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With a cape of Harris Tweed

2011-10-16T14:41:00.001+01:00

Listening to an item on Woman's Hour on Harris Tweed, which has taken me back to a very peaceful break on Harris earlier this year during which my sister and I bought Harris Tweed capes, sported proudly in the photo above, in the front garden of the croft we stayed in. Harris Tweed warehouse and shop near the quayside in Tarbet. Harris Tweed is spun, woven and dyed in the Outer Hebrides using

Ginger biscuit baking

2011-09-24T14:47:00.000+01:00

"I might bake some biscuits, what do you think?"

Small pleasures

2011-08-27T11:51:00.000+01:00

Flowers from a friend, glorious even in death as they collapse under their own weight after blazing for nearly two weeks. Quiet moments on the river bank looking at the freshly trimmed weeping willows. The one on the left looks like its mother has put a pudding basin on its head and cut round it.

Cameraless in Morocco

2011-08-19T10:40:00.000+01:00

Tangier seafront, towards the port and old town. A few days of sun in Tangier, for which we both managed to forget to bring the camera. We took a limited amount of phone photos, as didn't really like waving it around in the middle of a crowded medina. Beautifully restored riad in the kasbah, with yellow mini. A sea breeze, I nearly lost my skirt, never mind modestly covered shoulders.

Moo cards

2011-08-05T08:41:00.000+01:00

Rather over-excited about my new freelancing business cards from Moo cards. Quick and easy to make and a great choice of custom designs, I hope they turn up before I leave for the UK...

Summer garden

2011-07-30T11:09:00.000+01:00

My parents' beautiful garden in the UK, is a lesson in how to make the most of a small space. It comes into its own early summer, last time I was home we had some beautiful sunny days and could really enjoy it. In the passage leading down the side of the house from the French windows of the lounge, geraniums provide a splash of colour amongst the pots and miniature allotment planted with

Projet Nivea, par trnd

2011-07-20T15:10:00.001+01:00

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I heart my ScandiPhone

2011-07-15T09:39:00.000+01:00

Last week the phone died. 'Died' is maybe not quite accurate, 'was killed by the wrong kind of batteries' more so. A little electrical pop and the non-rechargeable batteries quietly exploded, leaking battery fluid all over the inside of the handset and corroding the casing. Gone. Nevermind, it wasn't exactly a style classic... unlike its replacement, our new mint green ScandiPhone, picked out

Early Saturday evening run

2011-07-09T22:33:00.000+01:00

Red hot pokers in Martin Luther King parc at Batignolles, 17th. My face is now approximately the same colour, a very heavy evening.

Berko cupcakes to round off dinner...

2011-07-02T15:07:00.001+01:00

A delicious end to dinner with friends, Berko cupcakes and Kusmi violet tea. Kumsi Tea had a flash sale on vente privée last week, €35 vouchers for €20, so we bought one each and got a little carried away in the Kusmi sops at Opéra and on the Champs-Elysées. Green tea, jasmine tea, loose leaf Earl Grey, violet tea, their famous Detox Tea and a miniature of Label Impérial signature tea, all in

Underground Paris

2011-05-12T10:45:00.005+01:00

An intriguing look at what lies beneath the city, found in the National Geographic's Paris Catacombs photo gallery.

Latest addition to the kitchen...

2011-05-04T09:38:00.000+01:00

Still loving Hipstamatic... and our new birdy and his bottom, on the pantry wall...

Trying out hipstamatic...

2011-04-29T15:08:00.000+01:00

A latecomer to the retro cool that is Hipstamatic... now I just need my ageing iPhone to behave.

Lava and Icicles: The Blue Lagoon, Iceland

2011-04-21T20:15:00.000+01:00

Rejkjavik, by the Viking ship, looking across the bay to where the sky meets the sea. Ice blue, everywhere. Saturday afternoon, halfway through a unique and surprising break. Back to Friday morning, Charles de Gaulle airport. I don't know where I am going, so I have a case carefully packed for town and country, high heels and Converse, sun cream and snowboots. The snowboots were a suggestion

Found! Mid-century espresso set

2011-04-12T16:56:00.000+01:00

A surprise sunny Sunday morning brocante in the quartier. I popped out for mince meat and came back with a six-piece mid-century porcelain espresso set for €5. Must find a prominent display position before husband comes back... Back last weekend from a wonderfully peaceful trip to the Hebrides... photos to come.

