It’s almost September already – where does the time go!? – which means it’s time to prepare for the ‘08 London Design Festival (13th-23rd) and S/S 09 London Fashion week (14th-19th).

On an eco-conscious front, I’m looking forward to the From Here to Eternity exhibition – a collection of designs using plastic and studying:

Pioneering arts consultancy Arts Co is commissioning ten leading contemporary designers and design collectives to celebrate plastic through their work and look at ways to re-think our growing mountains of discarded plastic. The participating designers will show how plastic’s versatility – transparent or opaque, hard or pliant, able to take on a myriad of colours and forms – can serve their creativity.

and hoping there will be a fifth LFW outing for Estethica, the Eco sustainable fashion initiative:

As consumer demand grows more sensitive to ecological design, estethica
celebrates designers who chose to work with either recycled materials, organic
and sustainable fibres, or who adhere to being fair trade, by producing their work
in a safe and social environment. estethica is unique in that it offers a network
of like-minded labels to come together during London Fashion Week.

The photographic exhibition, ‘British Style Observed’ by Mary McCartney, at the Natural History Museum as part of LFW also sounds very worthy of a visit and I’m sure that week could become hugely busy (& rather expensive) if I let myself go. How about you – anything you’re looking forward to seeing, or any recommendations for me?