Central St Martins fashion history student Ella Catliff and blogger behind la Petite Anglaise

Fashion graduate Sophie is wearing her own design skirt, from her brand called S.A.H, the English Rose Collection.

Junior buyer Clara is wearing a skirt by Acne, with H&M sweater and shoes bought from a flea market in Japan.

 Seamstress Marianne is wearing a 1930s style dress she made herself from her own original pattern, and the mustard yellow cardigan is a charity shop find. Marianne tells me that the handbag she is wearing is made from paper, Marianne goes on to explain; “My shopping bag was a flea market find and it is a genuine 1940s item. In Finland where I am from they made a lot of different things out of paper during the recession in the 30s and 40s, (mainly shoes and bags), but I have for example, seen a deadstock men’s suit, spats and some hats made of woven paper string at a local TV station storage room. Someone had donated them a whole storage from a old general store and they had all sorts of deadstock goodies to drool over. They even had rolls of paper string fabric. The bag I have is very sturdy and strong in use, I carry it with me almost daily, I also own a clutch style paper handbag. I saw some paper shoes with wooden heels online recently, but they were obviously only wearable during the warm seasons and when it didn’t rain”.

Mikie brings a touch of summer cool with hot pink skirt from River Island, black blouse from H&M, and heels from Zigi NY.