tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21534874122848934202024-03-14T08:17:42.491+01:00FairyFiligreeFairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-2161576800065426452013-12-26T15:50:00.000+01:002013-12-26T15:50:02.484+01:00Best Wishes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All the best to all the fairy-hearted followers of FairyFiligree. Best wishes to you and yours for a lovely Christmas season & a fantastic start to the New Year!</span>FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-50531488323384293822013-12-17T13:02:00.003+01:002013-12-17T13:03:58.193+01:00Aldo Campione Jewels - From Sicily with Love<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Campione is the newest name in high-quality fine and luxury jewellery. Started
in Sicily, Italy, the brand was born a few years ago as part of his
experience in the world of precious stones. A trained diamond
analyst, he travelled to different parts of the world, purchasing
precious gems and diamonds that are used in the creation of stunning
pieces. Today, the brand is supported by Aldo Campione's daughter
Vera Campione, a gemmologist trained in the US, Antwerp and India. </span>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you're in the mood for wearing tailored jackets perhaps you might think of dressing them up with anything from brooches and pins to scarfs and cravats. But one tiny detail is perhaps indicative of style and uniqueness in more ways than. The humble little pocket square which men use to brighten up their jackets, speaks to me like a dressed up handkerchief or a miniature scarf that is only usable inside the wee breast pocket on my jacket. And the finesse of silk coupled by these gorgeous and inspiring colours and styles add to the impact. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There are four options here..... buy them for yourself in all colours or buy them for your partner and share; third option is to get one of every colour and stuff into Christmas stockings (whilst keeping one for yourself); or else make the best of a seasonal promotional offer from the unique Mediterranean menswear range of <a href="http://gagliardi.eu/">Gagliardi</a>. <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">All pocket squares featured here belong to this brand which is currently offering a </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385451133287_68029" style="line-height: 16px;"> <span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385451133287_68030" style="font-weight: 700;">FREE</span> seasonal pocket square with a</span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">ll online orders in excess of <span id="yui_3_13_0_ym1_1_1385451133287_68029" style="line-height: 16px;">€100. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I'm a sucker for <a href="http://fairyfiligree.blogspot.com/2010/08/flowers-to-celebrate-summer.html">yellow roses</a> and have chosen to have yellow roses for my wedding bouquet as well as found (by coincidence where coincidences are not actually so) that our new house came incorporated with a bush of regularly flowering yellow roses.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">However there is something about pink roses that is particularly enticing. I love these images by Waterhouse, created in the early years of the 20th Century in the pre-Raphaelite phase, where his depiction of roses are exceptionally touching.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Looking out for pink roses amidst my many social contacts, I came up with quite a handful of particularly exciting specimens. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">I actually discovered a website called </span><a href="http://suzanneduda.typepad.com/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Pink Roses</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> and am quite excited to add it to my regular reading list.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She was only 18, when she first created an artefact - an abstract painting on a downtown billboard in Cincinnati, Ohio. Later she trained in Theatre Design in NY, working as costume designer in New York City Theatre, in LA with the movie industry and eventually as designer for Esprit in San Francisco. It was during her years as costume designer that she fine-tuned her skills of using colour, pattern and texture, inspired by diverse cultures and history.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Find out more about this mosaic artist, her work and her workshops <a href="http://www.mosaicsbysusan.com/">here</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Some days ago, a friend showed me a freshly received, newly published book from Gestalten. </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://shop.gestalten.com/dandy.html"><span style="color: #222222;">"I</span><span style="color: #222222;"> am </span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dandy -</span><span style="background-color: #ffffcc; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> </span></span><span style="color: #222222;"> The Return of the Elegant Gentleman"</span></a></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> fascinated me. It is fully illustrated with 288 pages crammed with images of gorgeousness - gorgeous people, gorgeous clothing, gorgeous style.... I could not help feature it on this blog which is dedicated to the great appreciators of the finer things in life including art, vintage fashionwear and vintage jewellery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Is it all about vanity? Certainly not. This fully documented book which includes exceptionally written individual interviews with all the photographed dandies, is the combined work of p</span><span style="color: #222222;">hotographer Rose Callahan and writer Nathaniel Adams who have been </span><span style="color: #222222;">exploring.....