Archive For May, 2012
We didn’t have a guest book at our wedding. At the time I didn’t really see the point of a book with 100 messages all saying “Congratulations! Hope you’ll be very happy!” I’ve kept all our cards, containing words of that kind. I’d been at plenty of weddings where a book was thrust in front of [...]
French brand The Kooples has some serious fashion pedigree behind it and looks sure to replicate the success it’s experienced in its homeland as it opens new stores in Blighty. It has just opened in Leeds’ Victoria Quarter {a pretty special place anyway}. The Kooples was founded in 2008 by three brothers ~ Alexander, Laurent and [...]
Anyone who has visited the North Yorkshire coast ~ with its quaint, slightly higgledy-piggledy fishermen’s cottages ~ will immediately spot the influence of Jessica Hogarth‘s Robin Hood’s Bay home in many of her designs.
Sarah and Martin chose to celebrate their 14th wedding anniversary by having fun together, getting dressed up and being pampered ~ and this stunning shoot by photographer Jess Petrie is the result.
I’ve had these flats for years but never worn them out of the house. I bought them for the pretty laser-cut detailing and, if I remember rightly, they were in the sale. But every time I put them on they just seemed a bit … ‘bad Elvis’. You know in the portly, white rhinestone-encrusted jumpsuit [...]
This bright coral satchel from H&M is one of my favourite recent purchases. I’m wearing it a lot and at £14.99 it’s an absolute bargain.
All those married ladies out there will understand the joy but equal trauma of hunting out your dream wedding dress. It is quite possibly the biggest shopping task a girl can undertake. Hours are spent pouring over the right shape, should it be white or ivory, to veil or not veil? Then when you finally [...]
Artist Letitia Thompson‘s creations combine the kitsch and the cute ~ colourful vintage fabrics patchworked together and screen printed with her hand-drawn animals. In what must be one of the most interesting business names I’ve come across, she trades as ’The Makings of Mrs Bertimus.’ {Letitia tells me it’s after the nickname her neighbour gave their [...]
This bridal shoot in York was part of a mixed fashion event organised by Fashion City York to celebrate the Queen’s visit to the city during her diamond jubilee year. The ‘bride and groom’ wore clothes from local suppliers, and photographers LMX Creative captured the couple amid the backdrop of this historic and characterful city, focusing on locations [...]
