W

http://www.style.com/w

Photographs by Mario Sorrenti

Styled by Camilla Nickerson

When I first saw the cover of W I honestly thought Demi Moore had gone blond but further investigation revealed a case of mistaken identity, but inside, photographs of pure pleasure, including this story. Its bi,g heavy and full of lovely stuff, nothing like falling off the wagon in style.

Saltwater

http://www.saltwater.net/ New catalogue on its way

Horst Becking

http://www.theowijnhoven.be/ Horst Becking as seen in Brugges with my nose pressed up against the glass of the gallery which was closed.

more reasons to love Belgium

11. Kipling Bags

Brugges

A very pretty town we stopped at on the way back to the tunnel packed with thousands of tourists the place is almost too perfect, like a diet of Belgian chocolates only a little is needed.

Clothes to covet pt 2

I love this label I have a skirt from this label and it is so beautifully made I love it. Other wonderful reasons to go to Belgium
1. Chocolates
2. Mussels
3. Orange confit ice cream from Elizabeth
4. Horta
5. Magritte
6.Beer (apparently)
7. Lace
8. Independent book shops
9. Wonderful apartments
10. Brugges

clothes to covet

http://www.ousoleil.com/ very covetible as are many of the clothes I saw in Belgium home of my favourite designer Dries Van Noten. However the lovely Emin does not share that love so it was a case of looking not touching, sob.

The view from here

I have just returned from the land of not one, but two Elle magazines. Elle Belgique et Elle Belgie, now that is cool and they are 85% completely different, Elle Belgique wins by a nose and has the best cover, a model no less, whole figure, wearing a Sonia Rykiel grey woolie no less, perfect. Both together cost less than British Vogue. We went to Brussels because Emin fancied some 5 star r+r which we got, as well as a visit to see his cousin who works for the EU. So lots of good food & good company, she is Turkish, speaks fluent English and now perfect French, living with a Frenchman who speaks fluent English as various other languages including Italian! So how inadequate do I feel. It has also become apparent that the new camera is really not very good for reasons too boring to list so I am totally disappointed and will go back to my Sony, cap in hand and pray I can find some rewritable discs for it. I became mildly obsessed by the diverse architecture and as usual spent most of the time dreaming what it would be like to live here, but back home and the harsh reality of work kicks in tomorrow...