Yay, it’s payday weekend, so grab a cuppa and head over to the BrandAlley sales and OUTLET to check out all the purse-friendly treats! It’s the perfect chance to save up to 75% off Juicy Couture and French Connection, plus gorgeous designer bargains from 7 for All Mankind, Fitflop and much more.
Juergen Teller: Woo! at the ICA
A fascinating, free exhibition has just opened at the ICA, celebrating the work of German photographer, Juergen Teller. Considered one of the most important photographers of his generation, this showcase covers Juergen’s landmark fashion and commercial work, as well as superb landscapes and personal family portraits. Highlights include Kate Moss curled up in a tatty old wheelbarrow; Victoria Beckham spilling out of a Marc Jacobs shopping bag and a completely nude Vivienne Westwood artistically arranged.
Walk London Winter Wanders Weekend
If you fancy getting out and about today, why not join one of Walk London’s festival of brilliant, free guided walks around the Capital? For example, you could wander through Old Westminster, potter around St Paul’s and the secret corners of the City or skulk through London’s hidden alleyways and courtyards. To see all the walks, plus find out times and starting points, visit Walk London’s website.
Vintage Fashion Fair
Head over to Cecil Sharp House in NW1 from 11am to 5pm today to get your retro-chic fix at Vintage Fashion London’s very first fair of 2013. And if your finances are still a bit tight after all that festive gift buying, you’ll find loads of little treats on their jewellery and accessories’ stalls.
New Directions in Contemporary Crafts Exhibition
Take a detour to the National Trust’s Mottisfont Abbey near Romsey to catch their first ever exhibition of contemporary arts, which ends today. It’s a stunning display, showing the astonishing diversity and originality of today’s artist-makers, with innovative ceramics, jewellery, textiles and glass by leading makers and rising stars. And the aim is to present exciting and unexpected work designed to intrigue and delight.
Inspiration from the Great Comic Relief Bake Off
So, did you enjoy last week’s delicious helping of the BBC’s wonderful Great Comic Relief Bake Off? If you’ve been tempted by Martha Kearney’s hive cake, Ellie Simmonds’ Queen’s guard novelty cake or Mary Berry’s lemon meringue pie, have a go yourself. Making cakes, scones or biscuits, then having your own bake sale at work or with friends is a fantastic way to raise dough for Red Nose Day on 15th March. You’ll find all the bake sale tools you need on the Red Nose Day website – plus recipes from the show on the BBC Food pages.
Happy Sunday
Jo x
Picture credits: © Top banner – Rocky road cakes from Rebeccascupcakes.co.uk; © Kate Moss by Juergen Teller; © Walk London Winter Wanders Weekend from the Walk London website; © Vintage Fashion Fair London website © Image of Valeria Nascimento’s paper-thin Hibiscus flowers scattered across an entire wall from the New Directions in Contemporary Crafts Exhibition at Mottisfont Abbey – National Trust’s website; © Mary Berry’s lemon meringue pie from The Great Comic Relief Bake Off on the BBC website.
