I think summer is not a time to show dark colours in the fashion but I will share my latest shopping treasure inspired by military colours and also discovered some good new clothing brands.
My latest visit to Chiswick market filled me with some new products
At first I will show my jacket and trousers from Scotch &Soda Amsterdam Couture Maison Scotch.
I am delighted that i have found this company which is bit similar in theme like mine beloved french chic Isabel Marant and bohemian danish Birger and Mikkelsen.
Dutch youth fashion company founded in the 1980s and then rebranded and relaunched in 2001. Scotch and Soda primarily manufacture men's clothing but also manufacture women's clothing under the brand Maison Scotch, boys' clothing under Scotch Shrunk, girls' clothing under Scotch R'Belle and denim and urban products under Amsterdams Blauw and a line of fragrances named Barfly.
At Scotch & Soda we want people to love their clothes and enjoy wearing them, that’s why we make great garments that suit every individual. Our products are rich in detail, high quality and affordable. The designers at Scotch & Soda spare no expense in ensuring the high quality detailing and finishing of each and every garment produced. We invest in the product, which is typically inspired by the best tried and tested classic and vintage styles, enriched with a wealth of inspiration from around the world.
Scotch & Soda has been around since the ‘80s, but the Amsterdam-based fashion brand as we know it today originates in a brave new start in 2001, when three new owners joined forces and brought to the table their broad experience and shared love of making great apparel. After Scotch & Soda was re-launched for Spring Summer 2002, Scotch Shrunk was added for Spring Summer 2008. Literally shrinking men’s styles to little brother or son sizes was a completely new take on kids wear, and Shrunk made waves no-one at Scotch had dared dream of. This success was soon followed by the launch of a women’s collection: Maison Scotch entered the market with the Spring Summer 2010 collection, celebrating classic French style and adding a touch of tough street wear elements.
In late 2010, the first Scotch & Soda perfume was launched by the name of Barfly, making a dream of the brand come true. Little sister R’Belle launched soon after in Spring Summer 2011, exploring a unique and modern take on girl’s apparel. Scotch & Soda’s youngest and most ambitious project Amsterdams Blauw hit stores in December 2010; a compact, high profile denim collection that could only come from the Scotch kitchen.
Scotch & Soda currently boasts over 100 stores worldwide, more than 7000 other sales points and a fully up to date online presence with and integrated web store, blog and social media. The brand is classic in many ways, but young and progressive when it comes to bringing great clothes to the market place.
Maison Scotch is a collection of handbags, jewellery, and apparel made with style, love, and care. Creative designs, quality materials, and attention to detail make up the line's true DNA. Creating a collection feels like a road trip, gathering souvenirs and writing down little notes along the way. The edgy street style of New York, the sophisticated refinement of Paris, and the innovative design seen in Japan all are used to define the Maison Scotch aesthetic.
Step into a funky world of bohemian taste with luxurious fabrics, lavish embroideries, and flared fits or aztec prints which come straight from the fabulous 70s.
Waist fitted 100 % lightweight denim cotton jacket with nice decorative details and gold branded buttons and aztec printed inside fabric.
Details: denim, colored wash, front closure, snap-buttons, zip, multipockets, internal slip dress, turtleneck, long sleeves, buttoned cuffs, single-breasted , logo detail, camouflage design
Here playing along with dark green low rise skinny jeans La femme Selon Marie
With small zips behind ankles, faux leather trims and nice colourful feather attachment.
With a matching green accent from Lancome colour design collection 506 Emerald decadence
As a top beige New Look top with Eiffel Tower print and Marc Jacobs satin metallic quilted gold purse. Embossed with the Marc Jacobs stamp inside and states Marc Jacobs on the button on front.
I was looking for ages for tiny light wallet and I am glad that I have found the Jacobs one as is stylish and practical and matched with any summery outfits .
Now is also time to introduce my lovely and cute handbag with oriental print from spanish company Bimba Y Lola.
María and Uxía Domínguez have come a long way in the textiles trade. They first worked at Sociedad Textil Lonia, co-founded by their father. But in early 2005 they decided to start out on their own and created bimba & lola. The company – which designs and sells apparel and accessories at its own shops – has a playful name evoking a fresh, feminine style. Uxia’s love of dogs led to the greyhound silhouette, an expression of the brand’s dynamic elegance.
bimba & lola is a bid for urban women’s ready-to-wear in the upper-middle segment. Aimed at working women aged 25 to 45, it offers a gracefully feminine portfolio ranging from jackets and blouses to shoes and belts, bags and cases, costume jewellery, scarves, hats and head-dresses. The very best leather and fabrics are essential ingredients and every item is meticulously finished.
