The Vogue Festival

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This weekend I spent some time at the Vogue festival on the Southbank. It promised to be an interesting two days with an impressive line up of speakers from the media and fashion industry. The founder of Net-a-Porter Natalie Massenet… Read More

Back to the 70s with Kaffe Fassett

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There’s something fabulously old-school hippy about the textile artist Kaffe Fassett and his quilting,needlepoint and knitting style. Maybe it’s his upbringing on the Californian Big Sur coastline where his parents ran a restaurant popular with artists, or his move to… Read More

The Foodie Bugle magazine

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Is it us or are beautifully presented niche magazines having a bit of a moment? Print is definitely in decline apparently, yet there are some lovely new magazines around, including this charming tome The Foodie Bugle, the first printed version… Read More

Hanging vases

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I love these hanging vases as a way of decorating outside for a special occasion. If the weather every gets sunny, I will be trying this look out in my tiny back garden. It’ll drive the cats and MAD insane,… Read More

Trend alert: house plants

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The English love for indoor plants caught on in Victorian times, when the fashion for indoor plants meant conservatories became popular as places to take tea and grow the delicate and rare plants, popular at the time. Growing up in… Read More

We loved: So Dior at Harrods

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I’m afraid to say we dropped the ball on this wonderful exhibition So Dior, of Dior clothes, perfume and accessories at Harrods, which finished yesterday, by not mentioning it when it first opened. If I hadn’t read Disneyrollergirl’s fabulous post… Read More