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Sweat Shop Cafe In Paris


Sweat Shop cafe in Paris is a sewing fanatic and coffee lover's fantasy come true. Here you can rent sewing machines and chat over a latte while you design and spin your heart's desire.

Opened by Martena Duss and Sissi Holleis, a Swiss makeup artist and an Austrian fashion designer, the pair wanted to create a friendly place in which budding seamstresses and young designers could practice their art while mingling with like-minded individuals. How it works is you can borrow a Singer sewing machine at 6 euros an hour and work away.

Kind of makes me wish I could sew.


Sweat shop cafe

Sweat Shop cafe

Sweat Shop cafe
images source: Sweat Shop cafe blog

 

 
 
 
 

Pret-a-Portea in London


The next time I visit London, I will definitely make it a point to go to high tea at The Berkeley Hotel. They have a fashion afternoon tea series called Prêt-à-Portea, which features beautifully made desserts that are inspired by recent runway shows. Their menu is changed every 6 months to follow the ever-changing fashion trends. Currently, their cakes and pastries are inspired by the Spring/Summer 2010 collections of Anya Hindmarch, Paul Smith, Yves Saint Laurent, Christopher Kane, Jean Paul Gaultier, Jason Wu, Sonia Rykiel and Erdem.

Pret-a-Portea in London
image source: The Berkeley Hotel
 
 
 
 

How's The Reception On Your LBD?


I'm often amazed at the ingenuity and creative spirit that some people are just blessed and borne with. Like the M-Dress (Mobile Phone Dress) created by CuteCircuit. To be honest, I don't see the need for a dress to be able to pick up my phone calls, but it's the idea behind it that I appreciate. I would never in a million years think to integrate a dress and a phone together. I mean, who would ever need a dress that's also a mobile phone? According to the CuteCircuit site, "The M-Dress (Mobile Phone Dress) was designed after [their] research showed that very often phone calls are missed because mobile phones are quite awkward to carry, especially for women, that have garments with small or no pockets. To allow women to stay connected while remaining stylish, CuteCircuit designed the M- Dress. A mobile phone in its own right but built out of soft circuitry."

How it works is apparently quite simple: the wearer puts their SIM card in the slot underneath the clothing label and the dress/phone is ready to be used. Your phone number will stay the same. Whenever the dress rings, all you need to do is raise your hand to your ear, which will allow the sensor to take the call. And when you're finished talking, just put your hand down. Sounds easy enough, right?

I'm very curious to see if this trend will catch on. What do you think?

 M-Dress by CuteCircuit
image source: CuteCircuit

The sleek silk jersey M-Dress is set to be released in 2011.

 
 
 
 

Trendy Threads Tuesday: Sporting The Look


Looking for a cute way to be sporty? 

Match this sweater vest with a feminine bottom such as a khaki or jeans skirt with a solid color button down underneath. Complete the look with sneakers or flats.  

To get the look: 

Vest 

Skirt (the skirt above is no longer available -- please take a look at our alternatives!)

Sneakers

Button down 

 
 
 
 

Statement Tights From Les Queues de Sardines


For anyone who's been searching for one-of-a-kind tights, look no further. Les Queues de Sardines creates an original range of tights that have fabulous and unique designs. All are screen-printed by hand and come in limited quantities, so you know you're getting a one-of-a-kind statement piece.

Les Queues De Sardines tights
Descente d'Organes - available in pink & white

Les Queues De Sardines tights
Gargantua - available in black, white & pink

Les Queues de Sardines tights
Polly - available in pink & white

Les Queues de Sardines tights
Agnathe - available in black & white
images taken from Les Queues de Sardines


You can buy the tights here.
 
 
 
 

Uber Femme Pom Poms


I've been on the search for new accessories lately -- necklaces, to be more specific. I came across these delightfully feminine pom pom necklaces on the vamoose. Please excuse me. I need to go stalk the website now.

Pom Pom necklaces

Pom Pom Necklaces
images taken from the vamoose
 
 
 
 

Cynthia Rowley Brings Glam To Your BooBoos


It's never fun to get hurt, but probably the funnest part about getting hurt is choosing which band-aid you want to put on your wound. When I was a kid, it was Hello Kitty, Keroppi, or some other Sanrio character. Now, Cynthia Rowley has created adult band-aids to gussy up that nasty paper cut.

Cynthia Rowley band-aids 

Cynthia Rowley band-aids

Cynthia Rowley band-aids
images taken from cynthiarowley.com

You can get the band-aids here.

 
 
 
 

Frightening fashion...


As both a dog and a fashion lover, I'm quite disturbed about this picture that was emailed to me by a friend. I have no idea where the source is from but what do you ladies think? Is this real or fake? (And if anyone knows the source, please let me know so I can credit the photo!)

Dog Shoes
 
 
 
 

Fashion Humor


Thought this was quite hilarious and wanted to share! This cartoon was created by Denise Dorrance.

Denise Dorrance
 
 
 
 

Mood Polish


When you were a little girl, did you love mood rings that changed colors with your moods like I did? Of course after a while, I figured out you could change the colors of the rings just by breathing hot air from your mouth on it, so it lost some of its charm, but I still liked to pretend it worked.

In The Mood polish has created mood-changing nail polish that changes colors based on your body temperature or your surroundings and they're being sold for $8 a pop.

in the mood nail polish   in the mood nail polish   in the mood nail polish

Bring out your inner kid again and get the polish here.