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Life....

Last weekend, Steve was away for the weekend on a business ski trip (yeah I know...) so Mila and I had a girly weekend..

Mila: "Maman, I would like to be like you and have everything like you. I want a bag, a blackberry, glasses and some lipstick too"
Me: "umm..."
Mila: "I would like a bag like you!"
Me: "But you have lots of bags already! I've given you a very nice pink one with a big flower on"
Mila: "No, I want a bag like this" (pointing at my bag)
Me: "Aahhh (it's in the genes)....well I promise you, I will give you one when you are older
Mila: "How old? Seven?"
Sadly for my beautiful daughter, not matter how many bags I can get my hands on in the shop, I'm not the kind of mother who will spend £200 on a bag for a five-years old...or on a seven-years old for that matter...:-)

I can't wait for the Summer to arrive...

via Hard to Explain

Le weekend dernier, Steve etait au ski avec le travail (oui je sais..) alors Mila et moi nous avons un petite weekend entre filles...

Mila: "Maman, je voudrais etre comme toi et avoir tout comme toi. I veux un sac, un blackberry, des lunettes et du rouge a levre aussi"

Moi: "umm..."

Mila: "Je veux un sac comme toi!"

Moi: "Mais tu as deja beaucoup de sacs! Je t'en ai donne un tres joli rose avec une grosse fleur."

Mila: "Non, je veux un sac comme ca" (en montrant mon sac)

Moi: "Aahhh (c'est dans les genes)....et bien je te promets que je t'en offriaris un quand tu seras plus grande"

Mila: "A quel age? Quand j'aurais sept ans?"

Malheureusement pour ma jolie petite fille, malgre tous les sacs que je peux avoir au magasin, je ne suis pas le genre de maman qui va offrir un sac a £200 a sa petite fille de cinq ans :-)

Il me tarde que l'Ete arrive...

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I like this

I have the silver one but I could easily be tempted by the camel...

Je l'ai en version argent mais je pourrais facilement me laisser tenter par le camel...

Credits photo: Annabel Ly

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Retail therapy

It has been a while since a pair of shoes made me so happy...After all of this, I got them from here (at 20% off). I feel incredibly happy...My Swedish Hasbeens are super comfy, I feel tall, slim...the power of retail therapy, uh!

1. Black mini sac by Clare Vivier 2. Star tunique 3. Feathers poster 4. Calendar wall sticker
5. Swedish Hasbeens high heels jodhpur

Cela faisait un moment qu'une paire de chaussures ne m'avait rendu aussi heureuse...Apres atout ca, je les ai trouve ici (a - 20%). Je me sens super heureuse...Mes Hasbeens sont super comfortables, j'ai l'impression d'etre grande, mince...c'est dingue comme un peu de shopping fait du bien!

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I like this...

...a litte pop of colour in a grey world....

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I have a dilemma...

OK... it's not a life-threatening one...it's a fashion one and I know there is more to life, blablabla but I spent the day dealing with staff recruitment, VAT filing and monthly management account and frankly I need a break!
Last Saturday, when Mila and I went shopping, I saw a tall, mid-forties woman with her 14 years old boy in toe, looking damn good on a pair of black Hasbeens high-heeled jodhpurs and then the day after, I spotted these 'beyond cute as pie' clogs, Nathalie got for her daughter so I don't know about you but personally I took it as a sign from the Universe telling me that I should get some! I really like the red ones Clare got in Paris but then Nath sent me the link about H&M and Hasbeens bringing together clogs to us this Spring...errmm Hello! Don't they look fab!!??
The problem with anything that is made exclusively for H&M is often sold out by the time I get there, unless I start sleeping in front of the shop doors and I'm one of the first to grab a pair...What do you think??

J'ai un dilemme...il n'y pas mort d'homme...c'est un dilemme fashion et je sais qu'il y a plus important dans la vie, etc...mais j'ai passe la journee a regler des problemes de recrutement, TVA et les comptes de gestion mensuels et franchement, j'ai besoin d'un break!
Samedi dernier, alors que Mila et moi faisions un peu de shopping, j'ai apercu une femme de 40ans + et son garcon de 14 ans, ayant l'air super cool avec sa paire de black Hasbeens high-heeled jodhpurs et le jour d'apres, je suis tombee sur ces petits sabots a-do-ra-bles que Nathalie a achete pour sa fille alors bon je ne sais pas..mais moi j'ai pris comme un signe de l'univers me disant qu'il fallait que je m'offre une paire! J'aime beaucoup les rouges que Clare a achete a Paris mais Nath m'a envoye ce lien sur la nouvelle collaboration entre H&M and Hasbeens en magasin le 20 Avril...errmm Hello! Ils sont pas geniaux!!??
Le problem c'est qu'avec tout ce qui est fait exclusivement pour H&M, tout part en quelques heures, a moins que je dorme devant les portes du magasin la veille pour mettre la main sur une paire...Qu'est ce que vous en pensez??
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I like this...

