Long gone are the days of Paris Hilton-esque tiny rat dogs peering nervously out of Birkins bags. Harvey Nichols’ SS13 campaign shows some more sizeable pups taking residence in the new seasons designer handbags. Super-cute!
Tag Archives: 2013
Kinetica 2013
Hidden in the basement of the University of Westminster, the Kinetica artfair was a bustling hive of noise, flashing lights and futuristic creative offering from a selection of exhibitors from all over the globe. A piece that really stood out for me following a brief investigation into jewel caterpillars was the work of Toer, a Dutch artist showing his work entitles Fiet which was an interactive sculpture made from small white cone-shaped structures whose purpose was to visualize the emotional impact of movement.
Another of my favourite pieces from the day was called ‘Galloping horses’ by Rémi Brun which combines art, science, film and biomechanics to create a glittering sculpture emulating a galloping horse using metal bars and LEDs.
Fresh start
Organza insert skirt – Topshop £48.00
Knitted cropped jumper – Topshop £30.00
Metallic ballerina – Zara £49.99
Couture Spring 2013
Spring 2013 saw beautiful couture on beautiful runways. Here’s a re-cap of my favourite pieces.
Alexis Mabelle
Jean Paul Gaultier
Elie Saab
Martin Margiela
Valentino
Christian Dior
Iris Van Herpen
All images from Style.com
London Collections – Day 2
Christopher Shannon A/W13
Martine Rose A/W13
Saville Row A/W13
London collections – day 1
My favourite pieces from todays London collections menswear.
Lou Dalton A/W13
Lovely contrast pocket panels
Lee Roach A/W13
I really like this collarless jacket from Lee Roach
Topshop A/W13
Orange ensemble from Topshop
Back to business….tomorrow morning!
It’s here, the last evening of the holidays before Monday morning mania ensues so I thought I would share how I am spending tonight. Have a great week ahead and hope everyone’s had a lovely weekend.
Recipe from the amazing Martha Stewart, click here.
Super easy healthy eating
As January begins we are all slapped in the face with ‘new start, new you’ diets promising us perfect bodies and glowing skin. Unless you have a serious amount of time and money to invest in this I would say that for the most part, starting every morning with a fresh pineapple and kale smoothie is slightly unrealistic and who can afford a whole food lunch every day? I don’t dispute that eating like this would be fantastic – I would if I could but it’s normally a cup of tea in my travel mug and some form of sarnie for lunch. For me healthy eating comes in waves, sometimes I enjoy it and sometimes I just want a big cake either way I know that what I put into my body will affect how I feel – when I eat junk I feel slobbish and when I start the day with a fruit smoothie I am more energized. I’ve been putting some thought into easy ways to inject some healthy eating into your routine which wont break the bank and will fit into an existing routine.
Super food drinks
All above drinks available from Holland and Barrett
(From left: together multi vit and detox, The berry company pomegranate and blueberry juice boxed, vita coco coconut water, alo alovera and honey drink)
It’s not difficult to add a healthy drink into your daily routine, especially if like the ones above they will easily fit into your bag. At the moment I’m trying a variety to see which ones I like. I’m already a big fan of the Together drinks (far left) which taste fresh and nourishing and are a feel-good boost on a long day. They’re not super cheap ranging from, £1.39 – £2.45 but if you eliminate a coffee from the day it works out at about the same. Also if you drink a lot of water they add a flavoursome addition to the day. Another idea is substituting dairy milk for some more nutritious alternatives like coconut or almond. Now, I’m a blue top dairy drinker – full fat and I don’t think I want to change this but what I like to do is have a separate red top (1%) 1 pint cows milk that I use in tea (because I’m British I drink a lot of it!).
When I can I like to start the day with a smoothie, here’s a delicious looking one I will try this week from a fantastic food blogger bakedbree (she owns this image – click on the smoothie below to be taken to the original source on her website).
January sales – your turn to splurge!
Hello hello! My constant online browsing/shopping addiction has led me to put together a few different sale embracing outfit ideas for your new year’s wardrobe, enjoy….
Iris and ink cashmere sweater £145 at the Outnet
Stella McCartney bag £665 reduced to £332.50
Whistles suede shoes £125 reduced to £75.00
Topshop quilted pencil skirt £70 reduced to £40.00
Topshop lipstick in Rio Rio £8.00
J.W Anderson for Topshop tortoise jeans £30.00 reduced to £25.00
Warehouse split side cardigan £42.00 reduced to £12.00
Warehouse stud front tshirt £45.00 reduced to £15.00
KORS Micheal Kors python effect shoes £170 reduced to £76.50
French Connection silk and wool dress £120.00 reduced to £48.00
Erickson Beamon necklace £370 reduced to £185.00
Warehouse jacket £190.00 reduced to £95.00
Sam Edelman boots £220.00 reduced to £135.00
Lauren Merkin python clutch bag £185.00 reduced to £92.50
January Sales!
Bonjour encore! I’m not a huge fan of haul blogs but I’m so pleased with my sale purchases I have to share! The inspiration behind this spree was day wear and clawing back as much time as I can in the mornings by being happy with something I can just throw on. Those who know me, know that I like simple and I like sparkle – I pretty much dress like my work, I appreciate that there is NO colour in here but I’m liking the thought of adding that through huge necklaces/earrings/scarves. So here are my online sale bargains from Zara and Asos.
£22.99 redced to £16.99
£15.99 reduced to £9.99
£39.99 (Not in the the sale but it’s beautiful so it is excused!)
£45.00 Reduced to £24.00
£60.00 Reduced to £19.50
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