Discovering Tom Abang Saufi

During our time in Kuala Lumpur we had, as my Dad would day, the opporchancity to meet Tom Abang Saufi.  To try to describe her character to you would be futile but she makes you smile and fills you with passion for her designs.  Hand crafted in her studio, many of the printed pieces even hand painted in traditional batik…
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Stripes, birds & orchids

Happy weekend (and hooray for good wifi)! A quick post with the new stripes (you know I had to get some new stripes for the trip) and the sliders which have saved me over the past 8 days.  A trip to the orchid garden and the bird park in the Malaysian heat and humidity was the catalyst in my breakup…
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Bermuda curveball

Life can throw you a curveball but stripes are always there.  These shorts are perhaps the least man-friendly piece in my entire closet but I love them.  Bermuda shorts hardly ooze sex appeal but they sure are comfy. So what’s my curveball?  Right now I’m on a flight to Malaysia!  It hardly seems real because it’s all been very last…
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Chouchou & the Oh La Summer Sample Sale

One of the most wonderful things about blogging is the people you meet; from other bloggers to creatives to press and brands, now and again we’re lucky enough to find friends too.  Silvia, founder of Chouchou Couture,  comes into your life like a bright ball of Italian Scottish fusion and it’s really impossible not to be affected by her enthusiasm. …
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When in London…

When in London it is most important that you play tourist and take your friends to the reddest phonebox you can find – who cares if phone boxes proved themselves dens of iniquity all weekend long?  They are red and wonderfully Londony. And then if a friend happens to have on the most incredible of red fedoras, it must be…
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