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Luxury Marionette
www.the-luxury-marionette.com
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Resolutely opinionated fashion/ beauty/ art/ life/ society/ luxury blog. All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude.
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Long Live the Queen

The Jubilee weekend is upon us. My friend reported being stopped by a gaggle of tourists and asked if it was the Queens birthday, er not exactly. If you dont live in England;  we are c...

23 h ago 1 person likes this

Let us go then, you and I.

I know Ive been uncharacteristically quiet of late. I have the last set of exams I will (hopefully) ever sit in my life, before graduating Law school and joining my firm. There are literally a millio...

1 day ago

Whispers and Colonnades

The Rue Fauborg St Honore holds several imposing buildings with surly French guards stationed outside. Now, dont ask me how, but I managed to sneak my way past a few of these charming fellas and foun...

5 days ago 2 people like this

Easy Peasy Limey Squeezy

I have a particular fondness for beverages.. Shakes, sodas, slurpy slushies. Im also a mean hand with the blender … no one makes crushed ice as well as me.So heres an easy peasy limey squeezy recipe ...

25 may 12 1 person likes this

I can show you Paris. Shining Shimmering Splendid.

On Tuesday I awoke at the buttcrack of dawn (5.30am to be exact). I knew coffee wouldnt cure my drowsiness, so I decided to blind myself into alertness by donning the most lurid colours I could find;...

25 may 12 2 people like this

And thats how the cookie crumbles: Jean-Paul Hevin Paris

I have a friend, whose travel advice and culinary expertise Ive learnt to trust over the years. Her name is Olimpia and she and her mother have the following amazing blog; Milly and OllyOlly blogged ...

23 may 12 3 people like this

Another Sunday, Another Roast

Theres nothing I love more than my familys Sunday tradition of food and merriment. But of course its not all fun and games, because lunch with us is an exercise in endurance. Just how many ...

22 may 12 2 people like this

Once Bitten Forever Smitten? Cocomaya

On a hazy Sunday morning as the city slumbers away its Saturday night frivolities I hoist myself out of bed for a revision power breakfast. Hot chocolate and chocolate.The best hot chocolate in Londo...

20 may 12 1 person likes this

Watch the Throne Kanye and Jay-Z open at the O2

So the other day, Im sitting at home and feeling rather bruised after a particularly rigourous mental kicking. I am well and truly crap at getting myself organised for anything more than 3 days in th...

19 may 12 1 person likes this

Hermes Leather Forever Exhibition Opening

My mother and I were invited to the opening of the Hermes Leather Forever Exhibition at 6 Burlington Gardens, the sister property to the Royal Academy of Arts. The exhibition celebrates 175 years of ...

14 may 12

Live by the Sun. Love by the Moon; Instagram Medley

So everyone in the blogosphere has jumped on the my week in instagram bandwagon and since Im always along for the ride, here are some recent outtakes.Marinas gorgeous new arrival- Troy! Hes all choco...

12 may 12 1 person likes this

Well arent you just a regular Loaferio

I know. Bad bad pun. But by now youve probably guessed that Im defenseless when it comes to wordplay & the cheesier the better.But check out my new loafers. You likey? I likey. Embroide...

11 may 12

Rock that Croc... Tyler Alexandra Handbags

The other day Gabi (of the superb Not So Basic blog) and I attended the amazing launch event for Tyler Alexandra in the UK at the Arts Club. Tyler is fashion royalty and the daughter of famous l...

09 may 12 1 person likes this

Roland Mouret: Wilkes Dress

Saw this Roland Mouret dress in Selfridges today. Vivid turquoise in a stretch bandage fabric, it fits like a dream. Sadly, I cannot justify the purchase as I have about two million dresses in the sa...

09 may 12

The magical city, a younger girls city.

Sometimes the City sleeps too. I couldnt. So rise, but not so much shine (only annoying people are chirpy at dawn).Went for a walk. Waited for Starbucks to open. Pleasantly reassured to see my Barist...

09 may 12 2 people like this

COSTUME INSTITUTE GALA/ MET BALL 2012 : BEST DRESSED

Best DressedFor me, Nina Dobrev in Donna Karen took the crown for Best Dressed. Her look was dramatic and effortless. She stood out in an army of try-hards (Beyonce with her butt hanging out, Karolin...

08 may 12 1 person likes this

I spy with my little eye....

Ever had that creepy sensation of being followed. An uneasy unshruggable feeling of being watched? Well such clandestine espionage isnt just home in reruns of Columbo and conspiracy blogs the world o...

08 may 12

Retro nostalgia

Check out cest bébé. Honestly, what a tease.Always parked a road from my house, a perpetual reminder of my dirty little secret, my one epic failure.I like to think that had I not failed my driving te...

07 may 12 1 person likes this

Tragedy, when the feelings gone and you cant go on its Tragedy: Christian Louboutin Fall 2012

Usually new Christian Louboutin collections put my long suffering banker on red alert.  However, hell have nothing to fear when Autumn comes around because Louboutin have produced a collection s...

06 may 12

Crystal Pommes & Pears

I suspect you are wandering why Im wearing Hunter Wellies in May, around Notting Hill of all places. Not gonna lie. I dont own many flat shoes and my long-legged companion insisted I be practical on ...

06 may 12 1 person likes this

The first time I sang in the church choir; two hundred people changed their religion.

Lamentably I dont sing in a church choir. But if I did the above would be true.Episcopal appreciation has always been a wee pleasure of mine. From shadowy gothic cathedrals to renaissance basilicas o...

04 may 12 1 person likes this

You better not be talking to me.

My dog, Plato was being a belligerent jackas s today & spent the entire afternoon trying to pick a fight. Dont know what his problem is, we all have issues but just learn to deal.&n...

01 may 12 2 people like this

Neon Splash

Hope youre feeling neon this Spring/Summer (if England is ever going to have one). Bright fluoros are bang on trend and a deadcert way to brighten up your day. So here is some stylespo for you on thi...

01 may 12

Walking on the Milkyway

The other week it was my brother Alexs birthday. He is one of those people who hates having a fuss made over his birthday and wilts at the prospect of anything OTT. If you dont believe me, ask him wh...

29 apr 12 2 people like this

Oh Kimchee, I did not know thee, but now that I do, Ill take nothing in lieu.

Yes, you probably winced at the post title, but I just couldnt resist. As a law student at BPP Holborn, I have spent the best part of a year marvelling at queues snaking round the block, to get ...

28 apr 12 1 person likes this

And all that I hear as I lie in my bed... Is the slishity-slosh of the rain in my head.

At the beginning of last week I was still sort of feeling the romance of rainy walks down deserted streets, kicking puddles of water in my Hunters and cups of builders tea (with rich-tea bi...

27 apr 12 1 person likes this

At the violet hour

If you read my blog, youll know Im cray-cray about the countryside. What started on a childhood visit to Shropshire, snowballed into an impossibly exciting night in a tent on a Duke of Edinburgh expe...

24 apr 12 1 person likes this

How to: The Perfect Manicure

As someone who is particular about grooming, I always despair over the grungy state of my nails. Perfect manis give way to chipped nail laquer in a matter of nano-seconds, which isnt helped by my con...

23 apr 12

Studs and Shorts

I am feeling this La Garconne sleeveless  military coat in a big way. The buckled strap closure is uber-cool and the cotton canvas makes it wearable all the way through from Spring through t...

23 apr 12

Carpe Diem, because tomorrow it could be too Late.

 Reread T.S Eliots The Wasteland over the weekend, which to me along with The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock is one of the most beautiful poems ever written.  Here is one of my favourite st...

22 apr 12 1 person likes this

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