Quick Bites: Beautiful breakfasts, Nigella is back, mag bag, Marion Cotillard, Lanvin love & plug-in YSL

 

• Oh goody! Nigella Lawson has been spotted filming a new food show in London. The Domestic Goddess is back … and we can’t wait! dailymail

• We have a bad, bad magazine habit so this bag is for us. Anya Hindmarch’s slogan printed black canvas tote with brown leather handles is perfect for toting Vogue et al from pillar-to-post. net-a-porter

• What a perfect piece to wear everyday! Lanvin’s leaf neckpiece is versatile and chic to boot! mytheresa

• Read Nicole Kidman’s insightful interview with the tres gorgeous Marion Cotillard. interview

• Photographer, traveller and devout breakfast lover, Jennifer Causey never fails to inspire and surprise us with her gorgeously styled breakfast shots. simplybreakfast

• For all the fashionista followers of the hairdryer, iPhone and computer, Yves Saint Laurent has launched the international adapter for the stylish globetrotter or the woman who has absolutely everything. colette

Quick Bites: Dior socks it to us, Fresh Blueberry & Jam Tart, house envy, day glo nails, Gucci mini-models, honey truffle popcorn and the original rock chick

• Oh Dior! J’adore your thigh-high ribbed socks with loose devil-may-care bow. Warning: only for the slimmed pinned! browns

• Molly made this wonderful looking Fresh Blueberry and Jam Tart in her family cabin after being startled by a wild buck deer she suspects was nibbling at her wild blueberries (great story, worth a read!). Think fresh berries layered onto a jam-topped graham cracker crust. Easy peasy and crazy tasty. The ginger in the crust is optional, but terribly delicious thedinnerfiles

• Yep we’re green with envy. Check out this chic and fabulous house on Sweden’s largest Island Gotland.  Clean, white, classically modern yet totally livable. LOVE! emmasdesignblogg

• We are craving day glo nails. Particularly YSL nail lacquer in Ultra Orange. Finger licking fabulous. wmag

• Jennifer Lopez’s twins Max and Emme are the “spokes-mini-models’ for Gucci’s childrenswear range graziauk

• Model, mom, and veteran Rolling Stone wife, Patti Hansen saw her cool 50s upended by an unwelcome guest: cancer. Read this great story and drool over the fabulous photography by Annie Leibovitz vogueus

• Warning: One sniff of Red Pandora’s honey truffle popcorn and you’ll tear through the bag like a raccoon at a trash bash. dailycandy

Quick Bites: YSL launch, Gwyneth, Blake Lively's tipple of choice & the Polaroid collection

Thursday night’s YSL “Belle d’Opium” fragrance launch in NYC saw a myriad of dress codes. Our faves?  Maggie Gyllenhaal in strapless magenta and Ashley Olsen in a trenchcoat and headscarf. YSL not? huffpost

Need some inspiration of the cocktail variety? Take a peek into the star’s cocktail shakers and find out their tipple of choice. We love Blake Lively’s and Nicole Richie’s choice of a Chocolate-Spiked Mint Julep. Chin Chin! instyle

Gwyneth Paltrow made a fleeting appearance at Ralph Lauren’s Wimbledon Party at his Bond Street store this weekend in a Stella McCartney dress, which Vanity Fair’s Elizabeth Saltzman informed us was originally intended for the Iron Man premiere in London but, owing to the ash cloud, had remained unworn until last night. “I loved the ash cloud,” Saltzman said, “It reminded us that we really are very, very small and insignificant. It didn’t matter who you were, or whether you had a private jet, no-one was flying. Tamara Mellon was stuck in New York for her daughter’s birthday and there was nothing to be done about it.” vogue.uk 

Polaroid is pretty much synonymous with Andy Warhol, but he is just one of the fashion-friendly artists whose work is featured in Photographs from the Polaroid Collection, a preview of the upcoming sale at Sotheby’s. Snapshots by David Bailey, Guy Bourdain, Robert Mapplethorpe, Peter Beard, Helmut Newton, Deborah Turbeville, Lorna Simpson and Robert Heinecken are among the snapshots. wwd

Style Queens

If we could award the little gold man for tres elegant fashion, these three would be major contenders. We made a wish and the Fashion Gods granted it, popping Penelope Cruz in red. We love this big, voluminous scarlet gown by Donna Karan. Super-svelte Kate Winslet knows she looks her best in YSL, this time she has tossed black out the window and opted for silver. Love. Demi looks luminous in Versace nude ruffles. She is perfectly accessorised with matching diamond cuffs and drop earrings.

Images via instyle.com 

Quick Bites: Anna impersonators, Merci + Liberty, Carla Bruni & YSL

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• As if Alex Katz’ portrait of Anna Wintour (sans sunglasses) wasn’t
  irksome enough, this week we had to contend with possibly the worst imperonating effort ever. Protesters at Milan Fashion Week donned Doris Day wigs and sunglasses that frankly AW wouldn’t be seen dead in. Will the real Anna please stand up! Both pics via huffingtonpost.com

• FFF’s fave Parisian concept store and London’s Liberty department store is set to launch its home and clothing collection this week featuring Liberty’s iconic floral prints. The collection will be available at Merci and Liberty for 3 weeks only. wwd.com

• Carla Burni has welcomed the Russian President at a State dinner in an extremely form fitting Roland Mouret dress. What makes it all the more remarkable is that she doesn’t appear to be wearing any support beneath. Tres admirable! But what was she thinking when she slipped on those shoes?! Quel horreur! Check it out and do you agree? dailymail.co.uk

• A major YSL exhibition is to open in Paris’ Le Petit Palais, Musee des Beaux-Arts from March 11 -August 29 2010. It will feature 250 garments as well as a selection of objects, drawings, photographs and films covering his 40 years of design. For details log onto museums-in-paris.com