Panda Eyes

The London nights are getting shorter. The dim winter days are slowly approaching. This means that the sunglasses are put away for another year. It is a pity because I would really like some circular framed sunnies. Is one allowed to wear sunnies throughout the winter months in London? Chloe Sevigny and Florence Welch (my favourite fashion muses) are sporting the coolest round framed sunnies at the moment.



I would really like these Sonia Rykiel pearl sunglasses at the moment. They are so elegant and classy. They would complete any outfitt.

Christopher Kane for Topshop

I am totally buzzing over the new Christopher Kane collection for Topshop. There are so many pieces I am lusting after… Will this month’s pay cheque allow me to buy up the whole collection? Maybe not, but I am definitely heading straight for the the crocodile dress (or tee-shirt), the black lacy one shoulder dress, the cream floaty dress, and the white tee-shirt with the jewel neckline. Christopher Kane – I love you!

Art Nouveau

I have been writing quite a bit on shoes lately. I promise that there are other thoughts flitting through my brain but in the mean time I really needed to express my love for Kerrie Luft's new collection of shoes called 'Nouveau'.

Maybe it is the art historian in me (mixed with the shoe-a-holic), but how great would it be shimmy-ing along the footpath in these Art Nouveau inspired babies? The shoes in 'Nouveau' are as ornamental and striking looking as Victor Horta's hotel in Brussels.

They are so sophsticated, decorative and elegant! Truly amazing.

Primrose Hill Bakery

One of my favourite spots for afternoon tea is the Primrose Hill Bakery in North London. This place looks like a little dolls house with its pastel coloured walls and matching tables and chairs. The cupcake selection is exquisite as well – chocolate, coffee, carrot, cookies and cream. Absolutely divine!

P.S. Bake-a-boo in West Hampstead is another cupcake favourite.

Candy Girl

One thing I love about London is all of the old fashioned sweet shops that seem to be dotted across the city. Who can resist standing in a store packed to the ceiling with lumps of colourful sugar?

My new favourite sweet shop is Mrs Kibbles Olde Sweet Shop in Soho. This place is so cute – the exterior is pink and white striped and inside jars of different sweets perfectly line the shelves. It also smells like sticky sweet heaven inside.

After devouring a bag of tasty hard boiled sweets, I cannot wait for my next trip back to sugar heaven. Bring on the sugar rush!


P.S. Suck and Chew is also a delightful place to purchase retro candy.

There was an Old Lady who lived in a shoe…

My favourite nursery rhyme as a child began ‘there was an old lady who lived in a shoe’. That was pretty funny when I was younger, but as I become a shoe addicted adult I realise there is a hidden message in that nursery rhyme. Emma – if you don’t watch out, your obsession with shoes will turn you into an old lady who will be forced to live in her shoes. I seem to be totally obsessed with shoes at the moment and it is going to do some serious damage to my bank balance.

At the top of my shoe wish list are these amazing Emma Cook shoes. I spent 20 minutes just waltzing around the Topshop shoe department in them and fell head over heels in love. They are so comfortable and look so wicked on. I cannot decide if I prefer them in black or Zebra print… Can I have both?

The second pair of shoes I am lusting after are these gorgeous Kurt Geiger leopard print boots. I think they look a little like Christian Louboutin’s leopard shoe boot (although at a much friendlier price). I love the tassel detail on the zip. Are they the perfect autumn boot or what?

I am also digging Kron by KronKron shoes at the moment. They are so colourful and candy-like. I just cannot pick which pair I love the most. The red ones? The black ones with the baby pink detailing? All of them?

Jaws

I still cannot believe that I have spent 25 years of my life having never seen the movie Jaws. When my boyfriend Chris found out he swore I lived in some sort of non-movie watching cult as a child and insisted we spend our Saturday evening watching the scariest shark movie ever made.

I have never been good with scary movies. I squirm around, complain that I am scared, cover my eyes and keep asking ‘how much longer?’ Jaws was no exception - it scared the crap out of me. I was squirming all over the place and my heart was practically leaping out of my body. When the big scary shark manages to get on board the boat at the end? I thought I was going to cark it. I definitely don’t want to go near the ocean for a while – swimming or in a boat.

Having just watched Jaws ties in nicely with a ridiculous cardigan I bought a few weeks ago. This winter I am stocking up on daft knit wear and I have started my collection with a shark cardigan. I am expecting a chorus of da-na, da-na, da-na to follow me around every time I wear this cardigan. Silly knitwear is definitely going to make the winter months more bearable. I cannot help but smile every time I look at it.