Heading East

Morning all, hope everyone enjoyed having a dry (still freezing but actually dry) weekend for once! It makes such a difference, you just want to be out doing more don't you? I was mostly down in Brixton again with friends but I did pop over East for a wander round Brick Lane & to see what was on offer in the new Ovalspace fashion market on Sunday. I possibly read the write up wrong, but I was really expecting to be scrambling around for some vintage finds. I didn't realise it'd be filled with young independent designers. It was inspiring if a little depressing to see all the talented designers putting their work out there! I was surprised to see Emma Shipley, Silken Favours & Peter Jensen there, as they have such a presence in the UK luxury department stores, still it was lovely to see Emma's work again.

It was actually a pretty ideal hangover stop off, its so relaxed there. There was food & drink on offer, along with a chilled out soundtrack & of course a pretty unique location. I also found a couple of labels I'd not really heard much about before who I really liked; Paper London & Kitty Joseph. Was loving Kitty's perspex ombre & glitter rings, so tempted to get a couple & big time regretting I didn't now...

Ovalspace

Paper London

Kitty Joseph

Beaut Kitty Joesph rings

Also, one of my all time favourite designers had a stall there, the incredible Hermione De Paula I absolutely love what she does with the stories behind her amazing prints, the prints' hidden imagery that you have to look closely for, & how the prints & garments are tailored to one another. Big big fan!! I took hardly any photos unfortunately, I'm always too caught up noseying my way round to get my camera out! I thought I'd post a few of my most desired looks from Hermione instead, what do you think?

Still no Rome, I know, getting to be a bit beyond a joke now- will get my act together sharpish. All images via pinterest, I do not own any apart from the top Ovalspace landscape

Vintage Gems

Finally getting round to updating y'all about my trip to Hammersmith Vintage Fair. So glad I went, we picked up some really lovely pieces for work & it was great to wander round & feel inspired by all the beautiful prints, embroideries & jewellery. I wanted to buy so much, I was expecting it to be very expensive, and of course quite a bit of it was, but there was also plenty of more affordable items. As always, looking back I wish I'd gone with my instincts about a few things & just bought more! I have a tendency to hold back & regret later, which I guess is a good thing...I would really like to start purchasing more vintage though. I only managed a few pics inside the venue as I was so wrapped up in looking around! It was jammed with stalls- I was a bit taken aback to see how much was on offer!

Sorry for the (lacking) quality of the next photos, it was quite late when I got round to photographing my purchases. I promise to update with better images as soon as possible! There was a lovely lady from Devon who'd brought what looked like the entire contents of her shop up to London for the day selling the most amazing jewellery. I picked up this beautiful brooch & necklace for less than £20 each. The brooch was swiftly pinned to my coat & I've received quite a few compliments about it already!

This vivid silk scarf was £10, I've been making a conscious effort to stop buying any more scarves as I have so many already, but I just couldn't resist this little beauty.

Last but not least, here's my new purse. I'm so jealous of the woman who sold it to me, she's retired so she spends her time travelling round the world buying up items to sell in the UK. I swiftly offered up my contact details when she mentioned her quarterly house sales!! I've also grabbed a few bargains from ebay for our flat, throws & cushions mainly, I'll pop a few photos on later in the week.

Hopefully I'll get my Rome posts up by the end of the week too : ) In the mean time here's a spot of home inspiration so you can see the look I'm aiming for (& will probably be poorly imitating!)

The last selection of images are all via pinterest, I do not own any