The Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair

As you know, here at The Amazing Blog, we LOVE fashion! If you do too, then there is only one place to be this weekend. The Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair. The fair specialises in vintage pieces, including fashion, accessories and collectible textiles. The collections will consist of key iconic pieces from various eras so there will be something for all lovers of vintage whatever you era of preference. So you are bound to come across something that will spice up your wardrobe.

Over the last four years, the fair has become a key fashion event for not just lovers of vintage, but also leading figures in the fashion industry. Alongside the vintage collections you will be able to find numerous vintage lifestyle brands selling everything from brooches to teacups.

Onsite will be a fabulous vintage salon run by Nata­sha Hall, the founder of Lip­stick & Curls who will be there all day to help add a touch of glamour to your look whether you want the look of a Gatsby-esque flapper girl or a sixties go go dancer. And to top it all off, when you are all shopped out you can take a break in the Tea Salon, which will be serving all the traditional English favourites from vintage china. Between 12 and 3pm you will find a wealth of entertainment here. You can try your hand at some etiquette training or relax and take in a range of performer showcases.

If you would love to attend this fabulously vintage event then get down to Old Finsbury Town Hall on the 15th September between 11am - 5pm. Entry will cost you just £4 and if you are a student with an NUS card, just £2! For more information about the fair visit the Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair website.

Head to Toe

Love shoes, fancy hats? Then we at The Amazing Blog have got the perfect event for you to visit. Head to Toe is an exhibition hosted by Craft Central where you can explore the craft process and skills behind the creativity and drama of the hats and shoes design world. The work comprises of a diverse group of 20 designers who will be showcased there.   You’ll be able to see their unique designs, and discover some really exciting creations with lots of innovative sculptural themes.

The event is held in celebration of London Fashion Week at the new galleries of Craft Central to show off its new facilities’ with great effect. So for all fashionistas who haven’t managed to get their exclusive invitation to LFW, this is the exhibition for you.

From avant-garde headpieces to shoes that we'll all be ooh-ing and ah-ing over, Head to Toe is definitely an event we'd be willing to skip our couch-hanging afternoon for. With astonishing pieces from the established milliner Stephen Jones, as well as the newer recruits Noel Stewart, House of Flora and Emma Yeo.   However, not forgetting to mention the inspired shoe creations from the likes of Marloes ten Bhömer, Hetty Rose and London College of Fashion Cordwainers, to just name a few.  This fashion exhibition is something you won’t want to miss. The show is from the 18th - 28th of February (open Monday - Friday) and best of all… entry is FREE.

Penhaligon's Cornubia Eau de Toilette

There are few times when atThe Amazing Blog we have the chance to review fragrances, so whenever we come across a fragrance that we adore, we just have to write about it. Let's just say that as with lipsticks, I'm very picky with perfumes. The scent has to be intense, musky and quite sweet; my best friend once told me that my perfume taste was like a granny's - its scent must be really rich. It's not that I like my perfume to be very strong when I wear it, it's just that I like full-bodied fragrances. Penhaligon's is a fragrance house that has always intrigued me everytime I walked down Regent Street - I was always tempted to pop into their shop and have a look, but for whatever reason I just didn't end up doing it. So when a package from Penhaligon's came through our office door, I had to be the one who unboxed the bottle. And there it was, Penhaligon's Cornubia - pure luxury and boldness in a bottle. I fell in love with Cornubia in the same moment that I smelled it... it automatically became one of my all time favourite perfumes. Penhaligon's Cornubia was created in 1991 - it's an oriental, musky scent comprising notes of wood, cherry-sweet vanilla and heliotrope. The fragrance is seductive, intense and dark - perfect for those of you who love to wrap yourselves in your perfume. Cornubia was chosen by the designer Meadham Kirchhoff to scent his SS13 Collection at London Fashion Week earlier this year.

Penhaligon’s fragrance bottle is simply beautiful; designed by William Penhaligon himself it's a simple yet elegant clear glass with a distinctive ribbon-wrapped top. Today Penhaligon's scents are still made in England using the finest and rarest ingredients - from hand squeezed bergamot, to jasmin at twice the price of gold. The frangrance house offers 34 unusual and distinctive fragrances, so if you have the chance visit their shop on Regent Street - at The Amazing Blog we can't express our love for Penhaligon's enough.

