With the sun shining, although admittedly not today, it really does wonders for cheering up the mood. It makes you feel happier, warmer and more positive. As I mentioned on Monday, it even saw me bar...
Now into her 4th season, Kirsty Ward continues to excite with her collections, which are always filled with mixed textures, unconventional fabrics and clean, minimal silhouettes punctuated with ornat...
Oh how I love moogs. I have spoken about them many times here on The Kingdom. So I am especially delighted to see, that google have celebrated Robert Moog today, in honour of the 78th anniversary of ...
Just a heads up to you all - I won't be posting on Friday as I have the day off to practice for my next ballet exam, which is on Saturday, but Queen Marie will still be providing her posts, so y...
It's almost June and it feels deeply absurd writing about tights and body suits, yet this is exactly what I am about to do. I am actually wearing more clothes now than I was in January, so cold ...
You would have to have been living on the moon, not to have realised that we fast approaching the Jubilee. Marking 60 years of The Queen's reign, the Diamond Jubilee celebrations will centre aro...
There are lots of designers who's work is labelled 'wearable art' - usually those designers that skillfully manipulate fabrics into something which can be worn, but also looks magnific...
New Zealand label Company of Strangers, recently emailed me to tell me about their newest collection, Numero Sept. The designer behind the label, Sara Aspinall, effectively uses colour, varying textu...
We are having a well deserved day of rest today. Whatever you get up to today, we hope you have a Happy May Day.. Queen Marie x
I truly don't think you can ever go wrong with anything dark and draped with leather. Draping is the perfect solution for all shapes and sizes of people. You can hide bits you hate under swathes...
Is there a woman alive who can resist the power of the little blue box? The thrill of pulling that pristine white ribbon and the anticipation of what you will find in there. Oh blessed little box, ho...
How happy it makes me watching small brands and labels go from strength to strength before your very eyes. Most prominently it's been Black Milk, who are taking over the world one pair of leggin...
I received an email recently from Yasmine Smith about bag designer Larissa Hadjio. I already knew about the Germany raised, London based designer, but in truth I wasn't very fond of her first co...
I confess that until recently I had no understanding of the special relationship boys have with their wallet. A relationship that is deep, intimate and very long lasting. Women, jobs, flats, cars - t...
Erevos Aether takes us on a journey to another galaxy, with his AW12 'M45 Pleiades' collection. The collection from this designer is, as you might expect, futuristic, theatrical and concept...
Only the girls at Bitching & Junkfood could tempt me back into wearing a pair of denim shorts. It's an item I'd retired some time ago, after feeling like it was one of those things I ju...
I have an ever growing list of people I call Friends I've Never Met. The list encompasses other bloggers, readers, designers and PR's - people who we've supported and who have supporte...
It's been some time since I featured the inimitable London based leather accessories label Fleet Ilya. I am a massive fan of their incredible, and incredibly sexy, harnesses and 'bondage�...
It's not often you get to have a truly special retail experience, least of all here in Scotland. Scotland has a great high street certainly, but in terms of doing anything really unique or risky...
I realise from the outset, that this post may be clutching at straws, never mind grasping a birds tail. But sometimes with the help of interweb, that great big world out there can prove to be a surpr...
Oh how I love advertising. But it's pretty safe to say, that much as I enjoy it, it's not in the habit of stealing my breath away. That is until I watched L’Odyssee de Cartier I literal...
As much as I love to feature new labels, I also like to continually visit regulars. One such regular is Aussie label Lucette, which I've been writing about each and every season for a long time...
Eleanor Amoroso is a designer whom I've featured before for her exceptionally creative use of macrame. I caught up with the designer and asked her a couple of questions about her latest collecti...
I am working on an exciting little project and it requires me to think about bras. You know, that little peep of your bra when there is some side boob action? That glimpse of pretty lace always makes...
Yesterday saw the birthday of one of my favourite architects, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, celebrated with a google doodle... Marking the 126th birth anniversary of the German-born architect ,the buil...
I love buttons. Always have. Always will. My wee gran used to have a button box that she kept in the wardrobe and as a child I spent countless hours sorting through them all. If that box had been fil...
So at long last I made it to Berlin. Hooray... But when I got there, my hotel had no wi fi ( well strictly speaking it did, but they wanted £25.00 a day for it) Boo... Then I couldn't get my dat...
My cold seems to be reaching a crescendo so a somewhat short and sweet post from me today as my brain is fuzz. We received a rather charming email from Karl Leuterio about his label Paradigm Shift, w...
London based designer Martina Spetlova's latest collection is a cheerful mix of ornate fabrics and unexpected volume, with her increasingly signature patchwork details. I caught up with her ask ...
It seems somewhat absurd sitting looking at very sexy little nothings when you're loaded with a cold and looking like death warmed up, yet here am I wondering if I can scrape together £130 for t...
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