Trouvé: table récup'

2011-04-05T08:17:00.000+01:00

Last Sunday, we picked a table up off the street, and brought it home. I have never done this before, it felt a little like stealing, a little like virtuous recycling. It was quite heavy, and I was bright red with exertion and embarrassment stemming from a feeling of doing something slightly naughty, and the sneaking suspicion that someone was going to come running up the street after us,

For March babies

2011-03-30T17:40:00.000+01:00

Three of my friends are having March babies, here are some of the items I have been looking at.

To be ginger snaps...

2011-03-26T15:02:00.000+01:00

This time last week we were here

2011-03-20T23:34:00.000+01:00

This time last week we were at the Blue Lagoon, near Reykjavik in Iceland, bathing in a geothermal pool surrounded by snow-capped volcanoes. It was the best surprise I have had, in ten years of surprises. Here's to another decade. More to come...

A wet shave with your brunch, sir?

2011-03-11T09:38:00.000+01:00

A wet shave man spends every Sunday afternoon in our favourite place for brunch, the Truc bar round the corner on rue Poteau. For €10, you can have the whole massage, shave, hot towel, oil experience. Your wife can enjoy a final coffee and pampering by proxy. Sunday brunch at the Truc is a bargain at €20, with patisseries, coffee, muesli, pancakes, and a salmon, bacon, or homemade burger

Daniel Craig and Dame Judy Dench for International Women's Day

2011-03-08T16:12:00.006+01:00

Check out those stats and tell me gender diversity is no longer an issue.

This week I have learnt...

2011-03-01T20:13:00.001+01:00

That an extra 50cm squared can make all the difference to a kitchen worktop (but so can the loss of an entire drawer). That sharing music when you're lazy and usually listen to the same artists can be much less daunting with a fab music-sharing site like Lets Loop. That Royal Jelly really is something, with added Vit B even better at boosting both energy and morale. That party costumes are best

Bettina Rheims, Printemps and the Diamond-Encrusted Eiffel Tower

2011-02-26T00:06:00.000+01:00

Photographer Bettina Rheims has provided Printemp's latest windows, with a nine-frame story of diamonds, dresses and deception set in its Boulevard Haussman store. Each frame showcases a different designer, inlcuding Balenciaga, Chloé, Dries Van Noten, Maison Martin Margiela and Valentino, as the model searches for a diamond-encrusted Eiffel Tower in the clutches of a myterious stranger. The

Sunday baking

2011-02-20T17:27:00.000+01:00

Fruity, nutty sweet bread cake to have with cheese, or maybe for breakfast - in which case we shall definitely call it bread rather than cake, as we don't eat cake for breakfast... And a beef and Guinness stew on the stove. Last week, focaccia, and also the week before, when we had beef and pheasant casserole. And lasagnes and herb and lemon chicken, and sweetcorn mash, and cake. Even though the

Secret anniversary weekend

2011-02-12T16:18:00.000+01:00

Upcycled little green suitcase, by Betterintime. "Do I need clothes for warm weather?" "No" "Do I need sun cream?" "No" "Do I need clothes for cold weather?" "No" "Do I need my passport?" "Yes" I still need to know what to pack though...

Mid-century pastels

2011-02-06T23:32:00.000+01:00

After six months, the kitchen is nearly finished - bar one cut-too-short worktop, oui madame did notice and non, it is not ok - and I have allowed my self a little kitchen-themed browse. Just a little one. For a treasury.

Why hello Monday, I believe you're a little early...

2011-01-24T08:28:00.000+01:00

Swain's Lane, Highgate, London, December 29th 2010. Today I need this sort of breakfast. Monday morning, grumble grumble.

