Book reviews seem to be slipping down lower and lower down the list but even if I am a little late with this one here, I feel like I'm timing it well with all the gifting antics that will ensue for the next few weeks. 'Little Red Riding Hood' by New York photographer, designer, art… Continue reading Maripol Treat
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Beautiful Scraps
>> Ah, month goes by and another Assouline-published book gets added to the "List of Coffee Table Books to Buy Before I Become Too Old to Carry them With My Arthritis-Induced Hands". The list is growing of course because somehow things like solo meals at indulgently expensive restaurants, impulse buys at Topshop and duped-buys at… Continue reading Beautiful Scraps
You Are My Skater Girl
>> I've finally figured out the perfect analogy for Hannah Menzie's collection which I'm revisiting FO REALZ here as I borrowed a few pieces for a shoot. If Jessica Wakefield went on some school trip where ice skating was involved, this is what I imagine her to be wearing. Ok, maybe it's an Elizabeth and… Continue reading You Are My Skater Girl
Wandering Around The Palazzo
I never thought I'd say I had a 'painterly' evening especially since my terrifying art A-level when all my art teacher could say was "Be MORE painterly!" so much so that I ended up caking twenty tubes of acrylic paint onto a canvas. I wasn't going to be "painterly" anyBLOODYmore. That said, it was the… Continue reading Wandering Around The Palazzo