A girl that likes a good chunky heel, but hates chunky cheese, Susannah Lau’s fashion musings and stylish snapshots have seen her crowned the Queen of Blogosphere. With no masterplan, just a serious case of verbal diarrhea and a passion for everything from Azzedine Alaia to New York Mets t-shirts, her majesty likes macaroons, feathers and spritzing Febreeze obsessively. Welcome to life in Susie’s Bubble. ?
SS: How did the wonderful world of Susie Bubble begin?
Susie: I was bored working in a 9 to 5 digital advertising job and really just decided to do it one day because I had been reading blogs like Fashionologie and A Shaded View on Fashion... there wasn't a masterplan or anything.
SS: What is life like in Susie’s bubble?
Susie: It consists of staring at an iMac most of the time really.... it's only concentrated in a few weeks in the year when I'm actually out and about, travelling and seeing shows, presentations, designers.... most of the time, I'm at my desk mining the internet. ?
SS: Does the Queen of Blogosphere ever have a day off?
Susie: I'm actually about to go on holiday to Hong Kong for two weeks but I'll be blogging occasionally... it's actually impossible to have a day off. ?
SS: What did you last dream about?
Susie: A goat chasing me with blood dripping out of its mouth... ?
SS: Now you rule cyber space with style musings and the all seeing eye, do tailors from across all kingdoms send you their finest cloths?
Susie: I'm not sure if they're fine tailors but yes, some wares do come my way... it's not a freeflood of freebies though... ?
SS: What’s your favourite word?
Susie: Mental. ?
SS: With your sword in hand, who would you knight as Greatest Contributor to Fashion?
Susie: Most defintiely the great Azzedine Alaia for being so constantly brilliant. ?
SS: Do you ever get the dreaded writers diseases; chronic procrastination, word block or verbal diarrhea?
Susie: Verbal diarrhea for sure.... I have a real self-editing problem, unable to stop or check myself. ?
SS: What are your crown jewels?
Susie: I don't like to play favourites with my jewels... but weirdly enough, an NY Mets t-shirt that's about ten years old is a treasure of mine. ?
SS: What do you wish for?
Susie: A bigger apartment. ?
SS: If your fairy godmother granted you one special power, what would it be?
Susie: To be able to read people's minds. ?
SS: Is there anyone or anything you’d like to send to the gallows proclaiming “off with their heads”?
Susie: After watching a horrific fake Gary Glitter execution, I'm not up for executing anyone at the moment.
SS: When are you happiest?
Susie: When I'm with my boyfriend (Style Salvage Steve) eating and then eating more. ?
SS: Do you like to blow bubbles?
Susie: Yes, both gum and foam. ?
SS: Describe yourself in five words?
Susie: Quietly observant, pessimistic, generous, easily distractable. ?
SS: The walk to the fridge, a sail across the pond in a rickety row boat, a promenade jaunt on a bicycle built for two…What’s your favorite journey?
Susie: A boat wading through the Norfolk broads. ?
SS: Being the Queen and all, would you be so kind as to give us a speech from the throne?
Susie: "Yay for the freedom of speech"?
SS: You’re the guest of honour at the Bubble Ball, you get to raid SUPERSWEETs cupboard, what do you wear?
Susie: Something hat-orientated, something involving tulle and lots and lots of bracelets running up the arms. ?
Long live the Queen!
Check out Susie's Bubble here.
Words: Sarah Bonser