Loulou Bontemps

Love love love! H&M have launched an incredible new exclusive glamour range. Feast your eyes...

Enjoy ladies...

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My favourite this season. Inspired by Renaissance paintings and perhaps boosted by her royal company, this collection is opulent, elegant and striking.

Cream lace, bright fushia florals, golds and velvet, tailored to any black tie or the every day wardrobes of the incredibly rich. 

I love the colours, slightly boho patterns and nude silks. Grand & sexy. Merci Alice xx

Goth meets punk and got a New York fashion fix.

Christopher Kane offers us purple to red with a similar edge to Erdem with the leather wraps & over sized jumpers and striped furs.

Right up my street, more additions to my fantasy wardrobe. This collection is like comfy, edgy fashion.

Known as one of the most charming men in fashion, his collections simply reflect his romantic florals and lace. 

This collection for AW12 features a line skirts, lace & silks, leather textured like tweed, blacks, blues, yellows and purples. 

The shoes are definetely complete the collection reflecting the edgy lady look for this coming Autumn. Yes, my eyes are filling my fantasy wardrobe! 

True to Erdem, the attention to detail is immaculate. Feast your eyes...

hot heavens... being launched tomorrow David Beckhams bums for H&M

Stunning! these pictures, Katie Holmes and the jewellery are incredible. Gorgeous!

Check out my buddy from Uni's latest project...

Mr Tom Nelson and his fellow daring dynamo Phil Saunders are off to follow their passion for music, travel, adventure and pure awesomeness....

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The teaser...

Tom Nelson

Stats:

• DOB – 07.08.1984

• POB – Solihull

• Height – 185cm

• Weight – roughly 16kg lighter than Phil

• Nickname – Nelson, Dancer

About me:

A happy childhood – tick

University – tick

Four years solid experience in the ‘big wide world’ – tick.

Many other events, successes and failures along the way – tick.

Fears in life:

Snakes – in a big way

Getting old without living out at least some of my dreams

Reasons for doing this:

For the last four years I have worked as a design manager for a residential developer in Surrey. I love my job and the people I work with. However, as life passes by at a quicker rate year-on-year, I cannot ignore the desire to get out and see the world on my doorstep from a completely new perspective.

Getting Phil onboard with the whole adventure back in January was the final nail in the coffin for the Sensible Me. A moment we’ll look back on many of times to come over the next few years.

Why by bicycle? Well, there are many ways to experience mother nature and human culture, but the saddle will offer a front row seat. Away from the popular tourist trails we hope to truly explore the regular day-to-day life and musical influences of the worlds we travel through.

Numerous books, websites, documentaries and discussions have been digested, and now it’s time to put thought into action. Living out this dream is a huge undertaking, but will hopefully raise large sums of money for this incredible charity.

Quotes to live by:

“If there’s no risk there’s no adventure… and that’s a great part of life.” Bill Briggs

“If you don’t do it this year, you will be one year older when you do.” Warren Miller

“Live fast, die older.” Nick Wilson (friend), 2003

“Go big or go home boys.” Tom Kirkham (friend), 2009

“Do one thing everyday that scares you.” Baz Luhrmann

Inspirations:

My Sister Sarah

Mark Beaumont http://www.markbeaumontonline.com

Film-Into the Wild

Jinji Sadan http://www.dreamwithopeneyes.com/

Here's a shout out to my mums super chilled retreat in the south of france. To the writers, readers and thinkers out there, if you fancy some space, time to write or jsut a break from the madness go visit my mum! This place is gorgeous and chilled xx

Le Petit St Paul

Happy New Year gorgeous people! Best wishes from me and my team here at LoulousBoutique.com.

May 2012 bring you good fortune and happiness

xxx

Art director, model, daughter of one of the most fashionable women in France; Julia Restoin Roitfeld's CV reads like a stylish dream, and now she's broadening it with the job title of lingerie designer.

