Knit one purl one

Move over friendship bracelets because new on the block are these knitted bracelets from Marni, they have me counting down the days until autumn arrives! These beauties are going straight onto the AW11 wish list – available online at Net a Porter in case you were wondering!

At £125 they are a little pricey - I feel a little DIY experiment is in order, i'll bring the wool - anyone know how to knit?!

We'll knit more!

Image taken from Net a Porter

Flower power

Ok, so these trousers are a bit crazy but they are a great addition to my wardrobe for summer… no ditsy florals for me – it’s all about the full on floral punch!

Flower Show

New finds...

I haven't made a post for some time now - but my new finds were worth the wait! A few new accessories have crept into my wardrobe. As ever, belts dominate! Two tan leather belts; one skinny, one extra fat will surely see some summer use. I've also got myself a little raffia shopper and finally... drum roll please, a Hermes scarf was surely the find of the month - a bargain £1.50 was paid. I know, I know it was only £1.50!

Bag of tricks!

I just need to give it an iron now and practice my scarf tying techniques as watched numerous times on the Liberty YouTube channel. Go visit the website and try for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/user/thelibertylondon

Exploring Global Threads

This past weekend I ventured into Preston City Centre for a little mooch around the charity shops and to take a browse round the high street stores to see what new drops have landed. With not much going on there I decided to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city shops and ventured into the wonderful Harris museum.

I’m a great advocate of the Harris museum and was excited to view the Global Threads: Asian Textiles and Fashion Today exhibition on their opening day. The exhibition and volunteers at the launch party were full of energy and great enthusiasm for the exhibition. In brief, the Global Threads exhibition takes its inspiration from a set of historic fabric samples and details how these prints have influenced many designers work over the years and how they continue to do so.

Explore Global Threads

As part of the launch party people from all ages, young & old, were invited to customise a plain white T-shirt with Asian influenced fabrics – my efforts can be seen below! I don’t profess to have great sewing skills and I admit that I had help from a miracle double side adhesive invention, but I did find the event to be quite a therapeutic environment and it was a great to see how people adapted to the customisation challenge.

Plain white tee

Further information on the exhibition can be found on the Harris Museum website!

“Cuff her!”

It seems I have a penchant for cuff/bracelets, as over the past couple of weeks I’ve purchased three creations, all quite raw in their form; made from beads and leather. The most recent being the tribal cuff, a charity shop find one lunchtime last week… it will toughen up the most summery of outfits, a perfect punch of colour!

To cuff or not to cuff!

Until the next time friends…

Wardrobe nightmares!

So this picture confirms my fear - I don’t have anything to wear! Yes, you may see a huge wardrobe packed with high street and vintage finds aplenty, but when it comes to getting ready in the morning I get stumped. I said the other day at work that I had lost my fashion mojo – dear friends I believe this to be true…. Now if only I could find said mojo!

My wardrobe

I think what I need is one of those things people like to call ‘a clear out’! As is evident by the photo I don’t have many clear outs, they are very rare in my flat but times may be a changing! I need to get ruthless, who knows what old treasures I might find along the way.

Clueless just like Cher!

More to follow on this subject, that I am sure…

Come into my life

These amazing Miu Miu sandals have been on my shoe radar for some time now - need, want, must have!


Dot to dot...

 Image from the lovely people at Net a Porter