Chloe Alberry

Portobello road is packed with antique stores.... I love trawling through them on the rare saturday (the crowds i do not love) but i had never really been into Chloe Albury... probably because all the front of the shop is door handles! and i've never really been in the market for some new door handles.... however with our new office we needed some!... while my boss looked at boring kickplates and handles i rummaged through the back room which houses some beautiful enamelware and old cigarette card books. I felt it was a bit overpriced but if I ever have some spare cash and a particularly strong enamelware craving i will be back!

The Sounds

Last night I saw one of my favourite bands at the Garage - it was Awesome! x

The Selby

The Selby always features amazing houses.. but I am totally crushing on this one owned byPamela and Jordan

Gin Gifts

When I got home yesterday this lovely little book was waiting for me from Hendricks Gin... so cute!...

A Vintage Halloween

I love Halloween, the dressing up, pumpkins, parties... but this year i'm not going to be in London as it's a friends Hen do ( a Halloween hen do!!) .. i think we may just have to dress up for that! x

Before the catholic church adopted it for Hallows eve, Halloween was a celtic celebration of Samhain which occured on october 31. It goes back more than 2000 years... and marked the beginning of the cold and barren part of the year and was associated with spirits and death. The dead were believed to walk the earth on this night so bonfires were lit and animal skins worn for protection..... now its more an excuse for Trick and Treating and parties but a good excuse!

Traditional Halloween costumes included

* Demon

* Devil

* Ghost

* Ghoul

* Grim Reaper

* Monster

* Mummy

* Skeleton

* Vampire

* Warlock

* Werewolf

* Witch

Ghosts, witches and Masks were especially common...

I think the papier mache rough masks are especially creepy!

Here are a few more glamourous outfits!...

If you are in London on the Saturday then the lovely Fleur from Diary of a Vintage Girl is hosting a fabulous night, 'Dont Dali with the Devil' is sponsored by Absinthe (oh yes!.. free Absinthe!) and has the 'Albert Ball's flying aces' playing.. definately worth going to if you are in town

there is also a twin peaks themed party at the old blue last!.. a perfect excuse to dress up as Audrey!

Or if you fancy staying in these are some great Halloween films ...

* Dracula (1931)

* The Mummy (1932)

* The Nightmare Before Christmas

* The Wolf Man (1941)

This website has Amazing free Halloween cards! to download - they are really cute.

Happy Halloween! xx

Practical Pursuits

I need some practical flat shoes... I love heels but I want to run around and stomp through woods... pursuits that ballet pumps (my only flat shoes) just don't cover..
The Beautiful Hannah from HannahandLandon

These are a few contenders... I'd love brogues, but they make my legs look Sooo short!!!

From Rocket Originals



From Office



From Modcloth

Carven

This lookbook has been making the blog rounds for a while though - I still cant get over the gorgeousness of this outfit though or the winged shoes :) stocked at net-a-porter (although its still the last season up now)