Tagged: silk shirts

Joy x

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If I see something I like that flutters the gut I follow the trail back to see if it was a one off or a true love.  Sometimes there’s only time to scribble a name down..then tracking it down is a bit like a treasure hunt wondering what will turn up.  So it was with Joie – a name in my notebook, a diamond in the dust.

 

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What first caught my interest were the shirts with their easy nonchalance and natural grace.

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In many ways similar to Zadig and Voltaire except more accessible, less edgy.  Although much of that is the contrast of styling.  Look at Joie as individual items rather than a whole look and it would be easy to add the urban edge.

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Made with quality materials, there’s nothing faddy – they’re the type of pieces that will live on in the wardrobe, adapting and morphing with the times.

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Smoothly integrated, wearable, honest.

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Key pieces painted in broad strokes.

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With a joy of simplicity.

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I could say I didn’t like it.  But it would be a lie.

Laters, Kate x

Liberty’s, lushness and London x

I am a great believer in feeding the visual mind so I make little forays into London whenever I can, which lets face it, isn’t exactly a hardship…one of my favourite haunts is the lovely Liberty’s…
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A temptation trove of delights and beautiful displays.

IMG_1316 IMG_1314 IMG_1313IMG_1312Love these candles – you lift up the domes and smell the scent caught in the tops of the glass. J’adore the whole styling/everything – like something out of Hogwarts…

IMG_1310 IMG_1311Check out the fabulous names and descriptions..

IMG_1309 IMG_1308 IMG_1307 IMG_1306Clever mind-confusing scent??…brilliant!

IMG_1300IMG_1303 IMG_1304 IMG_1305IMG_1302Interested to see this label as they blazed a trail for us – they started with just 8 silk shirts.  Now look.

IMG_1301Very simple, very elegant, easy to dress up or down. Timeless.

IMG_1296 IMG_1297Liberty’s – everything we aspire to be – beautiful inside and out.

IMG_1299When in London always look up.

IMG_1294A couple of minutes walk away through Soho is Beyond Vintage..well worth a browse.

IMG_1295 IMG_1292 IMG_1293Finished off with a well deserved coffee in one of the many boutique coffee shops

IMG_1291And a final browse round the market stalls..

IMG_1290Bliss.

Laters, kate x