Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

Introducing SilverFlint!

I came across these fab folk on Twitter and fell head over heels in love with their gorgeous collection,
they were kind enough to e-mail a bit more information about themselves so I could share the discovery with you guys!

Silverflintʼs Transeasonal Luxury SS11 Knits – Volumes and Versatility for the urban nomad New London based label Silverflintʼs luxury knits are designed with adventurers and style lovers in mind. Inspired by Silverflintʼs love of travel, each piece is both stylish and practical, designed to become THAT item of clothing you put in your suitcase first wherever you go, a garment you will love and wear forever. “I drew inspiration from the clothing worn by traditional nomadic tribes and gave the garments a modern, fashion spin. We all are urban nomads, I wanted to make the garments both beautiful and practical” says Joanne Maclean, senior designer. The result is a collection that is minimalist, chic and easy to wear; the SS11 designs offers playful volumes and structured pieces. The collection includes a selection of tops, ranging from soft superkid mohair cardis to light cashmere hooded ponchos and super stylish multi yarn open hand knits.

The signature “blankets” are available in plain vibrant tones or with a jacquard pattern. They are already a best seller and a future must have, easy to dress up or down. All garments are versatile and make the perfect layer pieces for a Spring day or a summer night. Silverflint strives to offer gorgeous premium garments at an affordable price with the classic blankets retailing at £75.

Currently Silveflint is available via their website (which is a delight to browse through!) and from the pop-up shop which you'll find at 18 All Saints Rd, London, W11 1HH; by appointment only.
You can follow them on Twitter or stalk them on Facebook via the following links...

Twitter @silverflint and Facebook www.facebook.com/silverflintofficial

Here's my top three from the online shop;

Classic Blanket in Blue, £75 (also LOVE the Hot Coral)

Hand-Knit multi yarn jumper, £85. This just looks so snuggly.

Hooded Poncho, £68. I thought I'd left Ponchos behind with my 17 year old wannabe hippie self...by I'm willing to make an exception for this beauty. LOVE.

What do you think? Are you a new Silver Flint fan?

xxx

Nuts for Knits

I have a real weakness for knit-wear, I always have. For a while I was known as "Cardigan lady" an although my collection is now not as large as it once was, I can't resist browsing!

When an e-mail dropped in to my inbox introducing "Quality Knitwear" I admit, I almost just clicked delete. The name didn't scream enticing

but I clicked. And I lusted. And now I'm blogging.

Quality Knitwear (QK), the exciting new boutique vintage knitwear company, officially launched its online shop today at www.qualityknitwear.co.uk.

QK takes a fresh look at vintage pieces, offering some of the cutest and quirkiest knitwear hand-picked from around the world, with an emphasis on style and quality. The website showcases the best and most comprehensive range of patterns and styles in the vintage market, with an ever-evolving collection of unique pieces to suit all tastes.

The current collection includes a great range of quirky and classic cardigans, jumpers, dresses and sweaters incorporating all styles from classic Arans, Guernseys and Fair Isle knits to 80s mohair, Nordic knits and the more contemporary ‘geek-knit’ style Cosby sweaters. As the company name suggests, quality is paramount and QK’s [hyperlink] range focuses on natural fibre pieces, many of which are original handknits guaranteeing that their knitwear is not only stylish and on-trend but also long-lasting. In short, it’s ‘keepsake fashion’ at its best!

Quality Knitwear was founded by Lucy Grimble a 24 year old PR executive from London: “I’ve always had a passion for knitwear, but found that I was often disappointed by the quality of some of the pieces on the market. With Quality Knitwear I hope that I’ve been able to not only create a collection filled with personality, charm and individuality, but one which is also affordable and of the highest possible quality”

Prices start from £29

www.qualityknitwear.co.uk

Here are my favourites from the site!

Ahoy Sailor; £38

Scottie; £36

Peanuts; £40


Are you a knitwear fan? For me, it has to be the only up-side of Winter weather!

xxx

(all photos in this post are from QK website)

OH, and for anyone who asked, the cupcake cases are from Morrisons!

Tights Love at Tabio

It's no secret that I am tights obsessed and Tabio have been on my radar, to some extent for a while. When Gem posted her awesome giveaway the other day I decided to see what was new in the land of Tabio and oh man I was impressed.

With Winter weather well established their 110 (LOVE the dark orange) and 210 denier tights are going to be essential over the coming months.

(110)


(210)

The less practical side of me is totally besotted with the garter detail tights...so fun and party perfect.





But my one true love? Well, that would be these...
pricey at £30...but we all know Santa reads my blog!



Everything is available in their online store the socks are amazing too, and don't get me started on the faux fur legwarmers...

Make sure you follow Tabio on Twitter too, to stay fully up to date.

Lucy Jay

Spring is the time for colour, after the mundane dullness of the Winter months. Accessories are the perfect way to ease yourself in, and these amazing scarves by designer Lucy Jay are quite simply, awesome.



I love how Lucy encourages creativeness when wearing her scarves, from tops to woven through this seasons braids, anything goes. I'm wondering how many different ways we could come up with? Maybe one day I can experiment!





My two favourite designs, from her website are

"Claire"


and "Lucy"



You can check the others out here...and tell me your favourite

Lucy's scarves are made from 100% silk crepe de chine and can be purchased from no-one.co.uk (in store now) and farfetch.com within the the next few weeks. They cost £125 each, and will also soon be available to buy direct from her website.

