Luxe Mail - July 2009

Adorn Yourself

Friday 31st July 2009

Remember the reverence with which you lifted out a strand of pearls from your mother’s jewellery box when you were little? All too often, fine jewellery was something reserved solely for cocktail parties, and even then in measured amounts – a pair of diamond studs here, a cocktail ring there. Annoushka...

Plants by Post

Wednesday 29th July 2009

We'd been wondering how best to thank our hardworking hostesses this summer. So when Philippa Craddock submitted her picture-perfect site a couple of weeks ago, we knew we'd found a gift that would last, and endear us long until the next fabulous party. Her gorgeous signature white opal glass pots come...

Design Your Own Longchamp Bag

Monday 27th July 2009

We wish we’d invented the Longchamp Le Pliage. Now one of the most popular bags in the world, if we had a penny for every well-groomed woman we saw toting one on her forearm, we’d be rich enough to buy one in every colourway and every size. And for good reason...

Domestic Goddess 101

Friday 24th July 2009

A hostess’s work is never done. Remembering to marinade the chicken the night before (5 minutes does not a marinade make), concocting the perfect white sauce, and whipping up award-winning meringues... It’s tiring just thinking about it. With all that to prepare, it's easy to forget to lay the table accordingly....

Bejewelled in Bittar

Wednesday 22nd July 2009

We might be slap bang in the middle of summer (typically, looking at the British weather one might assume otherwise), but unless you’ve been in sunnier climes for the last couple of weeks, you'll have noticed that the new Autumn/Winter collections are already wielding their powers of temptation to make...

All Things Bright & Beautiful

Monday 20th July 2009

We won’t lie. We love a muted palette – cream walls, a whitewash chair here, a beech dresser there. Acid brights might be big in our Spring/Summer wardrobes, but put a neon orange armchair in front of us, and we’re likely to run a mile. Bright accents on the other hand,...

Safe & Stylish in the Sun

Wednesday 15th July 2009

Toddlers and the sun aren't exactly a match made in heaven. Try to reapply sunscreen / rely on kids club to reapply sunscreen (whilst you enjoy a good book and a bit of peace of quiet - as if) every hour of the day, and you’ve got a tantrum on your...

A Garden of One's Own

Monday 13th July 2009

After a long day, there’s nothing nicer than enjoying a large glass of wine in your own outdoor space in between admiring the rose bushes/vegetable patch (delete as appropriate). If you’re city-bound, however, chances are your outdoor space is less rolling hills and rose bushes and more tiny terrace, and...

Summer Sale Best Buys

Friday 10th July 2009

Sale season seems to get earlier and earlier each year. Not that we're complaining - it means we can fill our summer wardrobes with this season's collections and look season-savvy at a snip of the price. The most eagerly awaited sale? Net-a-Porter, obviously. And with the likes of DvF, Chloé, Stella McCartney...

a Piedi cure

Wednesday 8th July 2009

When the weather's warm, we like nothing more than modelling newly pedi'd feet in a pair of chic sandals. At a time when savvy shopping is more essential than ever, and considering that the British summer lasts all of five minutes, splashing our cash on a three hundred pound pair of...

Scratch & Sniff...

Friday 3rd July 2009

We’re suckers for the right packaging – we see it and we want it, whether it’s the cool branding of a an Innocent Smoothie, the cheeky retro boxes of our favourite Benefit buys, a Le Labo fragrance, or a Diptique candle. And let's face it, UK high streets just wouldn't be...

The Holy Grail of Dresses

Wednesday 1st July 2009

An array of the perfect capsule cocktail dresses are essential in every woman’s wardrobe, and once you've found one, you’ll wish you'd bought three - why do we never learn? Thankfully we’ve found the holy grail of cocktail dress designers in the form of Motasem, and its online boutique that has...

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