Kingdom Of Style: Blue Monday

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Kingdom Of Style: Be DazzledThe weather in the Kingdom has been truly horrendous. Rain, wind and ocassional snippets of sunshine which soon get swallowed up by ominous black cloud. I can scarely believe I still need to wear fake fur in June. I had to buy a new wool hat only last week! I think in weather like this we need...

Side Street Style: Music MondaysSo we are bring music mondays back!!! A weekly slot of inspired musical style. This week is the iconic married couple that is Francoise Hardy and Jacques Dutronc, both super stylish French musicians who encapsulated the sixties style. Visually and vocally they are the perfect couple with such...

Kingdom Of Style: hello sailor... It is available at two of the Kingdom's favourite boutiques I adore this coat. Even though it could make me look like a Frances Brundage illustration. I'd be willing to take the risk! Even though her name be unfamiliar, you will be familiar with her work. This Victorian illustrator...

Kingdom Of Style: I Hart MondaysSome splendid things happening at our friends over at I Don't Like Mondays. They are getting some fab stock in at the moment and I was extra delighted to see they have a few select pieces in from designer Erika Hart and her label Factory. Her AW11 collection has over 40 pieces of beautiful...

Kingdom Of Style: perfect sense...It probably made absolutely no sense whatsoever for me to have watched this film on Monday night. I was coming down with a killer cold and had just come home from a funeral. By the time it finished I was bawling my eyes and crawled into my bed overcome with exisistential angst. I sat down...

Your Daily Style Blue Shoe Fix At her birthday songstress Fergie also paired the aqua blue heel with a bold color for a standout style. Instead of pumps like Klum's, the singer wore open-toed platforms for a young and cute variation on the style. Fergie wore her blue shoes with a fringed melon toned bandage dress with...

OOTD: Blue Monday. Wait... It's Wednesday! As you can see, I am wearing a lot of blue and mixing prints. I quite like it! Apologies for the belly! haha What do you think? Cropped jumper: G21 Striped Vest: ASOS Denim Skirt: New Look tights: George Ring: Vintage Necklace:TOPSHOP Nails : TOPSHOP 'Feisty' Happy Blogging!...

Kingdom Of Style: Feeling lucky?Between this morning and Monday there are treasures galore to be scooped, online and at 236 Brick Lane. Treasures like this this cute cat banglefor only£10 reduced from £30.00 If you can't decide what to buy, maybe you should take a chance and pick a Lucky Dip Jewellery Box. A big Lucky...

Kingdom Of Style: Blue Aura Perhaps the secret to magic is belief. I knew, for some reason, I wanted quartz. I wanted a rough, untreated looking quartz ring. And thankfully Etsy came to my aid, as usual. I scooped this little Aqua Quartz ring for a mere $32 from xVelvetx. It si believed that "Aqua Aura Quartz can be...

Kingdom Of Style: Get A HeadAs you might have gathered, here in the Kingdom headpieces are a favourite accessories. In my own collection, I have everything from cat ears to bridal tiaras, showgirl feathered headpieces to spiked hairbands, horns to pom poms. My head has seen plenty of headpiece action in its 39...

Kingdom Of Style: All fired up... I've lost count of how many times I've featured them, in all their guises here on The Kingdom. So you can imagine how delighted I was that one of my favourite accessory designers has had her own imagination all fired up with ceramics. For her new collection, the lovely Anna from A...

Kingdom Of Style: She's Called SophiaVery, very dear friend of the Kingdom, James Lillis of Black Milk, has finally ventured out further into the big, bad world of fashion by creating a new line, which focuses less on legs and more on invidual seperates, including dresses and blazers. The new label, entitled Sophia James, isn't...

Kingdom Of Style: get crafty... Covering everything from sewing projects to upcycled style, customising clothes and home décor, behind-the-scenes interviews with established crafters, bloggers and artists and all with a fresh, quirky edge. This is a lovely lovely magazine, printed onto uncoated stock it looks, feels and...

Kingdom Of Style: Tweed RunYou know how much we love a bit of Harris Tweed in the Kingdom, well today I give you the fabulous Harris Tweed accessory label Maccessori. Macessori was founded in 2011 and is the brainchild of designer Blair McNab, who just so happens to be the partner of my lovely work chum Jennifer, who...

