Coveting: Colour Blocking Bags
I’m a little obsessed with bright, single coloured bags right now. Massively so. We all know colour blocking is huge right now (and from the looks of the catwalks, set to continue in some form into AW11 and well into SS12 too, from my keen trend-hunting skills) but it takes a certain amount of confidence...
Coveting: The Pleated Skirt
Wedges by Marc by Marc JacobsClutches by Asos Ever since the Carrie Whistles skirt hit the high street, everyone’s been going a bit crazy for pleated skirts. And I’m not surprised. Summery yet not too casual/off to the beach, demure yet fun and sexy, grown-up and childlike all at once. Been playing around with ShopStyle...
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Trends: Stationery gets fashionable!
This is a trend that I hope doesn’t go away too soon; Fashion design collaborations with stationery manufacturers. Some of you may know I have a bit of a stationery fetish; nothing like a crisp new sketchbook or a virgin rollerball pen. Mmmm. Marc Jacobs for Moleskine: Everyone loves a moleskin – I certainly do....
Coveting: Cecil Beaton – The Art of the Scrapbook
This is one of those books that you see immediately and know you want it without even looking inside an actual version of it. I discovered it via Style Bubble (she’s on to a lot of good things recently, I’m loving her recent posts) and want this very very much. Cecil Beaton, if you’re unaware,...
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Coveting: Everything by Lanvin for H&M
Designer/High Street collaborations are quite rife these days, so much so that it’s not as big a deal as it used to be. H&M often lead the way (Sonia Rykiel for H&M was my most recent favourite) but of course you’ve got Debenhams with their Henry Holland and Julien McDonald collabs, among others. So when...
Coveting: ‘Pattern’ by Orla Kiely
This one’s a good ‘un. Orla Kiely is a brilliant textile and pattern designer, and when I discovered this via DisneyRollrGirl I had to post about it. I’m quite surprised she hasn’t done a book before this. Pattern by Orla Kiely on Amazon. Her style is immediately recognisable - “her unique design language and sure...
A/W10 Trends: Coveting The Coatigan
I’m not a massive fan of mash-up words… Coatigan sounds a lot like ‘labradoodle’. And if I ever hear anyone say they’ve got one, I’ll smack them in the face and say, no you’ve got a Labrador/poodle cross, not a made up pretend pedigree monstrosity. And so, if someone had said ‘I’m wearing a coatigan!!!’...
Coveting: Kurt Geiger Fashionistas Corso Como Shoe
When I went to Fashion’s Night Out a few weeks (months? who knows) ago, aside from frolicking around with free booze and gaping at things I couldn’t afford, I was intrigued and pleasantly surprised at the effort the high street was going to to put on this experiential shopping night. I still haven’t done a...
Biba’s Back! And I want it all…
Biba, the iconic but short-lived brand of the 60s, has had a few re-incarnations since then, but it’s taken House of Fraser to fully revive it, gold and black branding and all. “From a mail order company in the early sixties, to a global fashion phenomenon of the early seventies, Barbara Hulanicki’s Biba was a...
Found: The Perfect Satchel Bag
Remember my epic post about hunting down all the satchel bags out there, and finding the perfect one? Well, on my recent shopping trip I went and found most of the ones I posted about. Here’s my conclusion: They’re all too damn small. Dimensions on a website are reeally hard to visualise. These are the...
In Search Of…. The Perfect Satchel Bag
This A/W, a key trend will definitely be the Satchel Bag. Why? The Mulberry Alexa, obviously. Everyone wants a piece of that, but most can only afford the high street versions and all their incantations. Everyone wants in. And I really want in. I lug a lot of stuff around with me so I’ve invariably...
Coveting: Hybrid love-child trainers AKA Topshop’s Triple Cut Out Peep Toes
Not quite sandals, not quite canvas pumps… these seem to be the strange twisted love child of both of them. Maybe they had an illicit affair and these were the result. I love them. And at £20, I’m pretty sure my budget can stretch to that. Check them out on Topshop online here – they...
