Interior. Fashion::

Me and the girls are due to move into our lovely Uni house on Sept 1st and I cannot wait. I'm so excited to decorate the interior and especially my bedroom, as a result I've been obsessively pouring over interior design mags, blogs and websites lately for inspiration. What I love most about decorating is the feeling of having achieved something when you've finished. Paul Smith's digitally scanned British flowers in The Design Embassy at the Villa Reale in Milan has inspired me to get the scanner and sewing machine out and create my own version.

Here's hoping my handywork is half as good as these pics.

Images: Paul Smith at urbanjunkies.com

emma rea::

I accidently stumbled across Emma Rea's now abandoned blog, I got sucked in by her last post, which detailed her future plans of fashion designing full time and her reasons for coming to the conclusion that she should stop blogging (to concentrate on her label). The whole story interested me so I searched her name because I wanted to see if she had managed to make her mark on the fashion world...and she has.
I have to say I love the gothic glamour vibe I get from her pieces, aptly named 'House of the Holy' they are very individual peices but also feminine and sexy with an edge. Check out her site http://www.emmarea.com/aw09.html I hope to be seeing more of this Australian lady.

Something to excite thee...

Alexander McQueen

Tom Binns

Net-a-porter have finally gone and done it- launched their off-price designer fashion site theoutnet.com and it is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. Ok so its not totally up to date stuff, but its a steal all the same and you're bound to get the wear out of it. I found a gorgeous Mulberry leather Emmy bag for £174.60!!! Yes you did read that right, one-seven-four, thats saving about 80% on rrp and there is soo much more bargainous finds to be had, including miu miu jeans for less than £40 and Christian Laboutins for £123 WOW. Most of the best bits have already sold out (unsurprisingly) even though the site has only been accessible since this morning. There's loads of designers on there from Vivienne Westwood to 3.1 Phillip Lim with more still to come, so even better. Ahh I guess that's one good thing to come out of the credit crunch.

* ♥ New York♥ *

Just thought I'd share a few of my snaps from the Big Apple, I can't wait to go back and experience it all over again.

As if there is actually a Fashion Avenue- only in NY!!

Thought this YSL dress was perfect for the transition between winter and spring.

This backless dress is the epitome of sexy, we can always trust Karl.

Infamous Black and white.

You cannot actually stroll past Prada fifth ave store without noticing their visual merchandising. The mirrors caught the sun and twinkled all day long or reflected all the street lights at night. Very innovative way of screaming for attention.

Ah Miu Miu, those bags were truly scrumptious, shame the budget had already been blown before I discovered this trove of treasures. But the sales assistants were so rude!

These Alexander McQueen leggings are amazing, I wouldn't usually wear bottoms with this much cerise, but I would happily totter down the town in these little beauties and wouldn't care who was looking at me because I would be wearing McQueen!

Sale at Stella McCarthy, Guess the credit crunch is hitting everyone! Have to say how lovely the staff were here, I would have bought everything just to make them happy.

I would just like to point out the weather outside was about -3 and snowing so it warmed my little heart to see Diane Von Furstenberg's Spring collection, it really brightened my day (did nothing for my frostbitten fingers though).

We walkied past Comme Des Garcon bout three times before realising it was through this egg shaped, cave like door way. The store was very minimalist which allowed the clothes to sell themselves really.

We were so surprised when we walked onto Balenciaga,I don'treally know what we were expecting but it certainly was not a very minimalist, reclaimed factory looking interior, but some how the smart, quite formal collection transformed it into shabby chic.

Ahh that bag...just touchng it made me smile and it was displayed on a tree stump! I think we may see a trend occuring here.

Louis Vuitton- you couldn't miss it.

Maybe they should turn it in to an exclusive club at night?

Perfect lighting.

Beautiful dress.

I really wish UK stores paid as much time and money on visual merchandising as US stores, even H&M does it, sometimes you just have to spend money to make some, I can see a way out of the recession....

If even a chocolate delicatessen can create displays that make you want to stop and stare then UK retailers really have no excuse. We need to be excited more when it comes to the UK shopping experience, so retailers get on the US bandwagon and make us spend more money with galvanising displays.