Delevigne Duo

I am slightly under the spell of the Delevigne sisters at the moment. Despite the fact that their faces have featured frequently on ad campaigns, party photos and catwalks for a while now, they just keep growing on me. Elegant, feminine with a naturally sweet appearance (plus ridiculously nice wardrobes), there is something a little bit enchanting about the ice blondes...

 

Cara Delevigne: photographer Jermaine Francis; Tank Magazine

Particularly love these outfits on Poppy...

I adore this editorial by Rony Shram for Hamptons magazine..

   



Wedding Bells & Italic Pens

Wedding bells are ringing for my colleague Charlotte who is set to tie the knot on Saturday 15th October - so happy for her - congratulations Charl!

And excitingly she had a little business proposition for me. Having been taught to write in black italic pens for years at school, Charlotte has called upon my services to cast my quill on name places and table headings for her wedding - and I couldn't be more thrilled.

I have only done one table's worth so far but photos to be posted soon...x

http://cobwebandpeaseblossom.blogspot.com/2011/10/wedding-bells-italic-pens-continued.html

JAEGER SHOW Saturday 17th September 3pm

Photos of Jaeger's spring/summer 12 collection that I snapped from the front row in Somerset House last Saturday. The sixties/seventies inspired collection was beautifully feminine, with strong themes of decadence and understated old school glamour shining through - show notes left on our seats indicated that this season's Jaeger girl visits Mustique: 'the exclusive playground of British rock stars and royalty'. Models paraded down the catwalk in a combination of wide stripes, breton stripes and block colours with heavy emphasis on girly broderie anglaise and pleats, accessorised with wedges, wide brimmed colonial hats and large vintage sunglasses. In the same way as Daks, Jaeger employed navies and ivories as chief tones, though their colour palette extended further to the likes of mint, apricot and buttermilk.

 

Magical Madrid

A long (birthday) weekend wasn't enough time to even scratch the surface of this magical city, but here's what we managed to cram in during three days of pavement pounding...

Parque del Retiro boasts vast and surprisingly fresh grassy areas whilst simultaneously offering hundreds of hidden nooks and crannies to tuck yourself away for an al fresco siesta. Jolly buskers line the edge of the great flat lake, where rowing boats are available to rent for 45 minute stints at less than a fiver (- which we discovered was an ideal length of time to enjoy chorizo baguettes and a cerveza whilst drifting idly between others partaking in similar boat lounging).

The numerous squares ooze atmosphere and locals give the impression of having all the time in the world at their disposal. We feasted on  tapas - tuna, duck, tempura at Lateral in Plaza Santa Ana - delicious and extremely reasonably priced.


Calle Velarde (near Plaza dos de Mayo) – is a grimey little street lined with graffiti and vintage shops. Biba Vintage and La Mona Checa both hoard plenty of exciting items waiting to be discovered - the red and white striped skirt hanging inside the Biba Vintage door is now mine...


Centro de Arta Reina Sofia boasts works by Goya, Dali and Picasso's Guernica, and what's more a little cafe outside served some of the best calamari I've ever had.

The Face - Corinne Day

Despite the fact that there were less than 20 pieces in Corinne Day's exhibition The Face, I couldn't get enough of it and became totally absorbed by how animated and real, and vulnerable, these photos were.

This photo of Kate carrying coconuts was the only colour image of her Kate Moss selection in the exhibit and I found that I kept coming back to it. Everything about it's so natural, the food, the colouring, Kate herself in a sheer white shirt, and even though it's a stationary pose it seems far from still. It captures movement through her hair, her clothes and her jewellery and really plays into the idea of youth and vulnerability.

My total favourite was Kate wearing a head-dress stading on a log which I need to track down somehow for my bedroom wall. It's amazing. Go and see it at Gimpel Fils before it leaves at the end of September x

Daisy & Tom... and Gatsby

I've just re-read the F Scott Fitzgerald's classic and am once again under the spell of the romantic roaring 20s...here are some of my favourite snippets and quotes...

 

In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.
- On first being intoroduced to Gatsby and one of his lavish parties, Chapter 3 


The officer looked at Daisy while she was speaking, in a way every young girl wants to be looked at some time...
- Gatsby's charm rubbing off on Daisy before her marriage to Tom, Chapter 4

...I think he revalued everything in his house according to the measure of response it drew from her well-loved eyes.
- Gatsby showing Daisy around his mansion, Chapter 5

The rain was still falling, but the darkness had parted in the west, and there was a pink and golden billow of foamy clouds above the sea.

“Look at that,” she whispered, and then after a moment: “I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around.”
- Daisy Buchanan after being reunited with Jay Gatsby, Chapter 5

I absolutely can't wait to see Baz Luhrmann's remake starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan and supermodel, Gemma Ward http://www.vogue.co.uk/news/2011/08/31/gemma-ward-lands-role-in-the-great-gatsby 

Coming Clean - Amazing Face

Emma Hardie's Amazing Face is up there with my favourite beauty products of the moment. It lathers up so easily, feels soft on your skin and never stings eyes, however much you scrub away at the day's mascara. Google and Get.

DAKS SHOW Saturday 17th September 9am

  Sheila McKain-Waid's debut collection was hard not to like. Models took to the catwalk in feminine, unfussy, well-cut pieces in nautical navy and off-white as well as Fifties inspired mid length full bodied skirts and halter neck dresses, ultra short shorts and, rather sensibly, light weight macs to equip us for the English summer. A uniform hairstyle of gentle waves fixed in low buns and a selction of wedges and flat sandals completed the DAKS spring/summer live look book. Here are photos I took at the show which took place at 9am on Saturday morning at Somerset House.

Final Fling - Beach Blonde and Bikinis

It feels like we having been saying goodbye to the summer since the start of August. So here's another farewell, this time to bikinis and suntans...

 

 

     New Sunseeker bikini I picked up in the KRSC sale...
  planning to wear it on a sunny African holiday in
    February(fingers crossed this will actually happen)




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