Emma & Rifle Paper Co.

Pretty sure the lovely people over at Rifle Paper Co have seen this picture of my friend Emma on our recent little jaunt to Paris. Here she is looking as glamourous as ever in headscarf & ghetto hoops riding along the Boulevard Beaumarchais after coffee & lemonade at Merci. And here they are over at Anthropologie. It's actually kind of freaaaaky.

http://riflepaperco.com/

the old Fogel

found this hosiery packaging by via iamagreedygirl from Fogel, a hosiery brand founded in Zurich in 1921 and making legwear cool again in 2011+. Gimme those packages, I'll put them on my wall please. Thank you Fogel - maybe you could send your ridiculously beautiful little parcels of nylon to the Duchess of Cambridge who (in my decided opinion) needs a bit of zha zha zhuming-up in the hosiery department....

Six Architects

Posters by Andrea Gallo spotted on yellowtrace blog are really feeding the eye this morning. Nothing like a bunch of sexy graphic posters of a bunch of sexy buildings. One down (Barcelona Pavilion), five to go (gotta get out more).....

pattern colour texture

Today with a grey sky above I am dreaming about colour. Look. Colour. Everywhere. Go on. Get bright. This is a hand selection from my Pinterest board 'Pattern Colour Texture' but I only really care about the colour today.... Its all consuming...

clockwise from L to R
onesidezero via wherethelovelythingsare.com
Doucette Duval: bow amazingness via seesawdesigns
Repetto's L'Atelier service at Selfridges in London via stylebubble.co.uk
Flaminkpingos looking pretty damn gorgeous via http://patternblog.tumblr.com/post/315654634
Carrie doing windswept colourblocking before it was cool via wearcolour.tumblr.com
Ariel the greatest redhead ever known via rummeybears.blogspot.com
Holi, the Hindu festival of colour via plentyofcolour.com
Coloured pencils via justblog.com

Confetti System

When I discovered the ridiculously talented paper wizzes at the Confetti System I was wildly jealous of their clearly fabulous working lives spent playing with paper and mylar. It is with the greatest of lust that I ogle at their garlands, their paper pom garlands made for a Lanvin garden party, their hand-cut confetti & their incredibly sexy pinatas. When I saw the band Beach House at Angel Place earlier this year I instantly recognised the rotating pinatas glistening away behind the band as those of the Confetti System. I want to sprinkle a bit of Confetti System everywhere.  

 

(images from http://www.confettisystem.com/ & http://www.stylemepretty.com/gallery/gallery/nyc-wedding+5167)

work-shopping europe

today im dreaming a little dream of my European wardrobe. It is mostly dreaming.....

01 maybe another little Repetto purchase?

02 my new little YSL indulgence

03 world's cutest child with the best hair & red/white stripes

04 hitting Liberty London.

05 retro super future lucia sunglasses.

06 scalloped bottom shorts from Topshop (in denial it is getting cold)

07 dyed agate slices that are now on a brass chain and look killer

08 Hourglass Femme Rouge Velvet Creme Lipstick in Muse

09 navy & white checked shirt & Zara skirt with lots of necklaces

10 clock-blocking up a treat in these bangles from Forever 21

11 wouldn't mind bringing one of these Mulberry Alexa's home (dreaming).

12 first stop Zara for some knits and a warm bright coat. 

Dream complete. 

a little Lanvin

With an upcoming little jaunt to Europe only a week away I've been looking at things I could never afford but are only for European eyes and where else did I end up but the Lanvin eStore.
Not only did the unbelievably beautiful lofty billowy willowy silk frocks and the absolutely fiercely beautiful jewellery knock my socks off but the mannequins made me have a giggle and love the fact that one of France's oldest fashion houses doesn't take itself too seriously. I want one. And I'll have the peachy pink frilled neck lizard frock while I'm at it.