Banana Pants...

Black Fedora: Vintage, Silver Jumper: Disco Pony (New Season), Necklace: Antique Vintage, Black and Yellow Leggings: RI by CARRIE designer legwear

Pap shot!!! Quick tuck job!

RI by Carrie Designer Legwear

"Diamond in Jungle" quite the apt name for these bad boys! I was hoping to shoot them in Paris last month, but it rained...and rained....and rained... not so tropical really! So, I thought I'd go ahead, don a Disco Pony silver space jumper and take a walk in my own jungle. I am basically ooooooing with the softness of my banana pants... seriously, I might be moving in!!! I'm going to need the entire RI range by Carrie now! Blue next please!
We took these pictures just outside of our house, in front of a big banana plant for humours sake! (god I'm funny ;)  I grabbed a big leaf off the floor and now have some VERY SPECIAL photos indeed!!!! haha! I might whip them out when I'm in a more jocular mood!!!
Back to the bananas though... I'm totally impressed by the work of the gorgeous Carrie. If you are in the mood for some pin altering sexy softness, i'd highly recommend checking out her entire range of leg wear! I predict big things for these leggings! I'm proud to have a pair in my closet (ahem, on my floor along with everything I own- New Years closet rethink?!!!) They belong somewhere far chicer than my floor... actually, I'm going to put them back on now... mooch about and eat some steak, Monday night rock n' roll!
P.S I'm so totally working up the nerve to chop my locks off to this "tucked in hat" length... what do you think??? New Year, New Hair?! Happy New one lovely ponies :) xx

Photography by Albert Dedeu

FRESH NEW INTERNATIONAL DESIGNERS IN HONG KONG

RI.by.CARRIE designer legwear

Last week, I opened the doors to the Disco Pony Private Showroom in HK (oo la la, I hear you say!) and quite inadvertently had the total pleasure of meeting two amazing and talented new Hong Kong designers... both of which I shall be introducing over the next week or two. It's so exciting for me to be able to collaborate with newbie designers out here, especially international ones with such a similar vision to me.

RI by CARRIE is the new label by super design star Carrie Chan. Like me, she has spent a lot of time in both London and Hong Kong, and as a consequence has come out with an uber cool inter-fusion line of legwear... both leggings and tights. She designs everything, meticulously running the lines of her patterns in accordance with our natural leg shape... leaving the legs looking extra long and sexy, and curving a little in all the right places!

Carrie so kindly let me take a pair of her leggings to test drive, and after restraining myself for a couple of minutes, I was in them before she was barely out the door! I picked the yellow ones... my banana pants as I now like to refer to them! How friggun cool are they?! (Far right- second picture down) Both Carrie and April were interested to see them with some Disco Pony sequins... some serious clashy clashy action going on there... Now, I'm not afraid of a bit print clashing, but for these babies, I'd rather let them do the talking and pair them with an oversized cable knit sweater, or an uber (I use this word too much- aware!) long Crepe Silk A-Symmetrical Disco Pony shirt, for some mega floaty vibes!

Oh banana pants! I shall wear you in Paris- spice up your black uniform a bit!

Keep an eye out for these super cool leggings and tights... you can order them online here. They are also available in an array of funky stores around Hong Kong too- if you are here!

Check out RI by CARRIE on facebook

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