APC bedding

A French designer by the name of Elodie Laleous has access to the fabric archives of APC and sells the fabric along with some pre-made items like duvets, pillows, blankets and even a child's playmat on her website for her Paris-based boutique Lab. She uses Liberty florals to complement the classic plaids and checks. The final product is beautiful and definitely on my wishlist for my new home, especially the yellow lambswool blanket.



There are also some foam "cubes" designed to function as little child seats or floor pillows.

I learned about Elodie and her cool designs on Remodelista.

Sandal competition

After looking for months for a cute and wearable sandal, I think I found it today: the Quelques Shoes de Plus suede flat wrap sandal available at No6 for $245. Now I just need to decide which color....
Runners-up in the sandal competition were:

the Quorra sandal from J.Crew $150 in mink

the Kork-Ease Ava sandal available at Urban $135

Belle by Sigerson Morrison gold twist sandal $240 at endless.com

6 by No 6 at Urban

Following in the path of others, No6 is doing a small line for Urban under the name "6 by No 6". The only dress in the collection is this cute all silk number available in red or black at the bargain price of $79. I am hoping my local Urban has it in stock so I can try it on. There are a few other nice items in the collaboration as well:
An interesting (although a little weird) lace bodysuit and some cute cutout oxfords.

coffee bars

Today was a day for sitting and enjoying. Found myself missing NYC while looking at a slideshow of the best coffee bars on Refinery29.

And, by the way...

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