This is basically the haircut I'm hoping to achieve next time I go to the 'haircoiffeur' as Mila says...Right now, my hair is just....well...living in hope.
I wouldn't mind her eyes, her mouth, her body and her breasts either but let's not be greedy...

PS: On Friday I saw a t-shirt in Paris that made me laugh....It had printed on it: "I don't like anything...I'm a Parisian" :-)

Bon et bien c'est en fait la coupe que j'espere arriver a avoir la prochaine fois que je vais chez le 'haircoiffeur' comme dit Mila...POur l'instant, ma coupe est...erm...en mode je fais avec...
Ca ne me generait pas non plus d'avoir ses yeux, sa bouche, son corps et sa poitrine mais bon ce n'est pas la peine de tout vouloir a la fois...

PS: Vendredi j'ai vu un t-shirt dans une boutique dans Paris qui m'a fait rire...il disait: "J'aime rien...Je suis parisien" :-)

Pssst.....our January sale are still on!

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Good news...

Few more beautiful bags have been shipped yesterday from L.A. and we're going to receive a few more La Tropezienne tote bag with 5" straps in tan and more of the black La Trop. It's getting tight but we will still get them in time for Xmas which is very good news! We also have the blue messenger bag in stock!

la bonne nouvelle c'est que nous allons recevoir quelques sacs La Tropezienne tote en marron et aussi celui en noir. Nous approchons a grands pas de Noel mais nous allons quand meme les recevoir a temps ce qui est excellent. Nous avons aussi le sac messenger bleu en stock!

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**108 Hotte shoppingtips**

Since I have Norwegian ancestors, I can tell you that it means **108 Hot shopping tips** in Norwegian and as I'm going through my copy of Elle Interior Norway (kindly sent by the lovely Cecilie Molvær Jørgensen, Deputy Editor), I just realized that I will have to take more photos of this fabulous mag to show you some of the cool interiors they have featured.
But first thing first. What do we have in Elle Interior Norway? Come on...have a guess!! Ouuuiii!!!! La Trop! Look at this...doesn't this bag simply just look the part!
In fact, Cecilie's selection is very much my tastes....
A rolex? Yes that will do thank you very much! A La Trop? Yes thx...got that already! An Owl candleholder? Yep! This owl vase will do. Sibella Court book? Got that too already! A nice carafe? Yes this looks nice in a guest room. Sheepskin sleepers? Yes I've got some too...I know... not sexy but may I remind you that I live with a New-Zealander and last month Steve bought sheepkin sleepers (from New-Zealand) for the whole family and although they are not sexy (really not), they are super comfy!
So basically I have pretty much everything except the Rolex (shame!)....
Pssstt...don't miss Cecilie's bedroom corner on Sunday!

Vu que j'ai des ancestres norvegiens, je peux vous dire que cela se traduit par **108 Hot shopping tips** en norvegian et alors que je feuillete mon numero d'Elle Interior Norway (gentiment envoye par la jolie Cecilie Molvær Jørgensen, Redatrice en Chef), je realise qu'il faudra vraiment que je prenne plus de photos de ce fabuleux magazine pour vous montrer les interieurs geniaux qu'ils ont publie.

Mais bon d'abord...u'est ce que nous avons dans Elle Interior Norway? Allez...devinez!! Ouuuiii!!!! La Trop! Regardez-ca...est ce qu'il n'a pas l'air tout simplement parfait ce sac?

En fait, la selection de Cecilie est tres a mon gout....
Une rolex? Erm oui merci beaucoup! Un La Trop? Oui merci...j'ai deja! Un bougeoir en forme de hibou? Oui ce vase en forme de hibou sera parfait. Le livre de Sibella Court? Ca aussi j'ai! Une jolie carafe? Oui celle-ci sera tres bien dans une chambre d'amis. Des chaussons en peau de mouton? Oui ca aussi j'ai...je sais...pas tres sexy mais dois-je vous rappeler que je vis avec un Neo-Zealandais et le mois dernier, Steve a achete des chaussons en peau de mouton (de Nouvelle-Zelande) pour toute la famille et ok ils ne sont pas sexy (vraiment pas) mais ils sont super comfortables!

Bon donc en fait j'ai pratiquement tout sauf la Rolex (c'est dommage!)....

Pssstt...ne manquez pas la chambre de Cecilie Dimanche matin!

