Architects: Bernard Joyce for Bogle & Banfield (1965)

Location: Melbourne, VIC, Architecture

 

A beautiful example of Japanese Metabolism in the center of Melbourne. Very much influenced by Kenzo Tange, I believe. This unloved treasure was threatened with demolition the last time I was here. It's now been heritage listed, but its current owners are trying to delist it, so that they can tear it down.

The River Ericht is a river in Perthshire, Scotland formed from the confluence of the rivers Blackwater and Ardle at Bridge of Cally.

 

It runs south for around 10 miles before discharging into the River Isla, and eventually the River Tay. The river cuts through the impressive Craighall Gorge before dissecting the burgh of Blairgowrie and Rattray.

 

The fast running water of the river was once used to power several textile mills. Game fishing for salmon and trout is possible on some stretches with an appropriate licence.

 

Blairgowrie and Rattray is a twin burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. Locals refer to the town as "Blair". Blairgowrie is the larger of the two former burghs which were united by an Act of Parliament in 1928 and lies on the southwest side of the River Ericht while Rattray is on the northeast side. Rattray claims to be the older and certainly Old Rattray, the area round Rattray Kirk, dates back to the 12th century. New Rattray, the area along the Boat Brae and Balmoral Road dates from 1777 when the River was spanned by the Brig o' Blair. The town lies on the north side of Strathmore at the foot of the Grampian Mountains. The west boundary is formed by the Knockie, a round grassy hill, and Craighall Gorge on the Ericht. Blairgowrie and Rattray developed over the centuries at the crossroads of several historic routes with links from the town to Perth, Coupar Angus, Alyth and Braemar. The roads to Coupar Angus and Braemar form part of General Wade's military road from Perth to Ayrshire then over the tiny bridge to the hill Fort George. The town's centrepiece is the Wellmeadow, a grassy triangle in the middle of town which hosts regular markets and outdoor entertainment.

 

The name Blairgowrie means "Plain of Gowrie" in Scottish Gaelic, in which language it is spelt Blàr Ghobharaidh or Blàr Ghobhraidh. The name Rattray is Raitear in Gaelic, and may derive from an English language cognate of Gaelic ràth meaning "fortress" plus a Pictish term cognate with Welsh tref meaning "settlement".

 

The area around Blairgowrie has been occupied continuously since the Neolithic, as evidenced from the Cleaven Dyke, a cursus monument 2 miles (3 kilometres) south-southwest of the town, as well as a Neolithic long mortuary enclosure 4 miles (6 kilometres) west-southwest at Inchtuthil. Several stone circles of this age can also be found in the area, notably the circle bisected by the road at Leys of Marlee, 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) west of Blairgowrie.

 

Numerous Neolithic and Bronze Age artifacts have been found in the immediate area, including a number of flint arrowheads, spearheads, knives and scrapers found at Carsie, 1⁄2 mile (800 metres) south of Blairgowrie, and which are now displayed at Perth Museum, and bronze axes, and a bronze sword now in Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow.

 

The remains of a Roman legionary fort can be found 4 miles (6 kilometres) west-southwest of Blairgowrie at Inchtuthil, dating from the decade 80-90. Unencumbered by subsequent development, this is considered to be one of the most important archaeological sites in Britain

 

Pictish remains are in abundance in this part of Scotland and one of the largest collections of Pictish sculptured stones is housed 5 miles (8 kilometres) east of the town at the Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum. The size of the collection, all of which were found in Meigle, suggests this was an ecclesiastical centre of some importance in the 8th to 10th centuries.

 

From around 1600 to the beginning of the 19th century, Blairgowrie had a fairly stable population, recorded at 425 inhabitants in the first Statistical Account in 1792. The second Statistical Account of 1853 notes a disproportionate increase due to an influx of families attracted by the expanding textiles industry.[15] Gaelic was declining but still partially spoken in the upper part of the parish at that time, with all speaking English.

 

Blairgowrie was made a barony in favour of George Drummond of Blair in 1634 by a royal charter of Charles I, and became a free burgh in 1809. In 1724 the military road from Coupar Angus to Fort George which passes through the town on the line of the A923 and A93 was completed.

 

The town expanded hugely in the 19th century thanks to the employment provided by the many textile mills which were built along the River Ericht, all now closed. By 1870 there were 12 mills along the river employing nearly 2,000 men and women and the population had increased from 400 in the 1700s to 4,000. The disused mill buildings can be seen from the riverside walk west from the bridge and from Haugh Road to the east . Keithbank Mill has been converted to apartments.

 

Soft fruit growing, mainly raspberries and strawberries developed in the 20th century and became a very important part of the town's economy with Smedleys opening a cannery in Haugh Road, Adamsons a jam factory in Croft Lane and huge quantities of table berries and pulp being despatched to markets and jam factories throughout Britain. Berry pickers were brought in by bus from Perth and Dundee, and large encampments were set up on farms for pickers from further afield, mainly from the Glasgow area, who made this their annual holiday. They were joined by the travelling community who congregated here for the berry season. One of the best examples was the Tin City at Essendy, which housed workers in a complex of tin huts with its own chapel, post office, shop, kitchens, etc. The Tin City has gone but now every fruit farm has an extensive well appointed caravan site to house the hundreds of Eastern European students who arrive every summer to pick the fruit.

