What does Anya Hindmarch and pretty much every mum in the whole wide world have in common? *cue confused expressions and what is Middle Mouse banging on about now comments
....well, I can reveal that she too considers breakfast as the most important meal of the day! Confused? Allow me to reveal grrrrrrrrreat fashion foodie news that will have you eating out the palm of my hand....
So Anya's only bloody gone and joined forces with Kelloggs and our most favourite tiger, Tony and created a limited edition cereal range! Inspired by the Counter Culture Collection and Anya’s ambition for making the everyday extraordinary, the collaboration transforms out favourite morning munch into swoon-worthy flakes of fabulousness. Breakfast is about to become not only the most important meal of the day but also the most stylish...
Waitrose also joins the pretty little fash food pack, playing its part by stocking the limited edition range of Fashion Flakes AKA Frosties and Handbags at Dawn Flakes AKA Corn Flakes - see what they did there!
But be quick, with the collection being limited edition you'll need to snap them up pronto! Buy in Waitrose stores nationwide for £2.49 a pop or from the Bond Street, Sloane Street, Ledbury Road or Harvey Nichols Anya stores.
If you haven't got the message yet, we're sort of excited about Christmas... So far this week we've brought you our round-up of the coolest Christmas Knits this season (just under a week and a half til Christmas Jumper Day people...) and we've also given you our pick of the best luxe pampering gifts to give your Christmas shopping (or your very own Christmas list) a bit of a boost. Next up, we've got a key Christmas fashion dilemma covered... Picture the scene - it's 7am on a Thursday in Mid-December. You're likely hungover from a couple too many festive gin & tonics last night and this morning you have even more to contend with than usual... On top of trying to make a breakfast which consists of more than just your advent calendar chocolate, and in addition to getting your layering just right so that you don't freeze on the walk to the station, boil on the underground or expose yourself to your fellow commuters as you try to do the public transport strip, this morning you also need a party appropriate outfit for this evening's work Christmas celebrations... Let's pause it right there and avert any pre-Chrimble breakdowns immediately. That's right, we're going to get your work Christmas party outfit sorted right now... This year, you will be wearing a black dress to the office which you can dress down by day and then vamp up for the evening with a pair of very high heels and a blinder of a clutch bag. Now, how easy was that?! What's that? You don't have a blinder of a clutch bag? Well of course we have that sorted for you too - come on what do you think we are? Men not Mice?! What's that? Given the sackfuls of presents you need to buy for 25th December, you don't have the cash to shell out on a blinder of a clutch right now? Well we've thought of that too... without further ado, we bring you the path to Christmas pzazz whatever your budget... The Sparkly Chic One Edie Parker Flavia Box Clutch £965
Clark's Botanicals Thakoon Holiday Set £42 (this Thakoon for Clark's Botanicals clutch comes complete with some scrumptious products to make you look even more sparkly - win, win!)
Everyone loves a good story don't they? Why is it that something seems so much more appealing if you understand the tale behind it? Well clever Anya Hindmarch has cottoned onto this ahead of the busiest gifting period and has emerged as the J.K.Rowling of the fashion world with her latest 'All I've Ever Wanted' collection. The all singing all dancing super duper spangly range represents exactly what's going on in Anya's head. That paired with two Christmas childhood memories I think we can all hark back to ... firstly, Quality Street, remember the excitement of being given a box by an ancient family relative and your eyes glazing over at the sight of all those wonderful rainbow metallic coloured wrappers? Secondly, that special moment each year when you would be taken to see your favourite toy shop window all dressed up, packed full of promises and ready to make lots of little people's dreams come true! Well Anya wanted to capture these magical feelings and inject them into the 'All I've Ever Wanted' range, and that she certainly did...
Image via www.anyahindmarch.com
Each designer piece comes packed up in a toy box boasting beautifully nostalgic packaging ... pastel colours, playful fonts and simple graphics. My many Barbies used to come in boxes just like the one above! Before I introduce you to the very fabulous collection, which you'll instantly fall in love with by the way, I thought I'd share the below teaser showing you the inside of Anya's weird and wonderful factory of dreams...
Anyway, enough of that, time for the good stuff ... the products!
