My secret frou-frou side is loving the branding of the new John Galliano Parlez-moi d’Amour fragrance, from the Ellen Von Unwerth photography and ad, to the bottle adorned with a wee postage stamp. I’d much rather have seen Georgia Jagger in the starring role rather than Taylor Momsen though. You?
At times like this I really miss the days of working in an office and having full time access to a colour photocopier. It made my Christmas wrapping process so much more fun. Just thumb through the pages of Vogue/World of Interiors/Interview, slap selected pages on copier, enlarge x200% and press copy. Result: lovely glossy A3 pages for personalised gift wrapping and a queue of disgruntled interns behind.
These days I have to settle for the lush pages of How To Spend It but I do find them a wee bit thin and those staples are a bore. So I love the idea of Brit photographer Janette Beckman’s ‘newspaper’, featuring 24 pages of her famous 70s-80s youth culture portraits. Perfect for wrapping anything music, photography or fashion-related and yes, I would totally be that person who rescues the paper after the gift has been unwrapped…
A nice take on the casual bracelets that I can’t resist right now… Vanessa Harrington’s typewriter key bracelet is just the right mix of understated and interesting and perfectly in keeping with my childish obsession with having my initial plastered on everything. There are also necklaces and earrings to match – you can buy them here.
Am I mad for liking this Sonia by Sonia Rykiel fragrance just for the packaging?
And this one? The bottles come packaged in cardboard coffee cups inspired by Magnolia Bakery and are then sealed in a brown paper bag. Too damn cute!
I also love Viktor & Rolf’s Flowerbomb packaging for the festive season – the limited edition rose gold bottle is dressed in its own frou-fro tulle skirt, a la the gowns in the SS10 show. The juice smells just as sweet…