</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">..... "the fascinating phenomenon of dandyism over the past years.</span><span style="color: #222222;">They visit contemporary dandies in their homes to document their impeccably designed lives in both words and images. Well-kempt to the tips of their beards and wearing three-piece suits with flawlessly folded pocket handkerchiefs and supple kid gloves, their protagonists revive the charm of the past and reveal that cultivated idleness can be incredibly hard work."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">The typical dandy was 'born' in the 18th Century in London and Paris. One such dandy was </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16px;">George Bryan "Beau" Brummell who lived in London at the height of the Regency period. He is believed to have taken as long as five hours to complete his daily toilette which was very often witnessed by friends and curious admirers who sat around, toasting him and drinking in his dressing room while he perfected his look.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dandyism has witnessed a revival in recent years brought on especially by the fad of dressing up in vintagewear and participating in vintage bike and car rides at specialised organised vintage events. </span></span><br />
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a photographer and filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. Originally
from San Francisco, California, Rose made her way to the Williamsburg
neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1999 to pursue photography. In 2008, she
began </span><a href="http://dandyportraits.blogspot.com/">The Dandy Portraits:The Lives of Exquisite Gentlemen Today</a><span style="color: #222222;"> (which
became a blog in 2010) as a personal project to tell the nuanced
story of extreme masculine elegance alive today. Rose found that the
dandies of today are not a cohesive subculture or creed; rather, each
man is a fiercely independent arbiter of what it means to be a
gentleman and to live with style.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><b>Nathaniel
"Natty" Adams</b></span><span style="color: #222222;"> is
a New York-based writer and manager of the Against Nature menswear
atelier. His NYU undergraduate thesis was on 20th Century Dandyism
and, as a student at the Columbia University Graduate School of
Journalism, he wrote a book proposal on the history of Dandyism, for
which he won the prestigious Lynton Fellowship. Adams used the grant
money to travel through America, Europe, and Africa meeting and
interviewing the best-dressed men in the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><b>Glenn
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a writer, editor, and creative director who lives in New York. A
member of Andy Warhol’s Factory in his early years, he has worked
as an editor at </span><span style="color: #222222;"><i>Interview</i></span><span style="color: #222222;"> and </span><span style="color: #222222;"><i>Rolling</i></span><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222;"><i>Stone</i></span><span style="color: #222222;">,
and as creative director at Barneys New York, Island Records, and
Calvin Klein. He writes “The Style Guy” column in </span><span style="color: #222222;"><i>GQ</i></span><span style="color: #222222;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MR MICHAEL “ATTERS” ATTREE</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MR CHRISTIAN M. CHENSEVOLD</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MR PETER MCGOUGH</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MR MICHAEL ARENELLA</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MR DAVID CARTER</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MR MASSIMILIANO MOCCHIA DI COGGIOLA</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MR MICHAEL HAAR</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MR VICTOR ALLEN CRAWFORD III</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">MR ANDREW YAMATO</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>All images are by Rose Callahan from 'I am Dandy - The Return of the Elegant Gentleman', <span style="color: #222222;">copyright Gestalten, 2013</span></i></span></div>
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FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-76186662706533553182013-10-16T20:26:00.001+02:002013-10-16T20:26:02.309+02:00Small Fancy Houses<div style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Meet Maya Baron and her houses. This artist based on the Mediterranean island of Malta is presently showing her works at the beautiful Messina Palace in the main city of Valletta. I asked her to share more of her artistic experience.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I got in touch
with painting some eight years ago while I was still living in Austria. I
painted some colourful houses on a wooden board and people who came to
visit liked them very much. When I moved to Malta I met an artist and
she was kind enough to share her knowledge and techniques in abstract
acrylic painting with me.</span></div>
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So, today I do
both - my Small Fancy Houses which need a lot of precise and
concentrated work, and abstract art where I experiment with acrylic
colours and other medium. I paint mainly on canvas and wooden boards.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Painting takes
my mind into a different dimension of peace, quietness and love, and I
am very happy to hear the feedback of people who claim that they feel and
see this in my art."</span><br />
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<i>More Maya Baron Small Fancy Houses can be viewed at the German-Maltese Circle,Messina Palace, 141 St Christopher Street, Valletta until Ocotober 31, 2013, </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Opening hours are from Monday -Friday 08:00hrs -12:30hrs and 16:30hrs - 20:00hrs. Saturdays morning only.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Find out more about this artist<a href="http://www.myart-mayabaron.com/"> here</a>.</i></span></div>
