Fitting in Beverly Hills

The other day I was meeting my friend and designer Nina Morgan Jones. She is a gorgeous London born blonde, who is now LA based since years. I shot for her line Romp London back in December at the Avalon hotel and fell in love with most of the collection. She just moved into her new showroom smack in the middle of Beverly Hills. The most adorable and beautiful little space with dark wooden floors, exposed brick walls, old fashioned windows and fire escape stairs outside just like were er in an old building in the West Village in NYC. Truly charming!

I brought her a bottle of champagne, which we popped while we chatted the afternoon away as I was slipping in and out of one garment perfection after the other. Nina was especially interested in fitting one particular and stunning dress on me. The ‘Babette’ dress. A gold, leather dress, which reminds me of a ‘Twiggy meets Bardot and Kate Moss’ situation. It was quite short to begin with, but Nina exclaimed: ”I love it on you. But it needs to be shorter!”. Haha I love her thinking. So sexy but with über-sassy class

Here are a couple of my favorites from her line. Oh and PS – she is designing shoes for the next collection. I saw the drawings. Game over girls! Step over Jimmy Choo, Christian Louboutin and Pierre Hardy. I’m so excited and cannot wait to wear my first pair of Romp Londons!!!

The most rock’n’roll leather dress ever. So many great details, studs and buttons around the neck and at the bell sleeves. I really want this dress. And she is also making it in other and not so heavy materials. 

Check these pants out! Pochahontas meets Jimi Hendrix meets Jade Jagger. Love-love -loooooove them!!

The ‘Babette’ dress…. The big sequins are made out of the softest leather and the back is in a soft and light material. This dress is perfect for big gala events (Grammys, Oscars)  where you have to both walk the red carpet and sit down at dinners slash to watch a show. This dress floats around your body with ease and you do not need to adjust it when getting in and out of the chair. So glamorous yet easy.

My fave black shearling coat. Love the slim sleeves and huge collar. I feel like a super star when putting this piece on

Playing dress-up in Romp London feathers. Love them and would wear them like this or with jeans for a more casual look.