Things I have learnt this week

2011-01-15T00:22:00.003+01:00

That row upon row of precious gems is dazzling in the real sense of the word. I felt almost drunk when I came out of the Bulgari exhibition at the Grand Palais. More to come on that. That reading the complete works of Shakespeare in 12 months was a rather ambitious News Year's resolution. Let's start with the comedies and tragedies and see how we get on, shall we... That it's nice when models

Snowy hometown

2011-01-08T14:59:00.001+01:00

Ten days of quiet, family Christmas, gentle working, snowy driving. Snow which has lain for a month already, the first time I can remember. Narrowly, and very luckily, missed the travel chaos. From the study, a change from a snowy Arc de Triomphe from the office back in Paris. The view from the RSC's new tower, up the river towards Trinity Church. And in the distance, the ridge of hills

Let it not snow...

2010-12-16T21:44:00.001+01:00

... because I don't want to get stuck in the tunnel on the Eurostar tomorrow! A new treasury.

Little Venice at dusk

2010-12-10T08:19:00.002+01:00

When passing through London a few weeks ago, I had some time to kill at Paddington Station. Just behind, is the Regent's Canal and ten minutes walk away is Little Venice. Some photos of the prettiest narrowboats. Emma, just behind Paddingon Station. Follow the canal to the left... Past the Floating Boater restaurant... A tang of smoke in the air, passing the houseboats... A floating balcony

Little pre-Christmas sale!

2010-12-05T14:00:00.002+01:00

We're having a little pre-Christmas sale at pink milk vintage! Take 20% off any item with the code PMV10NOEL until December 14th. Last-minute Christmas shopping is easier when its cheaper... Christmas shipping... Please note there will be no shipping from Paris from December 17th-30th. If you want your item in time for Christmas, last shipping day to Europe is December 12th, to the rest of

Framed plates

2010-11-30T21:35:00.001+01:00

I just realised I didn't post these, and they were one of my favourite parts of our wedding. After designing and printing our beautiful invitations, the wonderful Helen from Sweet Olive Press let me have the plates she had made for them. Above are the plates I had framed as a gift for my parents, with the rsvp cards and their address, and I had the plate for the invitation card itself framed as

La Pâtisserie des réves

2010-11-28T18:56:00.003+01:00

What a wonderful wedding present, a tasting session at the scrumptious Pâtisserie des réves in Paris' 16th. Created by master patissier Philippe Conticini, these are award-winning cakes to be taken seriously. We started with a late breakfast of feather-light buttery brioche, doorstep slices of French toast and petits pains gourmands, speciality bread rolls sprinkled with vanilla sugar. Earl

50 Most Powerful Women

2010-11-24T12:35:00.004+01:00

Time magazine's coverage of Fortune's 50 Most Powerful Women List, published yesterday, reads like a who's who of the IT, defence and technology industries. Ten top-flight US female execs were from the IT industry, with 5 VPs, one COO and 4 Presidents or CEOs. New tech companies like Facebook, Yahoo and Apple are leading the way, in a corporate shift which may also spell cultural and social

Livre photo prête...

2010-11-16T17:54:00.000+01:00

...mais j'attends mon mari ce soir pour l'ouvrir. Quel suspens!

Livre photo CeWe: le bilan

2010-11-16T08:26:00.001+01:00

Le livre photo du voyages de noces m'attendait gentillement à la FNAC lors de mon retour de l'Angleterre... on en est ravis! J'adore le texte sur l'épine, ce qui fait 'vrai livre'. Le résultat est tout à fait ce qu'on voulait... J'apprécie beaucoup les divers fonds qu'on peut choisir avec le logiciel CeWe, j'ai beaucoup utilisé la fonctionnalité fond-ésquisse, se qui fait dessin dans un cahier

Oh England, I do miss your Victoria Sponge

2010-11-12T22:57:00.000+01:00

And your tiffin, and flapjacks, and Bakewell tarts, and carrot cake, and chocolate cracknells...

Your own little Paris

2010-11-04T10:01:00.001+01:00

My Little Paris sort son livre from mylittleparis on Vimeo. I love My Little Paris. My little heart skips with joy when I see an iPhone alert with a new little insider idea. When I came back from Bangalore with freshly threaded eyebrows - and a slightly raised pain threshold - My Little Paris came up trumps, with an authentic bon adresse for, threading near La Chapelle. Arriving home frazzled

Salon du chocolat?

2010-10-31T20:45:00.000+01:00

Waiting for a train, wondering about going to the Salon du chocolat. I hear you walk away with lots of chocolate. And probably feel a bit sick.

