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Emma Case – Wedding photographs without the cheese
I love weddings, but, let’s be honest, wedding photographs can be really cheesy! You have the bride and groom, arms entwined as they drink from champagne flutes. Or the ones with the happy faces superimposed onto conjoined wedding rings, and don’t even get me started on the wistful bride staring out of a window, looking for her handsome groom. These pictures can often make even the most romantic soul gag. So we need to thank heaven for the wonderful work of photographer Emma Case. Emma is a Birmingham based photographer, who looks to the ghosts of weddings past for vintage inspiration. I was lucky enough to meet Emma ( and…
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Chanel Coco Rouge shine makeovers in Selfridges.
To celebrate the launch of the new Chanel Coco Rouge Shine lip colours, Selfridges, Birmingham offered special makeovers to all customers, carried out by a very special range of Chanel make-up artists. Fashion-Mommy and sister were lucky enough last week to experience one of these make-overs, being transformed through the wonderful work of Dawn and Jenny. Both are veteran Chanel make-up artists, Dawn has worked on numerous Chanel Catwalk shows in Paris as well as creating the beautiful looks for Audrey Tattou in ‘Coco before Chanel‘. Jenny has worked for Chanel for eighteen months in Cavendish House in Cheltenham, and is set to visit Malaysia in August as part of…
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GQ/Selfridges Mens shopping event…If Carlsberg invented shopping evenings…
…They would be like this one. Men are notoriously bad shoppers, they either view it as a necessary evil when they need new jeans, shoes etc, or they trawl behind wives and girlfriends holding copious amounts of bags, all the time moaning about the football, rugby, cricket, darts they could be watching. So the GQ/Selfridges shopping evening, held in Birmingham on Wednesday, was clearly the work of genius. With complimentary bottles of Peroni available, along with vodka and whisky for those who like their chasers, this was clearly a shopping evening with a difference. DJ’s played thumping tunes, whilst expert advice was on hand about the latest trends from both…
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A Girlie Night In With Glimpse Opticians
Glimpse Opticians are independent eyewear experts based in arguably the most beautiful setting in Birmingham, the Great Western Arcade. Glimpse has a carefully curated selection of frames, both prescription and sunglasses, with eyewear ranges that are entirely exclusive to Birmingham including MYKITA, Garrett Leight, Maui Jim, Anne et Valentin, Vinylize, Ørgreen, Theo and LINDBERG. Glimpse was the setting for an exclusive, invite only, girls night in a couple of weeks ago. Joining forces with some of the other independents from the Great Western Arcade including 1847 Birmingham who provided the Veggie canapes on the night, fashion accessories from Peter Forson, hair styling from Umberto Giannini and stress relieving massages from…
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The Alice Boutique invites you down the rabbit hole
It is no exaggeration to say that Alice in Wonderland is having a bit of a moment. Alice Liddle, the little girl who was Alice, is profiled in this month’s Vogue, whilst the V&A museum of childhood will be hosting an exhibition next month entitled ‘The Alice look’ which will examine how Alice has been portrayed over the years. Even the Royal Mail is getting in on the Alice act with a commemorative set of stamps. In Birmingham, last week saw the launch of a stunning new collection of ceramics and stationary from the wonderful Alice Boutique, a launch that invited selected bloggers to take a trip down the rabbit…
