My Capacious Bottega: audrey cantwell

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Monday, 28 March 2011

Blue Chambray

Writing this makes me feel giddy but I refuse to talk all over this post. Instead I give you a couple of images from the Saturday that was. We stopped by the Barbican to see Peter Brook's 'A Magic Flute', an endearing opera that was efficient in its delivery. I liked hubby's images of my outfit so much I suggested we turn them into My Capacious Bottega's very first style book. Yes, sit back and enjoy my first style book. Click here or the magazine front-page below.

Blue Chambray MCB Style Book

I love reading your comments so do continue letting me know what you think. And yes, per your requests, I am working on a style remix of 3 very different but equally exquisite looks based around the Raphael Young that landed last week which I think you will all adore!

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Sunday, 20 March 2011

Point + Shoot

Supre Maxi Skirt / Uniqlo Heatech Top / Jeffrey Campbell Lita / Vintage Jewellery / Audrey Cantwell Turban

I get lots of comments regarding my pictures so I thought I would use this post to speak a bit about what we use to bring about the images you see. The concept, styling and make-up is undertaken by myself but there would be no lovely pictures to bring the vision to life if it was not for an amazing photographer, who I am also lucky enough to call husband. He is a tad anti-social as opposed to shy where social media is concerned but more of his work can be found on Flickr.

Hubby's home studio kit currently consists of -:

Canon 5D
50mm EF 1.2L
2 x Interfit 200s through white umbrella, camera left and right. 1 interfit 200 top left on the backdrop
Photoshop

However, I am undecided over a camera for my own every-day use. I currently use my trusty Canon Ixus 870 point and shoot for daily use but want to share more great pics with my blog friends without having to rely on the old man / photographer. We use Hubby's Canon 5D for shooting style content for the blog. He reminds me often that 'his' camera is indeed 'ours' but I would not feel comfortable handling it for my own pedestrian use (I am a walking accident most of the time) and as such I am considering either a Canon 500D or 550D to replace my point & shoot.

If there is anything else you would like to know about the visual side of things on the blog I am sure I can convince my hubby to do a guest post! In the meantime, I am pretty sure I am going for the 550D but have you got a preference? What do you currently use and are you also considering changing to DSLR?

p.s I asked for advice and the valued ones spoke! Thank you for helping me make up my mind and expect to see the new acquisition during the week.

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Thursday, 10 March 2011

Androgynous Rex

A huge hello to all my new followers. I am clicking through every single one of your blogs to say a personal 'allo so bear with me if I haven't popped round yet :)

Fun title, no?

I was featured on the brilliant urban magazine that is Fashion Bomb Daily this week. Whilst it was nice to know that my style is not a 'Hot Mess' it did make me think of that question of personal style and how we come to define ourselves in our style box of choice. Since I started blogging I get asked to define my 'style' quite often and I have by now composed a short sound-bite that I can reel off at the drop of a hat. However, one of the comment on the feature made me realise that I omit a description that underscores practically every outfit I choose to wear and my over-arching personal style: my love of androgynous fashion (not to be confused with masculine). I have always had that androgyny 'vibe' about me. It is in the way I look, the way I carry myself, the societal roles I choose to play and of course the clothes and accessories I wear.

I dreamt, as a teen, of a wardrobe filled to the brim with Commes De Garcon, Junya Watanabe and Vivienne Westwood; Clothes that look structurally hard to wear but on the female body, married with the right attitude, ooze as much sex appeal as a tight fitting bandage dress. And it pleases me to know that I have managed to retain this 'vibe'. So yeah, this post is a reminder to myself, should I be asked, that I like to look 'well 'ard'!

What would you say inspires your style and what style box do you choose to identify with?

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Friday, 4 February 2011

Banished...

...my clothes that is! Nope, I have not signed up to any challenge but with our imminent temporary move from a 4 bedroom house (with two walk in wardrobes) to a 2 bedroom compact house, my husband insists that I put 2/3 of my clothing in storage. You can just imagine the shock my tweets reflected immediately after this but I am glad to say that phase has passed and now that I can think straight (seriously my reaction was that of an erratic woman) I can see that it must be done. This does not mean that it makes the pill easier to swallow but I now have to get practical. What to retain and what to store. How can he not understand my need to have ALL my shoes around me at ALL times! My positive spin on this is that I am going to embrace it as a de-cluttering challenge but still where to start...

Please leave nice words and help me get my head around this! Have you ever had to make such a ~~sacrifice~~ compromise?

Storets leopard print harems, Uniqlo jumper, Jeffrey Campbell boots

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Sunday, 16 January 2011

Contraflow

I have been a naughty blogger I realise for going MIA for a few days but on the other hand I have been a really good family member! The weekend was spent out of London which was refreshing and not cold at all thanks to the magical jumper knitted for me by a lovely lady I shall be introducing you to next week (I shall be starting what I hope will be a regular series showcasing my fave Etsy sellers). I am such a scatty type normally and pack horribly for country weather never taking into account the wind, the rain and all those great things that nature bestows but it seems another year older has brought about new sartorial wisdom!

Audrey Cantwell turban, Next jumper, Uniqlo skirt and vintage flats.

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Thursday, 13 January 2011

Fool's Gold

1 leather pants. 3 different looks. I give you no'3
Can anyone tie the title of all 3 posts together?

This is a special post. Why so? Well, I am featuring my own design for the very first time. I wanted a classic wearable shape for the dress but with a little extra oomph. Seeing as I find female collarbone tres sexy (okay, that just sounds weird...) it made sense to make the neckline a feature. What do you think? What little tweaks would you make to a classic shape to personalise it.

The jewellery are from a batch picked up abroad to resell but of course I had to keep a few items for myself. Shoes are Neve by SENSO via Solestruck and leather pants are as you know by Audrey Cantwell.

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