 

The coming of the railway revolutionised the textile and soft fruit trade. Blairgowrie railway station was the terminus of a branch from Coupar Angus on the Scottish Midland Junction Railway, later part of the Caledonian Railway. The last train ran in the 1960s, and the extensive railway yards are now the site of the Tesco supermarket and Welton Road industrial estate.

 

Blairgowrie had a busy livestock market at the bottom of the Boat Brae but this closed in the 1960s and is now the site of the Ashgrove Court sheltered housing complex.

 

Blairgowrie and Rattray Districts Cottage Hospital opened in May 1901, but its foundation can be traced back to 1882 when the idea for such a hospital was put forward by Mrs Clerk-Rattray. On her death she bequeathed £25 which was to be given to such an institution if it was ever founded. However attempts over the next few years to raise subscriptions to found the hospital failed. Eventually land for a hospital was gifted by Mrs Macpherson of Newton Castle and subscriptions were raised to found the hospital. As well as these monetary donations, furnishings for the hospital were provided while the architect Lake Falconer took no fee for his work on the hospital. At the time of opening it had two large wards. It is now known as Blairgowrie Community Hospital. In 2014 a £2.36 million refurbishment project saw the development of a purpose built in-patient GP unit and other new units added to the site.

 

A short distance upstream from the bridge on the riverside path is Cargill's Leap where Donald Cargill, a minister and covenanter, escaped Government troops by jumping over a narrow part of the River Ericht.

 

North of Rattray, occupying a dominating position on the edge of Craighall Gorge above the river Ericht, is Craighall Castle, the ancestral home of the chieftain of Clan Rattray. The castle is no longer occupied by a Rattray, having been sold in 2010.

 

On the west side of Blairgowrie are Newton Castle, home to the chieftain of Clan Macpherson, and Ardblair Castle, home to the Blair Oliphant family.

 

The surrounding area is still the soft fruit centre of Scotland, and the local population increases greatly in summer when the Eastern European students arrive to harvest the fruit which traditionally consisted of raspberries and strawberries but now includes a wider range with cherries, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries etc. The extensive use of poly tunnels and raised beds has greatly extended the growing season with fruit available from May until October.

 

Other major industries include Castle Water, Proctor Insulation, Tayside Contracts, Graham Environmental, Davidsons chemist headquarters and various fruit processing and freezing plants. The industrial estate on Welton Road houses many small businesses.

 

The town has two main motor dealerships and several independent garages.

 

The local weekly newspaper is the Blairgowrie Advertiser, locally known as "the Blairie", which is now produced and printed in Perth by Trinity Mirror Group. The Blairie has a long history and was originally produced and printed in the old printworks in Reform Street where the original print machines are still mothballed.

 

There are regular Saturday outdoor markets in the Wellmeadow with stalls offering local produce and crafts.

 

Blairgowrie's town centre has a range of independent shops, craft workshops, restaurants and pubs. National retailers include Tesco, Sainsbury's, Co-op and Boots. The Angus Hotel and Royal Hotel cater for local customers, tourists and a large number of bus parties who use the town as a touring base.

 

The new Blairgowrie Campus opened in Elm Drive in 2009 incorporating Newhill Primary and St Stephens RC Primary. Newhill primary holds about 360 children while St Stephens RC primary is a smaller unit holding about 70 pupils. Rattray Primary serves children on that side of the river. Blairgowrie High School in Beeches Road provides secondary education for all round the area. The adjacent Recreation Centre has a pool and leisure facilities and is scheduled for replacement in the near future. The disused former Hill Primary School was the subject of a controversial but ultimately unsuccessful attempt by The Ericht Trust to provide a community centre but it has now been sold for conversion to housing as has the former St Stephen's RC primary school in John Street.

 

Stagecoach provide all the bus services to and from Blairgowrie with routes to Perth, Dundee, Alyth, Coupar Angus, Dunkeld, Aberfeldy, Kirkmichael and Glenshee as well as a circular town service. The nearest railway stations are Perth and Dunkeld & Birnam and the nearest airport is Dundee. Services to Perth and Dundee are frequent. The bus station is located in the Wellmeadow.

 

Churches represented are Church of Scotland (Blairgowrie and Rattray Parish Churches), St Stephen's RC, St Catherine's Episcopalian, Evangelical Church, Jehovah's Witnesses, Church on the Way, Lifeplus Church, Methodist Church and Plymouth Brethren.

 

In 1996, Blairgowrie hosted the Royal National Mòd, a festival of the Scottish Gaelic language. Since then the town has featured bilingual street signs, in English and Gaelic.