The Domínguez sisters see their boutiques as “a place to indulge”, like a Paris atelier filled with top-quality creations at a competitive price. The in-house décor is the work of Elsa Urquijo, who uses linen-covered panels with aged metal shelves and display cases, alongside striking lampshades and mirrors.
The company was founded in Vigo in the north of Spain, where it has its head office. In February 2006, it opened its first shop in Bilbao. This was followed by 41 more openings and the introduction of franchising.
The company will consolidate its position in 2007-2008 and strengthen its organisational structure. New facilities will open up and global expansion is on the cards. An additional 30 POS will open in 2007: 25 franchises and 5 own shops. The year 2008 will mark the start of European growth, with boutiques opening in major capitals. Two years hence, bimba & lola expects to have 100 shops in its global network.
For spring/summer 2014, said prints have ‘exploded into a series of naïve landscapes, pop-art mosaics and jungles alongside mermaid prints and old-school American tattoo motifs’, pitched perfectly for the trend towards the zany.
If there is something Bimba y Lola is known for is for the amazing prints they create. It’s one of the brands which prints can be fun, original and unique.
This print edition from the Spring Summer 2014 collection is full of colour and amazing drawings.
Divided between shoppers and bowling bags this collection is so much fun! It’s also available some other items such as small leather goods but the bags are definitely my crush.
Beautiful bag with leather black handles and leather trims . Bowler type in shades of black,grey,brown,white,pink and orange.
Clarins Collector Face Palette - Colour Breeze Face & Blush Powder
I adore this gorgeous collector face palettes that Clarins released in 2012 , I don’t know how they manage to create such softly luminous powders but whatever it is, it’s working. Really, really well. Perfectly can cover foundation and concealer and give gold accent on the skin .
Like a breath of fresh Spring air this compact glides over the skin leaving it smooth and perfectly matte. Three shades of skin enhancing blush are embossed into the delicate powder which can be used alone, or mixed harmoniously together for a subtle touch of radiance.
Now is time to expose my two latest pieces of art jewellery . I am a big collector of necklaces and bracelets and one day will show my collection but at the moment trying to find occasion to wear the necklace above . The natural semi precious stone bracelet is from Lola Rose company .
Introduce a dash of colour to your outfit with this smooth, semi-precious stone bracelet set on silky cord. Our love knot fastening means the size to be adapted to suit your wrist.
Here playing along with dark green low rise skinny jeans La femme Selon Marie
With small zips behind ankles, faux leather trims and nice colourful feather attachment.
With a matching green accent from Lancome colour design collection 506 Emerald decadence
As a top beige New Look top with Eiffel Tower print and Marc Jacobs satin metallic quilted gold purse. Embossed with the Marc Jacobs stamp inside and states Marc Jacobs on the button on front.
I was looking for ages for tiny light wallet and I am glad that I have found the Jacobs one as is stylish and practical and matched with any summery outfits .
Now is also time to introduce my lovely and cute handbag with oriental print from spanish company Bimba Y Lola.
María and Uxía Domínguez have come a long way in the textiles trade. They first worked at Sociedad Textil Lonia, co-founded by their father. But in early 2005 they decided to start out on their own and created bimba & lola. The company – which designs and sells apparel and accessories at its own shops – has a playful name evoking a fresh, feminine style. Uxia’s love of dogs led to the greyhound silhouette, an expression of the brand’s dynamic elegance.
bimba & lola is a bid for urban women’s ready-to-wear in the upper-middle segment. Aimed at working women aged 25 to 45, it offers a gracefully feminine portfolio ranging from jackets and blouses to shoes and belts, bags and cases, costume jewellery, scarves, hats and head-dresses. The very best leather and fabrics are essential ingredients and every item is meticulously finished.
The Domínguez sisters see their boutiques as “a place to indulge”, like a Paris atelier filled with top-quality creations at a competitive price. The in-house décor is the work of Elsa Urquijo, who uses linen-covered panels with aged metal shelves and display cases, alongside striking lampshades and mirrors.
The company was founded in Vigo in the north of Spain, where it has its head office. In February 2006, it opened its first shop in Bilbao. This was followed by 41 more openings and the introduction of franchising.
The company will consolidate its position in 2007-2008 and strengthen its organisational structure. New facilities will open up and global expansion is on the cards. An additional 30 POS will open in 2007: 25 franchises and 5 own shops. The year 2008 will mark the start of European growth, with boutiques opening in major capitals. Two years hence, bimba & lola expects to have 100 shops in its global network.