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FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-61476866153038844372013-10-03T21:50:00.000+02:002013-10-03T21:51:45.260+02:00Let's have a Lie-Down<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">" I shall retreat to my room and recline until teatime....."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you just got up, and need extra get-up-and-go, this post is not for you. It's for those who can afford</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> to 'recline' as the Victorians used to say, on the most fashionable French item of furniture that filled many boudoirs or dressing rooms - the </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">chaise</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">longue</i><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The women of the gentle past made an art out of their reclining, so that artists used to portray women in all their lassitude and relaxed beauty, half sitting, half lying, nearly asleep but not quite. A good lie-down before supper, or after strenuous exertion or to emulate the Mediterranean siesta time when the weather got too warm for comfort. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The <i>chaise longue </i>literally translates in 'long chair' for long chair it was. The women in the prostate posture have something faintly erotic about them and for the Victorian era and beyond, the female figure who allowed a peek at her ankle, was somewhat even more tantalising. I love the detail in these images. the bohemian, baroque, decadent air of dripping luxury or the simply flirtatious manner that is subdued to an extent.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you own such a long chair and would you want to have one?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I thought chaise longue elegance was a thing of the past, until I clapped my eyes on a modern day version that speaks for itself. Now that is one long chair I'd really take to reclining on without much of an effort! </span><br />
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<br />FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-87792492660838200282013-09-28T16:02:00.000+02:002013-09-28T16:02:12.274+02:00The Grapes, the wine, the grapevine<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As the last of the grapes are harvested on the islands, I discovered this beautiful image that speaks of the rich bounty of grapes. Owning a <a href="http://www.holidaylettings.co.uk/rentals/ragusa/257492">grapevine</a> is a year-long appreciation of the gifts of nature, a respect for a tree grown over time and yielding fruits that have inspired so many aspects of our life - think not just fruit, think wine, think fabric design, think art, think jewellery, think philosophy, think literature....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It lasts until May 2014 which allows plenty of time to plan a trip to this exceptional exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA. Dedicated to John James Audubon's (1785-1851) illustrations and writings, '<a href="http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/audubons-birds-audubons-words">Audobon's Birds, Audubon's Words'</a> is not just about pictures. It captures images which Audubon created by travelling across the east of the US and across Canada during his lifetime spent with an urge to seek out and immortalize indigenous birds within their habitats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Audubon's book entitled 'The Birds of America' was produced in England between 1827 and 1838. Being a limited edition every time, means that only 120 complete copies of this book remain today. The extraordinary thing about this book is its huge pages, fully illustrated with each page reaching three feet+ in height. It was the most extravagant visual ode to birds indeed. (Span your hands wide open and you can just about visualize how large each page was!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you do visit this exhibition, you will get to appreciate some 30 works, including prints from the museum's own copy of the book, as well as a few other smaller publications by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Audubon">Audubon</a> which continue to show more birds depicted by his paintings. To complement his artistic prowess, the exhibition is showing skilled writings from his pen to give further insight into his passion and obsession with birds, his methods of observation and of planning his illustrations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If like me, you love shoes, chances are you look out for out-of-the-ordinary styles that are attention grabbers, conversation starters and fashion accents in themselves. Wearing these shoes with just a little black dress will be enough of a statement for vintage appeal of substance. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">However, being a seasoned online buyer of vintage shoes, I have also had my fair share o</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">f online shoe</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> shopping disappointments. And this is not to say that the sellers from whom I bought my shoes were not up to scratch. More often it was because I made very basic and very silly mistakes during the ordering phase. Buying vintage shoes is different from buying contemporary shoes so take heed of these few tried and tested hints to make your own online shoe shopping experience a pleasant one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">1. Don't just go by size. Ask the seller to give you the exact measurements of the length of the insole, plus the width of the insole at its widest point and at its narrowest point. Then do some homework. Take two pieces of lightweight cardboard, and draw an outline of each foot standing flat on each cardboard. Then take measurements of the length of each insole at its longest part and at its widest part. Remember that most people don't have identical insoles and that is why you really need to take measurements of each plantar sole.