Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

Oxfords not brogues. So. A gal turns to wiki to find out something seemingly simple like why an Oxford shoe is called an Oxford shoe, but now I’m more confused than ever. You can read all about how the lacing is closed, being stitched underneath a vamp and all, if you really want to. Here. Or, you can just visit Melissa‘s online and do a little field research of the most fabulous kind yourself. Lordie, just imagine what a wing-tip means then?

melissaaustralia.com.au

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These delightful little vessels are bud vases. They are made by Cynthia Vardhan. In fact, I’d be inclined to say they are so darn pretty they shouldn’t be sullied by that single-stemmed rosebud your cheap-ass boy bought you from the man with the green plastic bucket and the red-devil teddies while you were sharing a honey chicken and salt and pepper squid at Uncle Billy’s. But that’s just me.

cynthiavardhan.etsy.com

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Madame Mitchell works very hard, she is diligent in her daily duties. So much so that she often needs to be shooed from the studio at very late hours. She is definitely not a clock-watcher, but perhaps one set permanently to 5pm might help her get home on time, thankyou Misako Mimoko in Barcelona.

Madame Dent thinks it would be a good idea too – suddenly any hour of the day becomes cocktail hour.

misakomimoko.etsy.com

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Because everyone needs a pink cubic zirconia hippopotamus ring.
Named Holly.

noirjewelry.com

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Channel your inner eighties child – think ra-ra skirts and rollerskates, blue light discos and mix tapes (on cassette of course), pastels and prettiness. This brand new Mitchell & Dent print by Mademoiselle Michelle might help too.

mitchellanddent.com.au

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So, clogs are going to be big in the southern hemisphere this spring. How do I know? Because when I was home sick last week I watched daytime telly (inbetween whining and moaning and feeling terribly terribly terribly bored – not good at being sick, me). And Nicky Hilton, the font of all fashion knowledge (tee hee), said Chanel did a high-heeled clog and they were, like, the coolest thing evah. She may have meant something like this, but in my snot-laden head I imagined them to be more like these Swedish Hasbeens. Clearly, I’m so 2009.

swedishhasbeens.com

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Mitchell & Dent are old school. We’re real big on little things like confetti. Don’t you think it is a bit sad that wedding venues now value a clutter-free floor more than the joyful silliness of showering a bride and groom in papery specks of well-wishes? When we were little, the most exciting part of a wedding was the confetti (and the lace-laden dolls on the front of the bridal car, of course). Why not step back in time and celebrate (confetti allowed) by visiting our website, requesting a catalogue or ordering a sample pack?

mitchellanddent.com.au

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Thank you Martha Stewart, Rochelle Adonis and I am baker, you have just made it that much harder for brides to be to choose their wedding cake. I say, why not have all three?

top left: Martha Stewart
top right: Rochelle Adonis
bottom: I am baker

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So. Here at M&D we are completely addicted to Pinterest (more about that in the days to come), but this is how the wonderful web works… the very clever Dana Hughes, interior designer in Sydney and creator of the inspirational design blog Yellow Trace (go! see!), posted these amazing hand blown glass bottles by New York designer Elizabeth Lyons on Pinterest and we fell in love with them and posted them for you to see. We love the internets.

www.lyonsglass.com

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My most favourite pair of quilted, bowed, red flats have finally given up the ghost today. And as is customary with all wonderful shoes I’m not willing to part with, I will now pop them in my wardrobe for an extended period of time to glance at wistfully, before moving them to their final rubbish bin resting place. Of course, looking at lovely new flats from abroad that I cannot possibly lay my mitts on, doesn’t help one little bit. Damn you Anthropologie, Paul Smith, Irregular Choice and Kate Spade (clockwise from top left).

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