Kingdom Of Style

Young and old...

Living in a box
Living in a cardboard box...

Well living in an acrylic box to be precise.

The jeweller Anne Gericke, kidnapps people old and young, shrinks them until they are very small and then captures them forever inside silver cased little boxes with acrylic windows.
These two below, form part of her snapshot series and to be honest, kind of freak me out. You couldn't pay me the $465 to wear little people around my neck. A crochet apple- yes, little tiny trapped people-no!

Bonnie and Hugh at Unica find the best things and you can find them all on their wonderful site.

Queen Marie

Coming or going...

On a day, when I don't know whether I am coming or going, this made me chuckle.

This doormat acts as an optical illusion, bidding your visitors welcome or telling them to scram, depending which way round you place it.
At only $27 from here, this could be money well spent.

Queen Marie

There's A Hole In My Shoe...

...and it's letting in water. Or so the song goes. Well to be honest, so my day goes too. Typical British weather - nice one day, utter pish the next - has left me a shoe casualty. One of the few pairs of sensible shoes I own decided that today of all days, where it's been a constant torrential downpour, would be a good day to get a gaping split on the sole which leads to my getting trench foot.

Not that it takes much, but it has made my brain ponder shoes. Today, I am pondering the utterly stunning accessories range from Sophia Kokosalaki which, naturally, includes shoes. Not just any shoes, but deliciously sexy, fierce shoes.

She has also created some amazing sunglasses, one of my other accessories obsessions. This season I am really wanting some over sized round glasses and hers are perfect.

I think the white ones are just the right side of retro.

Queen Michelle

Juicy Jaeha

The second designer which Aleisha alerted me to was Jaeha, whom I hadn't heard of before. His latest collection, Zip Me Up After You're Finished, is absolutely rocking my world.

I am an incurable hardwear obsessive, so naturally a collection which emcompasses zips, eyelets and drawstrings is going to have my attention from the start.

The stripes remind me a little bit of Gareth Pugh and Rick Owen, the draping and folding of Ann D, and the cut of the trousers of Jean Pierre Braganza - so really, it's a given I would totally fall head over heels in love with this label.

A quick look at the stockists led to the amazing online boutique General Cucumber. Cool as! It has so many of the labels we have featured on this blog and my credit card was positively trembling last night as I registered on the site. I refrained from buying anything because much of what I wanted was actually sold out, however it's certainly been added to my list of favourite online haunts.

Queen Michelle

Jimmy D And Me

In the (almost) 1 1/2 years this blog has been in existence we have covered so many designers from New Zealand and Australia. It certainly hasn't been a conscience thing, it just seems that these two places are absolutely thriving with talent. I'm so glad because it proves that they have much more to offer than labels like Sass & Bide, which is very often the label associated most with Australia.

Today is going to be a bit New Zealand/Australiaccentric.

Last night I was emailed by the lovely Aleisha for a That's So You moment. She sent me links to two designers that I would like. One of them I was aware of but just hadn't written about and the other I hadn't heard of but will feature later. The first label in question is Jimmy D.

I am a complete sucker for loose fitting, slouchy dresses and Jimmy D excels in creating these most versatile of garments. His eye for interesting little details like detached hems, twists and knots and multi-fuctional elements elevate this from being just another luxe casual label. The zip jeans look especially well fitting.

I think I shall be introducing Jimmy D to my wardrobe very soon.

Queen Michelle

Cable Knit For Legs

I know it's spring and I know that I am supposed to be gearing up for summer and therefore my brain should be filled with thoughts of summery items, but since I am a contrary Queen and am much happier in temperatures that allow me to wear tights and jeans comfortably, I am still in an autumn frame of mind. No bad thing considering it was bloody freezing in Glasgow today.

I also know my leg wear could verge on the absurd, certainly if left to my own devices and definitely if I was completely oblivious to stares and comments. But I simply cannot help myself. My latest obsession is going to be a bridge too far for some many (look away Queen Marie!) and is a bridge too far for me in terms of cost (£139), but I am seriously loving these cable knit button up tights from Wolford.

Yes, button up tights. Essentially they are 3 lengths/parts which button together. How wonderful! They serve to satisfy both my love of garments with 'bits' and my love of tights! I also think they could be worn as leggings, maybe with ankle boots to hide the fact they have feet.

But, as I mentioned, £139 for a pair of tights is a bit silly. However that doesn't stop me cooeing over them and imaging endless outfits to show off these pretty/ugly creations. They are not yet available, which is a really bad thing as that gives me time to ponder just how much I need these...oh dear.

Queen Michelle

Oye Pretty!

I accidentally came upon online boutique Oye Modern and was pleased to discover it has a superb selection of mega cute jewellery. I am loving the decks and headphones necklaces. Queen Marie would like bracelet made from recycled camera lens parts, and I reckon Drusilla would be loving the silver sneakers necklace.

Queen Michelle

Nice Rug

I am a real sucker for anything typographical. No surprise considering my job I suppose, but when I saw these rugs by John Pour Home I was rather smitten.

Whilst I doubt their actual usefulness as a rug per se, I still think they'd be a great addition to my floor. Having said that, I'm also sure Bo would see it as a great addition to his Possible Places To Pee list, which appears to be getting more epic by the day.

Queen Michelle

Forest Gazing

As someone with a keen eye mentioned, the photo's of me in the last post have a nice background. Out the back of my house there is a pretty mini forest walkway which is where I walk the dogs in the afternoon. So, as I walked them this afternoon I took some photo's since it is such a beautiful, sunny day in the Kingdom.

Don't you just love all the spring colours?

Queen Michelle

The Duck is in town...

If there is one thing you can bank on, on a bank holiday sunday it is this -
Chris Duckenfield is one of the nicest boys you ever could meet and he plays good records too!
He is pl;aying tonight at The Ivy, 157 North Street. It's an early start 8ish. If you can, you should pop down and join both Queens and lots of chums, dancing the night away.
Hooray!

Queen Marie

You would need to be a pretty jammy little monkey to have your birthday on the same day as Chris is playing.
Telf is that little monkey.
Happy Birthday Telford
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