Find Of The Day

I was so charmed by this black Irish linen ruffle cushions from The White Shed (which I only discovered a few minutes ago) I have just bought two.

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They also comes in white and taupe and are only $40 (covers only).  Shop online here.

Nicolex

Royal Tour Fashion: Day 4

So I can't believe I'm saying this but I am starting to get a little tired of my royal tour fashion posts and am wishing that I'd left it all to the end to do one glorious montage (well maybe not an actual montage, you know what I mean) of all Kate's style triumphs!  BUT as I am nothing if not obsessive compulsive what has begun must be finished so I'll try for all our sakes to keep it short and sweet.

Kate started the day in Montreal wearing a royal blue Erdem Jacquenta dress, with her faithful LK Bennett nude pumps and matching clutch.

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Then when they arrived in Charlottetown she was wearing a Joseph 'Vanessa' shift and carrying a LK Bennett 'Natalie' clutch.

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Try as we might, no one can seem to find the origin of her jacket and representatives will only confirm that it belonged to the Duchess' existing wardrobe.  Yes there are representatives who have time to pass on these things.

 

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                                              The rag                                        The bag

It's the same clutch she was carrying at the Epsom Derby earlier this year.

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Gotta love a duchess who recycles her outfits :)

Nicolex

Under the Boardwalk

It's a certain type of home that has it's own boardwalk don't you think.  On South Carolina's Folly Beach decorator Amelia Handegan and her husband have been renovating a 1940s oceanfront retreat.

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A breezeway opens straight onto the dunes.

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Covered in porch.

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The dining room features an antique Swedish table and vintage iron chairs.

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A relaxed living room.

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A converted sleeping porch is now a sitting room.

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A simple and spacious galley kitchen.

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Amelia designed the painted floors and joined the old and new parts of the house with the lozenge pattern.

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An antique table was transformed into a vanity with Turkish bowl basin and scones from Urban Electric Co.  I just love the lights, their art deco geometry really appeals to me.

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A pink hued guest room.

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A blue hued guest room, this one with twin singles.  The bedside lamps are perfect.

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The other end of the same room.

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Yet another guest room, this one panelled in natural cypress.

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Do you get the feeling these two entertain a lot?

Nicolex

Fourth of July

Well it's the 4th of July here in the land of Oz so happy celebrations to my faithful followers in the US.

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 I hope today is the last day of a very fun weekend for you all :)

Nicolex

Royal Tour Fashion: Day 3

It may not have been the most practical dress to plant a tree in but it was certainly another style hit for Kate this morning as she wore a smart grey Catherine Walker shift to the ceremony in Ottawa.

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She's carrying a Somerton Bag from Hobbs London and wearing LK Bennett shoes.

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Then it was a change of bag and shoes (which look like the same ones she wore with her purple Issa dress last night) for the afternoon/evening.

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Day 3 ends as stylishly as it began :)

Nicolex

The Other Royal Wedding

You know me, normally wild horses couldn't drag me from carrying on about a royal wedding. However, the now-confirmed reports of Charlene Wittstock's eleventh hour dash to the airport with a one-way ticket back to her homeland of South Africa only to be have her passport confiscated so Prince Albert's entourage could persuade her not to go, leaves me feeling sad ergo I can't rave on about the fairytale :(

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All you need to know is despite all the drama it happened anyway.  I feel sad for her.

Nicolex

Do Fish Sleep?

Funny story, one afternoon a year or so ago when my sister's kids where spending an afternoon with us, I gave her a call to check it was OK that I buy them a fish each (I wasn't going to be the one explaining the great hereafter when they died so I though permission should be sought). With bad phone reception and static on the line, it turns out what she thought she was saying yes to was me getting them fish & chips for lunch.  Not so, and into the family came Bibble and Thomas.  Quite frankly, I had expected this day a lot sooner than it eventuated but a few mornings ago poor old Thomas didn't wake up :(  Once the tears and upset had subsided the kids got to work on the very important task of a proper burial and I had to share their most glorious marking of the occasion with not one, but five gravestones :)

I just love the epitaph.  

No point mincing words :)

Nicolex

Royal Tour Fashion: Day 2

As the royal pair celebrated Canada Day in Ottawa, the fashion was all about Kate's custom-made red Sylvia Fletcher hat.  She endeared herself to a nation by enthusiastically embracing their most well known symbol, the maple leaf.

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She also wore a maple leaf brooch - a rather special one at that as the same one Queen Elizabeth wore on her 1951 tour of Canada.

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Once again, if you think you've seen the white dress before you have.  It's the same Reiss one she wore for their official engagement photos with Mario Testino.

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This is the Anya Hindmarch basket fan clutch she's carrying.  FYI it's currently on sale but good luck finding one left now that Kate's been seen with it.

Then for the evening concert it was back Issa again, this time a purple jersey.  Oh, and when I went to their website to grab a link for the dress, it had crashed.  This girl's impact on fashion is seriously serious!

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The brooch makes an encore appearance.

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I'm already wondering what the fashion choices for Day 3 will be.

Nicolex

Fashion Friday

This week in fashion:

Rosie Huntington shimmered in silver at the premiere of Transformers.

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Beyonce brightened up London on Monday.

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Delta Goodrem kept it cool with Boheminian chic at LAX on Saturday and Jen wore a lacy LBD to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Tuesday.

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Gwyneth Paltrow posed in Louis Vuitton jewellery and very little else.

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Kim Kardashian crossed a NY street in garish neon and navy on Sunday.

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Kirstie Alley wore Roland Mouret in Tribeca and Heidi Klum was the coolest soccer mum we've ever seen.

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Tara Palmer-Tomkinson and Yasmin Lebon are bright at the Serpentine Gallery in London on Tuesday.

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A crazy new pair of 8-inch Christian Louboutins were unveiled on Thursday.  Thankfully they have been created as part of a unique fashion lot being auctioned off to raise funds for the English National Ballet (ENB).  

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Pippa Middleton created her own fashion furore by wearing a Hobbs summer frock to Wimbledon on Wednesday - it sold out online and Rose Byrne looked serious at the new season of Damages premiere the same night.

 

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Jessica Alba works mother earth maternity in Beverley Hills on Sunday.

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Posh launched her more affordable clothing line Victoria by Victoria Beckham.    

So the low for me was Kim Kardashian's ensemble and the high is Posh's new collection, I love it!

Nicolex