maje malavida leopard print coat

Trying to justify spending 8 squillion dollars on this Maje coat. It is so gorgeous on, sort of drapey cool and then chic when buttoned up. Feels like you are wrapped in a stylish duvet. Urrrr perfect? And by the way the Loeffler Randall friends & family ends tonight, use the code: SQUADGOALS. 

fashion week freeze

Bonkers idea but seeing the frozen show goers in NYC and (slightly warmer) London I had a craving for a new coat. There has been so much brilliant fluff, fur, camel (camel and white) and pastels. I spied these…

Asos pastel | faux fur | grey funnel neck 

Ganni biker or Ganni poodle? One of life's big questions

Zara camel coat or cape

The Outnet Theory shearling

Pixie Market Ikat print

*images via style.com

furry pom poms feathers and sequins

There's something about this time of year which makes me throw on feathers, fur, sequins, pom poms and glitter. All together. Yep. I spied these pom pom clip-ons by Cheeky Poppins (would make a great gift), these naughty jumpers, a sequin mini, an embellished clutch, some fluff (as worn above by Lucy) and I am hunting down this midnight blue gilet/vest... 

teddy coats…bits & bobs…crazy sales

Completely freezing here so I plan to hibernate this weekend. Here are some links to keep busy with…ish…

Are you tempted to buy a teddy coat? 

so much sequin love here (they have shorts and a dress too)
trying not to lose the plot with this loeffler randall sale

my girlfriend just launched her new site, more coming soon

everything designed here is yum

misbehave at the 40% off sale on my-wardrobe or saks presale

ate here last week and loved it 

where will you go?

some more restaurants to try on this fathom away list

will you rock over the knee boots? 

tom ford helps out with boys names (and lipsticks)

*image via pinterest

the shopbop sale

The Shopbop sale is on again, 25% off with the code FAMILY25 until 16 October. Literally out of control. Feast your eyes on this gorgeous Sophie Hulme (as pictured above on The Northern Light), these famous Frame jeans, this leather jacket, these new gold heels and this mohair coat. Now eat baked beans for a month x

cool coats

I've been asked to pick some coats and cover ups for fall/autumn/before we have to embrace the enormous puff coat...so here you go. Camel cardigan style at Zara, powder blue at Asos, a bit of leopard at Mango, something smart (and whoop...grey) at Maje, love this half coat thing at Emerson Fry too, or a sheepskin gilet/vest at Whistles. I've been living in my blanket cape and get lots of compliments...plus a few odd looks ;)

*image from pinterest

that whistles coat (...plus sales!)

This coat makes me want to wear a ridiculous dress, high high heels and drink cocktails in an old fashioned UES bar. Whistles are offering 25% off until 6 Oct with code WH25AW14. You might also like these lace culottes, this off the shoulder top, this knit dress, this lace top or this navy fedora. Remember Bloomingdales are stocking Whistles and have started their Friends and Family 20% off sale and Warehouse have 50% off too...code 50FREE, I love this cape.

capes and tassels

I hope you all had a very happy thanksgiving :) I am particularly thankful for the fact capes are still in, and I keep spotting gorgeous tassels everywhere...cape from Mango (Zara has a cute grey one too), earrings by Asos, tassel pendant by Eddie Borgo at Bergdorf Goodman and necklace at Stella & Dot.

*image of mossy from the Telegraph 

puff daddy

I've been searching for a stylish down/puffy jacket for the impending New York winter. Not keen on a belted shiny duvet, nor wanting to spend a fortune I landed in +J, Jil Sander for Uniqlo. I was dragged in by the current visitor contingent, who inhaled the 60 USD wall of cashmere. I found these two. I do look a little like Kenny from South Park with the hood up, but hey ho. I love the length and the flare detail. They have some really cute stuff, and its selling fast...

Kenny hits New York

The shorter version was nearly all sold out of small sizes

Cute cape

the perfect date outfit

A styling client, who cannot be named due to the fact she has multiple dates this week (soup man, cute GQ man and sunday night guy), needed a new (sexy, but subtle) date outfit. She loves Zara so we hunted and found:

She has some leather trousers so I teamed this with them, it has a gorgeous low back

I picked a cosy coat to keep her warm

The leather trousers looked best with suede booties (as opposed to leather ones), we spotted some lace-up black ones with a wedge heel and these. We chose a low heel for dancing late into the night...

happy halloween

My vast fancy dress wardrobe (thanks to six plus years in Hong Kong) is being put to the test this weekend. New York go all out for Halloween it seems. The problem is its snowing. So is it Lady Gaga...Marge...leopard...black swan...or Penelope Pit-stop? I quite fancy dressing up as the eccentric Iris Apfel...the glasses, a touch of silver hair spray, acres of colourful jewels and flamboyant colours...(oh and in case you haven't heard you can shop her collection here)

Essential for the look. Linda Farrow Luxe at Net-A-Porter

Iris would rock this DVF coat

Gorgeous necklace (which Iris would layer with 45 others) from Stella & Dot (who have just landed in the UK, and fyi also ship internationally)

A new find, Max & Chloe, great cuffs

Why not chuck in a bit more turquoise? Kenneth Jay Lane at My-Wardrobe

Love this at Astley Clarke

*image from here

colourful coats

Well what I mean is non-black coats. Boring. I have been working with my first styling client in New York, she's stylish, smart and has some cash to splash so it wasn't exactly tough. We whittled it down to these three....which one do you love? I adore the cape.

A smokey grey mohair minx by Tibi, love the edge detail

Stylish navy cape with black leather belt by Vince at Saks

Beautiful blue Maje found at Bloomingdales 

lust list

I am transporting myself to London Fashion Week and those sunny chilly days when you can wear winter knits, cosy boots, skinny jeans and scarves. The blonde Aussie in the office just brought me back some gorgeous grey UGGs and I am dying to wear them! My current lust list includes:

Since getting married the right hand looks bare, lonely and, quite frankly, not heavy enough so I am very keen to weigh it down with this gorgeous Jade ring from Niin, HK$2,500

Combining camel tones and Aviator chic for GBP290 by ASOS WHITE, honestly, you think she could manage smile

Skinny cords by Gap, apparently very very very flattering, says the lovely Jo. Smart enough for work if you add a blazer

Lovely grey suede booties from Zara

to cape or coat?

That is the question troubling thousands of world leaders everywhere. I know it is 40 odd degrees and 90% humidity, however, you still need to plan these things and I am seeing a lot of interesting cape chat around the world. Question is do you cape it, or coat it? Most winter collections are not containing capes yet in HK so I found these ones for you. This stunning simple number is from Isabelle Oliver's 365 collection (worth checking out, clean lines, wardrobe basics), as featured on the essential read Liberty London Girl (thanks for that one LLG!). Fabulous in black or cream (219 GBP). Or try this this more budget friendly option (75 GBP) at Warehouse with cute button details.

If you are not a cape crusader (sorry I could not resist) head to my favourite coat venue Zara (who are launching online shopping on Sept 2nd FYI), year after year they produce similar designer styles superbly well and you are often left with just enough money for new shoes. Look at the classic camel below, yummy, belt it, button it or just look it, it is gorgeous and so simple. Priced at HK$1,299 and in store now, but be warned, the small sizes are running out. If you can't quite buy a coat yet they have some lovely military style jackets in cream, olive and black for between HK$899 and HK$1,200 ish, and a nice tweed inspired blazer with elbow patches (very autumn/winter 2010) for HK$899.