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Liberty London Girl
www.libertylondongirl.com
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The thoughts of Sasha Wilkins, an English Fashion Editor travelling between London, Manhattan & Los Angeles, on life, love, design, food & style.
#810 in All , #31 in General Lifestyle

LLG Shops & Travels: Carga Lifestyle Store, Seminyak, Bali

At the top of the long drive down to The W Bali property is a strip of shops, salons and restaurants, all of which cater to the upmarket trade staying at The W, The Kayana & other hotels in the n...

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Magazines: British Vogue Coronation Issue 1953. Part Two.

The pomp and ceremony that surrounded the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II held a nation still hobbled by the aftermath of the Second World War transfixed. In Vogue’s Coronation Issue of ...

1 day ago 3 people like this

LLG Fashion: Diamond Jubilee kickoff as Meadham Kirchhoff take Topshop

It’s 5pm on a Friday before the country shuts down for a four day Royal Diamond Jubilee extravaganza. Short of an IV drip of vodka and a Mr Whippy-dispensing ice cream van outside the front door, I’m...

1 day ago

LLG Fashion: An Exclusive film of Roland Mouret at Singapore Fashion Festival

The house of Roland Mouret is of course an extraordinary business: a maison in the heart of London, producing the most ravishing clothes. But it’s not just the immaculate fashion: it’s widely acknowl...

3 days ago 2 people like this

The Lost Lectures 2012, London

This is a brief post just to say an ENORMOUS thank you to all the LLG readers I met last night at The Lost Lectures at The Union Chapel in Islington, London. I was completely bowled over by the wonde...

3 days ago 1 person likes this

LLG Press: Sainsbury’s Magazine, May 2012.

Back in April I ran the behind the scenes photos from the shoot for the May issue of Sainsbury’s Magazine with photographer Jonathan Gregson. Of course, I didn’t want to run the actual images, as the...

4 days ago 1 person likes this

LLG Travels: Changi Airport Transit Hotel, Singapore

For years I’ve heard people talking about Changi Airport’s Transit Hotel. The airport itself has frequently won Conde Nast Traveller Awards and is legendary for its amenities, including a rooftop swi...

5 days ago

LLG Travels: Visiting the Domaine Chandon Winery in the Napa Valley

After Jill & Michael’s wedding, I had the Sunday afternoon free, before I returned to San Francisco, and thence to London on Monday morning. I knew I wanted to do something wine-related, and it h...

6 days ago 2 people like this

LLG Travels & Eats: Din Tai Fung at Raffles City, Singapore

(Steamed mushroom vegetarian bun) During LVMH South Asia Group President Ravi Thakran’s most interesting talk on the rise of Asian luxury and commodities at Asia Fashion Summit, he happened to mentio...

28 may 12

LLG Fashion: The Front Row at Singapore Fashion Festival

They give excellent front row in Singapore. Really, properly dressed up, verging-on-the-edge-of-bonkers front row. There is clearly a lot of loose change swilling around in the pockets of the wealthy...

28 may 12 1 person likes this

LLG Beauty: St Tropez Self Tan Bronzing Mousse Tried & Tested

As I have discovered since I landed late last night, I gather summer arrived whilst I was in Bali. Utterly, bloody typical. When we had the heat wave back in March I was in Cornwall – which was lovel...

27 may 12 3 people like this

LLG Travels: Hamster Impression

As I wheeled my little hand luggage cart well past midnight through the terminals at Singapore Changi Airport for a third time last night, it occurred to me that the way in which I travel could quite...

26 may 12

LLG Fashion: Blueprint Singapore feat. Ostwald Helgason, Timo Weiland, Jonathan Simkhai & Maria Fra...

(Silk shorts by Ostwald Helgason) Of the four pillars of Asia Fashion Exchange, the Blueprint trade show is the one that keeps evolving each year. The appointment of Tracy Phillips as Director back i...

26 may 12 1 person likes this

Magazines: British Vogue Coronation Issue June 1953

When we moved house last summer, I unearthed my very precious copy of English Vogue: The 1953 Coronation issue. It is full of the most amazing images, both from advertising and from editorial. So, fr...

24 may 12 5 people like this

LLG Travels: Poppies, Kuta, Bali

It’s a long, long time since I was last in Bali. I came on my GAP year with my best friend Caro after doing volunteer work with the Salvation Army’s children homes in Ipoh, Malaysia and in Singapore,...