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Inspiring Elle Interior Norway

When I was young, our dad used to tell Elodie and I that our family name 'Köng' (to be pronounced Kung) came from Norway...Apparently our great, great grand father was a sailor who settled down in Norway and started a family, blablabla and years later you ended up with me!
Then when I was 16, he turned around and said that after all our surname might have come from Switzerland! Erm... no offence to the Swiss (I love the Swiss especially her) but between having Vikings as ancestors or being Swiss, I just felt that I had more Viking spirit in my blood than Swiss so I stick to my Viking story...
Anyway, I doubt it's why I love so much Elle Interior Norway but I do! I love this mag and their Xmas issue looks just amazing!
PS: And I've just found out this morning that they also featured my favourite bag: La Tropezienne tote bag by Clare Vivier...so happy

Quand j'etais jeune, mon pere nous racontait a Elodie et moi que notre nom de famille 'Köng' (qui se prononce Kung) venait de Norvege...

Apparemment, notre arriere arriere grand-pere etait un marin qui s'etait installe en Norvege et avait fonde une famille, etc...
Et puis a l'age de mes 16 ans, mon pere m'a sorti qu'apres tout, le nom venait peut-etre de Suisse...Erm je n'ai rien contre les Suisses (j'adore les Suisses surtout elle) mais bon entre avoir les Vikings comme ancetres et etre Suisse, je trouvais que j'avais plus de viking dans le sang que du petit suisse...
Tout ca pour dire que je doute que ce soit pour cela que j'adore Elle Interior Norway mais j'adore ce mag et leur dernier numero a l'air superbe!
PS: Et je viens juste d'apprendre ce matin qu'ils ont aussi publie mon sac prefere: La Tropezienne tote bag by Clare Vivier...trop contente

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I love this look!

(C) Photo from The Sartorialist

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Album di Famiglia

I've always loved this brand but I think I love their stylism, aesthetic, photography and greys even more....will go and see them at the end of Jan. in Paris...

J'ai toujours aime cette marque mais je pense que j'aime encore plus leur stylisme, esthetique, photography et leurs gris....J'irais les voir a Paris fin Janviero...

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L'Amour fou

I don't know about you but I'm ordering this L'Amour Fou sweat shirt from ASOS for myself...

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Halloween photoshoot sneakpeek

We had so much fun shooting a couple of gorgeous five years old today, trying on over 15 different outfits...skeleton, witch, princess, werewolf and lots of masks, glasses and hats. The girls were fantastic, so fun and imaginative...They were coming up with all sorts of ideas and funny faces...and look how the small size of the STAR t-shirt looks cool on them!

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Happy thoughts for the weekend...

What are you up to this weekend?

Tomorrow, I'm off to an 8K run with my friend Melinda, then I will take Mila to the cinema (we do this regularly for some 'maman/mila' time and it's really good fun), then I will check if these are as good as they look. In the evening, we'll go to a party on King's Road to waive goodbye to some dear friends who are re-locating to Singapore and Sunday, it's Mila who has a B'day party to attend...celle de Clemence

This week, I loved....

my friend Garth who is running the New York Marathon to raise 10,000USD for neurofibromatosis. Please help if you can (select GBR if you're in the UK)...

These little garlands by Cinqmai

Dando...too cute!! (via Kayatine) and here is link to make your own

this photo competition organised by VOGUE

this book by Fifi Lapin

and these DIY tricks from Design Sponge

and I'm very happy that they won Best Indie/Alternative video, totally deserved!

Have a wonderful weekend!

(c) Image Ida Kristen via No Penny For Them, t-shirt from Topshop
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WANT!

The Jill Sander collection for Uniqlo...def on my Saturday's to do list

Via Social Gypsy

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Isn't she beautiful?

Liv est une bombe and I'm getting accro to this brand...a pair of jeans last week, a chunky knitwear this morning (similar to this)...pity for my credit card

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Cape and messenger bag

Via Jeana Sohn. The Messenger bag in black will be in stock next week and the gray and blue a week or two later!
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Happy thoughts for the weekend....

What are you up to this weekend?

Tomorrow, I think we'll cycle there to have brunch then we will just hang out at home, taking it easy because Sunday, Steve and I are going there to run 10K here for Cancer Research.

This week, I loved....

reading this powerful, honest account of how Donna Karan and her late husband Stephan Weiss met

what Amanda has done with SnOOp

this DIY project to make a portrait of your child

being on Apartment Therapy's radar

these inspiring rooms painted in grey

this amazing review

this Bat t-shirt designed by Alexa Chung for Madewell and this gray bag - both now on my shopping list

This Black, White & Rustic wood feature on Poppy Handmade (our kitchen getting top billing)

and if I was young, free and a talented photographer, I would buy my flight ticket to NYC right now to work with her

Have a wonderful weekend!

PS:
And if anyone has a contact at the Editorial team of Daily Candy London, please let me know :-) Thanks!

(C) Photo by Cortoboy
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If I could I would frame it!

We just had the most amazing review in the FT's How to Spend it online magazine so we will have to blow our own little trumpet here...
Pleaase forgive us...It may not mean a lot to you but for us this is HU-GE!
How to Spend It is part of the Financial Times and is a very high-profile luxury magazine and their review is just amazing...
A big thank you to Nicole Swengley for writing such a wonderful review!

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