On Monday I had the wonderful opportunity to meet the stardoll crew and organise next years StardollFashion Week, along five other teen fashion lovers, including Catherine and Deanna. As you may or may not have known, stardoll.com is a online browser game, extremely popular among girls aged from 8 to 15, which has gained about 80 million users worldwide over the six year period, since it was launched in 2004. It is based on a paper doll concept, where you create your very own unique online doll and dress her/him up. Stardoll is not only about dressing up however it host competitions, includes educational games and updates you on the latest fashion trends through the online dress up stores such as Chanel and DKNY. Anyway, along with Deanna and Catherine, I arrived at spring studios where the stardoll meeting took place and was told to sign in, to confirm I was present. I couldn't help noticing the name Kate Middleton on the list. I suppose she was there previously for a photo shoot. Wowza, I felt a jolt of exitement as I realised I could have been holding a pen held by a future princess. Soon after that, we were lead into a luxurious cafe and waited there until we were called in for the meeting. We were then greeted by the successful director of stardoll and sat around a large white table, while being filmed. She then announced that stardoll is due to be launching Stardoll Fashion Week next year and our job was to tell her our view on it. Everyone agreed it was a brilliant idea. We were then asked what we would like to see when we went there, of course apart from cat walks, because they are essential, many of us said that music is quite important, therefore having performances from artists and bands would come in handy, One Direction was a popular choice among the six fashionistas :) We were also asked about the layout of it as a whole and how the eating area should look like. I gave the idea of having a Starbucks themed furniture layout, which included large comfy sofas and long tables and a stage nearby, so while chilaxing and eating you could enjoy live entertainment. ( fingers crossed they will consider that idea). After the two hour discussion we were sent home. I never knew what it's like to be a fashion research committee, but now that I got a little taster I think it's a great job; sharing ideas with people who can really make something huge out of it is fantastic and once it is brought to life it could be a great success.Afterwards, Deanna, Catherine and I, took a trip to Camden Town. It was WOW. Its such an mulit-style place. Majority of stores and stalls at Camden Market and around are either of Gothic/Punk genre however there are plenty of vintage and girly shops too, especially down the Horse Tunnel Market, which don't really seem to get mentioned often. I was much more attracted to the vintage stores but curiosity lead me into the gothinc/punky shops (where extreme things such as black, leather capes, black/electric pink wigs, corsets, fishnet tights, black Victorian themed dresses were sold) where I saw the most staggering boots, the Demonia Outlaw type; Their heel was absolutely outrageous, in the kind of shocking/exciting/original way. I mean, if you are going out for a day themed "exploring the different kinds of fashion" Camden town should be at the very top of your list. You need to go to Camden Town. You HAVE to, its unmissable.
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