Pedal in Style - Beg Bicycles

I really, really (really) want one of these bikes. They are hand built exclusively by a Belgian bicycle making family and owe their aesthetic to traditional sit up and beg vintage bicycles.

www.begbicycles.com

Sunny day in London + Beg Bike + Fortnum and Mason Picnic Hamper + Rendezvous in the park = FabuloCity

Top Picks Of The Mid - Season Sales.

I never used to pay much attention to Mid Season "Sales" because in the past they seemed to consist of items the stores couldn't shift, with about £2.50 taken off the full price. Things are different this season (yay!). There are lots of lovely things in the current sales and at pretty good prices.

Isabella Beads Dress - £140 £56

Metal Mindy Dress - £140 £52

Luck Be A Lady Dress - £95 £37

Princess Helen Dress - £150 £35

Bella Beads Dress - £65 £25

www.frenchconnection.com

Inglesa Dress £49.90 £34.90

Manuel Dress £44.90 £29.90

shop.mango.com

Jasmine Melange Dress - £80 £60

Bow Front Trousers - £70 £55

Celina Side Button Jumpsuit - £150  £85

Cobra Print Pleated Dress - £95 £80

www.whistles.co.uk

Florid Spectre Blouse £138 £69.95

Endless Lengths Dress - £118 £69.95

Ancient Myths Skirt - £78 £39.95

www.anthropologie.eu

Krackle B Peeptoe Shoes - £80 £20

Patch B Patent Court Shoes - £75 £45

www.bertieshoes.com

Raw Edge Denim Skirt - £69.99 £39

Merino Wool Scarf Cardigan - £99 £59

Slouchy Wool Cardigan Dress - £89 £59

Leather Amelie Shopper - £249 £129

www.jigsaw-online.com

Anoushka Insert Panel Dress - £129 £64

Skinny Fit Trouser - £89 £44

Smith Skinny Ankle Grazer - £85 £25

www.reissonline.com

McGrue Brogues - £75 £54.98

Gruger Pumps - £60 £49.98

Narvaez Platform Sandal - £60 £44.98

www.aldoshoes.com

Hurry, they're selling out fast...

Sample Sales and Discount Codes

From time to time, I'll blog about sample sales and / or discount codes that I find too delicious to keep to myself. Lucky you!

Stella McCartney Sample Sale - Ready to Wear, Jeans & Accessories from past seasons.

"Everything in my store and every single garment and accessory that you see is cruelty free, in the sense that no animal has died to make anything in here. A lot of people out there don’t want products that an animal has had to die for." - Stella McCartney Mission Statement.

Place and time: 14th April (Today!) - 11am till 8pm, 15th April 2011 (Tomorrow) - 9am till 6.30pm  at The Music Rooms, 26 South Molton Lane,  W1K 5AB.

Some of my favourite looks from her current collection:

www.stellamccartney.com

Items to look out for: Gorgeous floaty dresses, impeccably tailored trousers and jackets, cruelty free faux leather bags and super-chic Stella McCartney for Adidas sportswear.

15% off at Cath Kidston - Valid today only!

Get 15% off instore, on the phone or online by using the discount code CKPD. More details on the Cath Kidston website - www.cathkidston.co.uk

Some of my favourite items in the current collection:

Set of 8 English Rose Placement Paper Plates - £3.50

Satchel Style Picnic Cool Bag - £55

Happy Shopping!

Spring Time In London & Cath Kidston For Uniqlo Charity Tee Shirts

It's offiically Springtime and the sun has got his hat on in London Town. We all know what that means - time to start wearing t-shirts, flip flops and sunglasses (even though it's still freezing cold and the sun has most likely disappeared again by the time we've fished our sunnies out). Anyway, to help us walk prettily along the road to hypothermia, Uniqlo have teamed up with Cath Kidston to produce a range of tees. The collection redefines popular Cath Kidston classic prints through Uniqlo printing techniques and re-images them in vintage-fashion colours and a bleached antique look.

The proceeds help raise funds for the Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP) - a charitable non-governmental organization. Cath Kidston and Uniqlo will also make donations from the net proceeds of sales to fund an initiative supporting a safe motherhood program in Zambia.

I have my eye on these:

Uniqlo.com

£12.99 each - available instore and online.

Discount Shopping And The Half Price Gene.

I hardly ever buy anything full price. Try as I might, it just rarely seems to happen. It's so bad good, that sometimes, I'll walk up to the till with a full priced item and the sales assistant will invent a discount! I speak no word of a lie.

I am NOT a bargain hunter, bargains hunt me - like this:

I've decided it's down to something in my genetic make up (either that or some sort of supernatural anointing). Maybe I have a delightful mutation that produces a special pheromone, and maybe it's this special pheromone that triggers a 'Reflex Discounting Action' (further referred to as the 'RDA').

Either way, it means that I am usually able to get you almost anything at a reduced price (or at the full price with extras thrown in) - clothes, shoes, bags, perfume, make - up, skincare, homeware, electronics, dinner reservations, holidays... 

Go on, send me your shopping lists so we can put it to the test.


Disclaimer: I have absolutely no control over the aforementioned RDA, but just to make sure the odds are always in our favour, I also happen to possess a very long (and very secret) list of shops, websites, mailing lists etc... that offer really good discounts on just about anything, to everyone (not just those we suspect to be genetically predisposed to receiving discounts - like myself).

NB: Discounts generated by the RDA are quite often, impossible to replicate and the discount value is always, totally unpredictable. Discounts obtained via the very long (and very secret) list mentioned above, are slightly more predictable and may sometimes be possible to replicate.


Just a few examples of my recent conquests discount purchases:

Temperley London Mini Pegasus Dress - £130 (Normal Retail Price - £1250)

(Seen here on Mischa Barton and J-Lo)

RayBan 4125 Aviators (BTW these Sunglasses are guaranteed to make you like you were born cool) - £69 (Normal Retail Price - £120).

Mulberry Zipped Purse - £110 (Normal Retail Price - £180)

Toast Soft Slouchy Bag - £40 (Normal Retail Price - £155).

Jigsaw Henrietta Suede Bag - £50 (Normal Retail Price - £255).

Anya Hindmarch Luce Clutch Bag in Gold - £78 (Normal Retail Price - £245).

Lanvin For H&M Men's Tuxedo Jacket - £30 (Normal Retail Price - £79.99).

Toast Cath Ballet Pumps in Pewter - £25 (Normal Retail Price - £125).

Nivaldo de Lima Soho Purse - £11 (Normal Retail Price - £35). 

Reiss Maddi Denim Biker Jacket - £27 (Normal Retail Price - £135).

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