at London Fashion Week.

www.londonfashionweek.co.uk/digitalschedule is the URL for this new element of London Fashion Week, where a global audience will be able to view fashion shows live from the BFC show venue at Somerset House, as well as those of select designers who will live-stream their shows from other venues in London. The fashion films on the Digital Schedule will be presented by the designer, many in a newly dedicated Digital Space at Somerset House, whilst some will be premiered online.

Designers showing fashion films will include: Antoni & Alison, Boudicca, Cassette Playa, Craig Lawrence, Danielle Scutt, Hussein Chalayan, JW Anderson, LP.BG and Twenty8Twelve.

I think it's an incredible development, bringing fashion to everyone who's interested in it, rather than the few who are invited. I think it also shows (as if we didn't already know!) the power of blogs, and the internet, and the importance of the instant-ness of information that this brings. Who wants to wait more than a month for the magazines to showcase the looks when you can see them now, and look at the editorials later?

London fashion is exciting, and I think that it's amazing that the British Fashion Council are taking this step so that our talent can be showcased globally.

Now instead of worrying about which are my best-looking comfortable shoes, I just have to decide between the penguin or the sheep pajamas!

Love, Tor x

This week I will be mostly wearing...

.....Pajamas!!

So, tomorrow morning I am going to l'hopital to have a small operation on my hand. (Nothing to worry about!) This will leave me house bound for a little wee while whilst I recover and also unable to type properly for a couple of weeks. Stuck at home without being able to blog?? It's unspeakable I tells ya!! What will I do?!

Photo of me and my sisters in PJs taken last Christmas day (it is a family tradition not to get dressed!) This housesuit is washed and primed ready for wear next week!! .

The plus side of all this is new pajamas to take to the hospital, and lots of slobbing about at home wearing pajamas too. My hundreds of pairs of PJs (i'm an addict!) are all laundered and folded and prepared: standing primed and ready for action: their time has come! I love wearing my pajamas, and most days I immediately put mine on as soon as I get home: our house is definitely a pajama house! Even the boyfriend has gotten involved!

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I have been writing like crazy this week, and have scheduled some posts for the next couple of weeks. The lovely bf and sister have also said that they will type whilst I dictate to them, so I will be able to post if any important or topical fashion ramblings pop into my head! And I will be back in real-time really soon!

I've noticed recently that although the prices of their PJs have gone up (they're now around £6, which I know isn't expensive, not they used to be £4!) Primarks PJs quality has gone down and the sizes have gotten smaller.

Last weekend Becky and I went to primark and picked 2 new pairs for my actual time in hopsital: sensible button up owl patterns to protect my modesty (plus, actually, the owl pattern is super cool!) and more lightweight grey jersey cow ones for if the heat in the damn place is pumped up to old lady temperatures: I rarely visit hospitals but when I do I find them hot and opressive!

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Anyway, I will be back soon and until then I will be sitting at home wearing owl/sheep/ leopard/cow/insert almost any animal here pajamas getting better: surfing the web for a pair of pajamas with deers on. This will be my new obsession. Well, that and watching diagnosis murder. Every cloud has a silver lining!

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Love, Tor xx