The dress post

2010-10-26T18:44:00.000+01:00

My beautiful wedding dress made by my dear friend and vintage officianado, Lola Loves. The day I have a wall tall enough, I want to frame it. Is that a bit Miss Haversham? Cream satin with lace overlay to skirt and the top of the bodice, attached on the bias from the bottom of the bodice; vintage lace appliqué to the back. Vintage beadwork headband, also by Lola Loves. Pearl earrings and

trnd pack arrivé!

2010-10-26T14:41:00.000+01:00

Chouettissime! Mon pack pour le nouveau projet trnd est arrivé... Hâte de commencer à faire mon album du voyage de noces... faut que j'attends le départ en weekend de Monsieur par contre, car c'est un album surprise...

Cosy Sunday

2010-10-17T14:01:00.003+01:00

Cosy Sunday by pinkmilkkate featuring a pink camiA little indulgence goes a long way on a grey Sunday afternoon...Trying out Polyvore.com, just like cutting pictures out of magazines and making collages on school books and folders when we were younger. Love it, but it's a shame we can't clip etsy items... Above is a cosy Modcloth cardi, with Splendid Cotton jogging leggings, fabulous Nicole Farhi

Green with DVF envy

2010-10-13T20:11:00.000+01:00

Am coveting this Diane von Furstenberg green silk wrap dress. Re-issued seventies design, I stoke it whenever I'm in Printemps.

Blushbaby, by Mary Quant

2010-10-10T20:17:00.005+01:00

Blushbabies pink their cheeks with Mary Quant! A super find at a Batignolles flea market on a recent Sunday sortie: Mary Quant Blushbaby blusher, unused with brush and insert. Now that life is slowly returning to normal for the Paris half of pink milk, we will be doing a lot more of this sort of thing, and we can't wait.A staple of the sixties London scene, Mary Quant is an iconic designer famous

Exhausted

2010-10-03T21:28:00.000+01:00

What use is a luxe hotel if you only see your room for four hours a night?

In own bed

2010-09-26T19:53:00.000+01:00

This is not my bed, nor even my headboard, but maybe one day it will be. MSTRF's Liber headboard is to my mind the sort of solid, heavy influence required in a bedroom, with a nod to mid-century geometric style.After two months sleeping in empty flats, spare beds and unused beds, we are finally back in our own. A few weeks of respite while we wait for the four insurance companies to come to

On the boulevard St Germain

2010-09-24T12:23:00.004+01:00

Two weeks living in St Michel was lovely, and just around the corner is the chic shop of chocolate artist Patrick Roger. The windows are always whimsical, in a Left Bank kind of way, note the little chocolate conkers - when I took these photos, Autumn was on its way. Now it is here.The chococlate honeycomb is a reference to his new range of chocolates, produced with the honey from the beehives he

Nomadic newlyweds

2010-09-09T16:22:00.002+01:00

Living in our flat still unlikely for the foreseeable future. On the upside, we are moving around a lot and getting to know areas of the city we didn't know before. Currently at St Michel, not far from the Jardins de Luxembourg, wonderful for a Sunday run. Unfortunately no Internet in our current appartment, but having Shakespeare and Co around the corner dulls the pain.

After a long absence

2010-08-26T12:05:00.006+01:00

... we are back. Fabulous and wonderful wedding: done, wonderful and perfect honeymoon: done, returning to find our home underwater: done... In the middle of a complicated insurance claim that will take months to sort out, we are temporarily homeless and mourning the loss of some - thankfully not many - treasured belongings. Most upsettingly, this includes most of our wedding cards, which are

A very sweet Sunday

2010-07-09T09:34:00.005+01:00

Queue outside the Bistro Vivienne, as cupcake fanatics jostled for their sugar hitLast Sunday saw the Cupcake Camp at the Bistro Vivienne in the 2nd. A hot, heavy day, so we were glad of the internal courtyard at the back of the bisto once we had filled our boxes...The day's favourite was rose and pistachio, top right, but the bottom-left with blue flowers won top marks for icing from our group.

Pour la première fois de ma vie...

