Me: "umm..."
Mila: "I would like a bag like you!"
Me: "But you have lots of bags already! I've given you a very nice pink one with a big flower on"
Mila: "No, I want a bag like this" (pointing at my bag)
Me: "Aahhh (it's in the genes)....well I promise you, I will give you one when you are older
Mila: "How old? Seven?"
Sadly for my beautiful daughter, not matter how many bags I can get my hands on in the shop, I'm not the kind of mother who will spend £200 on a bag for a five-years old...or on a seven-years old for that matter...:-)
via Hard to Explain
Credits photo: Annabel Ly
OK... it's not a life-threatening one...it's a fashion one and I know there is more to life, blablabla but I spent the day dealing with staff recruitment, VAT filing and monthly management account and frankly I need a break!
Last Saturday, when Mila and I went shopping, I saw a tall, mid-forties woman with her 14 years old boy in toe, looking damn good on a pair of black Hasbeens high-heeled jodhpurs and then the day after, I spotted these 'beyond cute as pie' clogs, Nathalie got for her daughter so I don't know about you but personally I took it as a sign from the Universe telling me that I should get some! I really like the red ones Clare got in Paris but then Nath sent me the link about H&M and Hasbeens bringing together clogs to us this Spring...errmm Hello! Don't they look fab!!??
The problem with anything that is made exclusively for H&M is often sold out by the time I get there, unless I start sleeping in front of the shop doors and I'm one of the first to grab a pair...What do you think??
Samedi dernier, alors que Mila et moi faisions un peu de shopping, j'ai apercu une femme de 40ans + et son garcon de 14 ans, ayant l'air super cool avec sa paire de black Hasbeens high-heeled jodhpurs et le jour d'apres, je suis tombee sur ces petits sabots a-do-ra-bles que Nathalie a achete pour sa fille alors bon je ne sais pas..mais moi j'ai pris comme un signe de l'univers me disant qu'il fallait que je m'offre une paire! J'aime beaucoup les rouges que Clare a achete a Paris mais Nath m'a envoye ce lien sur la nouvelle collaboration entre H&M and Hasbeens en magasin le 20 Avril...errmm Hello! Ils sont pas geniaux!!??
Le problem c'est qu'avec tout ce qui est fait exclusivement pour H&M, tout part en quelques heures, a moins que je dorme devant les portes du magasin la veille pour mettre la main sur une paire...Qu'est ce que vous en pensez??
I wouldn't mind her eyes, her mouth, her body and her breasts either but let's not be greedy...
PS: On Friday I saw a t-shirt in Paris that made me laugh....It had printed on it: "I don't like anything...I'm a Parisian" :-)
Ca ne me generait pas non plus d'avoir ses yeux, sa bouche, son corps et sa poitrine mais bon ce n'est pas la peine de tout vouloir a la fois...
PS: Vendredi j'ai vu un t-shirt dans une boutique dans Paris qui m'a fait rire...il disait: "J'aime rien...Je suis parisien" :-)
Pssst.....our January sale are still on!
Few more beautiful bags have been shipped yesterday from L.A. and we're going to receive a few more La Tropezienne tote bag with 5" straps in tan and more of the black La Trop. It's getting tight but we will still get them in time for Xmas which is very good news! We also have the blue messenger bag in stock!
Since I have Norwegian ancestors, I can tell you that it means **108 Hot shopping tips** in Norwegian and as I'm going through my copy of Elle Interior Norway (kindly sent by the lovely Cecilie Molvær Jørgensen, Deputy Editor), I just realized that I will have to take more photos of this fabulous mag to show you some of the cool interiors they have featured.
But first thing first. What do we have in Elle Interior Norway? Come on...have a guess!! Ouuuiii!!!! La Trop! Look at this...doesn't this bag simply just look the part!
In fact, Cecilie's selection is very much my tastes....
A rolex? Yes that will do thank you very much! A La Trop? Yes thx...got that already! An Owl candleholder? Yep! This owl vase will do. Sibella Court book? Got that too already! A nice carafe? Yes this looks nice in a guest room. Sheepskin sleepers? Yes I've got some too...I know... not sexy but may I remind you that I live with a New-Zealander and last month Steve bought sheepkin sleepers (from New-Zealand) for the whole family and although they are not sexy (really not), they are super comfy!
So basically I have pretty much everything except the Rolex (shame!)....
Pssstt...don't miss Cecilie's bedroom corner on Sunday!
