Category: Style
Game of Thrones x
I think I have a genetic disorder that reacts to Valentino..every time I see the work of Pierpaolo Piccioli and Maria Grazia Chiuri my heart starts pounding and I start reaching for my credit card..and mortgage statements..
Their Valentino couture show was exquisite, drawing on references from across the board: Byzantine, monastical, peasant, ecclesiastical and more, then tying them all up together with a beautiful cohesive ribbon.
This shirt for the summer with a pair of faded shorts..
The achingly wonderful workmanship: It’s not avante garde, pushing the boundaries of wearability. It’s time and craftsmanship with a quiet, deep down confidence.
(All pictures Style.com)
This Collection adds one more cog to their star-making machinery..
Laters, Kate x
Treading Lightly..
Yesterday I went to see the lovely Claire from Air and Grace at her new pop-up store on the Kings Road to catch up on all her latest news and styles. Claire started her label after spotting a gap in the market – she wanted shoes made for women, designed by a woman who understood what we really want – the true concept of beauty: style and comfort. It’s that word comfort that gnaws at something primal..
Her shoes are gloriously re-thought and inventively told, the tone is juicy streetstyle: classics with more than a twist..These are the Coachella’s with their glorious tan souls and beautiful stacked heels..the perfect ankle boot that’s been a hole in my wardrobe for forever…dress up, dress down..they cover all the bases..
And they have to be the most comfortable boot I’ve ever tried on. It’s rare you can walk a shoe out of a shop and spend all day urbanly running in them..but that is the beauty of these babies..
It’s all to do with the quality of the leather, the clever design..and what goes on inside each shoe..the focus of quality engineering that give feet what they really need.
Her range is impressive..but there’s more to come – The long stretch boots of my dreams? She’s doing them! the Coachella in ox-bood? Yes! The Coachella in leopard? Yes, yes, YES! Claire has a waiting list already..and I’m not surprised.
Seductive talking, well-heeled shoes for walking..dancing..and living. Isn’t the identified love the most powerful of all?
If you get the chance, all I can say is pop down to Kth & Kin boutique at 330 Kings Road and see for yourself..
Laters, Kate x
Forever Party!
(All photos from tumblr)
It’s not what you wear…it’s the way that you wear it…
Laters, Kate x
Stellar Star x
When was the last time you saw something so smart it made your head spin?
Stella Jean as that rare ability to turn what we would look at and think is promisingly awful and turn it into proud peacocks of the fashion world.
Each looks is a wonder, with the clever use of stripes pulling it all together like the ribbons on a babies bonnet.
Stella Jean is prepared to do things that could completely trip her up…but instead she reaches that heady sweet spot of awe.
Just stunning.
(All photos from Style.com)
Each item is a wonder and a rich blast of laughter laden exotic air…
Laters, Kate x
Kule x
Kule – not a clever play on words, but designer Nikki Kule’s highly appropriate name.
Offering a modern, classic luxury, ‘preppy luxe’ aesthetic thats easy on the eye and edgy in look.
It sits perfectly in that aspirational ‘smart casual’ part of the wardrobe..that essential area that’s surprisingly hard to fill…
Mi piace.. xxx
The Outside Edge x
Moncler Gamme Rouge is a thick layer of visual lust spread across the page..
Rene Ramillon from Grenoble, France made the leap from making sleeping bags to fashion when he turned the technique for making sleeping bags into coats. The rest is history.
Giambattista Valli is the brains behind this couture inspiration of the urban, utilitarian style and the man happily playing in the proverbial sweetie shop..
A collection that tempts and teases..
Street cleaner neon, shearling, and firefighter silver all braought together in a heady vision of aspiration..
Big, bold and beautiful but also utterly wearable and wonderfully practical…just a shame I’d have to sell the house to buy one!
Laters, Kate x
Stepping Forward x
Fashion: It doesn’t have to be flattering – just capture a mood. But sometimes it does both.
Derek Lam 10 Crosby SS15 with it’s efficient dynamic of form translated into movement is grounded in the classics..but then given wings..
It’s the details that do the talking..the cut of a sleeve, the place of a pocket…it’s a perfectionists attitude fused with giddy moments of occasional laughter..
( All pictures from Style.com)
It’s authentic, wearable and timeless with a clever nod to the memorably wearable..
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
Sunny Sunnies..
Cats eyes..
Or round? What’s in your frame?
Laters, Kate x
Laura Manara
Chic prints, butterfly soft fabric and purposeful design, Laura Manara is everything you want to throw in your suitcase. Dress up, dress down it’s a barbie on the beach or dinner at the Ritz..
Laters. Kate x
Maison Bentley Style 