2010-07-06T21:41:00.003+01:00

... j'ai hâte de me lever demain matin pour prendre un café! Merci trnd, colis bien livré...The Nespresso machine has arrived. For the first time in my life, I'm actually looking forward to getting up in the morning.

Séléctionnée! / Chosen!

2010-07-05T17:52:00.005+01:00

Un grand merci au super site de marketing de bouche-à-l'oreille trnd, qui m'a séléctionnée de tester un Nespresso Citiz machine... et de la garder après! On l'a choisi en couleur crème vintage, bien sûr. Plutôt thé comme une bonne anglaise, est-ce que le fait d'avoir une Nespresso à la maison va me transformer en caffeinomane? Watch this space...A big thank you to the team at

In three weeks' time...

2010-07-04T16:32:00.006+01:00

...we'll be married and heading for the beach. Before then, a few more things to sort out and a crazy-looking four-day action plan where everything is timed to the last minute. Almost.Here's a blog I wish I had found six months ago, Parisian Party, by expat wedding planner Kim Petyt, who was at the Cupcake Camp this weekend (sugary sweet photos to come!). I'm too late for the beautiful decoration

Cupcake camp

2010-06-20T14:05:00.000+01:00

Cupcakes hit Paris a while ago, with Parisian and expat bakers and patissiers following big New York and London names like the Magnolia and Hummingbird bakeries onto the bandwagon, with varying results. Spongey cake is not the French baker's natural medium but Berko, Chloe's and Synie's Cupcakes represent the designer end of the market. *Without trying all of them* a general observation from a

Are you a bored fifties housewife?

2010-06-13T12:10:00.004+01:00

Take a look at our latest listing, False Idol, the Story of a Mother's Deception. Featuring classic fifties cover art and ads, plus chapter headings like 'Peter learns the truth' and 'You lied to me!' this is guaranteed to help you wile away the hours between pegging out the handwashed terry towelling nappies, and cleaning the oven with a toothbrush. Put your feet up and dream of dishwashers...

English seaside weekend par excellence

2010-06-08T20:50:00.008+01:00

So, my hen weekend was the perfect English summer seaside weekend. Beautiful weather, sunburn and laughs with some of my favourite girls. It started with fish and chips on the beach.It also featured the funfair on the pier, beach picnics and an early-morning run along the promenade.Plenty of shopping along the way, including some beautiful turquoise sandals with gold trim, from Yoma in North

Parisian packaging

2010-05-30T20:59:00.005+01:00

I love a shop which knows how to wrap its customers' purchases, I have even been known to pretend the item I am buying was a gift, just to have it wrapped up. L'oeuf Paris, in trendy South Pigalle (...SoPi?) surpassed itself for fabulous wrapping this weekend. Not only did I get a free sweetie to decorate my purchase, but it was heat-sealed into a plastic box.Looking at the size of the ring I had

Weddings?! Easy...

2010-05-20T17:28:00.000+01:00

...get the rings sized and engraved, tonight... not tonight, tomorrow... wedding shoes, nothing in Paris, let's try to UK next week - next week is my hen party - I don't have a hairdresser, where will I stay? We do have a little train to take us all up the hill though, and we do have some beautiful reception stationary on its way... and I have to sort out the secret surprise for the special

Brunch belly and vintage bags

2010-05-09T17:25:00.007+01:00

...after a belated birthday brunch, I can no longer ingest anything. At all. Busy digesting on the sofa and enjoying my birthday flowers.A winding walk back through the sunny afternoon in Montmartre and we can across a brocante, where I picked up this chain mail handbag. It's in very good condition, with just one or two links missing around the hinge. No label, but so beautiful and heavy, for my

49EUR bottles of coke

2010-05-04T13:36:00.002+01:00

Karl Lagerfeld's latest money-spinner, heavily pushed at GaleriesLafayette... Sent from my iPhone

Beautiful birthday roses!

