they said we could have it all… they just didn't tell us how.
The summer is slowly fading, in a pleasantly British way, with the rain and the slight feeling of all in the air. Looking back at the summer, and taking stock of style, one thing was obvious, a shift in style and an embrace of the anonymous accessory be it in small handbags or large straw…
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You remember in school when you were the last kid to come in on anything cool, and by the time you did, the other kids already moved on to the next cool thing, which left you forever trying to play catch up? It’s like that for me with music; not to long ago I listened, really listened to the words of…
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When it comes to handbags I’m a girl that pretty much knows what I want- hobo or soft leather, pebbled sometimes, a little rough around the edges and malleable. Sometimes I may take a stroll on the periphery but I will always come back to my staple points. In that sense, most of my handbags…
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Ever since I read this article by one of my favourite style reporters and tweeters, Elizabeth Holmes of the Wall Street Journal, I have been flirting with the idea of swapping my daily holdall for something more compact. Not only because I needed to actually conquer my fear of carrying a small bag that would…
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Its rare the I find a bucket bag appealing even if I have one myself, its near impossible that I find a bucket-hobo-back-pack anything more than scornful because I loathe a backpack and the bucket bag is taken on a handle by handle basis. Worse with drawstrings… Bless their hearts those Olsen twins have gone…
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I never go to Zara for clothes for the simple fact that their cut is way off, its two sizes too small and they don’t cater for hippy chicks like me, its very rare that I find something that fits and flatters my shape. However, what I do go to Zara for are the accessories;…
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This is a lovely bag. Lovely shape and colour. You can either carry it as a shoulder bag or a clutch, if your fold the base at the markings. I appreciate the subtle detail that has gone into the design of the bag, its grey, gold hardware accents and a strap that’s it. Inside is…
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There are good bags, nice bags, pretty bags and great bags, the Phillip Lim 31 Hour bag is all of the above and then some. Its an oldie…(can we now call her that?) but a goodie. It took a while for me to warm to this bag because I prefer a solid shoulder bag with…
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I don’t know if its the summer or I took a bash to the head, but I have become a lover of not so big bags and considering my penchant for oversize bags that can store everything and the kitchen sink, this new found love and respect for the minis, which began with the on…
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