The wedding without a dress

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photo via Green Wedding Shoes

One of my good friends from Berlin just got engaged. The best news of the week. When she told me I was smiling all day long. I met up with them a week ago and it was soooo good so see them. Since I moved to London I hardly had contact with my friends over there. Just a email, here and there, facebook messages... But to meet friends in real life feels so good. They were super happy (obvsly) and I loved hearing their whole messed up proposal story

I got a bit excited to create a dress for her and was slightly disappointed but also impressed by her decision to marry without a wedding dress. Yes that's right. She said she never had this princess vision of herself as a bride anyway,they don't have the budget to buy a real cool designers dress and would love to spent more on the event, and good food, so all their friends will have a good time. Fair enough. The plan: Her fiancés is from London with a Spanish background. They tried to find a location that combines the German, English and Spanish culture:MALLORCA! So they are planning to rent a finca over there and are going to have a beach and pool wedding. The bride will wear a white one-piece swim with a beachy little something on top.

P.S: I didn't ask about the groom outfit. PPS: Maybe I should finally move somewhere sunny and design swimwear!?

The suit called Abbey Road

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Upper image via Music for Media, Suit via Paul Smith

Dave was in need of a new super cool suit for an upcoming business trip and I have been totally thrilled to join him on the suit shopping tour. Really what I needed to lift me up and relax for a few hours from job hunting. Though I usually try to find smaller more independent brands, it's not too easy when it comes to suits, plus: our time was limited. We only had one afternoon to find the wonder suit. We couldn't have found a better more suitable piece. Fit, style, color everything was just right. So you grooms-to-be out there, check out Paul Smith for rad suit designs. And their staff in their flagship store was super helpful and great as well.

How to wear a bikini in winter

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I just received this stunning Quilted Bandeau Set by Mouille. The talented designer of Mouille that I featured on my blog before here sponsored this glamourous piece for me to review.

It's rad. As a designer myself I can tell that the quality of the fabric as well as the production is excellent. It's been ethically made in India and I love to support extraordinary emerging designers. This item is from the brand new 2011 collection. I totally dig the nude color. The only problem: I want to wear it straight away. (and the current temperature in London is about 12degrees) Maybe I should match it with my new vintage camel coat? And fake fur hat?