23 may 12

LLG Travels: Arriving at The W Bali, Seminyak

Please don’t hate me right now. For I believe I may be in paradise. Really, it’s hard to argue when you walk into your hotel room, draw back the curtains and see that view. It’s very, very rare that ...

23 may 12

LLG Fashion + Philanthropy: TOMS Sunglasses

Sunglasses rarely suit me. Which is a shame as I wear them all the time, winter or summer. I have sensitive eyes, maybe because of the years of contact lenses — I have a –8 prescription, so have to c...

22 may 12 2 people like this

Dog of the Day: Bob the Staffie in association with Dogs Trust

Bob the Staffie started his career in fashion just over one year ago, when he joined London PR agency Varg on a work placement. He was only meant to stay with Varg PR (and his now pet, the lovely Tov...

20 may 12 1 person likes this

Singapore: Whole Earth Thai-Peranakan Vegetarian Restaurant

When I worked in Singapore when I was nineteen, I was introduced to Chinese vegetarian food by an aunty at the children’s home in which I volunteered. It was a revelation, coming from England where v...

20 may 12

LLG Beauty: Sun Care Recommendations. Clinique, Lancaster & Nivea

I was incredibly lucky with the weather over in Austria last week. Whilst London is one big miserable puddle, the weather was gloriously in the 20s towards the end of my stay, and after my morning’s ...

19 may 12

LLG Travels: Blackbird Car Hire, Cornwall

I spent ages trying to work out the logistics for our Cornwall trip. Knowing that we wanted to stay at The Scarlet on the north coast and end up at The Lugger on the south was making things tricky, a...

19 may 12 2 people like this

LLG Beauty: Manicurious Pedicure & Manicure, Singapore

On the way to my hotel from Changi Airport, I passed a shop called Manicurious, just around the corner from Raffles. The sign had a great font, and it looked like a design store. Clearly that was whe...

19 may 12 1 person likes this

A Whirling Week in Singapore

(Breakfast at the hotel) I’m trying to get my head around the fact that it is Friday already, and I have barely blogged about being here. I *was* doing brilliantly on the avoid jetlag strategy. At th...

18 may 12

LLG Digest: The influence of Vidal Sassoon and getting healthy at the Mayr Clinic

RIP Vidal Sassoon The man who changed the world with a pair of scissors LLG Health: My Schedule at the Mayr Clinic Guest Blog: Vidal Sassoon and his Influence by Rebecca LLG Fashion: ASOS Africa LLG ...

17 may 12

LLG Fashion: Singapore label Raoul livestream AW12 runway show on Thursday

My big personal discovery here at Audi Fashion Festival last season was home grown Singaporean label Raoul. Not only did I see their AW11 collection show on the runway here, but I spent a small fortu...

17 may 12

Colin McDowell & Nicola Formichetti in coversation at Asia Fashion Summit 2012

On Tuesday I was at the first day of Asia Fashion Summit 2012 here in Singapore, and was thrilled to be able to hear the eminence grise of fashion writing, the wonderful Colin McDowell in Conversatio...

17 may 12

LLG Beauty & Design: Lancôme Celebrates both the Coronation & the Diamond Jubilee

When the Lancôme press office sent through the charming drawings (below) by London designer Georgia Hardinge to celebrate this year’s Diamond Jubilee, it reminded me that I had seen this rather wonde...

17 may 12

LLG Home: John Smedley Cotton & Wool Wash

This may be the shortest recommendation post ever,but I wanted to draw your attention to this excellent washing stuff from John Smedley, which goes in the washing machine if you so desire. I wash all...

15 may 12

LLG Food: Scamorza, Tomato & Basil Sandwich

Until last week, I had only ever eaten Scamorza cheese, and the smoked version at that, in restaurants, mainly Carluccio’s, if I am honest. I’ve always loved the smoky taste, and unyielding texture, ...

14 may 12 1 person likes this

LLG Health: Leaving the Mayr Clinic

So this is where I have been hanging out for the past week. The Center for Modern Mayr Medicine is right on the shores of Lake Worth (Wörthersee). It’s absolutely one of the loveliest lakeside positi...

13 may 12 2 people like this

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