2010-04-21T11:18:00.002+01:00

Thank you, pink milk Sarah, for the owder pink roses. Love birthday surprises! xxAnd while we're on beautiful things, the wonderful Helen from Sweet Olive Press has unveiled our wedding invitations to the world. If you have an event coming up, do please take a look at her work, for handprinted letterpress, designed and produced with great care and attention to detail. No pictures from me, as I

Two weeks in India

2010-04-07T19:34:00.006+01:00

Gateway of India, MumbaiOne week for work, one for pleasure. Just let me adjust to being back in Europe for a few days...Garland-maker, MumbaiAuto rickshaw and auto rickshaw van, near Mumbai airport Cricket at Oval Maidan, Mumbai. Not far from the Brit village cricket of my childhood.Paints, Devaraja market, Mysore.Orange-seller, Devaraja market, MysoreElephant, temple, SrirangapatnamOx, cart and

Wedding dress fabric, searching for vintage lace

2010-03-16T18:06:00.000+01:00

London, interrupted

2010-03-06T17:04:00.000+01:00

...by a few days with family on an extended stay back in the UK waiting for a visa for India.A grey morning behind Marble Arch, the start of ten days during which my suitcase became a natural extension of my body, melded with my right arm.A weekend in the East End and after a lazy morning at the York Hall Spa in Bethnal Green, cream tea at The Albion in Shoreditch to start the carb-loading a week

Le Bal du Moulin Rouge

2010-02-21T18:42:00.005+01:00

No photos inside, ladies and gentlemen, so no photos of the feathers and LED plumage, the diamanté eyelashes, the water tank that rose out of the floor so the lady could swim with the snakes...... danse, danse, Paris danse, Paris danse, danse......nor the cancan girls with their frothy petticoats, the singers with their red smiles, the man with the talking dog, the acrobats......the tables with

Art nouveau Sunday

2010-02-06T14:09:00.014+01:00

As per usual, I rocked up to this exhibition at the Musée d'Orsay just a few days before it closed, and an hour and a half before the museum shut its doors. A thoughtful look at art nouveau-influenced design, from the nouveau'style of the early years of the twentieth century, to the surrealists of the 30s and psychedelia of the 70s, via naturalism and Aubrey Beardsley.Running home from the 7th to

Good going for a Tuesday

2010-01-26T08:35:00.003+01:00

...Will Sleep Cycle for iPhone change my life by allowing me to get out of bed in the mornings?... Which wedding dress... I'm heading for the shock of my life when we have children, the lack of sleep may finish me off... I love my wedding invitations, but which wedding dress??... Cocktails tonight with the girls... Will today be a good day? Please not too many incomprehensible sentences... will I

Canal St Martin, Sunday January 10th

2010-01-22T19:31:00.002+01:00

Stopped my run to take some pictures, freezy frozen, slippy slidey.

I would like curtains

2010-01-08T20:37:00.004+01:00

Somewhere between London and Maidstone, 20th December 2009....with a print of the winter sun glinting through skeleton trees, then I could always have it at my window.

1960s Paris

2009-12-13T19:08:00.003+01:00

Beautiful candid shots from Les Halles in Paris in 1962, by Harpers Bazaar and Vogue photographer, Tom Palumbo eased a full-on day this week, thanks to Helen of the divine Sweet Olive Press.

Christmas shopping...

2009-11-29T22:42:00.009+01:00

Yet to make any actual 'sale' sales ourselves (20%offbothshopsNOEL09inmessagetosellerforrefundpleasethankyou) here are some pieces that have caught our eyes over the past few days... and all of them are pre-Christmas bargains.We've been following Silversmithy on Twitter for a while, and as suckers for anything chunky, hammered and silver, this ring, $70, was a top pick in her ktsilver shop, with

Sale time!

2009-11-26T12:07:00.004+01:00

Christmas is coming, seasonal gift buying panic is rising. Why not go a little vintage this year? Whether it's a Christmas gift with a difference or a present to yourself, take a look at our vintage clothes, accessories and homewares. And if you're searching for something special, there is still time for us to source it for you...Take 20% off all items - including the Sale rail - in the pink milk

Crafty, birdy, twigs-in-vase

2009-11-22T14:51:00.003+01:00

Dinner with friends, a designer housemate, some beautifully dressed curly willow twigs in a turquoise vase, dressed with tiny birds, ribbons, gemstones and pompoms. My friend in the background having a cigarette out of the window.

If you're in the UK...

