Womenswear Sample Sale at The Box featuring Peter Jensen, Être Cécile, Le Kilt and Belize
The Box at Hackney Walk is becoming one of my favourite destinations, thanks to the very excellent sample sales it hosts. Last night I attended the press preview of the current Womenswear Sample Sale, which features Peter Jensen, Être Cécile, Le Kilt and Belize. Very good bargains at this sale, and an abundance of stock to choose from. […]
COCO CHANEL by H.
The House of Chanel has been on everyone’s minds in the House of Beheld in recent weeks. Our youngest family member’s Textiles Coursework was to research and report on either John Galliano or Coco Chanel – he chose Chanel, purely because he liked the name Coco. The brief included the requirement to draw key pieces and […]
Short Trip Essentials – beauty round-up
I’m off on a little family holiday, and with the cab booked to arrive in about six hours, it’s time to pack! Since I’m going to Paris: home to my great loves Sephora, Galleries Lafayette and any old pharmacy, I want to pack light. The products in the picture to the left are my short trip essentials. […]
Hermès Festival Des Métiers, London 2013 (Artisans All Around)
London’s Saatchi Gallery hosted the travelling exhibition Hermès Festival Des Métiers in May this year. The Belle and I had enjoyed last year’s Leather Forever at the Royal Academy – the focus then had been exclusively on bags and leather goods. Festival Des Métiers had a broader remit, and  covered scarves, ceramics, jewellery, bags and fashion. Here are […]
Alligators All Around
Leather Forever, the Hermès exhibition, is worth at least two visits. We went yesterday and marvelled at the room of skin and hides. Calfskins are almost as big as double-decker buses. Very fatted calves. And exotic reptiles have tender inner thighs, and a neat little buttonhole for excretory purposes. But the room of skin and hides, […]
