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Estrid Ericson and Svenskt Tenn

I recently went to Stockholm and came across Estrid Ericson (above), founder of the spectacularly colourful home furnishing empire, Svenskt Tenn. If print and colour are your thing, then you probably know about the late Estrid’s lovely flagship store and… Read More Read More

We love a floral silk scarf

Last week I went to hear the fashion forecaster WGSN’s Spring Summer 2012 trends presentation at the Pure (and Pure Spirit) fashion trade show. Although next summer is too far ahead to write about yet (although buyers are busy putting… Read More Read More

Bring out the bunting!

You cant fail to have noticed there is a whiff of patriotism in the air. We haven't quite made up our minds if we will be holding an anarchist type f..k the Royal Wedding type party or hanging out the… Read More Read More

Milan Fashion Week: what we loved

 Gucci (all images from Style.com) It was back to the 70's with a bit of Noughties thrown in for this glamorous, lady like collection from Gucci. Using Angelica Huston and Florence Welch as inspiration, we loved the prim shapes and… Read More Read More

We are reading: Power Dressing

  We are more than a little worried that Margaret Thatcher may be having a bit of a fashion moment. God forbid, but what with Meryl Steerp playing her in the forthcoming film The Iron Lady and this fascinating new… Read More Read More

Best retail fun of 2010

As always there's been a lot of 'best new shops of 2010' round ups on retail and fashion blogs this week, which I always love to read to check I haven't missed anything. Looking back on the year, I think… Read More Read More

Trend alert: one colour dressing

We are more than a little obsessed with Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned (wife of the new owner of Harrods), after reading about her in the Guardian this week. Her look is part Princess Grace, part Eddie Bouvier from Grey Gardens.… Read More Read More

Christmas book wish list

Somehow it feels wrong to buy coffee table books for yourself, it's just a little over indulgent and flash. So when someone asks what we'd like for Christmas we usually have a list of huge OTT books we'd love to… Read More Read More

Sheds on the Seashore by Kathryn Ferry

Sheds on the Seashore by Kathryn Ferry, traces the history of British beach huts, right back to the first wheeled bathing machines of the mid-eighteenth century. It also takes a contemporary tour around the English coast, to explore the iconic … Read More Read More

Green shoots

  There was a moment in the new Reginald Perrin series on BBC One this Friday night where, sat on a crowded train and surrounded by earphone wearing, bored commuters all crammed in to each other’s spaces (see yesterday’s post)… Read More Read More

We love: Stylish Blogs

If you work in the fashion industry you will probably already be a big fan of The Sartorialist, the amazing street style blog, featuring beautiful photographs of stylish, real people from all over the world. The blog has been listed by Time Magazine… Read More Read More