For spring/summer 2014, said prints have ‘exploded into a series of naïve landscapes, pop-art mosaics and jungles alongside mermaid prints and old-school American tattoo motifs’, pitched perfectly for the trend towards the zany.
If there is something Bimba y Lola is known for is for the amazing prints they create. It’s one of the brands which prints can be fun, original and unique.
This print edition from the Spring Summer 2014 collection is full of colour and amazing drawings.
Divided between shoppers and bowling bags this collection is so much fun! It’s also available some other items such as small leather goods but the bags are definitely my crush.
Beautiful bag with leather black handles and leather trims . Bowler type in shades of black,grey,brown,white,pink and orange.
I adore this gorgeous collector face palettes that Clarins released in 2012 , I don’t know how they manage to create such softly luminous powders but whatever it is, it’s working. Really, really well. Perfectly can cover foundation and concealer and give gold accent on the skin .
Like a breath of fresh Spring air this compact glides over the skin leaving it smooth and perfectly matte. Three shades of skin enhancing blush are embossed into the delicate powder which can be used alone, or mixed harmoniously together for a subtle touch of radiance.
Now is time to expose my two latest pieces of art jewellery . I am a big collector of necklaces and bracelets and one day will show my collection but at the moment trying to find occasion to wear the necklace above . The natural semi precious stone bracelet is from Lola Rose company .
Introduce a dash of colour to your outfit with this smooth, semi-precious stone bracelet set on silky cord. Our love knot fastening means the size to be adapted to suit your wrist.
Made from Sea Green Jasmine Marble in shades of blue,green,yellow and turquoise.
It started with a birthday present. Like all presents on your 30th birthday, they are pretty special but this present was a bracelet that would end up reforming founder, Nikki Gewirtz’s life.
After truly falling in love with the bracelet, the love turned into a hobby that she became totally wrapped up in. Hiding away for nearly three months, she then appeared with a collection of the first and only design, a tumble stone bracelet, for the brand that would be called Lola Rose, named after her Grandma Lola. Right from the beginning, Nikki’s philosophy for her collection has been one of affordable luxury.
Lola Rose is now recognised as one of the leading brands in fashion jewellery in the UK and we are very proud that Nikki has recently been awarded an MBE for services to jewellery design.
All of our jewellery is created from the finest semi-precious stones available.
Nikki’s love of colour and texture are evident in every collection featuring stones such as amethyst, jade, rose quartz, and many others. No two pieces are ever the same thanks to the unique markings in the stones. Each piece has a very tactile quality and feels cool on the skin before warming up to your body temperature.
Our designs are simple and beautiful, making them ideal for all outfits and taking you effortlessly from day to evening.
Necklace is hand made by Prettypink company from Edinburgh .
Pretty Pink was inspired by nature and born out of a trip to Manaus in the late 1980s. I was seventeen, visiting the Amazon for the first time, and was enchanted by the heat, the noise, the smells, the colours and the chaos of this bustling river port that is the gateway to the world's greatest rainforest. Everything seemed foreign and exotic to this girl from the North-East of Brazil.
I travelled upriver on a wooden steamer, past the Meeting of the Waters, to visit one of the outlying indigenous settlements on one of the far tributaries of the mighty Rio Negro. Children crowded round us, offering baby monkeys, baskets of fruit, traditional head-dresses and indigenous artefacts. What I liked most, however, were the amazingly coloured and shaped beaded necklaces which the women and children wore around their necks.
Some years later I was married and living in Scotland, and having 'saudades' or being homesick I resolved to bring the passion of my native land to Scottish wardrobes by starting a company selling handbags and eco-jewellery sourced from Brazil.
Over time I began to concentrate more fully on eco-jewellery and on designing and creating collections that were colourful, contemporary, stylish and unique, whilst at the same time utilising only raw materials ethically sourced from Brazilian cooperatives in the Amazon rainforest and made by my very own hand.
The resultant collections contain brightly-coloured eye-catching necklaces, earrings and bracelets and are created using natural products from the Amazon such as coconut shells, reclaimed woods, and different nuts and seeds - including the fabulously versatile 'Vegetable Ivory'.
On the end just short information about the henna metallic temporary tattoos .I have spotted them in Asos from Karizma seller .They are perfect for tan body on holiday. Could be a lovely body jewellery
and decoration .
Available in many design and shapes.
Hit the music festival scene and beaches this year with the metallic temporary tattoos. Be the talk of the party and set the trends in this body accessory loved by Beyonce, the Kardashians and Vanessa Hudgens. Cut them how you like and apply them anywhere as arm bands, bracelets, rings, necklaces, headbands or body art.
