Johanna Payton

All the news that's fit to print.

07.10.11

I gave my first lecture as tutor of the Fashion Journalism module of the Journalism degree at London Metropolitan University. I will be teaching at the university every Friday until mid-January.

29.09.11

My tips for dressing to look taller (for the boys) appeared in Shortlist magazine.

22.09.11

I was interviewed as a fashion expert for BBC's online magazine, talking about how fashion translates from the catwalk to the high street.

11.08.11

I was appointed head of fashion at Style Compare and will be writing a weekly blog post for the site as well as consulting for them and talking to the meeja on the company's behalf. Here's my first post on How to Wear Contrast Prints...

29.06.11

Here's a guest post from me on AW11/12's androgynous trend at Yahoo! Style it Light.

20.06.11

My shiny, new Fashion Detective column launched on the fabulous iFashion Magazine - a style guide to fashion online.

03.05.11

I did my first post for Yahoo! Style it Light on the hot subject of the Royal Wedding - I wrote several fashion pieces for the site during spring/summer 2011.

12.04.11

I arrived in Las Vegas, NV and wrote many blog posts for Fashion Detective, eBay and AOL ParentDish during my stay.

01.03.11

I began contributing regular fashion and travel pieces for AOL's ParentDish.

20.02.11

I appeared in Fabulous Magazine talking about being a 'style muse' - read more at my blog, Fashion Detective.

01.01.11

I've been appointed web features editor for the lovely wedding website hitched.co.uk. I'll be working two days a month in-house and writing/editing features for the site's online wedding magzine.

29.11.10

I started my new regular gig as fashion blogger for eBay - go on, read my first post.

20.10.10

I was quoted as the author of Fashion Detective in a style piece for The Guardian.

08.07.10

Well I finally outed myself as a vampire fanatic in The Express - and got to cavort with a male model wearing fake fangs for the photo shoot. Yes, I get paid for this stuff.

05.07.10

More StyleList action for the Fashion Detective. This time I'm providing expert tips on clearing out your wardrobe...

30.06.10

That amazingly on-trend Fashion Detective blog o' mine was tipped on AOL's StyleList - tidy.

29.06.10

My first piece for The Independent was all about burning calories - by having sex and buying fabulous outfits, natch.

29.05.10

Check out my tips for summer fashion for Guardian Online.

14.05.10

Our June correspondence course in Ideas & Pitching, and the PR master class we launch on May 26th have both sold out. Further dates for both courses will soon be announced.

06.05.10

I started a two-day stint at The Guardian to edit the commercially-sponsored book I commissioned - with the General Election in full swing, t'was an exciting time to be working at King's Place.

29.03.10

Work commenced today on a new commercial book project with The Observer, during which I'll be in the commissioning editor's chair.

26.02.10

Our Ideas and Pitching course finished today - three of the students have already had the pitches we workshopped on the course commissioned. Very proud of them - and us for putting the course together. The course runs again in June.

19.02.10

I made my first appearance as a guest on The BBC London Late Show with Jo Good, talking about Uggs with heels, Live Eastenders, gipsy weddings and Princess Tiaamii's hair. I'll be back on the show, March 1st 2010, and fortnightly thereafter.

05.02.10

We announced a new PR master class for PR professionals.

01.02.10

Our first correspondence course on Ideas and Pitching launched today - and was fully subscribed.

30.01.10
Our first one day course covering Successful Freelance Journalism for journalism.co.uk took place at Friends Meeting House in London.

03.01.10

After an inspiring conversation at Butlins (!) I finally got my blogging hat back on and became a fashion detective.

29.10.09
I was a guest on Jo Good's BBC London breakfast show, talking about this news story.

26.10.09-27.10.09
Two days spent in Jarnac, at the Courvoisier Chateau. I covered the launch of this year's Courvoisier The Future 500. And I drank a lot of Cognac.

12.10.09-16.10.09
I spent the week in-house on the features desk of LOOK magazine - gazing lovingly at clothes and getting my teeth into some brill features. I work for the mag regularly and occasionally work shifts there.

27.08.09
I arrived in Nashville, Tennessee, for a Deep South adventure. I danced at The Wild Horse Saloon and saw Keith Urban live in concert. Read my first review of the trip at Have a Lovely Time.

27.07.09
I appeared on this morning's BBC London Breakfast Show with Jo Good and Paul Ross, being interviewed about my line dancing addiction and reviewing the morning papers.

01.06.09
My book, Abortion – The Essential Guide was published today by Need-2-Know.

28.05.09
On May 28th I headed out on the Solent with world class yachtswomen Dee Caffari and Sam Davies. I took part in two days of intensive training with the girls as they prepared to break the world record for sailing around Britain and Ireland.

22.04.09
I was interviewed by The Guardian’s Viv Groskop about pro-choice mothers