the lost art of...
The Lost Art of Wearing Hats
Headwear used to be an integral part of the wardrobe, a lady wasn’t considered completely dressed without one. Lately hats (and other assorted head-ornamentation) have been making something of a come-back. It takes a certain sort of insouciance to carry one off, but with the variety of options now available, choosing the look that will work for you is much easier than ever before (think Blair Waldorf, not so much Peaches Geldof). Get the actual alice bands sported by Blair at Jennifer Ouellette’s website.
The headwear wary can channel Marie Antoinette (circa Sofia Coppola) and add odd bits of bric-a-brac like bows, old crystal brooches, real / fake flowers, feathered butterflies & even a bird or two. For instant hair ornamentation, Accessorize is the best high street one-stop solution. Crafty girls should ferret in their local haberdasheries to discover ^If there’s no such convenient establishment nearby, try the quite brilliant Robson & Mason or the online shopfronts of Macculloch & Wallis (a must-see should you be venturing to London) & VV Rouleaux (another one worth visiting). For millinery supplies and patterns, try Vena Cava for inspiration. And the bolder amongst us can masquerade as a film noir heroine by sporting a beret or trilby. Chapeau Claudette are a wonderful modern milliners and can be found both at Topshop Oxford Circus or at the Outland Boutique, just off Brick Lane or via their online diffusion range at ASOS.
object of lust
Frog, I love you.
The Lady was happily browsing her favourite website the other day, when she accidentally happened upon an article in The Storque on the art of display. Inside was an object seen before but certainly did not know of a use for… until now. Meet the Frog – an object previously used by flower arrangers and now hi-jacked by vintage loving nest makers as desk display art for holding pens & paint-brushes. The Lady wants one. Now. Get yours off ebay or etsy.
the lost art of...
The Lost Art of Shopping at a Haberdashery
As all veteran shoppers know well, all the very best shopping surprises to be found on the High Street can be discovered in those little-known surprises; that back street boutique or the charity shops dotted here & there. But an oft forgotten fact is that there is a sadly dying-out breed of shop that frequently holds a vast treasure cave of wonders… the Haberdashers. Few & far between, haberdashers are a closely held secret once found by over-zealous shopping mavens. But as The Lady is feeling benevolent today, she may be inclined to share a few…
muse of the month
Muse of the Month – Daphne Guinness
The Lady has always had the biggest girl-crush on Daphne Guinness since spotting her in one of Vogue’s many photographs of her in their celebrity-at-play sections… Far too-cool-for school, with her platinum hair & its shock of black, fingers full of enormous silver knuckle-dusters. So, when The Lady discovered that Nancy Mitford was her great-aunt and that she grew up in an artists’ colony with Dali and the Surrealists, the crush grew to epic proportions.