 

Notable people

David Laird Adams (1837–1892) theologian

Nora Calderwood (1896–1985), mathematician, born in Blairgowrie

Donald Cargill (1619–1681), Covenanter, born in Rattray

Andy Clyde (1892–1967), actor

Jake Findlay (born 1954), professional footballer, most notably for Luton Town, born in Blairgowrie

Alan Gifford (1911–1989), American-born film and television actor, died in Blairgowrie

Hamish Henderson (1919–2002), poet, folk singer, and activist, born in Blairgowrie

Sir William Alan Macpherson of Cluny (1926–2021), British High Court judge, and the 27th Hereditary Chief of Clan Macpherson, born in Blairgowrie

Gavin Pyper (born 1979), racing driver, born in Blairgowrie

Prof Robert Alexander Robertson FLS FRSE (1873–1935), botanist, born in Rattray

Lt Col Alexander Dron Stewart FRSE (1883–1969), born in Blairgowrie

 

Blairgowrie and Rattray is home to the Scottish Junior Football East Region Premier League side Blairgowrie F.C. as well as the Scottish Amateur Football Association sides Rattray A.F.C. and Balmoral United A.F.C. which play in the Perthshire Amateur League.

 

Blairgowrie Rugby Club was founded in 1980 (originally as Blairgowrie High School FP RFC) and as of 2019, plays in the Caledonia Regional League Caledonia League 1. The team is based within the John Johnston Coupar Recreational Park on Coupar Angus Road, which formed part of an old berry farm which was bequeathed to the town in the 1970s for use as a sports and recreational facility.

 

Blairgowrie Golf Club was founded in 1889. There are now two 18-hole courses, Rosemount and Lansdowne, and a 9-hole course.

 

The Glenshee Ski Centre in Glenshee (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Sith, "Glen of the Fairies"), is some 18 miles (29 kilometres) north at the Cairnwell Pass on the A93 Braemar road, which is the highest public road in the UK.

 

Blairgowrie is normally considered the start and finish of the marked 64-mile (103-kilometre) Cateran Trail long-distance walk which follows a circular route through Glenericht and Strathardle to Bridge of Cally, Kirkmichael and Enochdhu, over Ben Earb to Spittal of Glenshee, through Glenshee and Glenisla to Kirkton of Glenisla and Alyth and finally back to Blairgowrie. The trail is divided into five stages and can easily be walked in five days or less, although winning teams in the annual "Cateran Yomp" regularly complete it in under eleven hours.

 

The traditional ball game of Rattray no longer takes place, but the Rattray silver ball, the trophy retained by the winners, is still in existence. It is believed to have been donated by Sylvester Rattray of Nether Persie who became minister of Rattray in 1591 and continued there until his death in 1623. The Rattray silver ball is now kept at Perth Museum and Art Gallery.

 

Blairgowrie Highland Games are held annually on the first Sunday of September in Bogles Field on Essendy Road. It is noted for its Hill Race and its mass tug o'war where as many contestants as possible from Blairgowrie and Rattray compete against each other.

 

The evening before is known as Braemar Night with entertainment in the Wellmeadow and fireworks along the river. This tradition started in the 1960s to encourage travellers returning from the Braemar Highland Games (then held on a Thursday), which attracted huge numbers of visitors due to the attendance of the Royal Family, to stop in the town and quickly grew into a huge programme of entertainments, pipe bands, fireworks, funfairs etc., drawing tens of thousands not only returning south from Braemar but on special excursions from Perth and Dundee.

 

When Blairgowrie Games restarted in the 1980s, the Braemar Games had moved to the first Saturday in September, and the following day seemed an appropriate date for Blair Games. Braemar Night has evolved into a more refined smaller all-day event aimed at locals but is still extremely popular. The main feature and finale is a spectacular firework display along the River Ericht which draws large crowds onto the bridge, which is temporarily closed, and along the riverside areas.

 

"Snow Road" Blairgowrie is the southern point of the Cairngorm National Park Snow Road tourist route which runs through Glenshee, Braemar, Ballater and Tomintoul to its northern end at Grantown-on-Spey. The route includes the highest point on the UK road system at the Cairnwell Pass and the Cockbridge to Tomintoul road over the Lecht Pass which is well known on winter road reports as one of the first to be closed by snow.

 

Twin cities

Pleasanton, California, United States

Cowansville, Quebec, Canada

Fergus, Ontario, Canada

Brebières, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France

 

Namesakes

Blairgowrie, a seaside town south of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and Blairgowrie, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, were named after the town.

 

The Highlands is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The Scottish Gaelic name of A' Ghàidhealtachd literally means "the place of the Gaels" and traditionally, from a Gaelic-speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands.

 

The area is very sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in the British Isles, Ben Nevis. During the 18th and early 19th centuries the population of the Highlands rose to around 300,000, but from c. 1841 and for the next 160 years, the natural increase in population was exceeded by emigration (mostly to Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, and migration to the industrial cities of Scotland and England.) and passim  The area is now one of the most sparsely populated in Europe. At 9.1/km2 (24/sq mi) in 2012, the population density in the Highlands and Islands is less than one seventh of Scotland's as a whole.

 

The Highland Council is the administrative body for much of the Highlands, with its administrative centre at Inverness. However, the Highlands also includes parts of the council areas of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Moray, North Ayrshire, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire.

 

The Scottish Highlands is the only area in the British Isles to have the taiga biome as it features concentrated populations of Scots pine forest: see Caledonian Forest. It is the most mountainous part of the United Kingdom.

