What Is She Wearing?! Alison Taylor Posted by Unknown |

Alison Taylor, freelance journalist and author wears Acne scoop-neck top from Stockholm's Acne store, Current Elliot snake-print jeans from a Net-a-Porter staff sale, Converse All Stars from Author by Spitalfields market and leather bag by Jigsaw.

Check out Ali's debut novel The Still Single Papers from which she'll be reading at Festival No 6 in Portmeiron later this month.  

South Place Hotel Opens in East London Posted by Unknown |

The first luxury hotel from restaurant group D&D (formerly Conran Restaurants) opens this week just minutes from Liverpool Street station in the City. The gorgeous interiors are by Conran + Partners, there are bespoke artworks in each of the 80 rooms and the lobby is home to a sculpture by Royal College of Art MA graduate Zemer Peled, winner of South Place's annual art competition. There's a secret garden atrium bar on the first floor and on the ground floor '3 South Place', a diner-by day/late-night bar with DJs (food served until 10.30pm) and a team that includes Glasgow DJ/mixologist Teamy Teamy and former Shoreditch House cocktail bar manager Nathan Dixon-Jones. I can't wait to pop down and see it for myself.

www.southplacehotel.com

Images: South Place Hotel

Dream Ipad Cases & Sleeves Posted by Unknown |

Source: shop.bazaart.me via Julia Rebaudo on Pinterest

From top left, clockwise

Blue & white striped baggu sleeve
Cobalt blue leather Reed Krakoff case
Cube print coated canvas Pierre Hardy sleeve
Red glitter canvas Jimmy Choo sleeve
Orange intrecciato woven Bottega Veneta sleeve
Star-studded leather Jimmy Choo sleeve
Black leather Capulet tote
Dark pink leather Chloe sleeve
Patterned PVC Marni sleeve

Love Flowers: Oriole & Thistle and Wild At Heart Posted by Unknown |

Flowers by Nikki Tibbles Wild At Heart  

I've been the lucky recipient of some of the most wonderful flowers recently. A lavish bouquet of garden roses from Nikki Tibbles Wild At Heart (the florist at Liberty's) and a beautifully fresh and wild posy of freesias, veronicas, lisianthus and larkspur from Hackney's own boutique florist and small art gallery Oriole & Thistle run by Elaine Waldron. Just perfect for the most romantic of occasions – including weddings! Love flowers and love photographing them.

White freesia bouquet by Oriole & Thistle

Garden rose bouquet by Nikki Tibble Wild At Heart

White freesia bouquet by Oriole & Thistle

Illesteva Does The Nicest Sunnies Posted by Unknown |

Source: shop.bazaart.me via Julia Rebaudo on Pinterest

You'll have seen them a million times before – despite only launching their debut spring collection in 2010 – Illesteva (set up by New Yorkers Daniel Silberman and Jus Ske who wanted to design glasses you could give "...to your grandkids 50 years from now" ) on celebs, on the catwalk, in fashion editorial and yet the designs still manage to make me gasp every time I see them. These are my favourites currently doing the rounds.

What I'm Wearing: Paint Splattered Suit & eBay Find Posted by Unknown |

It was bound to happen; my new found delight in baby clothes was always going to find its way onto the blog. Plus my need for easy-to-wear nursing clothes continues to shape my shopping habit. So here we have little suits for delicious babies (flecks of white on blues) by Kidscase and a joyfully coloured nursing dress by eBay shop Naturally Romantic.

(Handy props: hand-sewn quilt and cushion, second hand rocking chair and lamp, peacock feathers and old framed prints.)

Slouchy Sunday Socks By Asos Menswear Posted by Unknown |

Forthcoming sock line from ASOS menswear looking good...

Dark Dreamy Swedish Synth Pop: iamwhoiamwhoami Posted by Unknown |

I haven't posted music in a while but there's little choice with iamwhoiamwhoami who has released debut album kin earlier this year (first interview with the Swedish singer/songwriter/multi-media artist Jonna Lee in her new incarnation here). From the school of Fever Ray and so good with it. Plus the pale blonde lashes, the costumes, the colours... all too good.

Sunday afternoons in the park by the river Posted by Unknown |

Blissful Sunday afternoons. Love a park far removed from the frantic dervish of many of London's better known green spaces. This one is sleepy and next to a canal full of houseboats. Springfield Park. Keep it on the quiet. The building on the bottom right is one we pass to get to the park and used to house old aviation company De Havilland – they started out making 1920s two seater planes like the wonderfully named Gipsy and Tiger Moth.

That Holiday Feeling From We Are Handsome Posted by Unknown |

Drooling over We Are Handsome's animal swimsuits I came across this vintage photo on their blog. No idea where it came from but it sure does make me feel like skipping off to somewhere where there are rolling waves nearby and trees to sling a hammock between. Now that the Olympics are over, what's a girl to do but find some sun and chill?