Twit Ta Woo Win A Silken Favours Cushion

Hi Gals and guys thought you might appreciate a heads up on this opulent silk cushion competition from the talented and lovely Vicki Murdoch above of Silken Favours. I interviewed Vicki on My Passport To Style a while back you may remember.

To enter 'Bounteous Birds' luxury silk cushion give away worth £90.00. simply hop over to this this link to follow the competition details which are easy peasy! Best of British! Hope you win! Sx  

My Passport To Style | Paris Part 3

Here's part three of my adventures in Paris, but be warned if you don't care about cars particularly, please look away now. Luckily I do like nice cars, the Parisians are experts in showcasing the glamorous nature of cars. So after a trip to the amazing church of Notre-dame by water bus, where we spied spires so delicate and sharp looking you felt you could snap them off to use as tooth picks, we checked out the seductive curves of the cars lining the shopping lanes of Paris, in between snapping favourite statues and a tree that I called the camouflage tree because of its unusual bark. We had stop off for a meringue break and rest our feet at the city park which was filled with the heady smell of lavender and the perfect retreat.The car I fell in love with the most was not in any of the showrooms we visited but parked unassumingly  opposite a pavement cafe we happened to visit, it was the perfect mix of old word glamour tinged with a touch of the sinister it's the Batmobile I thought to myself as G stood there transfixed admiring the cars every angle.   

       

Stine Riis Launches Her A/W12 Line With H&M

Hope you have managed to catch a few rays, but if like me you are already 

looking forward to the simplicity of not having to predict the weather and planning your winter wardrobe.You might want an intro to the talented German fashion designer Stine Riis of the London College of Fashion.Who won the opportunity to put into production some of her new collection for September 2012 with H&M.

The pr who sent me the details had me hooked as soon as I heard mention of the words predominately blue collection, architectural and a mix of shiny and mat fabrics. I know that black is making a big come back this autumn/ winter 2012, but as a huge unashamed fan of navy blue, I love the idea of layering shiny and mat flavours of bloth blue, navy and back, to recreate the blue black sheen you get on a ravens feathers. My favourite pieces are Stines jackets,skirts and what I'm dubbing her treky tops, for me the line has a sporty grown up style that will see these pieces selling well.Roll on September 20th and camping by H&M in anticipation of the launch! Given the look methinks the elegant Tilda Swinton was the muse for Riis collection.Is this a collection you could see yourself wearing? 

My Passport To Style | Paris Part 2

fishy statue Paris

As promised here is part two of my Paris adventures, we stayed in the the four star Pullman hotel which was pretty central to Paris, as we booked it through secret hotels I was not aware it was the tallest hotel in Paris, there are 25 floors and we were situated on the 22nd! Once I go over my ears popping in the lift I loved the city view from our room.If your thinking of going to Paris it's definitely worth trying secret hotels we got a great price, but decided to skip breakfast at 50 euros for two!    

View from my bedroom on the 23rd floor of the Pullman

view at night twinkly lights 

I got a bit excited at the lavish window displays on my first day you can probably tell! What did I learn on my first full day in Paris? The French like pink particularly in their shop displays it crops up repeatedly, perhaps something to do with it being the city of lurrrve?They also like their ice-cream we found a Hagen Das resteraunt, where we stopped to chill in, in the 80 degree heat.  The French are very proud people not surprisingly they are surrounded by a rich opulent heritage and how ever small a shop it will be beautifully decked out.We found if you make an tiny bit of effort smile and say hello in French they will do all that they can to make you happy and the nice thing is it actually felt genuine, not like the shop assistant/ waiters had been drilled to be polite. I loved the fact that many of the businesses have been passed down from family to family.I got to visit the mecca of the macron, but sadly it was closed for maintenance. 

Moi- orange bag Kipling, purple suede lofas Bertie, leopard low crutch wide legs-New Look, black ruffle vest -Gap, heart print dusky pink shrug- Top Shop, Hat- charity shop 

    

The most beautiful bridge in the world perfect for leaning on

art deco shop window display

His and Hers Hagen Das puds, I regret not having the man waffle with hot sauce and pecan ice-cream  

fantastic angle, lots of dangly bits 

pink sparkly bag and pearl and chain drop collar

Guess which pefume?!

Outside Louis Vuitton- lipstick red cases form the base of the famous Eiffel Tower with a couple of black clay hares thrown in for good measure! 

Hugo & Victor sweet display, loving the gentlemen's  library feel

pink cake with edible Hugo & Victor badge

Edible confection creates a posh chemistry experiment vibe

Gucci- huge metallic dragonflies escaping with handbags

Bling wool shop, love the tennis ball greens mixed with other aqua hues 

Seriously beautiful crafted ochre yellow storage cabinet, if I ever win the lottery this  is one I'm coming back for!

guess who?