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by LOUISE HOOTON This week it’s all about shopping here at TheLondonLuxe. Summer seems finally to have arrived and with my honeymoon looming, it’s a wonderful excuse to overhaul and frankly upgrade, the summer wardrobe. (Every bride needs a trousseau right?) But when the weather is this good, who wants to be spending their weekends [...]
This week we’re loving…(14.01.13)
Another week, another ‘this week we’re loving’. Enjoy! FASHION Erring dangerously close to the end of December’s double pay-check but don’t want to compromise on your style? Then worry no more and head to Covetique.com This clever website matches the owners of pre-loved designer clobber with bargain hunters and, with its reasonable prices and simple [...]
This week we’re loving…(02/01/13)
Miserable faces on the tube. An air of melancholy across half-full offices. Lunch boxes full of little more than dishevelled salad leaves and what looks like bird food. Yes, this can only mean one thing: today is officially the worst day of the year as the masses head back to work, heads hung low with [...]
This week we’re loving…(10/12/12)
Christmas tree purchased – tick Christmas party – tick Freezing weather – tick New X Factor winner chosen – tick As Johnny Mathis would say ‘it’s beginning to look a LOT like Christmas’. But if you’re yet to get that warm fuzzy feeling inside, then have a look over this lot… ENTERTAIN Hosting a Xmas [...]
This week we’re loving…(03/12/12)
XMAS There’s no denying the festive season is now in full swing so what better way to get into the spirit of things than with a heady cocktail of cabaret inside one of London’s most iconic venues? The Boom & Bang Circus opening at the Hippodrome this week promises to be a night of show-stopping [...]
TheLondonLuxe meets Mischa Barton
We talk to Mischa Barton about London’s best bars and cocktails, why she feels lucky to be in work, her passion for theatre and her latest endeavours in the world of fashion…. by Louise Hooton She rose to fame in the early naughties playing cool-kid on the ‘block’ Marissa Cooper, in American teen cult drama [...]
Battle of the bags
Ever since I was gifted my first Modalu handbag (a beige leather evening bag with a detachable gold chain strap, in case you were wondering) a few Christmases ago I’ve been completely in love with the London-based brand. Although I usually take a brand’s mission statement with a healthy sense of cynicism, in the case [...]
This week we’re loving…(19.11.12)
It might be miserable outside but here are a few things to get you through the week…enjoy. BEAUTY Go back a decade and false eyelashes were something worn only by the bold and experimental fashionista. Today, walk into any high street pharmacy and whole aisles are devoted to synthetic lashes, thanks in part to the [...]
This week we’re loving… (12/11/12)
A couple of weeks ago we posted an article about the things that TheLondonLuxe ladies were loving that week. Well, it had such a good response that we’re going to introduce this as a weekly feature. Posted every Monday, each week we’ll aim to bring you our list of what’s hot in the city from [...]
This week we’re loving….
It’s been a while since we’ve done this but the ladies of TheLondonLuxe have this week gotten together to share a few things that simply put, we’re digging this week. Skincare First up is a new secret bathroom cupboard beauty weapon in the form of Simple’s Purifying Cleansing Lotion. At just £2.99 this is a [...]
