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ICAP Charity Trading Day 2012

13.12.12

I had a lot of fun supporting Blue Marine Foundation at the ICAP Charity Trading day the other week! Francis Boulle (Above) and Fredrik Ferrier joined me on the trading floor, to sell and buy and cause general havoc in the bank’s London HQ. We totally missed the memo on fancy dress though as all the staff dressed up in some serious punk/ hippie/ superhero gear, I opted for more of what I like to think was a female CEO, boss vibe a la Lucy Liu!!! Ccreamy silk shirt and, slit knee length tweed pencil skirt from one of my favourite London Store’s- Joseph SHOP BELOW

SO INTO : BURGUNDY JACKETS. Like this long hair sheep skin coat £1,498.25 @Boutique_1

SO INTO: NEON KNITS like this cable sweater in Lime £389.20 @Forward

SO INTO: LITTLE RED DRESSES. Like this sleeveless one £247 @shopbop

BLUE Marine Foundation (BLUE) is a new UK charity founded in 2010 by the people behind the film The End of the Line watch the trailer below and donate to help save our Oceans!

Tech Thoughts

05.12.12

1. Love this Instagram Parody Video

2) Are we always going to be dependant on Google for every search?

Localised and content specific Search Engines are making their rise, will Google follow and create spin offs? Google-Fash Search Google-Jewel? Google-DIY? Michael “Bing” Yingling is a big Calvin and Hobbes fan, so much so that he has built his very own Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine. Would you use a content specific search engine?

3) Edward Norton’s Crowdfunding Platform – Crowd Rise is re-branding charity

‘There’s no reason that humor should exist everywhere except philanthropy. I think people like our voice because it’s authentic. We believe giving should be easy and fun. People like engaging with something that is real, not some generic text. Also, the incentives to donate can be really silly and nonsensical. We’ve found the more off the wall the incentives, the higher the engagement. It’s more interesting to email your friends and say, “donate $25 to my fundraiser and you’ll be signed up to win a bag of combs,” than it is to tell them they could win a gift certificate.’- Via FAST COMPANY

The-Miu-Miu-London

04.12.12

Imagine a women’s only private members club. A decadent, serene 3 floor maison of extravagant beauty and thought. A place for indulgence of the senses, a room to think and a powerful crowd to engage with. Welcome to The Miu Miu London. Opened for 3 days at the Cafe Royale, featuring a shop, screening room, restaurant and bar, each room a luxurious canvas for the art of conversation. I spent 2 wonderfully sumptuous afternoons there savouring lobster rolls and martini royales, contemplating ideas and ventures, catching up with old friends and making feisty new ones! Such a treat.

‘If that sounds fearsomely high-minded, slightly puzzling and cripplingly cool, it’s because that’s precisely what the Miu Miu woman is.’ – Harriet Walker, The Independent

Miu Miu Resort 2013

Brand member clubs are surely a growing trend, with Omega House over the Olympics and the longer standing Dunhill club, it will be interesting to see how many retail spaces begin to transform into these lifestyle maisons, where one can indulge all the senses and truley experience the brand.

Cupcake Frosting Coats From the Fall 2012 Collection

hell raise in miu miu shades …. & don’t forget your candy jewels DISAYA @MYFLASHTRASH

#LUSTLIST Miu Miu Leather Swarovski Tote £1250

MAD FOR MARY

26.11.12

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HELLO MY NAME IS MARY KATRANTZOU AND I MAKE THE MOST AMAZING DRESSES EVURRRR

Im not exactly shy about professing my adoration for MK, she’s just legitimately one of the BEST.DESIGNERS.EVER. I ADORE her dresses…and jumpers and trousers. Her 2013 collection (ABOVE) had a particularly relevant note for me, since the age of 11 I have always sent my grandmother a post card from every place I have ever been. From Vietnam to Estonia to Moscow the Maldives… she now has an entire box full of them! I can’t wait to go through them when I’m older! Here are some rad wooden ones I found in Abbot Kinney in L.A.