To get the latest updates on Lucy Jay and her fabulous creative talent, you can;
Follow her blog
or Stalk her on Twitter

xxx

Together we have a Voice + Giveaway

Check out this picture, isn't it stunning? This was shot by the amazingly talented Jill for American Apparel. Jill is someone I am proud to call a friend, she is an incredible photographer who captures fantastic shots of street style around London, she is also an incredible person to know...so wise and insightful.

Right now Jill is on a mission, in her own words:

"I mean, let's face it: most of us who blog are already doing our bit, for free, for our favourite brands' PR. It's just a fine line, really. I want to do this as a series, shooting YOU: the Dot Icons on the street. Together, we can transform how advertising works.

Together, I passionately believe, we have a voice".

To find out more, and check out the rest of Jill's amazing work, head on over to her blog: Street Style Pics By Polka Dot


And in other exciting news, I have a giveaway for you dear readers! Thank you to the lovely Sarah, creator of Karma Cards

Sarah has kindly offered up a set of 15 cards printed on luxuriously thick paper so you can spread some karma around the world.







Would it not make your day to find one of these when you need a boost most?

Entering is simple, just follow these steps...

1. Giveaway is open from 11am today (22nd April) through to 11am next Thursday (29th April) GMT.

2. To enter leave a comment on this post telling me where you'd hide/love to find a karma card hidden. Here are a few ideas from Sarah's blog:

"Now start paying it forward! Tuck those cards somewhere that someone will find them. Ideas?
* inside the bill folder at a restaurant
* inside a book
* in a bathroom stall at a bar
* under wiper blades
* in bike spokes
* on the window of a bus
* in a random mailbox slot
* in a napkin dispenser"

3. Once the giveaway has ended, a winner will be selected using a random number generator. Please make sure you leave a way for me to contact you when you comment- an e-mail or blog address is fine.

4. That's it. If you want to become a follower, tweet etc etc that's fine, but not essential!

To find out more and get inspired don't forget to go and say hello to Sarah! And good luck!

(giveaway is open to ALL readers)

xxx

17.03 trend tracking

Hello there, Happy Wednesday and Happy St. Patricks Day to those of you who celebrate it (we don't really over here). Do you have any exciting plans for the day? Share with me!

A quick, non outfit post from me as I want to introduce you to something I've recently been made aware of that I think you will also enjoy; I am just too kind!

Trendstop.com – one of the world’s leading fashion trend forecasters for the industry, have developed the first fashion trend mobile app for consumers – the TrendTrackerTM. With consumers being more trend savvy and demanding than before, they can now have access years in advance to the same fashion trend information as the professionals and it’s free. As of last week, it is now available on any mobile, not just iphone, including Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Android and others.

You can download it for free by either going to http://mobile.trendstop.com from your phone’s browser or sending the word TREND as an SMS text message to: UK: 81148 Other countries: +447797803901
For iPhone its http://www.iTunes.com/apps/trendstoptrendtracker



I'm genuinley excited by this, having recently become the owner of a non iphone smartphone as it is rare to find an application that works on more than just one type. I shall be downloading and testing it out myself, and I hope that some of you, at least will join me (I'd love to hear back with how you get on!)

New advanced member's features will be added later on this year, so it really does look promising!

Outfit photos/normal posting to resume tomorrow I guess, as long as people are still okay with me posting outfits? I seem to be getting mixed reactions at the moment, and I just want you ALL to know that I am trying to get better, I hate hate hate this illness, but I really enjoy blogging and wish to continue in the way I always have done, I'm never "showing off my body", just showing my outfits like I have for the last couple of years. BUT if my doing so is causing problems, then I will stop for the time being.

I'm sorry to have to keep raising the issue, but, well, I'm sick of getting critical e-mails sent to me when I'm not sure they represent the majority.

Company Spotlight: Wickedelic Lingerie

Hi loves, a bit of a different post from me today as I wanted to write about Wickedeliclingerie.co.uk and introduce a fab offer to you.

Wickedelic Lingerie has a great selection of sexy lingerie and underwear for women and men – all normally in stock for fast, discrete delivery to your door, and at a price that will bring a smile to your face. Plus you can take advantage of our free UK standard delivery to save you even more money! We want you to enjoy shopping with Wickedelic Lingerie and our customer loyalty program means you gain rewards for shopping with us, plus all our products are backed by our 7 day money back guarantee to give you complete peace of mind...

...Our designer lingerie range features a stunning range of top brand lingerie from Leg Avenue and Foxxxy Lingerie, and we are the sole UK distributors for leading European brands Livia Corsetti, Anais, Chilirose and Veneziana. Livia Corsetti has won many major European awards for their exciting range of lingerie and here at Wickedelic you can see why!

(text taken from the website)

Now, me being me, I immediatley homed in on the hoisery selection. I was sent two pairs of tights which will be featured and reviewed on the blog as soon as the weather warms up enough to wear outfits that don't require multiple pairs of tights..but for now, here are my other favourites.



These stockings remind me of tights I saw heading down the runways, and at £8 are a more budget friendly option!



Always on the lookout for something quirky, the "Jester" tights are a bargain at £3.99, a vast saving on those available at places such as American Apparel, whom I can never afford



And these lace ankle socks (£4) are just too cute to resist!

I also fell in love with some of the lingerie available, but (call me prude) I didn't really want to publish my under garmet choices on my blog!

Delivery is free for UK residents when you spend £35 or more,

and

between NOW and the end of 2010, use the code DAISY to recieve 10% off your order.

So, get shopping and stay tuned for my review of the tights I recieved.

Outfit post tomorrow
and as I'm nearing my 100th post since moving my blog here, and have just reached 200 followers, you can expect a giveaway of sorts soon.

xxx