5 Sheer Reds – Just in Time for Summer
My favorite lipstick wore down until I was scraping my lip flat across the edge of the tube to apply it. It was time to get a new one. A few weeks of digging with a Q-tip (that also does double duty as fuzzy lip wand) to get the last remaining bit out, and after […]
Guy Bourdin: Image Maker at Somerset House
It may be Winter outside, but in my heart it is Spring – thanks to the colour-drenched, riotous retrospective that is Guy Bourdin: Image Maker at Somerset House. The exhibition has been running since November and closes mid-March; go see it as soon as you can, because you will want to make more than one visit. Entry […]
Carlos Huber of Arquiste, interviewed at Bloom Perfumery
CARLOS HUBER is the Creative Director of Arquiste: a house that creates fragrances inspired by specific moments in history. Carlos Huber visited Bloom Perfumery this spring, to introduce the new Arquiste scent: L’Etrog Acqua. I was fortunate enough to be invited to meet with him for a one-to-one exploration of the Arquiste line. iBeheld: Your background […]
Bloom Perfumery Spitalfields
Have you left your Christmas shopping a little late this year? Be not afraid, I bring you good news: Bloom Perfumery in Spitalfields stocks an amazing range of astonishingly lovely scent that will delight any adult on your list. The Belle of Brockley discovered Bloom earlier this year, and it is now one of my very […]
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 […]
She’s Gotta Have … Terry de Havilland Shoes!
World-renowned shoemaker Terry de Havilland is back in London, and London is all the better for having him here again. The Terry de Havilland pop-up shop is located in Ganton Street, W1 (just off Carnaby Street), so pleasingly central. I do love a good pop-up … and this is a GREAT one.If you aren’t of […]
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, […]