2009-11-19T16:48:00.002+01:00

Visit the Affordable Vintage Fair for me. It's currently heading northwards, I would absolutely love to be at the Northumbria University Student Union on November 29 for reworked fashion from local designers and vintage goodies from all around, but sadly I'll be here instead...

Lafayette Maison Christmas windows

2009-11-15T16:51:00.004+01:00

This year's Noel Gourmand Christmas retail theme at Galeries Lafayette, means Christmas windows that are good enough to eat, starting off with Liberty print cake and a silk chocolate log, studded with pearls...... with a café au lait with a sausage of Liberty print whipped cream......a pièce montée of scrumptious silk macaroons......silken pineapple, draped with pearls......and silk and ostrich

David Lynch windows, Galeries Lafayette

2009-11-08T23:07:00.005+01:00

His films may not be for everyone, but David Lynch designed some striking Autumn windows for Galeries in September/October. Rather incongruous next to Chanel's permanent vitrines at the end of the row.

Mad Men Kate

2009-10-26T23:20:00.003+01:00

A bit like a cross between a less-frustrated Betsy and a more colourful Peggy, with a bit of Joan thrown in. And a beehive. She would probably use a Houbigant powder compact, which she keeps in her Bakelite clutch.

More magazine-hunting, St Ouen

2009-10-25T18:31:00.004+01:00

1960s Vogue and L'OfficielReflets de Paris - fashion, fiction, news and patterns14 January, 1960Reflets de Paris23 June 1960Reflets de Paris11 September 1958Reflets de Paris12 November 1959

Paris Match, 1957 & 1961, from street market, rue St-Isaure, Paris 18

2009-10-21T21:22:00.007+01:00

Peacock feather and snakeskin finds

2009-10-15T08:15:00.000+01:00

I know Kaang has had plenty of exposure on the etsy homepage recently, but this peacock hairclip has wedding-day fabulous written all over it. As do the fuschia and snowy white headbands and the pale mushroom bleached peacock eye clip....Having a snakeskin moment, and I love the grain on this wallet, from toottootsie.This has been in our heart list for a while, dirtystory's classic peacock cuff,

snakeskin and sun showers

2009-10-11T21:16:00.007+01:00

A busy, dreary few weeks, brightened by some lovely weekends at the races, lovely dinners, lovely cocktails... After lunch in the Marais yesterday with friends from London during which an unusually obliging waitress helped us make a sunshade/come shower cover out of a spare tablecloth for our friend's baby, I found this snakeskin vintage clutch/shoulder bag which I love... one to keep for me, as

Bikram yoga

2009-09-20T21:33:00.005+01:00

40 minutes into a 90-minute yoga session in a room heated to 42 degrees, long ago sweated out any toxins or indeed fluid left in me... "Allez Katharine... pull from down your elbows!" ... my hands keep slipping, wringing as they are... head up, drops fly... "Reach for your toes"... blood pounding, head spinning, deaf in one ear... sodden trousers stuck to the legs so far from my head... trousers?

2009-09-12T20:56:00.006+01:00

Tomatoes from our neighbour's allotment ready to roast. The fruity, herby tang of the last days of summer.

At the rue Cambon...

2009-09-08T15:12:00.002+01:00

Another beautiful treasury from pink milk Sarah who has been pretty good at catching them these past few weeks! Le look parisien par excellence, ma coco... Love it.

Walking into the sun

2009-08-29T17:16:00.003+01:00

Café au lait in the sunshine with a fresh-from-the-kiosque copy of French Grazia which launched this morning, followed by vintage-hunting and sunshine wandering round my quartier.Plenty of secret moments in my favourite places while D has been away.Old ladies outside the hairdresser, rue Lamarck.This little china ring dish is already available on pink milk vintage.Glass pot found in the same

Sunny summer days

2009-08-26T09:28:00.008+01:00

Bring me Sunshine vintage lemon top... cool down in pastel shades... up the poolside glam factor with your Carrie-style pearls.Hot summer days are a little cooler in Paris, which means I'm running faster for La Parisienne race in a few weeks (*sponsor me for the Lymphoma Association*) and sleeping more at night. Over in Crete it is still blazing, which means plenty of pool time for pink milk

The Arc de Triomphe on a very hot day

2009-08-20T20:15:00.000+01:00

I have worked around the Champs Elysées and Arc de triomphe for five years and went up for the first time yesterday, with Houria. It was blazingly hot, the people moved around very slowly on the ground.The office. Looks a bit like a prison from there...Do not desecrate the walls of a national monumentInside the archeAve de la Grande Armée towards La DéfenseThe Champs Elysées, Louvre in the

Lif as a secretary

2009-08-17T21:16:00.003+01:00

... in dove grey and macaroon pink, by pink milk Sarah.

