Anthropologie, Selvedge and The Fantastic Mr Finch

Anthropologie have collaborated with the wonderful fine textile magazine Selvedge to bring together a group of incredibly talented craftspeople, to showcase their work. Their Kings Road store gallery has been transformed into a colourful haberdashery featuring an array of fantastical textile pieces and unique art objects. My biggest craft crush?? The fantastic Mr Finch, who was also on hand on opening night to help us admirers create a beautiful brooch in his style. His work brings captures delicate and beautiful subjects in a gloriously creative way. My favourites? The toadstool line-up below... 

Anthropologie and Selvedge - An Interesting Notion - until March 29th

London Design Festival Pt3 - Deborah Bowness

i instantly fell in love with Deborah Bowness' quirky wallpaper as soon as i saw it...

London Design Festival

Once again, there was an incredible selection of design gems at Super Brands London, as part of the London Design Festival. Here are some of my highlights...

Schelling and Borsboom

Pluma Cubic

Melody Rose

Melanie Porter

Alex Garnett

Ginger and Jagger

Ballgowns British Glamour since 1950

Whether you are loving or hating all the Jubilee and Olympic hoo-ha, there is no doubting that is has given us a cultural calender to die for. The latest must see at the Victoria and Albert Museum is Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950, charting the traditions of eveningwear from the darlings of the debutantes to red carpet celebrity style.
Staged in the museums newly refurbished fashion galleries, the exhibition showcases more than 60 examples of 'beautiful ballgowns, red carpet evening dresses and catwalk showstoppers'. The roll call promises treats from the likes of Zandra Rhodes, Jonathan Saunders and Hussein Chalayan as well as some hot off the catwalk creations from Alexander McQueen, Erdem and Giles Deacon. And as if that wasn't enough there is also a selection of Royal gowns, (cause who does a good frock better than a royal, right?), including a Norman Hartnell gown that was the Queen Mother's. A perfect way to get the Jubilee party started...

Cindy Beadman, Yuki, Ossie Clark, Roksanda Illincic

 Elizabeth Emanuel, Mary Katrantzou, Victor Edelstein, Erdem

Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950, from 19 May 2012 - 6 January 2013. 

Individual images from Vogue.com

The Faberge Big Egg Hunt

I'm having a lot of fun with this. Simple pleasures, hey?! How many have you spotted so far? Not sure i'm going to get round to finding all 200, but i'm certainly having fun trying!

There are designs from the likes of Polly Morgan, Sir Peter Blake, Mary Katrantzou, Tommy Hillfiger... can you guess who did what?

More importantly, do you have a favourite?