Installed shoe-wall out of IKEA laundry-room shelves after finding a hobbit living in the mountain of shoes Navigating in Florence with hubby at Firenze4Ever, mostly following trail of mozzarella balls Getting used to, and loving, hotel breakfasts Chanel AW12 in Paris, still have a crush on that canary-yellow boy bag Fantasy-come-true freak stroke of luck – my first Mary Katrantzou show wherein I cried rainbows all-throughout Slashed hair, courtesy of JHair Berlin with Zalando, rediscovering a gem in the heart of Europe Favourite ASOS collection of all time – vintage-inspired ASOS Salon Learnt & witnessed genuine craftsmanship at Hermès Atelier Sacs Where dreams came true Eurodisney with Jen, grinning like 9-year olds the whole time. More magic at Chateaux de Fontainbleu Post-marriage initials sealed on bag Milan with Bottega Veneta Discovering Paco Rabanne (a millennium late) and their come-back collection Wading through the fields (and possibly [...]

Meadham Kirchhoff SS13 Are you perhaps missing out on my chronic instagramania Meadham Kirchhoff SS13 at LFW Day 5, ticket courtesy of Luisa via Roma; frontal catwalk shots by vogue.com It’s clear with each collection that the Meadham Kirchhoff duo knows exactly how to bring eyecandy to the catwalk, but this season they left us all on a sugar-high on day 6 of LFW; heck, I felt like a kid on juice watching this show. I mean, would you just look at the details – flowers stuffed under the peplum, stamped-wafer fabric, ribbons atop ribbons, bead-crusted nails… it’s like they stood a cherubim-haired doll on a rotating stool and constructed each look. Another MK specialty, the walk & performance – the music was a sweet tinkling melody of a merry-go-round, which suited the round Topshop catwalk space rather perfectly, but instead of doing a circle, the girls weaved in and out of [...]

Rollover to activate numbers Popped by AA while in Berlin (I swear it’s psychological, the need to visit ZARA even if you’re in the middle of a desert) – they were handing out free pots of stockroom Nail Lacquer with every purchase. Score! Finally, the season of roll-ups and light-coloured denim! Would love to give it a good slashing session a la Acne or do this again. Cosy outdoor space spotted at the Breakfast Club in Islington (31 Camden Passage); imagining a sunny Sunday brunch with a blanket over your lap while the last breeze of winter pass under the table. Instant mood-lifter and favourite silk scarf of the moment – artist Gene Meyer for Alice & Olivia SS12 Pastel pink sandals by Zara, pairs perfectly with boyfriend jeans and plain white shirt (2) Mexicana! This and a beach-side seafood dinner please. (Tapas in Marbella sounds good!?) ASOS Mexican print skater dress Winter sale [...]

Now that’s how you do dinner Day 2: A little project with Patrizia pepe Florence, Lungarno Collection Suites; Patrizia Pepe show & dinner; Boboli Gardens; Jacket – Zara, tropical cardigan – COS, Fluffy skirt – Topshop, Jeans – C/O Raw Denim Bar, shoes - Chloe Sevigney x Opening Ceremony Dear Florence, May I call you Flo? I feel like you and I are buddies already and I’ve only really seen you twice; well I did Google you a few times but don’t we all nowadays? I also have a flattering pic of you in my phone, but surely that’s not creepy… Yes sure, I can call you Ms. Florence Italy. The first time I met you with the hubby I remember we tried to find somewhere nice to eat off the beaten track, maybe a snug little trattoria that’s slightly tacky but one run by an old man the locals call [...]

Pink Carpet Party [Rings shot] Toolsis Cocktail Ring via Boticca; True Birds Leaf Ring, Courtney Kaye Cocktail Ring,  Michelle Oh Twig Solitaire Ring via Boticca; [Outfit on stairs] Zara Coat; Uniqlo Top & Trousers, Sam Edelman Booties; Kurt Geiger Clutch;  [Outfit 'red Jeans'] Goldsign Jeans, Coach Bag, Zara Hat, Topshop Boots; Taking into account that my social skills resemble that of a blind hamster… oh that reminds me, my neighbour now purposefully avoids me after the few occasions I couldn’t grow a pair (of melons, what are you thinking) to say ‘hi’ in the narrow corridor so each time I pretended to be temporarily blind and deaf before shuffling past. Ah, there’s also that time I was giving a uni presentation and thanks to my scrambled nerves (or deadly toxins from the product design studios, not certain) I was known to speak in tongues. (and thus helped the overly abstract project to be [...]