Category: Design
Bimba Y Lola x
Soft structure, long lines and great cutting make Bimba Y Lola a go to label for the pieces that matter.
(All pics Bimba Y Lola)
The hardest decision is choice.
Laters, Kate x
Anti-ageing? x
This post is a visual representation of ageing.
Bring it on.
Laters, Kate x
Time x
And so it starts..from fancy free summer to rigour and routine with no transition, like an open door has been slammed. Maybe that’s why this coat is so appealing – it shouts attitude, purpose and no nonsense.
Or maybe it’s that I love coats and autumn is the time when the craving is at it’s strongest?
All these are designed by Barbara Bui who combines a Parisian’s eye with a rock chick’s sass.
(All pics from Barbara Bui)
If you can’t escape, embrace.
Laters, Kate x
Write out x
If approaching September means anything it means stocking up on stationary. Which underlines the enigma…why do we need to buy it every September? There’s the normal losses down the back of the sofa, chewed by the children, eaten by the dog. But the real reason is usually simply the lack of quality and that stationary belongs to the class of products blighted by the modern disease of built in obsolescence. They just want you to buy it again. So why not think outside the pencil box?
Tools to Liveby is a dreamy online shop that has done the hardwork upfront, sourcing beautiful stationary products from around the world that have stood the test of time.
The emphasis is on quality and the joy is in the detail, from products like these – brass pencil protectors from Germany.
To memorable packaging.
(All pics Tools to Liveby)
It puts the quality back into quantity.
Laters, Kate x
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
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
Maison Bentley Style 