Category: 2017
Alexa Chung x
It’s British, it’s a woman, it’s designed by a fashion icon…so Alexa Chung by Alexa Chung should be the wobblies de chiens. So why does it leave me – like her collaboration with AG on the clammy side of cold?
Like a crow over carrion, time to pick over the bones…
- There’s no progression of ideas. Like famous clothes horses before her, she’s taken inspiration from the wardrobe that’s made her: a bit of this, a bit of that. The link that draws them together is her, which is great if you are her. Or want to pretend to be her. But don’t you want to be yourself? Isn’t that what she’s all about? Being an individual…I’m confused..
2. She’s a hipster chick who’s proud to buy vintage and snuffle her way through charity shops. I doth my feathered hat. But to emulate her style you just need to do the same..those Mary Janes? a fiver at Camden… 
3. Because it’s so reliant on the past there’s not much modern twisting, which begs the question – where’s the house style to hang a feathered hat on?
(All pics Alexa Chung)
4. She’s an intelligent woman who understands and has personally experienced the patriarchal influence on fashion, so why reproduce clothes for boys again?
You’re beautiful, rich, clever, creative – so be it, be original instead of hiding behind things other people have done.
Laters, Kate x
Arket x
Arket is the new concept child of H&M and translates to ‘a sheet of paper’.
One can only think this relates to blank, ie a change of direction.
It will cater for men, women, children and homewares, but there will be a conscious focus away from High Street principals of pile em high, sell em cheap, to sustainability, durability and quality, but with an eye on affordability.
It says it’s offering ‘Staples in varying weights’ – a concept to embrace.
And opens in the UK on 25 August.
One for the diary.
Laters, Kate x
Sliding doors..
An object of beauty: This converted Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in Harrogate, Yorkshire, built in 1896 and imaginatively, cleverly, lovingly restored..
And your’s for just £1.5 million..
Laters, Kate x
Going Global x
A vintage globe: So many joys hidden in plain view.
A delight as an object..
Alight as a light..
A map of many travels..
(All pics Pinterest)
A desk light to dream by.
It’s nothing if not honest.
Laters, Kate x
Greece 2017
Laters, Kate x
Pure Moss x
‘Picture a summer night when it goes silvery-blue from the light of the moon’ Is how Kate Moss describes the inspiration behind the wallpaper for her bathroom.
Based on silver-tinted anemones symbolising luck in Greek mythology and interspersed with shards of solar radiance, the wallpaper is the creative result of a collaboration between Moss and De Gournay, the bespoke wallpaper house.
(All pics Architectural Digest)
The hall is now proudly adorned with the daybreak version. ‘I like the feeling of when the sun is just coming up at a festival and you have that glowy light.’ It’s all pale pastels and bright, in your face neons.
A match made in heaven.
Laters, Kate x
Bare Necessities x
The weather in London isn’t brilliant making it easy to feel nostalgic for soft, comforting layers.
EPSON scanner image
(All pics Pinterest)
The hunt is now on for the perfect oversized slouchy eighties-style sweater.
A classic for any wardrobe.
Laters, Kate x
Great Granby x
How do I love Granby? Let me count the ways..
I love it because it’s a creative company that has grown out of a community-led re-building of a neighbourhood in Liverpool.
I admire it because it’s products are made by many hands.
I adore it because it invites chance and improvisation as a friend.
So every product, and every product of a product, is different.
(All pics Granby)
What’s not to love?
Laters, Kate x
The Cold Zone x
The pictures were a little bigger on Pintrest, but that’s not to say the idea isn’t. This electricity banning underground concept fridge by Studio Floris Schoonderbeek has been added to the dream board for a self-sustaining shack by the sea. Would lighting be solar..or a candle in a lantern? Nice problems to have.
Laters, Kate x
Books for thought..
So bookcases are now a ‘thing’? Excuse me now whilst I suppress my inner laughter.
Sometimes I think the puppetmasters of materialism actually believe their own hype. Did they really think we’d give away our books in favour of cloud storage?
‘They get rid of books. We charge them again for ibooks. Then we gloss the pintrest pictures and persuade them bookcases are it…it’s a money making winner!’
The truth? People and interiors need the soul of books, holidays need the ease of kindles. And parents, at home with children need to know that Alexa can read your kindle books aloud. Whilst I’m writing this, Percy Jackson is entertaining my kids downstairs. Now that’s a win win.
Laters, Kate x
Maison Bentley Style 