 

Between the 15th century and the mid-20th century, the area differed from most of the Lowlands in terms of language. In Scottish Gaelic, the region is known as the Gàidhealtachd, because it was traditionally the Gaelic-speaking part of Scotland, although the language is now largely confined to The Hebrides. The terms are sometimes used interchangeably but have different meanings in their respective languages. Scottish English (in its Highland form) is the predominant language of the area today, though Highland English has been influenced by Gaelic speech to a significant extent. Historically, the "Highland line" distinguished the two Scottish cultures. While the Highland line broadly followed the geography of the Grampians in the south, it continued in the north, cutting off the north-eastern areas, that is Eastern Caithness, Orkney and Shetland, from the more Gaelic Highlands and Hebrides.

 

Historically, the major social unit of the Highlands was the clan. Scottish kings, particularly James VI, saw clans as a challenge to their authority; the Highlands was seen by many as a lawless region. The Scots of the Lowlands viewed the Highlanders as backward and more "Irish". The Highlands were seen as the overspill of Gaelic Ireland. They made this distinction by separating Germanic "Scots" English and the Gaelic by renaming it "Erse" a play on Eire. Following the Union of the Crowns, James VI had the military strength to back up any attempts to impose some control. The result was, in 1609, the Statutes of Iona which started the process of integrating clan leaders into Scottish society. The gradual changes continued into the 19th century, as clan chiefs thought of themselves less as patriarchal leaders of their people and more as commercial landlords. The first effect on the clansmen who were their tenants was the change to rents being payable in money rather than in kind. Later, rents were increased as Highland landowners sought to increase their income. This was followed, mostly in the period 1760–1850, by agricultural improvement that often (particularly in the Western Highlands) involved clearance of the population to make way for large scale sheep farms. Displaced tenants were set up in crofting communities in the process. The crofts were intended not to provide all the needs of their occupiers; they were expected to work in other industries such as kelping and fishing. Crofters came to rely substantially on seasonal migrant work, particularly in the Lowlands. This gave impetus to the learning of English, which was seen by many rural Gaelic speakers to be the essential "language of work".

 

Older historiography attributes the collapse of the clan system to the aftermath of the Jacobite risings. This is now thought less influential by historians. Following the Jacobite rising of 1745 the British government enacted a series of laws to try to suppress the clan system, including bans on the bearing of arms and the wearing of tartan, and limitations on the activities of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Most of this legislation was repealed by the end of the 18th century as the Jacobite threat subsided. There was soon a rehabilitation of Highland culture. Tartan was adopted for Highland regiments in the British Army, which poor Highlanders joined in large numbers in the era of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1790–1815). Tartan had largely been abandoned by the ordinary people of the region, but in the 1820s, tartan and the kilt were adopted by members of the social elite, not just in Scotland, but across Europe. The international craze for tartan, and for idealising a romanticised Highlands, was set off by the Ossian cycle, and further popularised by the works of Walter Scott. His "staging" of the visit of King George IV to Scotland in 1822 and the king's wearing of tartan resulted in a massive upsurge in demand for kilts and tartans that could not be met by the Scottish woollen industry. Individual clan tartans were largely designated in this period and they became a major symbol of Scottish identity. This "Highlandism", by which all of Scotland was identified with the culture of the Highlands, was cemented by Queen Victoria's interest in the country, her adoption of Balmoral as a major royal retreat, and her interest in "tartenry".

 

Recurrent famine affected the Highlands for much of its history, with significant instances as late as 1817 in the Eastern Highlands and the early 1850s in the West.  Over the 18th century, the region had developed a trade of black cattle into Lowland markets, and this was balanced by imports of meal into the area. There was a critical reliance on this trade to provide sufficient food, and it is seen as an essential prerequisite for the population growth that started in the 18th century. Most of the Highlands, particularly in the North and West was short of the arable land that was essential for the mixed, run rig based, communal farming that existed before agricultural improvement was introduced into the region.[a] Between the 1760s and the 1830s there was a substantial trade in unlicensed whisky that had been distilled in the Highlands. Lowland distillers (who were not able to avoid the heavy taxation of this product) complained that Highland whisky made up more than half the market. The development of the cattle trade is taken as evidence that the pre-improvement Highlands was not an immutable system, but did exploit the economic opportunities that came its way.  The illicit whisky trade demonstrates the entrepreneurial ability of the peasant classes. 

 

Agricultural improvement reached the Highlands mostly over the period 1760 to 1850. Agricultural advisors, factors, land surveyors and others educated in the thinking of Adam Smith were keen to put into practice the new ideas taught in Scottish universities.  Highland landowners, many of whom were burdened with chronic debts, were generally receptive to the advice they offered and keen to increase the income from their land.  In the East and South the resulting change was similar to that in the Lowlands, with the creation of larger farms with single tenants, enclosure of the old run rig fields, introduction of new crops (such as turnips), land drainage and, as a consequence of all this, eviction, as part of the Highland clearances, of many tenants and cottars. Some of those cleared found employment on the new, larger farms, others moved to the accessible towns of the Lowlands.

 

In the West and North, evicted tenants were usually given tenancies in newly created crofting communities, while their former holdings were converted into large sheep farms. Sheep farmers could pay substantially higher rents than the run rig farmers and were much less prone to falling into arrears. Each croft was limited in size so that the tenants would have to find work elsewhere. The major alternatives were fishing and the kelp industry. Landlords took control of the kelp shores, deducting the wages earned by their tenants from the rent due and retaining the large profits that could be earned at the high prices paid for the processed product during the Napoleonic wars.

