Our Favor!te Things 2009: Camilla Morton

We’ve been informed that the end of 2009 is just around the corner, and since absolutely no one else is offering “Best Of” lists, we decided to fill the void. Between now and the new year, expect year-end favor!tes from our friends in the world of fashion, music, comedy, film and literature.

Today’s inaugural Favor!te Things 2009 list comes from the delightful Camilla Morton, fashion writer, author and arbiter of good taste.

Without further ado, Camilla Morton’s Favor!te Things 2009:

Favor!te Film: I am literally besides myself with excitement to see WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE but until then THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE gives a slice of the day job.

Favor!te Album: I like songs and then jam them on repeat but do like a good Disney Sing along  – Cinderella, “Someday My Prince will Come”– great way to start the day… I am more of a hummer than a album collector… I also shift music tastes like the wind, as the mood changes so do I…

Favor!te Book: It’s not a new release – I will have to think with that – but a book that I never travel or leave home without, and, in my opinion, is the most charming story ever is The Ordinary Princess, by MM Kaye.  It’s out of print but worth the hunt.

Favor!te Work of Art: The Christmas Tree at Claridge’s designed by John Galliano… viewed as you have afternoon tea there… I agree with Spencer Tracy who said, “I don’t want to go to Heaven I want to go to Claridge’s.”

Favor!te Designer:

Who can you ever choose between John Galliano and Manolo Blahnik? The two go together like tea and scones…

Favor!te TV show:

My guilty pleasure is the English Soap Opera Eastenders – you think you’ve had a bad day, and twenty minutes of this you feel glad to be you… love a bit of East end misery on Albert Square and Christmas isn’t Christmas without a trip to see how theirs goes wrong (death and damnation and all before the turkey has been so much as sliced).

Favor!te Blog/Website:

I am a fashion junkie:

www.style.com, www.net-a-porter.com, www.topshop.com, www.mrpaparrazzi.com

I would love to say my own website but I can never remember the password to log in and write the blog so that is NEXT year’s resolution…

Favor!te Real Housewife:

My mum makes it look easy – my Ukraninan cleaning lady overly complex, I have however aimed to perfect the art of the every night takeout. (editor’s note: it’s refreshing to see that Real Housewives of X is one trashy American obsession that hasn’t made it to the UK!)

Favor!te Twitterer: It’s not become the compulsive acquired taste in the UK but I did use it once to stalk someone during the shows to see if they were coming to ours…

Favor!te You Tube Video:

SO many

Ab Fab

Cinderella – the Slipper and the Rose – and how to make an entrance

Pretty in Pink – trying a little tenderness – and why do the ones you like never like you?? Why is it always so hard?!?!?

Devil Wears Prada because it makes me appreciate my job today soooo much…

Bonus Coverage:

What are you most excited about for 2010?

My new books!! About Happily Ever Afters!

Who do you most want to smooch on New Year’s Eve?

To have a plan that doesn’t fall apart would be amazing, to have a date would be a miracle – reality looking like a night in with the cat!

Camilla Morton is a London-based fashion writer and the author of  A Year in High Heels. She was the runway reporter for Vogue.com, covering all international and couture collections, and currently blogs from the fashion shows on Telegraph.co.uk. Morton has also written for several magazines and newspapers—including Time magazines’s “Style and Design” supplement, W magazine, and Harper’s Bazaar. She divides her time between London and Paris.