Category: Fall
Bags of Style x
My lovely old battered Mulberry bag holds a very special corner of my heart……quality, practicality and just gets better and better with age, like the best things should. Inspired, I now have my eye on the Messenger bag……a decidedly cool classic……
Laters, Kate x
Boots Made for walking..
(Photo from Eileen Fisher)
The boots I want, nay need, for winter…except this photo is an optical illusion…it’s actually leather leggings with ankle boots, but it hasn’t stopped the waves of lust. Except the truly gutting thing is that I had the very pair years ago..and threw them out for no real good reason..it’s a hard lesson to learn: separating the wheat from the chaff..
We are heading to Edinburgh this morning for a four day break and a family gathering at the Zoo..(how apt!) Will be good for Bella to meet some fellow-red-headed-rellies..she’s been practising her Scottish accent especially. I just hope the weather is better up there..I suspect not….
Laters, Kate x
Classic Changes x
In a time when classics are everywhere with their nods to the past, their roots deep in heritage rules are still being broken…take blue with black…
(All photos from Pintrest)
And with New York fashion week starting today there’s the prospect of more twists and turns..will ugly shoes appear in the audience?..or will the power heel reclaim it’s rightful footing, if only for a week?…I for one will be watching with interest…
Laters, Kate x
Parkas x
(photo tumblr)
If I had to chose one item of clothing to represent modern London, it wouldn’t be the timeless belted Burberry Mac ..but the utilitarian street-chic Parka..
And it’s the one item of clothing you don’t have to spend a fortune on..because the truth of it is that the High Street does it far better than the designers who can’t help trying to guild the lilly when the appeal is the simplicity of three..
Army green..
Big sheepskin collar..
And a pull tie at the bottom..not to use..but just because it’s right.
Most of these are from ASOS who are having a truly GREAT parka sale – I can’t think of a more perfect item to be in a sale at this time of year..
Laters, Kate x
Classic Cashmere x
(Agnona cashmere sweater, Emanuel Ungaro trousers)
Classic cashmere, that into autumn staple…soft, warm..but still light. But there are two important questions: Are you a round neck or a Vee girl? And do you love your inner fifties goddess or does an inner eighties over-sized boyfriend jumper call your name?
Me? It’s eighties all the way with a tantalising vee..this one from Equipment is pretty damn perfect.
(Equipment in grey)
The essential colours: grey and camel..
But blue is cool..
And who can resist the pastels with their flower-like nod to fading summer?
And white?..there’s always white, ready and willing to make a statement…
Choices, choices, choices….
Laters, Kate x
Maison Bentley Style 