Shoegazer visits: Pollock's Toy Museum

Last weekend I went to Pollock's Toy Museum in London. I'd been wanting to visit since I found out about it last year (see this post on the Imaginarium Doctor Parnassus), so was happy to finally get there and experience it for myself. Some of the pictures aren't the best quality, but the light was very awkward in there - the items were in glass cases in dark rooms with the sun streaming through the windows - but I've done my best to share the experience with you and hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Oh yes and be warned, some of the toys and dolls featured here may well give you nightmares! Haha...

I hope you found those photos interesting :) I adore the antique peg dolls and have been looking for one for YEARS. Oh well, one day... Also fell in love with the Pearly King and Queen dolls. I have a soft spot for anything to do with Pearly Kings and Queen -  I just love the old English eccentric charm of them.

MAC Collection: Venomous Vilians

Time for another MAC collection and collaboration, this time with Disney. In stores around Halloween time in the UK (and right now in the US I believe), the Venomous Vilians collection celebrates some of the most notorious and iconic baddies from Disney films. Vilians who now can boast their own make up range include Sleeping Beauty's arch nemisis Maleficent, the stylin' Evil Queen from Snow White, Cruella De Vil and the most recent vilian, Dr Facilier (some dude from The Princess and the Frog).

Now, whilst all these are fabulous vilians (I can't comment on Dr Facilier as I haven't seen the film yet), my first hope when I heard of the collection was that there would be an Ursula range! For some reason she is my favourite Disney vilian and although she's not such a looker as, say, the Evil Queen, the scene where she pops open a little fish thing and uses it as a lipstick always bounces round my head whenever I apply a femme fatal shade of red. MAC, you missed a trick!

(I mean, come on - look at her bitchin' 80s make up!)

Anyway, I look forward to the collection hitting the shops and will be sure to pop by a MAC store for a peek at the products and their ~wicked~ packaging.

PS. Kudos to MAC for embracing Halloween! So few UK companies bother...

x-posted at Shoegazer : SkinDeep

Shoegazer Home: Lonny Mag

I love the Decorate section of the Lonny Mag site. You can browse home inspiration pictures by room and have a good nose at some beautiful living rooms, bedrooms, workspaces, bookshelves and more. Take a peek at some of my favourites:

(Found via Decor8. Many thanks x)

Shoegazer Wordsearch: Peacock

Wordsearch posts are where I will pick a word as a theme, search high and low on the internet for related goodies and then present you with the cream of the crop from my findings, here on this blog. I will try and cover jewellery, homeware, clothing, accessories etc based on or related to the chosen word in some way. Got that? I hope so! Please feel free to suggest themes and words for future Wordsearch posts and I'll do my best to rise to the challenge! This week I've stuck to using Etsy for the finds ...

WORD: PEACOCK

Above: Print by Joojoo

Above: Teacups from SwirlyGarden

Above: Hair clips from cameraSHYphotography

Above: Barette from headbandshoppe

Above: Clutch from puck513

Above: Bustier and skirt from neworleansmagpie

Above: Wall decal from singlestonestudio

Above: Peacock-coloured Antler Bag from richincraft 

Feel free to suggest a word-theme for the next edition of Wordsearch! x

Some days I want red hair...

Today I happened across this little stop frame animation film featuring Alison Sudol of A Fine Frenzy and written and directed by Angela Kohler and Ithyle Griffiths. I love stop frame and just thought I'd share this video with you...

It just so happens I was planning to do a post about some beautiful headbands from ban.do, modelled by Alison Sudol. Small world!

I love the dark green of the background which makes her hair colour really pop. And how pretty are those headbands? They seem like things you might find in an old trunk in a forgotten corner of your Grandma's attic.... (if life was exciting like that.)

Shoegazer's Friday Finds...

Time for another helping of "Friday Finds"... Enjoy!

.:* ART / ILLUSTRATION *:.

Above: I am in love with these Llama images from Migy. (blog)

Above: Absolutely perfect little pictures by Katie Lombardo of The Wheat Field.

Above: This stag head print comes from Tangible Worldwide and is part of a set of 8 similar style prints.

.:* JEWELLERY *:.

Above: This very sweet baby fox ring from is AxelHoney

Above: Beautiful beaded earrings from Naga10

Above: Dove and branch necklace from one of my all time favourite jewellery designers, Brighton-based Joanna Rutter.

Above: "Tough Love" faceted heart necklace from MiniCyn. Check out the MiniCyn etsy shop for some great, architectural jewellery.

Above: Unusual wooden bow and arrow earrings for those Sherwood Forrest moments. From Small Adventure.

Above: Owl necklace and Hare earrings from Marc by Marc Jacobs (both £60)

.:* FASHION *:.

Above: M Missoni - Jersey cowl neck sweater - £130. Love it!

Shoegazer Fashion: Sumtumn

Hello kittens! LOOK WHO'S BACK?! Sorry for the lengthy absense, things have been very busy and stressful at the magazine as we not only had the big September issue to put together but also a show-guide for the London show which takes place next week. Now most of that has died down a bit I can hopefully dive back into the beautiful world of blogging.
I've missed you!

It's that awkward time of year again (let's call it Sumtumn) when you still feel you really should be wearing summer clothes... but in reality, the weather's not that great. So, yours trully has been scouring the web (I say 'web', I mean Net A Porter) for outfit ideas to take me through the difficult Sumtumn period and into the blustery throws of Autumn. Here are some combos I particularly liked...

Kain t-shirt; Stella McCartney boots; Tibi coat

Marc by Marc Jacobs cardigan

Vivienne Westwood dress

D&G orchid skirt; Burberry boots

Lot78 jacket

(All pics from Net a Porter)