little gifts..

we would like for Christmas..available to buy online from Bungalow 8

Bombay Electric...

Can't wait to check out Bombay Electric - a concept store set up by the the stylish Priya Kishore as a platform for Indian fashion and design..

'Since its launch in 2007 she has attracted considerable media attention most recently from Suzy Menkes, who wrote: “this is a template for the next millennium of Indian style" (International Herald Tribune, 2008).

Priya collaborates with both established and emerging Indian designers to produce fashion-led collections to be sold in Bombay Electric. She champions sustainable design and collaborates with several Indian NGOs such as Women Weave, Aranya, and Alba, to translate traditional crafts and handloom techniques into contemporary designs. These initiatives ensure long-term sustainability for the crafts across India. During her time in London, Priya aims to create bridges between Indian and British designers and to foster collaborations between designers in both countries.'

text from British council

Dreamy, ghostly.... other worldly

Just discovered these beautiful, other worldly photos by stylist and photographer Vikki Ivie. Inspired by inner worldly dreams, nature and Sarah Moon, she captures the essence of femininity in a ghostly and ethereal way. 

A mini retrospective

 A/W 2012

 S/S 2012

 A/W 2011

S/S 2011

Thanks so much to our lovely friends at Other-shop in London for 

introducing us to the wonderful world of Christian Wijnants. 

We love all of his collections so have selected a few images from the last few seasons to show you how great he is . 

In store artists workspaces..

at one of our favorite interior stores..what a lovely idea!

Welsh woolies

 Just having a lovely time in Wales this weekend and came across some beautiful Welsh blankets from the Welsh Blanket company..lovely for Autumn!

A few thing we would like for Autumn..

Eventhough its still not that cold yet..!

oh and this...

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Make do and mend..

Of course there is nothing we like better than finding an old handkerchief or a treasured shirt at a flea market, faded with age and repaired in all corners with intricate stitches..precious things that were worth the time spent to repair them.. in days where it is more normal to discard ripped blouses or broken plates it is a delight to see such beautifully repaired items especially when it comes beloved household items. So we thought we would share some images from one of our favourite blogs, Past Imperfect, that is dedicated to all things that that have been inventively and lovingly repaired, from stapled plates and cups, patchwork teapots and wire weaving a pearl-ware ladle back to life, and don't they look all the more beautiful for it!

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Globe shopping..Sri Textiles, Brooklyn

hand stitched cotton textile Rajasthan India

 A roll of Kurume cotton warp yarns, vintage

 A large and fine patched cotton furoshiki, sashiko kanji

 Bengali Kantha, millions of stitches

 An antique Indian drawing, Yantra in red ink

An intricately resist dyed Indian turban, Mothara from Rajasthan

Layered patched and stitched Boro panel

'Sri is a textile gallery in Brooklyn, New York, USA, specializing in antique Japanese folk textiles, highlighting the indigo-dyed cotton utilitarian fabrics and boro--or patched and mended--textiles of old Japan.'

Where to get it 18 Eckford Street, #8

Brooklyn, NY 11222

t. 718-599-2559

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