 

When the Napoleonic wars finished in 1815, the Highland industries were affected by the return to a peacetime economy. The price of black cattle fell, nearly halving between 1810 and the 1830s. Kelp prices had peaked in 1810, but reduced from £9 a ton in 1823 to £3 13s 4d a ton in 1828. Wool prices were also badly affected.  This worsened the financial problems of debt-encumbered landlords. Then, in 1846, potato blight arrived in the Highlands, wiping out the essential subsistence crop for the overcrowded crofting communities. As the famine struck, the government made clear to landlords that it was their responsibility to provide famine relief for their tenants. The result of the economic downturn had been that a large proportion of Highland estates were sold in the first half of the 19th century. T M Devine points out that in the region most affected by the potato famine, by 1846, 70 per cent of the landowners were new purchasers who had not owned Highland property before 1800. More landlords were obliged to sell due to the cost of famine relief. Those who were protected from the worst of the crisis were those with extensive rental income from sheep farms.  Government loans were made available for drainage works, road building and other improvements and many crofters became temporary migrants – taking work in the Lowlands. When the potato famine ceased in 1856, this established a pattern of more extensive working away from the Highlands.

 

The unequal concentration of land ownership remained an emotional and controversial subject, of enormous importance to the Highland economy, and eventually became a cornerstone of liberal radicalism. The poor crofters were politically powerless, and many of them turned to religion. They embraced the popularly oriented, fervently evangelical Presbyterian revival after 1800. Most joined the breakaway "Free Church" after 1843. This evangelical movement was led by lay preachers who themselves came from the lower strata, and whose preaching was implicitly critical of the established order. The religious change energised the crofters and separated them from the landlords; it helped prepare them for their successful and violent challenge to the landlords in the 1880s through the Highland Land League. Violence erupted, starting on the Isle of Skye, when Highland landlords cleared their lands for sheep and deer parks. It was quietened when the government stepped in, passing the Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act, 1886 to reduce rents, guarantee fixity of tenure, and break up large estates to provide crofts for the homeless. This contrasted with the Irish Land War underway at the same time, where the Irish were intensely politicised through roots in Irish nationalism, while political dimensions were limited. In 1885 three Independent Crofter candidates were elected to Parliament, which listened to their pleas. The results included explicit security for the Scottish smallholders in the "crofting counties"; the legal right to bequeath tenancies to descendants; and the creation of a Crofting Commission. The Crofters as a political movement faded away by 1892, and the Liberal Party gained their votes.

 

Today, the Highlands are the largest of Scotland's whisky producing regions; the relevant area runs from Orkney to the Isle of Arran in the south and includes the northern isles and much of Inner and Outer Hebrides, Argyll, Stirlingshire, Arran, as well as sections of Perthshire and Aberdeenshire. (Other sources treat The Islands, except Islay, as a separate whisky producing region.) This massive area has over 30 distilleries, or 47 when the Islands sub-region is included in the count. According to one source, the top five are The Macallan, Glenfiddich, Aberlour, Glenfarclas and Balvenie. While Speyside is geographically within the Highlands, that region is specified as distinct in terms of whisky productions. Speyside single malt whiskies are produced by about 50 distilleries.

 

According to Visit Scotland, Highlands whisky is "fruity, sweet, spicy, malty". Another review states that Northern Highlands single malt is "sweet and full-bodied", the Eastern Highlands and Southern Highlands whiskies tend to be "lighter in texture" while the distilleries in the Western Highlands produce single malts with a "much peatier influence".

 

The Scottish Reformation achieved partial success in the Highlands. Roman Catholicism remained strong in some areas, owing to remote locations and the efforts of Franciscan missionaries from Ireland, who regularly came to celebrate Mass. There remain significant Catholic strongholds within the Highlands and Islands such as Moidart and Morar on the mainland and South Uist and Barra in the southern Outer Hebrides. The remoteness of the region and the lack of a Gaelic-speaking clergy undermined the missionary efforts of the established church. The later 18th century saw somewhat greater success, owing to the efforts of the SSPCK missionaries and to the disruption of traditional society after the Battle of Culloden in 1746. In the 19th century, the evangelical Free Churches, which were more accepting of Gaelic language and culture, grew rapidly, appealing much more strongly than did the established church.

 

For the most part, however, the Highlands are considered predominantly Protestant, belonging to the Church of Scotland. In contrast to the Catholic southern islands, the northern Outer Hebrides islands (Lewis, Harris and North Uist) have an exceptionally high proportion of their population belonging to the Protestant Free Church of Scotland or the Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland. The Outer Hebrides have been described as the last bastion of Calvinism in Britain and the Sabbath remains widely observed. Inverness and the surrounding area has a majority Protestant population, with most locals belonging to either The Kirk or the Free Church of Scotland. The church maintains a noticeable presence within the area, with church attendance notably higher than in other parts of Scotland. Religion continues to play an important role in Highland culture, with Sabbath observance still widely practised, particularly in the Hebrides.

