Gold and Gingham

Vintage gold - a neck full of talismans

Green Molly Goddard gingham

 And scruffy trainers made for walking in and out of town for lunch with friends

Patchwork

 A morning spent sifting through my sewing bag over the weekend and gathering bundles of fabric together for potential quilts. I collect fabric at any opportunity - which makes for quite a mixed selection of print and colour. Charity shops often have brilliant scraps of vintage fabric, but of course Shepherd's Bush market (the motherland) is hard to beat. Two quilt options below.

New Work

A celebration of print and bright colour...
Styled by me
Shot by Jonny Mallen
MHU Joanna Bernacka 

Keeping warm

Helsinki gingham and powder pink carnation

Finland, Jan 2017

AW16 Press days

This week saw the first wave of AW16 Press days, which inevitably involved lots of walking, free snacks and tons of beautiful clothing. Oh, and a phone with no available storage to take pictures of most of it. Managed to snap a few...

Loved the shape and texture of Orla Kiely's new collection, nostalgic and unabashedly feminine

Gingham has always a favourite of mine - some sparkly printed Nicola Brindle capri trousers ticked a few boxes at the Dyelog showroom

So did some rolls of fabric wrapped in plastic on brick lane if I'm honest - I really do love gingham

What's not to love about this Caine London shirt? Gambling on your sleeve.

And I would love a bit of Cleo Peppiatt peppered through my wardrobe...

Vein Magazine, Winter 2015

Autumn Updates

The purse strings are tightly drawn this coming season so my wardrobe updates are limited. I couldn't resist this shirt in my favourite print and this lovely lightweight jumper though.

Campaign Season

It can be pretty annoying flicking through endless pages of ads and promotions at the start of your favourite magazine, but at least there are some great campaigns this season.

My favourite at the moment is Chanel, featuring Stella Tenant looking serious and shot by Karl Lagerfield. The checked dresses and black clumpy strapped sandals are bound to be forever ripped off this spring and summer - luckily for me as I love both and don't think I will be buying the real deal (yet).
Wish my room looked that good when messy.

 

 Another eye catching campaign is Juergen Teller for Celine, which will forever remind me of West Polar who first drew my attention to it and is the kinda girl who always wears diamonds in the bath and at the beach.

Seeing Double

 

I don't really know that much about Frida Kahlo but seem to have quite a lot of Frida inspired trinkets, etc. I know she had great clothes and girl power though.

Holiday Favourites

Spent today sorting things out after a holiday in Greece last week

I left feeling very smug with my packing, where I managed to get about 20 different outfit combinations in to a carry on bag. Even with so many options there were 3 favourite pieces which got the most air time:

This lilac gingham dress is too see through and too short (my fault after attacking it with scissors) for London but was perfect over a bikini

This oversized (obese man's) shirt was the dream cover up

And my hat bought last minute from a charity shop in Devon wasn't off for very long

 

Tuesday

Yesterday's highlights also included: Tessa's socks/Docs and tie dye dress combination
A man carrying a dog on the central line that looked like this arctic fox. And finally, my walk to Holborn station meant an encounter with the GQ Man of the Year Awards, and a sighting of Bradley Cooper (I did have to ask someone who he was, but still)

Gingham

One of my favourite fabrics, Gingham feels distinctly British, and reminds me of picnics, school uniforms and cream tea idylls. I wish I had proper gingham clothes, instead I have only variations on the theme - checks of many descriptions, like my trousers, shirt and two dresses (given/lent by Daisy) here. While flicking through a magazine today I saw this Chanel sunglasses advert and thought of a Primark buy I made a few years ago. I've never been sure what this black and white chequered chiffon number is supposed to be worn as (shorts? pj's? underwear? beachwear?!) but I love them all the same.

picnic dress

On the way to buy breakfast, Daisy bought this dress. It looks like a picnic blanket, but in the best way possible. And there was a bit left for living room decoration.