New Home, New Work, New Things...

Happy 1st of September, lovely people! As the Sherlock Holmes in you may have deduced lately, I've been absent from this blog for a little while now and I'd be blatantly lying to your pretty little faces if I said I'd be back with brand new posts anytime soon. The truth is, I've had to move houses and am now settling in (this is the daydreaming version of 'there are still walls of unpacked boxes waiting for me to go through them!) plus, as some of you unfortunate enough to have to work with me may have noticed, I've also started looking after the Fast Glamour pages for British Glamour magazine as a Contributing Fashion Editor, which - combined with my other ongoing regular freelance work - means that I'm staring at the month of September in my journal and I'm not seeing a free *ahem* *lazy* day!

However, one thing is certain; as Terminator Arnie likes to say, I'll be back! Stay safe, stay happy, keep smiling and make a loved one a nice cup of tea now and then.

AWww11: Don't Mention The C-Word, Topshop!

That C-word is C to the h to the r to the istmas, by the way. Just so we know where we're going with this! It's too early for all that talk (and I will keep saying that up to, ooh I don't know, November 1st!) but you know what it's never too early for? Pretty sparkly put-it-on-and-smile clothes and Topshop's A/W'11 collection is full of them!

So, what did I went and fell in love with? Two leather jackets. Not very seasonal I know, but at least one of them is red!

There are also one too many for my wallet's liking pretty dresses...

...and stars...

(star cut-outs on a leather skirt, anyone?!)

...and plenty of sparkle to last us until...well, the C day itself!

Hmmm, anyone fancy a mince pie with their cup of tea?

BLOG BLESS: D&G+NAP+MRP = F U N!

You know a party is good when moments of it still come back to you days and weeks later. Well, the Net-a-Porter and Mr. Porter party celebrating the arrival of (and simply celebrating) Dolce & Gabbana to their digital (and very real in a chic-box-arrives-at-your-door-and-makes-you-happy way) worlds was just that kind of party. A great one! I could share with you the cheeky pics my buddy Bardotty took on my phone of us posing behind an unsuspecting and very dapper Mr. Gandy but I won't. I think I'll keep them for ourselves to flick through and giggle, if you don't mind (some things are better kept secret). Here we are on our immobile Vespas speeding through Palermo, Italy (according to the postcard, at least) with the wind in our hair and our party frocks on.

Grazie, Domenico e Stefano and Cheers, Natalie and Jeremy!

Sartorialisms: Pull My Strings.

Help, lovely people of the TINternet. Do you know something about this violin bag? I saw it on the pretty amazing StreetFSN blog and I'm simply in love with it. Merci!

Image by StreetFSN.

I HEART: Anna 6th And Grace Bananas!

I haven't been around here much and it will still be a few days yet before I get a breather from work so I'm leaving you with these two Ladies of Fashion as captured by Tommy Ton. It's the image captions he's given them that made my day: Anna 6th (let's face it, this woman deserves to have a number/title following her name) and Grace Bananas - no explanation needed, I'm sure. Over and out!

Images by Tommy Ton.