Poolside summer

2009-08-13T13:17:00.009+01:00

Vintage Flamingo Hotel postcard, by SoonerVintageSome vintage etsy finds perfect for poolside living... or summer dreaming if you're in damper, greyer parts.Vintage flower swim cap, by ThePrancingPonyVintage Stratton compact by pinkmilkvintagePlastic lunch trays for poolside dining, by oddbitsatetsyVintage leather mules by lisunetteVintage beach bag by yellowdogvintage

Some of our current faves

2009-08-08T18:08:00.002+01:00

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Radiohead pay tribute to Harry Patch

2009-08-06T15:48:00.003+01:00

Harry Patch, the UK's oldest surviving veteran of the first World War, was buried today. His death at the age of 111, has been marked by Radiohead's Thom Yorke who has recorded a track based on Harry's own words in a 2005 interview for BBC Radio Four.Harry Patch (In memory of) "i am the only one that got throughthe others died where ever they fellit was an ambushthey came up from all sidesgive

Panic-bought shoes

2009-07-30T22:28:00.002+01:00

Emergency shoes to go with navy shift and vintage red silk clutch for Saturday's wedding in the UK. Please, torrential rain, don't ruin them...

Treats from Japan

2009-07-24T19:02:00.004+01:00

Surrounded by Japanese wrapping paper, after unwrapping the belated birthday treats that arrived today from pink milk Sarah's trip to Japan.Photos of her trip are to come! Thank you sweetie xx

Buy my old stuff

2009-07-20T17:07:00.006+01:00

So little space, so many clothes... check out my current sales:Hot pink Paul & Joe Sister vest starting price E8Navy blue deep V sequinned Sinéquanone top starting price E5Blue and yellow striped tank top by Sylvia Rielle starting price E3Several watchers, so bid, bid!

Several weeks of lovely things

2009-07-19T13:10:00.006+01:00

Paris, Cyprus, Marrakesh, London, Paris. City to beach to souk to wedding to city and now a restorative weekend of tea and lie-ins.Read this: Stork piece on Don't Throw it, Grow it, a book on how to grow kitchen windowsill plants from kitchen scraps and cuttings. Urban gardening rocks! Audrey in the Park faux pearls for open-air cinema Breakfast at Tiffany's

Over and out for two weeks

2009-06-19T22:55:00.006+01:00

We're off on holiday for a couple of weeks (Sarah is travelling in Crete and making the most of no students, I am off to Cyprus and making the most of no corporate communicating), so the vacation notice will be on pink milk and pink milk vintage from tomorrow morning...I leave you with some picture from Belfast a few weeks ago, of the terrorist murals in the Shankill and Falls areas of the city.

Yart Sale this weekend only!

2009-06-13T13:12:00.003+01:00

pinkmilkvintage is taking part in Etsy's Yart Sale, this weekend only! Take a look at the Yart Sale section and take a further 10% off the sale price. Just check out normally and wait for us to refund you the discount.

Home, Yann Arthus-Bertrand

2009-06-10T19:30:00.005+01:00

According to the far right Front National party, Home is the reason why Les Verts did so well in last week's European elections. Famous for his ariel photographs, Yann Arthus-Bertrand has put together a call for action for the environment which was broadcast in cinemas and on television last Friday.This is the trailer, the film itself is rights free, so if you like it, share it.(Sorry it's been

Montmartre

2009-05-15T07:09:00.004+01:00

Visitors and travel over past two weeks, looking forward to a quiet (?) weekend... Some people who made us smile in the 18th last Sunday.Jazz band at AbbessesIye Traore amazing football man at the SacViolin man takes a breakAccordian lady round the cornerClown with his heel stuck in a cobble and a bus looming round the corner