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">2. People seem to have had smaller feet in the past, certainly narrower ones. This is why you really need to check the actual measurements of shoes you are going to buy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">3. Shoe sizes differ between those sold in the US, in the UK and in Europe. Don't assume that the seller really knows how to convert these sizes. Things become somewhat complicated when a shoe size does not show on the shoes themselves. Again, the shoe measurements come in handy.</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: small;">4. It's better to have a slightly larger shoe than a slightly smaller one. You cannot overstretch small vintage shoes as these tend to break. But you can insert a thick insole into a slightly larger shoe, to allow a proper fit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">5. If you are selling vintage shoes online, make it easier for buyers to buy your shoes by always including measurements of insoles and you must measure these from the inside of the shoe. For boots, take approximate measurements and add an inch lengthwise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;">6. Buy Vintage shoes only from sellers who are able to supply you with crystal clear images that show detail such as the condition of the insoles, the condition of the soles, the condition of the heels and condition of any part of the shoe which is sewed together. </span><br />
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<br />FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-31345376979421729982013-08-07T10:09:00.001+02:002013-08-07T10:09:05.094+02:00Fete des Fleurs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-53232816352967478362013-08-03T17:18:00.000+02:002013-08-05T09:33:39.444+02:00Bespoke to fit<div>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was a great deal of tailored fashion going about this past season and many of us sought to include some tailored men's cuts in our own wardrobes. There is something about tailors which belongs to old-world class, style, stamina and tradition that particularly entices me. Inspired by a visit to a tailoring firm, I ventured out to search some more about tailors and tailoring and this is what came my way.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor - he takes my measurements anew every time he sees me, while all the rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them."</span></div>
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acacia and mahogany wood from Asia, creating the material from
which the bags and clutches are made in nineteen different stages.
This method is used by master wood craftsmen in the Islands of
the Philippines. Because wood is naturally rigid this method makes the
material uniquely elegant and gives it a depth of beauty far
exceeding that of any other creative materials used in fashion and
design today. The bags and clutches are combined with crocodile,
python, stingray and ostrich leather and is finished with pears,
crystals and engravings. It can take up to four weeks to create an
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Founder Hamish
Menzies, originally a technical engineer, was struck by the beauty
and craftsmanship of local <span style="background-color: #ffffcc;">wooden</span> products made in the Philippines.
Together with local craftsmen he made the first designs and
founded <i>Rocio</i> in 2006. The company’s name was
taken from the woman with whom he first travelled to the Philippines.
He now works with local woodworkers from the Philippines as
well as with a team of designers. He is determined to develop his
brands in an open manner and is open to feedback from agents and
consumers. <i>Rocio’s</i> (evening) bags and clutches are
now sold at renowned department stores in 55 countries.</span></span><br />
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Purses wants to show the public that even with the relative unbending
material like wood, you can make amazingly beautiful bags. Sigrid
Ivo, director of the museum: “It is high time that the Dutch are
acquainted with the exquisite bags by <i>Rocio."</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span lang="EN-GB">The <u></u><u></u>Museum<u></u> of <u></u>Bags<u></u><u></u> and Purses is home to the world<u></u>'<u></u>s largest collection of handbags. Located in </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 14.390625px;">a beautiful, historic canal house from 1664, in the centre of Amsterdam, the museum began as the private collection of Hendrikje Ivo, who collected bags for 35 years. </span><span lang="EN-GB">Comprising more than 4,000 objects, the collection offers a broad view of this item<u></u>'<u></u>s history across 500 years. It includes bridal bags, pockets, coin purses, reticules, satchels, evening bags and designer bags by top fashion houses such as Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Hermès. </span></span><br />
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FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-61879514746239457232013-07-27T11:38:00.002+02:002013-07-27T11:38:29.540+02:00Friendly and Fabulous: Fashion That's Good For Everyone<div style="background: #ffffff; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">Fancy getting your hands on clothes
previously owned by Olly Murs? Or how about</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">something once worn by
fellow musician Plan B or comedian Alan Carr? These celebrities –