Kingdom Of Style: Cloak And Sequins A cloak! In the outfit, I'm also wearing a long hooded vest - another old Black Milk guinea pig garment I tested some years ago - Cheap Monday Jeans, Burberry Prorsum jeans, Future Classics dress, Erin Alexandra Klym necklaces and my trusty black beanie hat. I wore this on the last day of...

Kingdom Of Style: Pagan princess...So it would seem that there are pentagrams a plenty in The KIngdom here today! Revenge of the Eyeball Ring £28.00 This season they are helping you to chanel your inner pagan princess... They are on stand by to help you summon your spiritual side with their spell binding pentagram...

Kingdom Of Style: My 70's HeartHey all, it's good to be back in the Kingdom. Now back to posting duties... Just before I left, the lovely Angie Johnson from Norwegian Wood emailed me with her latest collection for AW12. It's a modern take on the 70's and it's absolutely lush. We've been seeing geometric patterns all...

Kingdom Of Style: Precious Her creations appeal to my love of vintage style jewellery which looks like it came straight out of my Gran's jewellery box. Lyudmila work is all about intricate handcrafted filigree designs housing beautiful gemstones. I am buying a blue agate ring at the moment, but no doubt another...

Kingdom Of Style: we feel love... Their music influenced early House, Techno and New Wave, particularly the Frankie Knuckles & Jamie Principle song "Your Love" and even New Order's "Blue Monday." The work of Moroder and Summer has cast a long and enduring shadow across multiple electronic genres and dancefloors all over...

Kingdom Of Style: Check Point Kingdom of Style Readers can get 20% off this jumper until midnight (GMT) Friday 11th, by entering code 2013 at checkout. Queen Michelle

Kingdom Of Style: Silky Squares Emily also started her email, "Hey Phil, I LOVE your blog Kingdom of Style...". Been called lots of things before, but never Phil. Turns out she's quite the little talent. She doesn't just creates scarves she also makes gorgeous cushions. Emily Graduated from Gray's School Of Art in...

The Blue Monday Trend The original idea, was founded psychologist Cliff Arnall, claimed that the Monday of the last full week of January was the most depressing of the year, because, among other things, most people haven't been paid for nearly a month. I'd rather spend Monday's thinking about fashion. Call it...

Kingdom Of Style: Process Of Print "Kingdom of Style has always championed Jaggy Nettle, featuring us months before we actually launched, a critical time for any new, promo hungry label. Its something we have always been really appreciative off. I had no idea what a blog was prior to meeting Michelle, but have come to learn...

Kingdom Of Style: Happy HeadsYou all know how much we love hats and headpieces in the Kingdom. Whether it's showgirl style feathered affairs, birds perched atop our heads, crowns or beanies - no hat is deemed too bold for us to try. Any long term readers will have seen lots of weird and wonderful things adorn the heads...

Kingdom Of Style: Quirky Possibilities When an email about Dutch designer Femke Agema arrived in the Kingdom inbox, the chat said "Fashion according to Femke is to create a world full of quirky possibilities. She brings together the worlds of art and fashion with a good dose of wit and whimsy. The creative process pushes her to...

Kingdom Of Style: Roses are red... Featuring a slim, curved double shank design with cut-out 'LOVE' motif in a Baroque style with stone embellishments, in a bright, silver plated finish. Black Rose Love Gold Plated Eiffel Tower Ring Was £99.00 NOW £36.00 Cocktail ring by Black Rose Love . Featuring a diamante studded...

Kingdom Of Style: Voodoo MagicApologies for the severe lack of posts today, and possibly tomorrow, but it's crazily busy in the Kingdom at the moment and finding the time to write is, well, impossible just now. So just a quickie for tonight. I received an email the other day from Samantha McEwen from Heriot Watt...

Kingdom Of Style: Human Christmas TreeIwas so smitten by Queen Marie's necklaces on Monday's post, I've been Googling crystal necklaces pretty much constantly. I feel I have reached that time in my life where I need garish jewels. The blue eyeshadow and rinse to follow soon. My inner pensioner however has somewhat expensive...

Kingdom Of Style: Button It It's been said many times, but we are big fans of buttons in the Kingdom. Not only is the best thing ever having a collection of buttons to rummage through, but changing up buttons is perhaps the easiest way to customise and update coats and jackets. You can also sew various sizes and...