Hi blog! I’ve been neglecting TheMakingBox for a few months while I get my head around the idea of being pregnant and having a baby (!) Still not quite there…
It’s like January has come early – there are so many sales on! Check out: – 20% off knitwear at M&S – 50% off shoes and bags at New Look…
Christie’s new fashion auction featuring vintage couture from some of the biggest names in fashion is now open. In addition to work by Zandra Rhodes and Ossie Clark, highlights include:…
Christopher Kane is having a sample sale on Friday – pieces start from just £10! Obama’s fashion collection raised $40m for his campaign Manolo Blahnik will receive the award for Outstanding Achievement…
English fashion store Matches is set to grow dramatically over the next few years thanks to a £20m investment Sabine Durrant interviews Bella Freud Have a sneek peak at H&Ms…
There are a lot of pre-Christmas sales starting at the moment but where else can you get 30% off? The lovely people at My Wardrobe have set up a code…
I’ve never been able to settle on a favourite colour. As a kid, the peer pressure to choose was seemingly immense so I usually went with blue. Looking at these…
Spotted in a hotel lobby. I think you could make a small version with a balloon, string and some PVA. Has anyone tried something similar?
The first harvest this year from our balcony – rainbow carrots, spring onions and chillies! Check out those gorgeous intense colours, I’ve never seen carrots like these. They went very…
There’s still time to see fireworks in Finchley, Crystal Palace, Richmond, Canada Water, Barking, Tower Hamlets, Newham, Island Gardens, Waltham Forest and Bethnal Green. I got my fix last night, very…
Can you guess what these amazingly light and ethereal portraits are made from? Layers and layers of folded, pleated and ironed tulle (netting). The detail British artist Benjamin Shine creates…
How cool is that!
Great timing here – it’s going to be cold and wintery soon and Gap are doing 30% off outerwear! Check out these jackets, another virtual shopping trip!
The perfect thing for today’s misty wet weather….Topshop are having a sale! Most things are down to around £10-20 so you can snap up some real bargins. Here’s my virtual shopping…
Check out the Vogue Pudsey bear designed to raise money for Children in Need – covered in prints of the most famous and fabulous covers. Vogue fashion editor Francesca Burns said:…
Fashion and film are, and always will be, linked. Both being visual mediums it’s impossible for them not to be! To celebrate that link, the British Fashion Council announced Fash/On Film –…
Bad hair day? Wear a tiara On the subject of fashion blogging Stacey London’s new book is out Also this week I’ve discovered Alesha Dixon’s metallic dress (below) worn at catwalk event, gorgeous!
It’s taken a while – I always have 17 projects on the go at the same time – but the box is coming together! (Read previous post here) I decided to make…
This is fantastic. It’s large, impractical but fabulous. I like this kind of fashion, where you have to look at a photo twice to reassure yourself that yes you did…
With the end of September comes the Fashion Week roundups: Womens wear trends for next spring/summer including the piece above from Maria Grachvogel – amazing colours Fashion from outside the tents…
Fashion power house Dior joined the blogosphere on Wednesday with the launch of it’s new online magazine – Dior Mag. It’s a little heavy on the ‘all about Dior’ content –…
Jonathan Saunders has been asked to create a print for London Fashion Week Rachel Zoe’s couture collection has been dropped from Selfridges Find out what’s on on each day of…
Has anyone heard of hair chalking? I wish I knew about this when I was 14, it would have been a lot cheaper than all the hair dye I went…
I’ve been a bit lax with posting recently, bad blogger! But I have lots of interesting/cool/strange, and sometimes just weird, things to post about so keep checking back! To start…
If you happen to find yourself in the small town of Newton, Georgia, check out the Social Circle Theatre’s latest production - Quilters. The story of a mother sewing her last quilt…
I’m lucky enough to have one of the Olympic races (men’s and women’s cycling road race) go past the end of my road, so like a lot of people…
After fleeing Sudan in 1991 civil war, Alek Wek made strides in the world of fashion becoming the first African model on the cover of Elle magazine. Read about her…
It was an exciting week – I got a parcel at work, and it was for me! And it was my new boots I got half off on from…
Lots happening this week, starting with the wonderful weirdness of Berlin Fashion Week (above) I’m loving the pimped hair clip! Preen returns to London Fashion Week, along with Rag & Bone Fashion stars…
Burda has collected the best pieces from Paris Haute Couture Week here, take a look there were some fantastical creations being showcased. I love the more sculptural pieces like these from Yiqing…
These lovely silver Buddha earrings are the latest addition to my Etsy store: The hooks are stirling silver but the Buddha heads are cast metal so they have a solid weighty feel –…
These have to be the cutest earrings I’ve ever seen: And, thanks to google, finding more craft-related jewellery is within a few clicks of the mouse! Check this stuff out…
It’s been raining pretty much every day for a while, but I still manage to get caught without an umbrella in unsuitable shoes! Here’s some ways to keep that umbrella…
Guess what this is…. Ok, well the title gives it away a little, it’s a folding sewing machine! This amazing creation was designed by Plymouth University graduate Richard Burrow, and was on show…
Katie Holmes will show her label Holmes & Yang at New York Fashion Week this September Versace kicked off Paris Couture Fashion Week with nude pastels and cascading chiffon (above) Designers…
I had some of this as a kid and endlessly sewed and resewed bits of it together. Now I know what it’s called (thanks Gina Rahman!) I’ve suddenly found all these…
Here’s what Sketchbook Sunday is all about.
Shaking it up this season in the world of couture is Riccardo Tisci. Dark shapes and beautiful dip-dyed pieces stood out against this year’s pastels, although the aviator theme has been…
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