among others – have joined UK homeless charity Shelter by </span><a href="http://news.stv.tv/west-central/233712-comedian-kevin-bridges-donates-clothes-to-shelters-celebrity-sale/" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;"><u>donating
their clothes to an online auction</u></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">,
in order to raise money for the charity. While this campaign is
expected to bring in just a few hundred pounds, previous celebrity
clothes auctions and sales have raised vast amounts for charity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">In
2011, for example, items belonging to </span><a href="http://fairyfiligree.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=taylor" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;"><u>Elizabeth
Taylor</u></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;"> – including
some of her fabulous haute couture – </span><a href="http://www.contactmusic.com/news/elizabeth-taylor-charity-auction-generates-150-million_1277437" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;"><u>fetched
$150 million</u></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;"> for The
Elizabeth Taylor Aids Foundation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 100%;">But what is there for those of us who can't
afford to buy second hand goods touched by celebrities, but still
want to help others with our purchasing decisions? Let's take a look
at some of the ways that new accessories and clothes are helping
others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The online shop, Etsy, has rapidly become
one of the most widely renowned outlets for homemade items. Anyone
can sell their items on there, and anyone can buy them. This means
that you could end up living in Malta and buying something that a
student in America has made in their art class. The joy of the site
is that items are very often unique, and it allows budding designers
with great ideas to be able to sell items that they have lovingly
created. There are some brilliant items on the site that are designed
to raise awareness for bipolar disorder. As the colour for <a href="http://actionforbreastcancer.com/touch-look-check/self-examination/"><u>breast
cancer awareness</u></a> is
pink, and the colour for testicular cancer awareness is blue, the
colour for bipolar disorder awareness is a beautiful green. One Etsy
retailer – Black Cat Design – created a stunning sterling silver
awareness ribbon pendant that hangs on a silver chain with a <a href="http://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/77227775/bipolar-disorder-green-awareness-ribbon?ref=sr_gallery_14&ga_includes%5B0%5D=tags&ga_search_query=bipolar&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_facet=handmade%2Fjewelrybipolar&ga_view_type=gallery"><u>green
Swarovski crystal</u></a> to
raise awareness for bipolar disorder. The aim of these efforts is to
get people to ask questions, such as what are the <a href="http://www.psychguides.com/bipolar-disorders/"><u>symptoms
of bipolar disorder</u></a>, how
many people does it affect, can it be treated and what can be done to
help.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Other charities have used fashion to raise
money to support charities, such as the UK charity Stroke
Association's "Style for Stroke" campaign. The campaign has
seen the charity team up with Fashion and Style PR expert, Nick Ede,
for several initiatives to raise money. Nick took the challenge of
designing eight dresses to reinvent last season's little black dress
and create the new season's '<a href="http://www.stroke.org.uk/styleforstroke/about"><u>Lovely
Black Dress</u></a>'. Fifteen per
cent of the profit from every dress sold went to the Stroke
Association.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jeans for Genes day is a brilliant example
of an annual event that seeks to raise more money each year to fund
the charity and its <a href="http://www.jeansforgenesday.org/aboutjeansforgenesday/"><u>research
into genetic disorders</u></a>. It
is a very simple idea that follows the idea of a 'mufti day' –
inviting everyone to wear jeans for the day and to pay a little money
to do so. It takes place each year in Australia and the UK, and
limited edition clothing is sold from the Jeans for Genes website to
raise even more money and awareness, as t-shirts emblazoned with
slogans such as "Wear jeans, change lives" can take the
cause further into public consciousness. Comic Relief – an English
charity that hosts a huge fundraising event each year – has evolved
in recent years to sell t-shirts <a href="http://www.tkmaxx.com/comic_relief/red-nose-day-t-shirts-designed-to-do-good/page/rednoseday"><u>designed
by the world-renowned Stella McCartney</u></a>,
and modelled by a huge selection of stylish celebrities – such as
Kate Moss and Rihanna – and some not-so-stylish celebrities –
such as Keith Lemon. A third of the money raised by Comic Relief goes
to projects in the UK, while the rest goes to a vast range of
projects across Africa.</span></div>
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The majority of charity-related fashion
items tend to either be modern designs, or are dusty old dresses
found in charity shop bins. Fortunately, someone came up with the
brilliant idea of selling vintage clothes, accessories and
miscellaneous items for charity. Oxfam's vintage online shop allows
browsers to shop by decade or by category (including vintage dresses,
vintage skirts, vintage coats and men's vintage), and it even
suggests items in a colour clash box at the bottom of the page. A
pair of white and blue polka dot cotton gloves caught my eye, as
did <a href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/shop/product/retro-satin-rose-vintage-calssics-small-aqua-clutch-bag-hd_100161488?owner=;intcmp=shop_vintage_promo1_20120719;intsearch=internal"><u>a
retro satin clutch bag</u></a>, but
you could spend hours poring over the selection. The vintage homeware
