Hear me roar

It's quite rare that I find something in a shop that I absolutely love, but if there's one thing that always gets me excited it's Kenneth Jay Lane jewelry. More specifically, his animal pieces. However, if you've ever checked out Mr Lane's jewelry you'll know that more often than not it's super pricey, so I'm always on the lookout for other animal pieces. I came across this leopard ring in H&M today for the reasonable price of £6.99. Not bad. It's a really nice size, the kind of thing where you don't really need to wear much else. Jewelry wise obviously, you'll still want to wear clothes.

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Pink for a girl, blue for a boy

I think I'm becoming mildly obsessed with all things pink. I'm not really sure why. Anyway, it's lead me to purchase an amazing pale pink tweed coat from Zara which I love. Think 1950's presidents wife. I also got a cute 60's style pink top from River Island which I've been looking at for months. I love having birthday money.   

In the future, everyone will be famous

Even Andy Warhol faced the odd set back. But he never gave up.

A diamond is forever

I'm not sure if you caught it, but there was a fantastic documentary on channel four this week about last year's auction of Elizabeth Taylor's spectacular jewelry collection.

What was perhaps most amazing about her jewelry is that she didn't buy these things because she thought they were beautiful, they all marked a particular time or event in her life. Gifts from husbands, lovers and friends, souveniers from trips with her family, celebrations of movies she made or the births of her children.

Elizabeth Taylor had an extraordinary life with its fair share of blessings. However she also had more than her share of heartache, something which is often glossed over in favour of talking about her eight marriages or scandalous love affairs. But at the heart of it all Elizabeth was an incredibly strong and generous person, and someone that I've admired for a long time. If you haven't read it, her book My Love Affair With Jewelry, is well worth a read, telling her story in her own words. We'll never again see a star like Elizabeth Taylor, a woman who demanded people's admiration just as surely as any diamond ever could.

The simple truth

Bonjour!

Apologies for the lack of updates, I've been busy with meetings the last week or so. Also, with planning a summer trip to Paris, which we've finally booked up! We're staying in Monmartre and I'm so excited. The Marc Jacobs x Louis Vuitton exhibition is top of my list of things to do. Well, that and Disneyland of course.