Design

I want, I want: Janette Beckman’s newspaper



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…

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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.

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Best dressed bottles



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…

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Melissa x Gaetano Pesce: Do It Yourself shoe



Isn’t this cute! I know not everyone likes Melissa’s plastic shoes (*squelch*) but I like the concept of affordable, fun and innovative and I love that they collaborate with equally innovative designers. This latest design is a collab between Melissa and industrial designer Gaetano Pesce, a customisable boot made of circular discs that can easily be transformed into a shoe of your own design simply by cutting away a disc or two.

The shoes are currently on sale exclusively at Selfridges Oxford Street Shoe Gallery and retails at £75 a pair.

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