Category: Thing of Beauty
Oui! x
Isabel Marant is not the only fruit for delicious street style.
More modest, but with quirky touches Oui is a label that’s now on my radar.
Not French, but German! But with a re-fined sophistication that offers a ready to wear alterntive that’s lighter on the purse.
Effortlessly lethal.
Like sipping a rose petal martini over crushed ice.
With model off-duty looks.
There’s clever tailoring and an emotional potential you just want.
Combined with a tender presentation of the classics.
But with added edge..like the studs on these red trousers.
I likey.
Laters, Kate x
WELCOME to the Maison Bentley Style Blog Paaardy!
SO delighted you could come..please step aboard the Christina O..the iconic yacht of Aristotle and Jackie Kennedy Onassis..let’s skip over the water into blue sky dreaming for we’ll be sailing the seven seas ending at the bottom of the rainbow..watch out for shooting stars and dazzling delights..
Some Cristal Champagne? Please – I insist..we need to raise a glass to the frivolity and the successful porting of this Blog..long may she float!
Just be careful..Ditta Von Tease is reclining in one of the glasses..
Today I couldn’t resist the lure of vintage…it’s hard to beat an Ossie Clark dress with all the flow and curve in just the right places..a touch of bohemian chic amongst the sleekness..
Teamed with an outrageous pair of Nicholas Kirkwood kicks..no change from a grand but then they are appliquéd in iridescent moonstones..and who’s counting?
My clutch? Vintage Chanel..it’s a bit of a fav..
And this little rock? It’s the diamond Richard Burton gave to Elizabeth Taylor..
The earrings are a nod to my seventies dress..black diamond briolette hoops courtesy of First dibs.
Feel free to mingle..come join the noise and indulge..Billie Holiday and her band her playing in the ballroom..
Be a dancing butterfly and walk amongst egos, clink glasses, breathe the air and laugh!
all the following pics courtesy of the Daily Mail. Nice people..
I hear Marilyn is somewhere in the crowds..and there’s a rumour Elvis is going to sing..
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Laters, Kate xxxxx
A special day x
Today is my daughter Bella’s seventh birthday. She was my IVF baby, born after six years of heartache, seven miscarriages and 2 years of no pregnancies (which I am sure was psychological..but it really didn’t help). With her birth on this day all those years ago I finally became a Mummy.
I still carry the scar tissue..infertility is a time I wouldn’t wish on anyone – you beat yourself up for the futility of hoping, nose permanently pressed against the glass, it becomes personal. A retina searing pain that makes you disappear under the burden of inner reflection..the only person to blame being you. Something so simple, so natural…so unachievable.
We literally threw everything we had at it..and we were oh so lucky. The tides finally turned and she arrived..the most beautiful baby I had ever seen..a fairy child. And she remains the most beautiful inside and out child to this day…the rarest and most delicate of gifts. I celebrate.
Laters, Kate x
Quaker Style..
Notice the new style it bags lining the pavements of fashion week?
Petite, cross body, slung under jackets? Casual nonchalance at it’s best. But to copy? Hmmm..Just feels too sheeple…and besides, I think there’s a step beyond…
The pictures made me think about the ugliest, most useful bag I have..an old black bumbag that’s proved it’s weight in gold when the kids were tiny and I was in the land of buggies..easy to slip on and off the handles or, when the buggy was parked, clip round waist and have vital use of arms to stop World War Three and wandering toddlers. And the brucie bonus? I never lost my keys. Or purse. Or baby wipes. Or children..damn it.
But it didn’t exactly have a street edge. So I’ve re-discovered my paints (which I’ve been meaning to do for a long time) and drawn the bag of my dreams..the one I could multitask with everyday life but also take on holiday safe in the knowledge everything was unlosable.
Except I didn’t need to – This site: www.hipstersforsisters (the gorgeous picture above and those below are theirs) is dedicated to stylish belt bags. A far better name don’t you think? They are based in the States but thankfully do International shipping.
Which means it’s now on the top of my Christmas list. Sigh. Particularly as they masquerade as a crossbody and clutch as well.
Form and function? Utter joy!
Laters, Kate x
Time Travel Style x
A tribute to the new series of Dowton Abbey which started last night – sigh – capturing the essence, admiring the glorious skill, the effortless grace and a sense of unreality:
Jenny Packham SS14.
All photographs by the super talented Jamie Beck from her Anne Street Studio Blog..well worth checking out for stunning visuals.
Laters, Kate x
Rosie Assoulin x
Rosie Assoulin SS14 holds my heart with a hot, throaty squeal.
Elongated lengths.
Playful proportions.
Embracing form with the confidence to draw new lines.
And a hoarse, throaty chuckle.
A beguiling fluency.
Calm and hungry.
Quality and quantity.
And serious joy.
Much more and I fear I could develop an embarrassing Assoulin habit..
Laters, Kate x
Last of the Summer x
There’s been a ten degree temperature drop over night here in London and heavy rain is predicted…but there are still memories to savour as the back to school routine kicks into gear..
Laters, Kate x
Fairytale x
(Photo from Tumblr)
Something happens every Season..
(Photo from http://www.lovelybylucy.com)
One innocuous item magically transforms into a diamond encrusted butterfly.
(Photo from Stylecaster.com)
This year it’s the humble slip-on.
All by Mother of Pearl.
Maybe not a glass slipper..
Kenzo Vans partnership.
But they’re still having a psychedelic Cinderella moment..
..and I love it.
Laters, Kate
Love, Love, LOVE!
Isabel Marant Resort 2014 is without a doubt an open-my-heart-production full of the perfect pieces for every day, any where.. 
She ices the cake of all desires and is the trend maestro..
Laters, Kate x
Bernadette Pascua x
Amazing eh? Bernadette Pascua is a Fashion Illustrator living the dream in Brooklyn, New York, with partner, the Photographer, Andrew Stimson and their adopted furry dog son, Rocky. I was only talking to a friend the other day about choosing outfits by silhouette..and this shape is divine…the shrapnel of experience tells me how hard it is to paint like this.
The simplicity is deceptive.
You sense the rest.
She has a breath-taking Blog at www.decadediary.com
A serendipidy that winks.
Seeing beauty in the ordinary..
(Photo by Andrew Stimson, http://www.sousstyle.com)
It helps that she is extraordinary.
Laters, Kate x
Maison Bentley Style 