 

In traditional Scottish geography, the Highlands refers to that part of Scotland north-west of the Highland Boundary Fault, which crosses mainland Scotland in a near-straight line from Helensburgh to Stonehaven. However the flat coastal lands that occupy parts of the counties of Nairnshire, Morayshire, Banffshire and Aberdeenshire are often excluded as they do not share the distinctive geographical and cultural features of the rest of the Highlands. The north-east of Caithness, as well as Orkney and Shetland, are also often excluded from the Highlands, although the Hebrides are usually included. The Highland area, as so defined, differed from the Lowlands in language and tradition, having preserved Gaelic speech and customs centuries after the anglicisation of the latter; this led to a growing perception of a divide, with the cultural distinction between Highlander and Lowlander first noted towards the end of the 14th century. In Aberdeenshire, the boundary between the Highlands and the Lowlands is not well defined. There is a stone beside the A93 road near the village of Dinnet on Royal Deeside which states 'You are now in the Highlands', although there are areas of Highland character to the east of this point.

 

A much wider definition of the Highlands is that used by the Scotch whisky industry. Highland single malts are produced at distilleries north of an imaginary line between Dundee and Greenock, thus including all of Aberdeenshire and Angus.

 

Inverness is regarded as the Capital of the Highlands, although less so in the Highland parts of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Perthshire and Stirlingshire which look more to Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, and Stirling as their commercial centres.

 

The Highland Council area, created as one of the local government regions of Scotland, has been a unitary council area since 1996. The council area excludes a large area of the southern and eastern Highlands, and the Western Isles, but includes Caithness. Highlands is sometimes used, however, as a name for the council area, as in the former Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service. Northern is also used to refer to the area, as in the former Northern Constabulary. These former bodies both covered the Highland council area and the island council areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles.

 

Much of the Highlands area overlaps the Highlands and Islands area. An electoral region called Highlands and Islands is used in elections to the Scottish Parliament: this area includes Orkney and Shetland, as well as the Highland Council local government area, the Western Isles and most of the Argyll and Bute and Moray local government areas. Highlands and Islands has, however, different meanings in different contexts. It means Highland (the local government area), Orkney, Shetland, and the Western Isles in Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service. Northern, as in Northern Constabulary, refers to the same area as that covered by the fire and rescue service.

 

There have been trackways from the Lowlands to the Highlands since prehistoric times. Many traverse the Mounth, a spur of mountainous land that extends from the higher inland range to the North Sea slightly north of Stonehaven. The most well-known and historically important trackways are the Causey Mounth, Elsick Mounth, Cryne Corse Mounth and Cairnamounth.

 

Although most of the Highlands is geographically on the British mainland, it is somewhat less accessible than the rest of Britain; thus most UK couriers categorise it separately, alongside Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and other offshore islands. They thus charge additional fees for delivery to the Highlands, or exclude the area entirely. While the physical remoteness from the largest population centres inevitably leads to higher transit cost, there is confusion and consternation over the scale of the fees charged and the effectiveness of their communication, and the use of the word Mainland in their justification. Since the charges are often based on postcode areas, many far less remote areas, including some which are traditionally considered part of the lowlands, are also subject to these charges. Royal Mail is the only delivery network bound by a Universal Service Obligation to charge a uniform tariff across the UK. This, however, applies only to mail items and not larger packages which are dealt with by its Parcelforce division.

 

The Highlands lie to the north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, which runs from Arran to Stonehaven. This part of Scotland is largely composed of ancient rocks from the Cambrian and Precambrian periods which were uplifted during the later Caledonian Orogeny. Smaller formations of Lewisian gneiss in the northwest are up to 3 billion years old. The overlying rocks of the Torridon Sandstone form mountains in the Torridon Hills such as Liathach and Beinn Eighe in Wester Ross.

 

These foundations are interspersed with many igneous intrusions of a more recent age, the remnants of which have formed mountain massifs such as the Cairngorms and the Cuillin of Skye. A significant exception to the above are the fossil-bearing beds of Old Red Sandstone found principally along the Moray Firth coast and partially down the Highland Boundary Fault. The Jurassic beds found in isolated locations on Skye and Applecross reflect the complex underlying geology. They are the original source of much North Sea oil. The Great Glen is formed along a transform fault which divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands.

 

The entire region was covered by ice sheets during the Pleistocene ice ages, save perhaps for a few nunataks. The complex geomorphology includes incised valleys and lochs carved by the action of mountain streams and ice, and a topography of irregularly distributed mountains whose summits have similar heights above sea-level, but whose bases depend upon the amount of denudation to which the plateau has been subjected in various places.

Climate

 

The region is much warmer than other areas at similar latitudes (such as Kamchatka in Russia, or Labrador in Canada) because of the Gulf Stream making it cool, damp and temperate. The Köppen climate classification is "Cfb" at low altitudes, then becoming "Cfc", "Dfc" and "ET" at higher altitudes.