Penhaligon's Cornubia is available in two different sizes - 50 ml (£58) and 100ml (£80) - in our opinion it is a worthy investment.

Killer Nails

With the ghastly weather we've been treated to thus far this week, we at The Amazing Blog are hankering after duvet-days a-plenty with nothing better to do that indulge in copious amounts of chocolate and treat ourselves to some DIY pampering sessions. And with the torrentiol downpours here to stay, it's time to stock up on beauty treats for whiling away rainy days.

At The Amazing Blog the team does their very best to stay abreast of any new beauty products that we think our readers should know about and so I bring you Killer Colours. A brand-new nail colour collection, Killer Colours offer a capsule collection designed especially to tie in with the very latest fashion trends. Created in collaboration with fashion insiders and trend forecasters, Killer Colours brings you the very latest in nail colours and each polish is limited edition, meaning that once they're gone, they're gone!

Perfect for manicures, pedicures, or if you're feeling indulgent, both, Killer Colours have a great range of polishes this A/W. From the chalky pink Twisted Ice, to my personal favourite - the neo-nude Quicksand, as seen on the Valentino and Miu Miu catwalks at London Fashion Week, there's a shade to suit everyone's taste. All polishes boast a high colour pigment for a rich, intense colour with UV absorbers for serious staying power. They're also free of toulene, DBP and formaldehyde and are brilliantly British and made in the UK.

Costing just £9 with free p&p, Killer Colours can be bought online here.

London Fashion Week

Just as you've packed away your summer wardrobe, replacing maxi dresses and wedges with chunky knits and elasticated waistbands, London Fashion Week comes to town. And working one season ahead as usual, there's sure to be an array of mouth-watering designs hotly anticipating next summer's trends. With fashion festivities galore around the capital, from catwalk shows to exclusive after-parties, London is sure to be buzzing for the next five days with the creme de la creme of the fashion industry taking front row spots at the hottest shows in town. If, however, you are not one of the fortunate few whose celebrity status has earned them countless FROW passes, or indeed don't happen to be the editor of a particularly glossy fashion magazine, help is at hand from us mere mortals at The Amazing Blog who have picked out the finest fashion finds that London has to offer.

First up is the front-row inspired manicure from Leighton Denny at the John Lewis Beauty Hall. In celebration of London Fashion Week, eager fashionistas can get their hands ('scuse the pun) on a bespoke manicure with a shade from Leighton Denny's latest A/W collection. From Temptress, a purple sparkle, to Starlet, an antique gold, there's a shade to suit all of the new season’s most prominent looks. Between the 14th and 18th of September the manicures and being offered for free with any purchase from Leighton Denny, and are the perfect way to get your fingertips fashion week ready. Available from John Lewis Oxford Street, John Lewis Stratford City and Peter Jones.

And for those of you after something a bit more cultural is an exhibition of The London Look photography challenge at the Horniman Museum. The work is the result of a competition from the Horniman and lifestyle website, Londonist, which challenged amateur and professional photographers to consider the style of Londoners and capture the essence of the city through street photography, either spontaneous or posed, Whittled down from 350 to just 14 striking images, you can expect to find London's eclectic style frozen in time.

Finally, if you're a fan of both food AND fashion, check out Sister by Sibling's collaboration with W London. Known for their shiny lurex knitted skirts, fully leopard knitted suits and pom pom mohawks, they have teamed up with W London to open a wacky tea salon in honour of London Fashion Week, complete with pink leopard print cushions at the W Lounge. The pastries are going to be a fashionista's cry away from your average selection, with biscuits caked in yet more leopard print, purple Victoria sponge, rose petal jam financier cake as well as Pink Rock Shandy cocktails. The exclusive tea will be served over five days only and is sure to be a highlight of any worthwhile LFW itinerary.

So whether you're after an indulgent treat, a bit of culture of the finest of foods, check out The Amazing Blog's LFW picks, and get those glad rags on!