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The Burberry Prorsum Bloomsbury Bag
I’m not a bag person … Oh, OK, I am a bag person but, in a wheelchair, it’s just too tricky to carry one with me so I suppress my bag desires and D carries our – manly – bags but, but, but … The Burberry Prorsum Bloomsbury Bag, examples above and below – isn’t […]
MoreJohn Legend: All Of Me
I’m in one of those lazy-summer-week moods – too soon, d’ya think? – and playing John Legend over and over. Love his voice and this track – All Of Me – in particular, right now. I’m in good company as over 120 million people seem to have viewed this on Youtube … Such beautiful sounds […]
MoreRed Hong Yi Make(s)-Up Illustration
Oh, these are fabulous illustrations. Check out Red Hong Yi’s Make-Up Meets Chinese Art for more examples. I read about the Red Hong Yi’s idea for the illustrations on Fashion Gone Rogue: Artist Makes Paintings By Using Make-Up Products – which must win some ‘clumsiest title for an internet article’ somewhere, no? They say: We have […]
MoreIllustrator Donald Drawbertson
I was flipping through AnOther Magazine’s listings and was stopped in my clicks by the image above. How fab it is … Drawn by Donald Robertson, aka Drawbertson, there is a lovely recommendation to his work, written by Kin Woo for AnOther Magazine: Donald Drawbertson Instagrammar Extraordinaire. Do read the full piece but I loved […]
MoreBling Me Some Clip-On Earrings
You know how most people recovering from in-hospital treatment just wanna eat? Not me. “Bling me some clip-on earrings.” Yep, that’s me from my sick-bed.. “Just like the ones above. They’ll make me feel better.” Oscar De La Renta sparklies for £335 on Net-A-Porter. Gods, how much do I love online shopping? Too much when […]
MorePenny Winter African Jewellery
Lots of very pretty African influenced jewellery to be seen on the Penny Winter site. Interesting back story on the about page too: … We are competing with world known brands, except without any of the advantages,in Africa. This is my first solo jewellry collection, outside of my Ngong House boutique, which is my husband’s […]
MoreSpend It Sari Style
Love this image, above, about to feature in the Financial Times’ How To Spend It magazine, as seen on Fashion Gone Rogue: Kate King Models Sari Style for How to Spend It by Andrew Yee. Click the link to see more. Just beautiful.
MoreFashion Illustrator: Clym Evernden
Recuperating at home from my latest hospital treatment, I came across fashion illustrator Clym Evernden’s work via Six Rules Of Celine Fall 2014 for Another Magazine. Clicking across to Clym Draws online, I learnt that: Clym Evernden is an award winning artist who has a signature inky style of drawing: a fast and spontaneous technique which […]
MoreInspirational Women: Maya Angelou RIP
Hearing the news of her death, it is impossible, today, to get past memories of the great Maya Angelou. Her thoughts, writing, poetry and prose, have so enriched the lives of those in her time and will, I’m sure, continue to do so for all future generations. Hard to say more as I actually feel […]
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