Yes this bag really does light up! Its smattering of glitter and tiny LED lights will have you looking like a fashion-forward Christmas tree fairy in no time...
If the 'jazz hands' light-up evening bag wasn't out there enough for you, why not opt for the snow globe version! Seriously though if this wasn't Anya Hindmarch there is no fricking way anyone would buy this but stamp that iconic bow on the bag and people go stir crazy...
Leave your iPod at home when you're armed with the following - all you have to do it wind up the clutch and 'Deck The Halls' will play out loud and proud...
Well the following super cute metallic line needs no explanation, each and every coin purse inspired by those little Quality Street drops of heaven. Sadly these little gems aren't coated with chocolate and don't have a scrumptious centre, but we still think they're pretty delicious...
We've reached the halfway mark! London's done and dusted, and now the fashionistas have hotfooted it to Milan for the next leg of the fashion merry-go-round, Milan Fashion Week. We're already swooning over Aerial the mermaid hued beaded slips of gorgeousness shown yesterday at Alberta Ferretti and we're seriously loving the kaleidoscope of hothouse colour-blocked Gucci pieces which nicely offset the monochrome evening gowns that Frida Giannini sent down the runway. But, can the rest of Milan match up to last week's London out-and-out amazingness? We'll have to see... In the meantime, here's our round-up of our favourite moments from LFW staged in the indisputable fashion capital of the world... (what can we say? We're patriotic!) More Than Just Pretty Dresses at Vivienne Westwood Who says fashion's frivolous? In usual punkish Westwood style, the 71 year old designer closed her LFW show by parading down the catwalk in a t-shirt proclaiming 'Climate Revolution' below a banner bearing the same slogan. Championing the sustainable fashion cause, Westwood urged dedicated followers of fashion to "buy less, choose well, make it last". And the politics didn't stop there. In a show of support for the WikiLeaks' founder's battle against his extradition, Westwood handed out T-shirts to models and celebrities bearing her face and the words "I'm Julian Assange". a A particularly provocative move given that the show was being staged at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Headquarters in London...
Images via: www.mydaily.co.uk and www.elleuk.com
Issa: Exoticism and Acid Brights Politics aside, fashion week wouldn't be fashion week without some very pretty dresses... And very pretty dresses is what Issa excels at. We brought you news earlier this week of the brand new Issa online store and we now can't wait until these beauties land next spring. We sense that internet shopping time may need to be rationed to avoid fatal damage to our credit cards...
Images via: www.style.com
Liberty Ross Hits Back Liberty Ross walking at Wang was one of our NYFW highlights and, this week, at a London Fashion Week party, the new head-held-high Liberty stepped out looking fabulous in fur with a new man on her arm. Rupert who?
Image via: www.dailymail.co.uk
What's Black & White and Worn All Over? We sensed that monochrome was going to be hot for Spring when we spied Marc Jacobs' Bridget Riley-esque collection and a runway awash with black and white at BCBG Max Azria. But if there was any doubt at all in our Micey minds, it was definitely pushed aside by the monochrome mania sweeping London last week, in particular at Sass & Bide, Giles and Topshop Unique. Gucci continued the trend over in Milan yesterday. We say go and dig out your best black and white immediately, nothing's chicer than this classic colour combo.
Images via: www.style.com
Treacy went Gaga Is it a bird? Is it a blancmange? Don't be ridiculous, it's Gaga... Following surprise catwalk guests in New York last week, milliner, Philip Treacy, outshone them all by sending a hot pink net shrouded superstar out to open his first runway show in thirteen years. Lady Gaga kicked off the show before darting to sit front row to watch the parade of eye-popping headpieces modeled by an all black cast of girls wearing original Michael Jackson stage costumes. You couldn't make it up...
Image via: www.huffingtonpost.com
Stellar FROW at Mulberry (as well as gnomes and real life poodles...) Alexa Chung, Olivia Palermo, Jessica Ennis, Lana Del Rey, Kate Moss and a whole host of our current favourite actresses. A page from Victoria Beckham's address book? No, just Mulberry's front row...
