THE ISLE IS FULL OF NOISES. SOUND AND SWEET AIRS THAT GIVE DELIGHT AND HURT NOT. SOMETIMES A THOUSAND TWANGLING INSTRUMENTS WILL HUM ABOUT MINE EARS, AND SOMETIMES...THE CLOUDS METHOUGHT WOULD OPEN AND SHOW RICHES READY TO DROP UPON ME, THAT WHEN I WAKED - I CRIED TO DREAM AGAIN.

On Saturday, I moseyed on down to lovely Brighton

for Brighton Fashion Week

It was covered by the BBC, and the shows were extraordinary, but what I really enjoyed most was speaking to individual designers who were dotted beside the catwalk, with wares to sell and stories to share. Here are some hilights of the folks I spoke to:

I really liked the designs of Ness Newman, who described her style as 'Pinup Cowgirl.' Lovely.

I also spoke to Liam from Vintage-Reclaimed.com.

He's based in Nottingham and makes really cool jewellry by combining unusual finds. Take this little beaut, for example:

Had my makeup done by freelance artist Henrietta, from Henessy85.blogspot.com:

My favourite designer of the day by far, was Maria Allen, who sells her designs at mariaallen.bigcartel.com. She calls her work 'a mixture of pretty and random' - I think I'll show you what I bought separately, but here's the table, woo!

Then, it was off to the restroom to take akward photos of my outfit. Here goes:

floor length skirt: thrifted, laura ashley

black tank top: h&m
white crop top: topshop unique
cardigan: h&m

necklace: gifted

customised earrings: gifted

And theeeeeeeeen, after all my hard work, I did the same as these guys -

I went to the pub, had a pint, ate a pie and watched the England vs America World Cup match. A draw! Sounds good to me!

[This post's title is a quote from Caliban, in the play The Tempest by Shakespeare]