Restoin Roitfeld, 31, has teamed up with the American lingerie label Kiki de Montparnasse - named after the multi-tasking French model/ nightclub singer and actress at the heart of the 1920 social scene in the Montparnasse district of Paris.

LOVE LOVE LOVE

Love this, take a look mes amies...

As the gorgeous Harriet quoted...

It’s ethical

They deliver

They collect

The trees are nice

Pick your perfect Christmas tree, Green Tree Delivers to your door.

www.greentreedelivery.co.uk

The super awesome DS Art has been a busy bee.

Remember his graffiti art skills? Click here to check out his gallery... 

Check out his latest niche in the world of mobile phone art...

check them out at www.getincased.com

Take a peek at some of my latest hats, available to buy in the boutique very soon xx

My mum sent me over these pictures, I think they're incredible so I wanted to share them with you all...

steve mcqueen, paul newman, barbra streisand and sidney poitier

sophia loren and jane mansfield

presley, joe esposito, frank sinatra and estaire

diana and mother teressa

paul newman and robert redford

julie andrews and hepburn

hepburn and grace kelly

hepburn and estaire

ella and marilyn

dali and disney

dali and coco chanel

chaplin and einstein

bob dylan, neil young and eric clapton

bardot and sean

bardot and picasso

andy warhol and hitchcock

ali and martin luther king jr

alain delon, brigitte bardot and eddie barclay

Big thank you to the gorgeous Kensington Doll for our latest write up, take a peek at her blog... living la vie de Chelsea.

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KENSINGTON DOLL

A New York Doll exploring Kensington and Chelsea, London

Oh yes mustard! That’ll do… Mustard? Don’t let’s be silly. Now lemon, that’s different…

- The Mad Hatter from Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland

Fifi Wilson‘s new hatter LouLou Bontemps, is everything but mad, and my new idol! Her gorgeous hat designs can be admired at the Chelsea store, and will satisfy every ladies tastes!

From wonderfully fresh and summer-y light straw hats to classic man-ish check hats to flirtatious dark grey or black wool bowlers decorated with mink, ostrich feathers and wonderfully vintage-feeling brooches, Loulou’s collection is sumptuously unique and lavish! All hand crafted and made, her artistic hats are a must for every outfit and occasion, all year round!!

As Loulou so wisely quotes Coco Chanel “In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different”

My collections are chic, sexy & timeless. Sharing my love for leather, antique fabrics & jewellery – I blend the contemporary & vintage look to create unique style statements. Women regard accessories as essential. Accessories are very important in creating & completing your own personal style. Each of my pieces are individual to their owner; creating her own style statement.

-Loulou Bontemps.

Whether you are attending a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, going out with the girls, hitting the town, or simply looking splendid, LouLou Bontemps creates hats for every imaginable occasion!

My personal favorite is a classic masculine check hat with a wonderful feather band that adds feminine style and beauty! I can totally see myself wearing it while stylishly picking up a coffee to-go and meeting some fabulous people for lunch (… dreaming up scenes featuring me and the hat!)

We all saw at the Royal Wedding earlier this year, how essential the right head-piece is. Whether it is the Queen getting it so perfectly right, or Eugenie going in a slightly more artistic direction. Audrey Hepburn’s scene at the horse races in My Fair Lady, would have been nothing without the glamorous hat collection, and we all adore the Parisian casual chic hats Alexa Chung seems to be able to throw on and look fab in. It mixes up your outfit and style and allows you to play and experiment with new looks. Fashion is a kind of communication. It’s a language without words. A great hat speaks for itself.

I for one, look up to woman in hats. Woman who are insecure or unsure about who they are, will never wear a hat. Strong and confident personalities pull off hats, and it is something that I admire.

Be bold and brave and daring, be a woman!

“Women are vain. They think they look better in hats–if they have any sense.” (94-year-old Louisa Hagood).

Xxxxxxx, KD

Errr Miss Chantelle Dusette featuring on the decks in this cool promo of London Town and 212! Can you spot her and fellow night walking companion Nate James?

Love Miss Chantelle Dusette you rock! xxx

 

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