Images via: www.huffingtonpost.com
The vibe was English country garden, complete with giant plastic garden gnomes, laser cut flowers, lizard motifs and real life poodles... The show kicked off fashionably late, thirty minutes after it was due to start, reputedly down to the fact that Miss Moss wasn't running to schedule. Still, we're sure that Emma Hill will forgive her, the Super later gushed to the press about the latest Mulberry arm-candy offering, the Willow - a tote which comes complete with a removable clutch. We're with you Kate, we want. A LOT!
Image via: www.graziadaily.co.uk
Mary K Wishes You Were Here The queen of print, Mary Katrantzou, reigned supreme this week with a collection inspired by stamps and bank notes from around the world. We weren't quite as enamoured with the SS collection as we were with the teaspoon and typewriter prints from the AW collection, but we're head over heels for those serrated stamp-edge trimmed Louboutin booties!
Images via: www.style.com
Anya Hindmarch Merry-Go-Round In February, handbag genius, Anya Hindmarch turned nutty professor meets Willy Wonka to showcase her AW collection, so we were super excited to see what the SS showcase would bring... And Super excitement was most certainly warranted! The final day of LFW saw Poppy Delevigne and Olivia Palermo perched front row before a carousel swirling to provide a glimpse of a various cheeky Victorian tableaus centered around some particularly delicious handbags. Words can't do it justice, check out the video below...
Bum's the New Black at Pam Hogg Better step up the squats immediately, it's official, next spring if you want to be on trend your bottom's going to need to be in tip top shape. In a move that makes McQueen's bumsters look chaste, Pam Hogg sent Alice Dellal down the runway with her peachy posterior fully on display. Hmmm, we think this may be one look that the Mice won't be channeling...
Image via: www.huffingtonpost.com
Right, we're off to resume Style.com watch to see what those impossibly stylish Italians come up with next...
At this present time i'm in totes heaven ... get it?! God i'm good! I don't know whether i'm the only one but everywhere I go at the minute I seem to spy the most amazing bags - the shops are full to the brim, the weekly mags are laden with them and the tube is full of stylish Londoners rocking them fabulously. It's fair to say totes are totes HOT right now and everyone's vying for a piece of the action!
Handbags have always been the utlimate accessory for women. Why? Because it's the quickest and in my opinion the easiest way of making a statement. That's not to say I see bags as a status symbol, I couldn't care less how much a bag costs or what brand it is. To me it's all about the materials it's made from, the quality and how freaking cool it looks!
When it comes to your handbag this season, it's very much about down-scaling and opting for a more subtle tote style. This is something i'm going to struggle with as i'm a HUGE fan of oversized accessories - the bigger the better. Lets not go overboard though (i'm such a drama mouse), it's still on-trend to opt for spacious styles but just not bottomless pit styles!
Well without further ado, check out 3BadMice favs..
Feather fashion it hot right now andAngel Jacksonhas the goods to prove it with this all-over-feather jaw dropper. Loving the array and mix of a million beautiful colours and the contrast of the gun metal chain running across to top of the bag - winner!
Feather Tote: £499
Image via www.anglejackson.com
Work the tangerine tastic trend this season with this statement tote from Michael Kors. Myself and mini mouse actually ventured into Selfridges at the weekend to check this citrus beauty out for ourselves and we can confirm that it's as show stopping in real life as it is online. We love the subtle detailing of the buckles and the embossed branding against the robust textured leather. Available in two sizes and in a range of popping colours, one for every day of the week - if only we could afford them all!
Large: £285
Medium: £220
Images via www.michaelkors.com
Zarahas jumped on the back of the hugely popular ombre trend and we're loving it. So apparently it's not just hair that takes to this dip dye trend well. This bag is a little corker and will ensure your outfit is instantly uber stylish and on-trend.
Graded Shopper: £99.99
Image via www.zara.com
Celebs and models who have the ombre bug too...
Images via vintagelovecouture.buzznet.com; glamourmagaine.co.uk
AND it's not only celebs who can rock this fashion forward look! Mini mouse does it with subtle style too...
And last but not least remortgage your flat for the Anya Hindmarch Huxley Tote - it costs to look fabulous darling! This navy python is to die for - the gold detailing complements this bag perfectly and comes complete with a detachable strap.
