Bond Street Christmas Lights

I love getting in to the mood for Christmas and I always look forward to my Christmas shopping.
I usually don't do my shopping until the second weekend of December as I like to savour it for a bit.
I always head to Fortnum & Mason, Harrods and Bond Street to get inspired and to pick up teas, decorations and gifts for my loved ones. Then I always finish the day with some tea at The Wolseley.

This week I will be heading down to Bond Street to watch Sophie Dahl turn on the Christmas lights and to enjoy the late night shopping they have - for once!
This is what the invite says:

"Sophie Dahl will become the most recent 'Bond Girl' and 'flick the switch' to switch on the stunning Christmas lights for Bond Noël. At 6.00pm on Thursday 22nd November 2007, on the corner of Burlington Gardens and Old Bond Street.

Closed to traffic, Bond Noël runs from 5-8pm. A perfect wintery setting- snow will be falling along Bond Street. Reindeer, carol singers, choir singers, entertainers and musicians will provide the entertainment for this spectacular Christmas event, while rickshaw sleighs whisk shoppers to and from their favourite designer stores. There will also be a chance to win over £10,000 worth of exclusive prizes in a Tombola for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity."

Hope to see you there!x

Matches

Matches held their 10 year anniversary party last week at their Richmond store, so I thought I'd pop in with Sylvia seeing as we usually go to the Notting Hill branch. Its always nice with a change.
The invite promised luxury canapes, champagne and amazing goodie bags which made it sound even more promising!
Got there about 30 mins after it started and the place was packed already! We had a little browse but to my disappointment the selection was exactly the same as the one on Ledbury Road. Yawn.
So we decided to grab a Bellini and wait for the canapes to arrive. Boy, what a disappointment.
If Matches idea of "luxury canapes" is a dried crispbread with some tasteless chopped tomatoes on top, then they have not lived. Clearly.
Second disappointment came from the so called goodie bags. We were given a small bottle of Cowshed bath oil. Now, I don't mean to sound like a snob but could they not have been a little more adventurous?!
We left in a huff and headed straight to McDonalds. At least there you know what you can expect.
On a positive note, I am really looking forward to the new Matches branch opening this month on Marylebone High Street!

Evian by Christian Lacroix

Apart from Fiji water, Evian is my bottled water favourite. It has low natrium/sodium, tastes great and I like the packaging (especially the glass bottles).
And now there is an even better reason to enjoy it - Christian Lacroix has teamed up with Evian to create a limited edition bottle!
The bottle will be available from November in high end grocery stores. None have been specified for the UK, but my guess is Selfridges, Whole Foods and Harrods a.o.

How very every day luxury!

New purchase - The Row

I have been on the look out for the perfect t shirt for quite some time now, and last weekend I finally found it in Harvey Nichols! Its from The Row, Ashley and Mary Kate Olsens fashion line. And no, I promise I didnt buy it just because its an Olsen item!!
Its absolutely perfect, light super soft cotton, perfect neckline and perfect length! Only downside was that it was very expensive - £150!!
I am also lusting after the long cashmere cardigan they did but opted for an Alexander McQueen one instead as it was a better colour.

Style A to Zoe - Buy and Read this!

I must say, that although Rachel Zoe looks like a raisin stuck on a toothpick (ouch), she does have an incredible sense of style and she has managed something that very few people can do and that is to become a style icon in her own rights.
In todays fashion world, to me, there are only a handful of fashion icons out there.
There is only really Kate Moss who has had the same kind of influence on girls/women across the world. Back in the days, we had Jackie O, Audrey Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Katherine Hepburn and so on. I am not sure whether the lack of style icons today is a good or a bad thing. Any thoughts?

Anyway, the book is very inspirational and I was happily surprised by how "realistic" some of her advice are.
Available from Amazon, Selfridges and Waterstones.

My latest purchase!

Bought these beautiful Lulu Guinness slippers last week from Lollipop London. I LOVE them, they are so cute and super stylish. Not to mention the lovely satin pouch and pretty box it arrives in!

Object of my desire

This Hermes bag has been on my mind for a while but I just can't justify the £540 price tag!
It is called "Silkypop" bag and it looks like a clutch and then you unzip it and voila! out comes a handy shopping bag for all your groceries! How chic!

Hot bags

These two bags were the hottest arm candy during New York and London Fashion Week. Ironically, they are worlds apart in terms of price.

Its quite refreshing actually to see a Goyard bag, as although Goyard is a pure luxury brand (even more expensive than say Hermes) it does not have the same brand presence as its peers.

As for the Marc Jacobs bag, this was EVERYWHERE in London! I love the oversized patent quilted version, its amazing. And believe it or not, it is from the cheap Marc by Marc Jacobs range!
I havent seen it in the MJ London boutique yet so as far as I am aware, you can only get it in New York. However, I am off to Paris on Monday so I will have a snoop and see if it is stocked there!

Designer clothing for sale!

I have cleared out my wardrobe again and listed a few items in my little Ebay store.
Items from Chloe, Alaia and Burberry are but a few of the designers listed! Keep checking in as I will be listing new items every weekend!
Best of all - they all start at £4.99!