is just as tempting, with everything and anything ranging from tea
towels to butter dishes to buttons and even a 'Sherlock Holmes' pipe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The best thing about all of these
campaigns, events and shops – in particular the Oxfam vintage shop
– is that you can find exactly what you want for a reasonable
price, and you know that the money will be going towards a good
cause. What more could you want?</span></div>
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FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-57962933564012381652013-07-25T14:02:00.000+02:002013-07-25T14:04:10.777+02:00High Summer and Heady Flowers<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A break from blogging never did anybody any harm. Back with a bump in the middle of high summer, I linger over some inspiring summery ideas for wearing flowers in my hair..... here's some inspiration for you too....</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Silver Screen Actress Marsha Hunt - 1940s</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Portrait of Spanish Dancer Isolina Maldonado - 1921 -oils by Robert Henri (1865-1929)</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;"><i>Jessica Cangiano of <a href="http://www.chronicallyvintage.com/">Chronically Vintage</a> Blog</i></span></td></tr>
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FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-30538941824045565432013-02-07T16:46:00.001+01:002013-02-08T13:16:17.351+01:00International Bling<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Discovering this new brand of jewellery inspired by vintage designs and contemporary fashion styles became an added boon when I found it can be shipped worldwide and the shipping is free. That's right, not only are the pieces amazing, not only can you order from your own settee, you also get free shipping. It can't get better than that!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Statement sweaters are just to thing to brighten up your dark winter days..... Here are some of my favourites.... Mostly cheesy, but fun.</span><br />
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FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-22832500647977342152013-01-02T18:43:00.001+01:002013-01-02T18:43:11.571+01:00New Year, New Dreams, New Plans...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-76655876317519597712012-12-20T13:45:00.000+01:002012-12-20T13:59:57.442+01:00Love Yourself<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How much do YOU love yourself?</span><br />
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Source: <a href="http://womenspersonalfinance.net/">WomensPersonalFinance.net</a>FairyFiligreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01510679220884107437noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153487412284893420.post-5987875519585445262012-12-16T17:18:00.002+01:002012-12-17T18:46:12.251+01:00A Biography of Shoes<br />
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Loving shoes whilst blogging means looking out for new designs and designers. Discovering Pol Engels, designer of what is so far a little known brand from Belgium called <b>Biography,</b> has been an interesting experience. He describes his shoes as 'a representation of someone's life', born with the desire to be as unique and individual as possible. Started in 2006, the Italian-made shoes are especially designed to emphasise the quirkiness, the magic and the distinctiveness of the wearer. That is quite a statement which I feel explains so much about why and how women choose the shoes they wear on their feet.</div>
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Pol Engels graduated at the Antwerp Fashion Academy together with fellow students Martin Margiela, Dries Van Nooten and Ann de Meulemeester. In the years after his graduation he built a solid reputation as an artist and designed costumes for theatre maker Jan Fabre.<br />
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Those in the know in Belgium, appreciate that the designer is more of an artist who's not so much into promoting his brand as he is into creating fantasy shoes, even though he's had the opportunity to show them off on a large scale - in collaboration with Galliano and Martin Margiella.</div>
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The brand is called 'Biography by Engels-Strijbol'. Biography in fact consists of a designer duo, namely Pol Engels and Katrien Strijbol who is also the co founder of the lovely fashion label 'Just in case'.<br />
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Biography shoes are not for sale in shops but through presentations. During these presentations you can try the shoes and have the shoes of your choice made to order. This way of working gives you the chance to order designer shoes at a reasonable price. Pol also designs amazing dance shoes for those who like Tango and Salsa!<br />
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And here is a promo shot in a day in East London - Enjoy the show.....<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;">I discovered the Dala Horse thanks to my son's Swedish girlfriend, to my trip to Sweden and to the great many times this tiny colourful horse turned up in all things Swedish. This horse represents small carved wooden horses which were actually toys created for small children in Sweden. A legend says that the first Dala Horse toy was created some time in the early 1700s during a war. A hungry soldier asked a family for food and in return he created a little wooden horse as a thank you. For every meal, he would make a horse.....Such a sweet story isn't it? Now the Dala Horse is part and parcel of Swedish tradition and you see this form on so many lovely items. I picked some of the best I could find to share with you....</span></div>
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