Life as we (she) know(s) it

So it's been well over a year since I last spoke to you all and what a crazy time it's been. First big news, I got diagnosed with crohns.

A little wee bit about crohns. Its an auto immune disease where basically my immune system attacks healthy cells and results in me being really sick, so sick 2.5 weeks ago I had to have surgery to remove a benign tumour and dying part of my intestine. There was so much scar tissue from the crohns attack I had a blockage of food and was in incredible pain.

This has been what life has been like for me (thanks Ivana Danielle)
All is good now I am recovering and so happy to live me life like a fairly normal person.

Now I'm good, I'm still a quirky designer from living in east London. Thats not going to change.

Thanks as always

Sophie the sack maker.

x

So long farewell Hello Kitty and Mr. Men Little Misses

It's been a while since I last wrote here. Feels almost like I'm writing a confession. I guess it's me closing this chapter and starting another.

I am sad to say farewell to Hello Kitty and Mr. Men Little Miss, but excited to say Hello to my new life and new plans.
Basically it's a watch this space and see whats about to happen to Bloomfield.

What's on the tape

Getting pretty excited, London Fashion Week has just started and tomorrow I am lucky enough to have tickets to the House of Holland show (pics to come). 

The invitation, in true HOH style, is 100% 90's.

It's a mix tape, love, love, love!

Hear it here.

Peace out!

House of Holland: #HouseofHolland

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Love!Love!Love!

HOUSE OF HOLLAND

This is just a quick shout out to say House of Holland is becoming a favourite!

I was lucky enough to get an invite to last seasons show and it was ace. 

The soundtrack featured 90's house classics, whilst HOH pumped out the hotness.

The ready to wear, sold in places like Urban Outfitters, is affordable, fun, and easy to where. check it out.

and my obsession ASOS!

Anyhoo, great stuff HOH!

Je T'aime YSL : Yves Saint Laurent Jardin Majorelle

Last November I had the pleasure to visit the wonderful country Morocco.

It was everything I had imagined.

Whilst visiting I managed to escape the hustle and bustle of the souks of Marrakesh and visited the Gardens of Yves Saint Laurent.

The gardens themselves were tranquil and exhibited a wonderful array of cacti.

Deep the gardens is a tiny room containing framed collages Yves had created over the years. These were gifts for Christmas to his friends and family.

The images, below, have the imagery of love.

As valentines day is upon us I thought I'd share a creative, thoughtful and economic way of sharing your feelings.

Happy Valentines day.

P.s. I urge you to visit, it will not disappoint. 

Sophie the Sack maker. xoxo

TOWIE + HOUSE OF FRASER = HILARIOUS!

So it turns out Essex isn't just a place anymore, it's a trend? Really who decided that? Well apparently House of Fraser (maybe the most frustrating of all department stores, as I found out the other day in their Oxford street branch).
http://www.disneyrollergirl.net/quote-day-18/

Interesting collaboration, get the idea, reckon it's a flash in the pan though.

Your opinions?

Fifi - Iphone case!

Quick update, apologies it has been a while.

Latest love:

http://iconemesis.tumblr.com/


http://fifi-lapin.blogspot.com/

Back from the land down under...no not Austrailia but New Zealand!

So yes it's almost been a month, but in that month I have indeed travelled the whole length of New Zealand!

You may ask "why"? And I shall answer to see the furthest land from here(London) (I think).
And yes it was a spectacle, the high light being Milford Sound.
Before I went I had no clue what a sound was, I thought does it have crazy whale music or something. Anyways nope it didn't just amazing waterfalls and huge mountains. INSANE!

Also during my visit I realised New Zealand has some great designers and boutiques. The cream of the crop, boutiques:

Angel Divine - Queenstown....

If I had ooodles of moula I would totally spend it here!

http://www.angeldivine.co.nz/ check it out!

Cute heels! Carr heels!

For awesome vintage in a cute sea-side town check out Tauranga's Idiom:

https://www.idiomboutique.co.nz/

Amazing finds! I got a really cute grey scarf (197o's) with a quirky pheasant print, pics to follow!

Also some cool new designers like : Medowlark, Juliandanger and Salasai. 

Juliandanger

Sayuri Kimono.

It's cool that I found these boutiques in smaller towns. 

Next time I hope to hit Auckland and Wellington large style. However did have a great night in Wellington, recommendation The Alice bar, cocktails in tea pots, what more does a girl want!

http://www.wellingtonnz.com/bars_restaurants/alice

http://www.whiterabbit.co.nz/

Oh yeah, and the Te Papa museum was ace too!

http://www.tepapa.govt.nz/pages/default.aspx

 

There I saw Giant squid in a huge tank, and an exhibition on European modern artists, funny huh! Awesome Museum.

Hope you enjoy the first instalment of The first summer of 2011! 

Keep installed for more!

Next time highlights from Puzzling world!

Recent aquisitions in life and in fashion

Whilst listening to Beach House this morning, and checking my emails. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90ipyWYO3LM
I noticed two things:

1. I had won this awesome spy camera on ebay!
2. I haven't written a blog in a while.

Oops. I do apologize for my neglect, however I feel that this Monday the 24th of January (meaning January is almost over) that there is sufficient topics of interest to write about.
The reason for the camera wasn't a mere whim, it is due to the fact mine is broken and I am off to, hopefully, sunny New Zealand in two week! If that wasn't excitement enough it's also the end of Men's Paris fashion week.

To be frank with you I prefer Menswear for many reasons. Mainly aesthetic, but also the quality and time spent on the garments and details are generally about quality rather than spectacle.
This years highlights so far are:

1. Jil Sander- Raf Simmons at the healm seems to still be cranking out look after look of glorious colour with effortless tailoring, I wish I was him sometimes.

  

2. Dior Homme- For some reason I can never get bored of Kris Van Assche. His baggy trousers, thin lapels and  blocking of materials just does it for me.

3. Hermes - another classic favourite, for me it was their materials and the quality and style of the cut, a real man's brand.

4. The ultimate highlight - Paul Smith- Accessories good, nope, really good, even fantastic, like papa please buy me one reaction. The clothes, really wearble yet hues of pop colours, including my favourite Mustard! Mustard not only an excellent condement it also a divine colour.

Overall that beanie and that bag made my day. Simple yes, but also the balance is rather complex.

I hope everyone's Mondays are manic and enjoyable.

Soon...........>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>x