 

Places of interest

An Teallach

Aonach Mòr (Nevis Range ski centre)

Arrochar Alps

Balmoral Castle

Balquhidder

Battlefield of Culloden

Beinn Alligin

Beinn Eighe

Ben Cruachan hydro-electric power station

Ben Lomond

Ben Macdui (second highest mountain in Scotland and UK)

Ben Nevis (highest mountain in Scotland and UK)

Cairngorms National Park

Cairngorm Ski centre near Aviemore

Cairngorm Mountains

Caledonian Canal

Cape Wrath

Carrick Castle

Castle Stalker

Castle Tioram

Chanonry Point

Conic Hill

Culloden Moor

Dunadd

Duart Castle

Durness

Eilean Donan

Fingal's Cave (Staffa)

Fort George

Glen Coe

Glen Etive

Glen Kinglas

Glen Lyon

Glen Orchy

Glenshee Ski Centre

Glen Shiel

Glen Spean

Glenfinnan (and its railway station and viaduct)

Grampian Mountains

Hebrides

Highland Folk Museum – The first open-air museum in the UK.

Highland Wildlife Park

Inveraray Castle

Inveraray Jail

Inverness Castle

Inverewe Garden

Iona Abbey

Isle of Staffa

Kilchurn Castle

Kilmartin Glen

Liathach

Lecht Ski Centre

Loch Alsh

Loch Ard

Loch Awe

Loch Assynt

Loch Earn

Loch Etive

Loch Fyne

Loch Goil

Loch Katrine

Loch Leven

Loch Linnhe

Loch Lochy

Loch Lomond

Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park

Loch Lubnaig

Loch Maree

Loch Morar

Loch Morlich

Loch Ness

Loch Nevis

Loch Rannoch

Loch Tay

Lochranza

Luss

Meall a' Bhuiridh (Glencoe Ski Centre)

Scottish Sea Life Sanctuary at Loch Creran

Rannoch Moor

Red Cuillin

Rest and Be Thankful stretch of A83

River Carron, Wester Ross

River Spey

River Tay

Ross and Cromarty

Smoo Cave

Stob Coire a' Chàirn

Stac Polly

Strathspey Railway

Sutherland

Tor Castle

Torridon Hills

Urquhart Castle

West Highland Line (scenic railway)

West Highland Way (Long-distance footpath)

Wester Ross

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

The art of Sepp Bögle

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_B%C3%B6gle

 

... no glue, no cement ... only gravity

WEEK 27 – OB WM Post-Remodel, Set III

 

The pharmacy is the last major department we’ve yet to see, and it’s located just inside the store’s right-side entrance. This shot is a little crowded with boxes and displays too, but at least my trusty camera managed to make the focus on the pharmacy counter itself brighter so as to emphasize it over all that other stuff! The pharmacy sign is pretty well unchanged from BD2.0/2.1, and in fact, I may actually like it better sans the icon!

 

(c) 2019 Retail Retell

These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)

 

Architects: Bernard Joyce for Bogle & Banfield (1965)

Location: Melbourne, VIC, Architecture

 

A beautiful example of Japanese Metabolism in the center of Melbourne. Very much influenced by Kenzo Tange, I believe. This unloved treasure was threatened with demolition the last time I was here. Not sure of its current status. It could use some TLC.

By Boglieburn, above Newtown, Scottish Borders

A few more days passed, and the next changes I noticed were visible on or around July 31st. (I say that without specificity because the next image was taken a week or two later, but the development itself happened about the same time as this photo was taken.) On either side of the front end, new “Pickup this way” signs had been hung from the ceiling, featuring arrows and the “Pickup” text in Walmart’s new look. Something worth noting here is that the Bogle font for “Pickup” is in bold… looks strange that way, and may well defy the style guide :P

 

(c) 2018 Retail Retell

These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)

 

(cont.) …as you may well have surmised, it’s essentially the same as BD2.1 with the yellow-on-blue TradeSparks, only now with the Bogle font instead of Myriad. While what you see here is simply a temporary banner for the Olive Branch Walmart’s fitting rooms as the remodel progresses, it still gives you a pretty good impression of the style the chain’s design is actively evolving into at this time.

 

It’s hard to believe that Black Décor 2.2 is already upon us, especially since the original 2.0 itself dropped only about two years or so ago. If I’m not mistaken, Just Chilling. was the first to discover the new décor and post it to flickr; his photos can be seen in this album or, alternatively and with his permission, at my blog post here.

 

Just Chilling. also was the first to alert the flickr retail crowd of the new BD2.2, as can be seen at this photo. While I’m still a bit surprised at how fast this latest (I would say “and greatest,” but that’s debatable…) décor is developing, it’s clear that this new package is what’s in Olive Branch’s immediate future.

 

(Re: my surprise at the pace of this evolution… make that “jealous” as well, for if OB can get this new BD2.2 in the same season as it was revealed, then there ought to have been darn well nothing stopping Horn Lake from getting BD2.0 instead of lousy Project Impact v.4!!)

 

(c) 2018 Retail Retell

These places are public so these photos are too, but just as I tell where they came from, I'd appreciate if you'd say who :)

 

There's a project going on in the Jamaica W.I.'s group.. This months theme is Jamaican money.. I looked everywhere and we didn't have much money left but still tried to do my best with what I had... There is no photoshop involved in this shot except for adding our watermark.. Everything else you see was really there like that when I shot it :) Can you guess how?? hehehehe So if you have Jamaican money join in the fun!!

 

One Love!!

 

strobist setup shot can be seen here!

