I wrote about it a while ago but Jaeger's little sister has finally opened a shop near Carnaby street and I took myself down there to try on all the lovely pieces. Its so much younger and funkier with lovely cuts and cute detailing. I got the velvet dress below which I can still fit into with my 20 weeks bump. I want every piece in this collection. If you get the chance, hop down to the pop up shop. See the pieces here.
My new favourite shoe brand! Sweet, sensible and totally comfortable - they come in great variety of colours too. I bought a pair below of the Black Prince wedge. I can tell you they're chic and my feet love them - no blisters on first wear! The others are wedges I also want.
Now if only they had a store in London, I had to order online which is always nerve-racking but the girls were totally helpful and even told me what size I should order. Check all their lovely shoes out here.
The boy and I had a lovely stroll in the Convent garden and revisited one of my favourite brands Orla Kiely. Everything is so pretty ( I want all those dresses!) and the space has such a wonderful feel about it. Ground floor is mainly homes things and the basement has all the lovely frocks and bags. Go have a visit, you won't be disappointed.
I've always liked Jaeger but found a lot of their clothes were either too 'groomed' or looked too mature for my liking and the undesirable prices.
Fortunately I found out this week Jaeger is launching Boutique by Jaeger - aimed at a younger market with a much more affordable price. HooRah! And the pieces look really sweet with lots of wearable black pieces and cute bows.
Check out the range below - apologies for the bad pics. Expect the range out in July.
I visited one of these last year when I was in NY and loved it. Now I'm please to say that the first London store opened just before Xmas on Regent street and it does not disappoint. I love everything in there from their clothes to shoes but most of all I love all the home wares. I even scored a lovely teapot and sweet tea cups shown below for my birthday - totally spolied! Check more out here.
My lovely birthday presents above - 4 tea cups, each of different colours and the tall teapot. The boy and I sit on sunday and have herbal tea together (its our little ritual)
Lovely new ads for the autumn/fall campaign for Chloe. Love the big bouncy hair.
Its one of my favourite brands, not that I own anything from them but a girl can dream right?
Some of their looks I'm loving for autumn.
These are from the sister/cheaper brand of Chloe, See. Bonus are the flat shoes cause I don't do back breaking heels. Although I think I'm too old to do the biker boots. Check more looks out here.
My latest obsession in le french label APC. I love everything about them, for some crazy reason my body agrees with it and their clothes are very flattering on me.
I had my first visit to an actual APC store in Soho NY and boy-oh-boy did I love it. I ended up getting two items from there. I've only put on of it up as the other one is a white top and my photography just wouldn't do it justice.
The cut is just faboulous and so comfy to wear. Check out APC great range here.
I also treated myself to a Marc Jacobs top as its so much cheaper there than in London. He has a couple of great stores in the village. I managed to pick up a cute little heart-shape mirror for $5! Amazing.
I wanted these sunglasses a while ago and now the boy bought them for me. They're so cool with a really good lens and they make me look better than I really do!
Sydney is rife with the signs of Autumn right now – cool shadows, stiff afternoon breezes and soft, golden sunlight that makes the lush urban scenery seem endless and romantic. It’s also the time for new-season collections to drop, and last week Sydney label Secret Squirrel Clothing launched their AW09 offerings at cult inner west boutique, Pigeon Ground Records & Clothing.
The collection,
Darker Than Blue, evokes the opulence of the art deco era with shimmering silk
dresses, antique-look black lace and a show-stopping black velvet smoking
jacket with floral print. The range then fast-forwards to modern-day, with black
and green army jackets, tuxedo mini dresses and tees emblazoned with prints by
cult Sydney design team We Buy Your Kids.
“We like to mix
something girly with something strong, so as to be never one way of the other,”
says designer Bri Cheeseman, who runs Secret Squirrel with her partner Andrew
Prince. “I guess if I had to define the label, I’d say we’re trying to make
clothes that will stand the test of time – clothes that are simple and elegant
without necessarily looking ‘simple and elegant’. We are young and modern, and
a little innocent, but there is a splash of gorgeous and grown up about us,
too.”
“Our clothing is
greatly inspired by our love of vintage fashion and times past,” says Bri. “Although,
while we love all things secondhand and pre-loved, we are not floating around
in vintage fabrics with bad BO.”
“Also, a lot of
the time I like to look at ugly shit, like driving around [industrial suburbs] Botany
or Alexandria. And I love to look at old people and what they are wearing, old
men in their grey slacks and navy jumpers, those brown checked polyester shirts
and vinyl shoes with the zips on the side.”
Other inspirations
are people-watching, TV, music, art, flowers and pretty blogs – “All those
things everyone says,” says Bri.
The Secret
Squirrel story officially began under a canvas umbrella at Sydney's Glebe
Markets, where the label’s playful prints and super flattering cuts proved an
instant success. Today Bri and Andrew produce two seasonal collections a year,
with the label stocked in a select range of retail and online boutiques
throughout Australia and New Zealand.
Pigeon Ground, which sells a mix of new Australian labels, a well-edited vintage selection and rows and rows of vinyl, is the only shop you can find the entire Darker Than Blue collection.
On launch
night, the place is packed to capacity with existing and new fans of the label
lining up to sip Kid You Not wine and command the shop’s one sole changeroom. By
evening’s end, Secret Squirrel stocks are greatly depleted and the vintage-feel
smoking jacket has totally sold out. Bring on the cold weather.
by Catherine McCormack.
The Selfridges windows are so pretty at the moment, the theme being Spring with bright colours and of course, amazing clothes!
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