Story Vase

The new issue of Vogue Living had been popped through the post slot at the shop this morning and was lying there waiting for me to gush.  It is a particularly great issue with lots of things I love so a few of them will make their way to my blog this week.

First up: Story Vases by the Swedish design group, Front that were on show earlier this year in Milan.  Story Vases tell the personal stories of five women from South Africa.   Each woman formed their own story into text by threading glass beads on to metal wires which were made into vase-shaped moulds, into which glass was blown resulting in stunning vases.

Henry Road Music Video Fame

Spot our shop in this Colin Hay video for his song Send Somebody.   It was a fun shoot with great people and we love the end result.  Happy Monday!

Happy Father's Day

"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard. Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass"; "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply. "We're raising boys"."

That great quote about being a Dad comes from American League baseball player, Harmon Killebrew (1936-2011). To all the Dads out there--Thank you! 

Friday's Fabulous Woman: Lidewij Edelkoort

Friday's Fabulous is back!  My apologies for slacking off the past couple of weeks.   This week the spotlight is on one of the top trend forecasters in the world, Lidewij Edelkoort.   Edelkoort has an impressive resume including multiple awards.   One of them being named one of the world’s 25 most influential people in fashion by TIME magazine n 2003.  She and her team announce colors, concepts and materials which will be in fashion two years in advance.

I love this description of her job on her site:  "Travelling, shopping and searching the world over, Li Edelkoort is constantly gathering information and emotions, studying the fabric of society, picking up materials, words, figures and flowers like a global beachcomber." The online library of images featured in Bloom, the magazine she publishes is beyond delicious and fabulous.  I hope you enjoy it as weekend reading.

Images from here.

Rebecca Green

How lovely is this whimsical art and illustration by the Rebecca Green. Via the fabulous pursuit of happiness blog.

Shoes As Art

Love the idea of displaying beautiful shoes.  I am a converse girl but am regularly tempted to buy a gorgeous pair of killer heels just to display on a shelf as I know I would never wear them.  Via Everything Fabulous.

Pictures

Some lovely shots from a series of photographs we took last year that we haven't used yet.