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Showing posts with label tea cups. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tea cups. Show all posts
Thursday, August 19, 2010
I've been watching a lot of gritty British movies on Netflix of late...Have you ever seen Mike Hodges' Croupier or the gangster movie to top all gangster movies, Get Carter?
Not that either of those films have much to do with swanky Knightsbridge or Harvey Nichols, but they do get you in a British frame of mind...
I saved Harvey Nichols for last in London - it is one of the best department stores ever.
They don't get much swankier... 
It's a bit like an art museum - you never know what to expect visually floor to floor. Even the escalators have surprises... 
The fashion floors... 
Are par excellence - this Alexander McQueen dress says it all.. 
The food halls... 
Definitely glittering... 
Cupcakes do rule here... 
Cupcakes in every imaginable kind of gift box... 
Truly spectacular windows at Harvey Nichols. 
Knock-your-socks-off window displays. 
Rather unusual cups and saucers as only the British can do them... 
By the way, THANK YOU for all the cups and saucers you've been sending me to paint, some even from Budapest! Thank you Chas for your Cafe Deux Magots cups. 
And a big Thanks to Julie of the Provence Post for the shoutout about the cup/croissant watercolors. Do visit Julie, who has to spend half the year in Provence...quelle dommageBONJOUR HARVEY NICHOLS!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Back to London today!And Fortum & Mason located at 181 Picadilly - quite a unique department store focused mainly on gourmet foods.
I was enroute to the #14 bus back to Chelsea one evening stopped dead in my tracks by these amazing windows at F & M.I love the giant, glitzy Champagne glasses bigger than the actual Champagne bottles...
Lots of mini bottles of champers for one celebratory person...
Lots of mini bottles of champers for one celebratory person...
A glorious fountain of candies...
It doesn't have to be Xmas to bring out the candy canes. Who knew?
Another fountain full of tea tins and teapots - this was spinning...
With a teapot topper...
Stacks of cookies supports this teapot's lid!
A plethora of perfumes...
The ever British 'brolly' with the ever British teapot dangling down + a tassel. Who thunk this one up..?
Deco girls, girls, girls...
Simply too divine...
Stacks and stacks of exquisite fine china teacups...
Tea Time at Fornum & Mason, watercolor, 9" x 11"I want to paint them all!
Cupid shows up on the scene - very 'Vickie'...
And stacks of JAM jars bien sur. Ode to jam...
These charmant, mysterious boxes were so enticing I went back to buy some the next day. They were all in the window display. Only a few remained on the floor.
Cupid shows up on the scene - very 'Vickie'...
And stacks of JAM jars bien sur. Ode to jam...
These charmant, mysterious boxes were so enticing I went back to buy some the next day. They were all in the window display. Only a few remained on the floor. What's up with that F&M?
"Manners for Women" - what makes them think we need that?
"Manners for Women" - what makes them think we need that? Still, forgivable since the window is adorable...
Fortnum & Masons windows are well worth the trip to London alone.
Fortnum & Masons windows are well worth the trip to London alone.Do go by all means!
BONJOUR FORTUM & MASON!!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
There is pink in London, on this dental surgeons doorway -gum pink that is.
Ah the London underground...
I walked from South Ken station to the club...
Chelsea is always beautiful...
I saw a London boy...
I saw a London Girl...
I saw Londoners having a pint, whilst on the way to the club...
I passed dangerously close to Rococo Chocolates on Kings Road...
Typically British is it not?
A 'Made In Britain' decor shop nearby...
As are many decorating shops in Chelsea...
My favorite art shop is Green & Stone. It's been on Kings Road for ages.
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