Mirror in the Bathroom: Dotty Denim

Here I am in the bathroom, posing in my new polka dot chambray dress from Old Navy. It was on sale for $19. I am also holding an apple and appearing quite nonchalant… Continue reading →

Window Shopping: Going To Town

Hop on down to Town!

Des bracelets pour le printemps

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it intermittently throughout the years: I am enamoured of enamelled bangles. One of my jewellery holy grails is to get a handpainted-in-Austria bracelet from Hermès. In… Continue reading →

Vintage Clebar Watch Box

Do box me in.

The Need for Needlepoint

As you know have a weakness for needlepoint. You may have also noticed that I am not alone — the hipsters have embraced the needle arts making it more and more difficult to… Continue reading →

Midweek Modness: Dynamic Diamatic

Who’s got the funk?

Beauty in the Ruins: Solar Cocktail Watch

Since we are the subject of ladies cocktail watches, I rediscovered this broken beauty whilst looking for a strap in box of old watch parts on the weekend. Its crystal is cracked from… Continue reading →

Edwardian Répoussé Cuticle Pusher

One of the most addictive things about being a collector is finding one amazing thing and then trying to complete the set. For example. I found this Edwardian era répousse Cuticle pusher at… Continue reading →

New Old Le Coultre

Here’s a 1940s-era ladies cocktail watch bu LeCoultre that just came in the mail. You know, of the Jaeger-LeCoultres (JLC). The importing and exporting of watches was a complicated business for most of… Continue reading →

Wood He? DSquared Necklace

Here’s a contemporary addition to my growing collection of fragrance related jewellery. It’s a promotional piece (I’m guessing) from the launch of DSquared’s He Wood fragrance, launched in 2007. It’s basically a cord… Continue reading →

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