Monthly Archives: August 2010

Short Change

After seemingly endless days of packing - three Mulberry cases for me, one knackered rucksack in its dotage for Napoleon – the boy and I are abandoning our corporate hamster wheels and succumbing to wanderlust. There’s a clue to our holiday destination … Continue reading

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September

Vogue.  Kate Moss.  Beautifully Disarrayed.  ‘Don’t Give a F*ck’ Insouciance.  Maddening perfection. |Fashionising|

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All the Best

Chanel Paradoxal – A preternatural hybrid of greyed plum so extraordinary, I bought two bottles // Hanneli \\ Hummingbird Bakery Black Bottom cupcakes // ‘Masters of Fashion Illustration’ by David Downton \\ Eyebrow threading by Vaishaly Patel – Ouch! But farewell Sasquatch … Continue reading

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Yo Momma

See that Love cover down there?  The one with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley? Pah. Gisele can bring the A-game so much better. |Fashion Gone Rogue|

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The New Look

The audaciously talented Tommy Ton, of Jak & Jil, has compiled a photo essay to chronicle the new age of minimalism augured by Phoebe Philo – and her triumphal second act on the stage of fashion. I was too young … Continue reading

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Purple Rain

Come the winter – whilst awaiting couriers bearing new season gifts from Net-a-Porter better than frankincense and myrhh – my impatiently tapping fingers will be coated in the deepest twilight purple of Yves Saint Laurent’s Belle du Nuit. |Nordstrom|

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Uptown Girl

I have been sitting (figuratively, of course!) on these pictures for the past week. Wanting to share. Yet, not wanting to share. Why might a girl – ordinarily not backwards in coming forwards (especially after six two cocktails) – have been so … Continue reading

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Tantrum

Throws self on floor and violently thrashes non-Louboutin clad feet… I want. I want. I want. I want. I want. I want. I want. I want. I want. I want. I WANT! |Matches|

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Jessica Rabbit

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Great Dane

I originally discovered DAY Birger et Mikkelsen several years ago when Napoleon – my rather short, and rather more bossy, boyfriend – professionally advised on their consolidating a foothold in the UK. The first of the Danish brands to really make … Continue reading

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