MODernism

OOs Britpop jersey dress

80s Ska skirt and dress

70s Paisley shirt dress


60s Mod shirt mini dress




Fashion and music have always enjoyed a long and fruitful relationship. Every major musical movement has had a 'look': Grunge and flannel; Riot Grrl and baby doll dresses; Hippies and flares. True, every genre has its own style but only one fashion label has dressed five musical movements over 50 years. Introducing the Ben Sherman collection: 'Decades of Dresses'.

From humble beginnings in the 60s when Beatlemania was sweeping the world and a new youth movement called Mod was erupting in London, Ben Sherman have always produced clothes to blend with the latest scene. To celebrate, Ben Sherman have collaborated with fashion label PPQ, a label also in tune with the music vibe, to create a range of five uber-cool dresses that encapsulate the mood and feel of five decades of musical history: Mod, Rock, Ska, Britpop and Indie.

Visit Ben Sherman to snap up one of these dresses and transport yourself back to your favourite decade. But be quick! These highly coveted dresses won't be around for long!

Each dress is 175.00 from Ben Sherman

Cool Stuff

Rule Britannia! This is some of the coolest wallpaper I have seen in awhile. Find it at Wonder Walls.

Doth take tea

Antique teacups at Camden Passage Market, Angel.

Fleur Tea Pot and Stop For Tea Gift Set- Whittard of Chelsea.

Like most girls I have a thing for teasets. The search for the perfect tea pot and matching cups and saucers is ongoing and it's only sheer will power that keeps me from purchasing one tea pot a week! But I still love looking and London is the perfect place to look for teasets. Teatime is a national pastime here and given that it's cold for much of the year alot of tea drinking is recommended so owning a special teaset is therefore quite necessary. Street markets are a great place to find authentic antique cups and saucers but for a killer matching set check out some of London's many tea shops like High Tea of Highgate which is the cosiest tea shop I've found in London so far.

Christmas in London

Each year the London high street stores attempt to out do in each other in the who-has-the-best-Christmas-display war. This year the competition was tough. Honourable mentions go to House of Fraser of Oxford Street which was lit from top to bottom and Carnaby Street for the enormous snowmen and snowflakes. However, I couldn't find a better Christmas display than the Santa display at Selfridges. Each of their front windows featured Santa in a different scenario and the detail was immaculate. I couldn't find a sillier or more interesting and inventive display anywhere so I hereby declare Selfridges the winners of high street Christmas wars 2008! I can't wait to see what they do next year!

My Favourite Christmas Tree

I found this Christmas Tree by Dutch designer Jane Schouter of All the Luck in the World and think it's the most original Christmas Tree I've ever seen!

Kitschy Cool

Tatty Devine jewellery is some of the quirkiest jewellery to come out of London. Started in the 90s by two art school friends, Tatty Devine has since grown into one of the coolest jewellery labels in the UK thanks to their unique idea of elevating plastic jewellery to art status. Needless to say, Tatty Devine jewellery isn't your typical jewellery. One of my personal favourites is their very popular 'Horse and Carriage' necklace: a massive plastic necklace made of a carriage being pullled by two galloping horses. Their previous collections are similarly quirky. Take their Movie Mayhem collection for example. Everything you associate with the cinema became plastic fantastic jewellery: popcorn bracelets; movie reel brooches and 3-D glasses as a necklace. Unique but also very kitsch. Check out their latest collection online at http://www.tattydevine.com/.