Traxxas Models Kim Bogle and Heidi Golznig. SEMA, Las Vegas, NV. November 2015

by keep

If you've been following along with my stream lately, you'll know that I said last month there was something in this store hinting at a new decor package. Well..... here it is!

 

If you take a look at those gooseneck signs, you'll notice that they aren't the Black 2.0 Myriad-font style, but a completely new dark-blue type that also happens to use Walmart's new font (which I've now found out is called "Bogle".)

 

Besides the new font, that link above that I found shows a lot of new branding and advertising elements for Walmart, including possible new signage designs for Pharmacy and Personal Care! Although those could very well just be examples or prototypes, I do believe that with Walmart pushing this new branding, this will definitely lead into a new decor package at some point. Although I love the simplicity of Black 2.0 and would be surprised if they ditched it so soon, I'm definitely for a new decor style if it's really good. In the meantime, I wholeheartedly recommend checking out that "Bogle" link above if you're interested in the new branding.

 

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Store 721. This store originally opened on March 1, 1995 and relocated from an older Division 1 store at US-41 and Cochran Boulevard, which originally opened in 1985. That location has since been subdivided into Staples, Big Lots, and Books-a-Million.

Viharn Sien Anek Kuson Sala museum has an amazing collection of sculptures. The quantity bogles the mind.

Images from the 2pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 2pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

We'd like to introduce to you the new member in the Nénelle et Lalluli family, Lena! She is on a Pure Neemo S and she will be modeling our Blythe clothes along with Bambi (who is on a stock body).

 

What do you think about her?

  

We are thinking about making a full set (make-up + outfit) Blythe for the Dolls Party, but we are still considering it so time will tell

 

______

 

¡Queremos presentaros a Lena, la nueva integrante de la familia Nénelle et Lalluli! Lleva un Pure Neemo S y será la nueva modelo de nuestra ropita para Blythe, junto con Bambi (que lleva un cuerpo de stock).

 

¿Qué os parece?

 

Estamos pensando en hacer una Blythe completa (maquillaje y ropa) para la Dolls Party, pero todavía lo estamos sopesando, así que el tiempo dirá

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 2pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

We'd like to introduce to you the new member in the Nénelle et Lalluli family, Lena! She is on a Pure Neemo S and she will be modeling our Blythe clothes along with Bambi (who is on a stock body).

 

What do you think about her?

  

We are thinking about making a full set (make-up + outfit) Blythe for the Dolls Party, but we are still considering it so time will tell

 

______

 

¡Queremos presentaros a Lena, la nueva integrante de la familia Nénelle et Lalluli! Lleva un Pure Neemo S y será la nueva modelo de nuestra ropita para Blythe, junto con Bambi (que lleva un cuerpo de stock).

 

¿Qué os parece?

 

Estamos pensando en hacer una Blythe completa (maquillaje y ropa) para la Dolls Party, pero todavía lo estamos sopesando, así que el tiempo dirá

By looking at that portrait, you'd never guess that his diet consists of faeries and kiddies!

 

You can follow the exploits of Mr. Grumpypants by viewing his Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/ebenezer.grumpypants?fref=ts

 

Ebenezer Grumpypants

# 2955

 

Images from the 2pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

So it has been chopped off!! lol! I love it and think she looks soooo cute now, don'tknow if it might look better dyed a dark brown colour but I will see... She also still needs to be bogled and gaze corrected. I have never cut a fringe before so I am dead proud of myself for getting it like this hehe xx

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 2pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 2pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 2pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 2pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 3:30pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.

 

Images from the 2pm catwalk show from Models of Diversity for Shepherds Bush Market, Saturday 3rd October 2015 at Shepherds Bush Market, London. The show was opened by the lovely Gail Porter who walked in both catwalk shows and was joined by the effervescent Sandi Gogglebox Bogle (GoogleBox) and Vicky Balch, the student who lost her leg after the Alton Towers roller coaster crash, making her brave catwalk debut too. All images by: James Alexander Lyon

Performances by: Stedman Pearson (Five Star) and Ace Ruele. Designers included: Maurice Whittingham and Anita Thomas

Producer: Angel Sinclair for Models of Diversity

Show Director/Organiser: Angelica Fenney

Presenter Lauren Lolly

Head of Styles: Michelle Navarro

Dresses: Nikki Beadle, Claire Oram

Head Photographer: John Martin Gilliam

Floor Manager: Sarah O'Rourke

Head of Make up: Michael Perks Make-up Studio, Steph Thomas Charlotte Cardwell Lorna-Jade Harvey-Oates

Hair By: Fiona Chaffey and her team Zoe lane, Shannon Lawrence, Jade Herne, Shaynie Woodbridge

Models: Gail Porter, Sandi Gogglebox Bogle, Angelica Fenney, Rachel Emma Steeden, Tereza Brantlová, Hannah Murrell, Olivia Murrell, Victoria Eisermann, Frankie Holloway, Champ Imi, Gemma Flanagan, Jack Eyers, Markus Roberts-Clarke, Vicky Balch, Jacqueline Hooton, Louis Killik, Princess T, Tinaresse Dandajena, Leo Quijano, Katie Knowles, Hassan ReeSe, Derek Campbell, Aysha Sparks, Benas Linkiavicius, Amy Ivy Ellise, Elesha Turner and Dave Curtois.