Une rolex? Erm oui merci beaucoup! Un La Trop? Oui merci...j'ai deja! Un bougeoir en forme de hibou? Oui ce vase en forme de hibou sera parfait. Le livre de Sibella Court? Ca aussi j'ai! Une jolie carafe? Oui celle-ci sera tres bien dans une chambre d'amis. Des chaussons en peau de mouton? Oui ca aussi j'ai...je sais...pas tres sexy mais dois-je vous rappeler que je vis avec un Neo-Zealandais et le mois dernier, Steve a achete des chaussons en peau de mouton (de Nouvelle-Zelande) pour toute la famille et ok ils ne sont pas sexy (vraiment pas) mais ils sont super comfortables!
When I was young, our dad used to tell Elodie and I that our family name 'Köng' (to be pronounced Kung) came from Norway...Apparently our great, great grand father was a sailor who settled down in Norway and started a family, blablabla and years later you ended up with me!
Then when I was 16, he turned around and said that after all our surname might have come from Switzerland! Erm... no offence to the Swiss (I love the Swiss especially her) but between having Vikings as ancestors or being Swiss, I just felt that I had more Viking spirit in my blood than Swiss so I stick to my Viking story...
Anyway, I doubt it's why I love so much Elle Interior Norway but I do! I love this mag and their Xmas issue looks just amazing!
PS: And I've just found out this morning that they also featured my favourite bag: La Tropezienne tote bag by Clare Vivier...so happy
Et puis a l'age de mes 16 ans, mon pere m'a sorti qu'apres tout, le nom venait peut-etre de Suisse...Erm je n'ai rien contre les Suisses (j'adore les Suisses surtout elle) mais bon entre avoir les Vikings comme ancetres et etre Suisse, je trouvais que j'avais plus de viking dans le sang que du petit suisse...
Tout ca pour dire que je doute que ce soit pour cela que j'adore Elle Interior Norway mais j'adore ce mag et leur dernier numero a l'air superbe!
PS: Et je viens juste d'apprendre ce matin qu'ils ont aussi publie mon sac prefere: La Tropezienne tote bag by Clare Vivier...trop contente
I've always loved this brand but I think I love their stylism, aesthetic, photography and greys even more....will go and see them at the end of Jan. in Paris...
We had so much fun shooting a couple of gorgeous five years old today, trying on over 15 different outfits...skeleton, witch, princess, werewolf and lots of masks, glasses and hats. The girls were fantastic, so fun and imaginative...They were coming up with all sorts of ideas and funny faces...and look how the small size of the STAR t-shirt looks cool on them!
This week, I loved....
my friend Garth who is running the New York Marathon to raise 10,000USD for neurofibromatosis. Please help if you can (select GBR if you're in the UK)...
These little garlands by Cinqmai
Dando...too cute!! (via Kayatine) and here is link to make your own
this photo competition organised by VOGUE
this book by Fifi Lapin
and these DIY tricks from Design Sponge
and I'm very happy that they won Best Indie/Alternative video, totally deserved!
Have a wonderful weekend!
(c) Image Ida Kristen via No Penny For Them, t-shirt from Topshop
Liv est une bombe and I'm getting accro to this brand...a pair of jeans last week, a chunky knitwear this morning (similar to this)...pity for my credit card
Tomorrow, I think we'll cycle there to have brunch then we will just hang out at home, taking it easy because Sunday, Steve and I are going there to run 10K here for Cancer Research.
This week, I loved....
reading this powerful, honest account of how Donna Karan and her late husband Stephan Weiss met
what Amanda has done with SnOOp
this DIY project to make a portrait of your child
being on Apartment Therapy's radar
these inspiring rooms painted in grey
this amazing review
this Bat t-shirt designed by Alexa Chung for Madewell and this gray bag - both now on my shopping list
This Black, White & Rustic wood feature on Poppy Handmade (our kitchen getting top billing)
and if I was young, free and a talented photographer, I would buy my flight ticket to NYC right now to work with her
Have a wonderful weekend!
PS:
And if anyone has a contact at the Editorial team of Daily Candy London, please let me know :-) Thanks!
(C) Photo by Cortoboy
We just had the most amazing review in the FT's How to Spend it online magazine so we will have to blow our own little trumpet here...
Pleaase forgive us...It may not mean a lot to you but for us this is HU-GE!
How to Spend It is part of the Financial Times and is a very high-profile luxury magazine and their review is just amazing...
A big thank you to Nicole Swengley for writing such a wonderful review!
