Chocks away!

I cannot wait for all the aviator-esque styles to hit the shops...If I had bags of cash stashed under the floor boards the first thing I would buy is the gorgeous Burberry shearling lined jacket.


Or on a shoe related note....oh I love these so much. Again Burberry and of course McQueen. Genius. Who thought I'd take to flying quite so easily!? Now which rug did I hide that cash under?

Bourdin's Muse

Guy Bourdin's work for Charles Jourdan. I love these. They are perfect fashion images. What further proof do we need? Shoes can be the subject of art.

Shoe Museum...the Weird and Wonderful!

Laura J London is now featured on the Virtual Shoe Museum. Now the Shoe Museum is an online documentation of all manner of shoes, ours included. You can literally find anything shoe related on this site. From the avant garde to the glamorous to the outright weird. In fact one pair that I came across actually scare me a bit! These shoes, or "art", by German artist Iris Schieferstein are actually made from a dead horse. Now it is just me or are these majorly creepy...Now I like a bit of taxidermy as much as the next person but is this taking it a bit far?

I had to click on the Glam section just to calm myself. That's when I came across one of my favourite shoe designers Minna Parikka and I thought I would post these sweet but sexy turquoise numbers...ahhhhh that's better...phew!

Vintage Attack

We love love love Vintage here at Laura J. Finding that perfect piece can be really thrilling and can instantly transport you to another era. But I have to say that we are especially lucky with vintage here because we get to choose pieces from our vintage concession by the gorgeous girls at French Kiss.

I thought I would show you a few of my favourite pieces from the concession this month. And in doing so I can't not show you this denim jacket....LOVE the badges. I am pretty sure I had one exactly the same when I was four! In fact I was a big child...maybe this was mine!






Okay that's enough of picturing me as an elephant child...what do you think about these amazing pink courts....fab of course....who doesn't want a pair of pink shoes!?

Now whilst I'm on the subject of vintage I have to post this fab picture that Laura took this weekend. Zuleika's vintage stand in Camden Passage is a new addition to the stalls on the strip and she sells some great vintage pieces from Whistles and Prada. But as you can see from the snap the goods don't stick around for long. This is definitely one to add to your vintage stall radar.

Now if you can't get to Zuleika's stall in time and you are desperately seeking that perfect pair of vintage shoes you simply have to get down to Vintage at Goodwood (from 13th - 15th August). Any vintage lover worth their salt will be there...Laura J London ladies included.

Cheerio Chaps!

united state of iris

If you don't know Iris Van Herpen's work, then start googling the hell out of her now. A thoughtful and interesting designer, her A/W 10 show, “Synesthesia” was inspired by the sensations felt in one part of the body when stimulus is applied to another part, her concepts never get in the way of beautiful and provoking yet totally wearable designs.



For the collection above, Van Helpen was approached by United Nude to do a collaboration and here are the outstanding results...



Bound to draw comparisons with the infamous Alexander McQueen 'Armadillo' shoes, but who cares! these are fabulous and imitation is the best form of flattery. United Nude continue to challenge my conception of them as a shoe brand, as mentioned before here on this blog, they have had quite a turn-around in the past couple of seasons, ditching the eames chair gimmicks and proving themselves to be a serious contender.

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flower power

John Galliano's designs for Dior couture are always a twice yearly treat. The show this week was awesome to the power of rad, daffodile-a-liscious, posey-fabulous, super-daisy-duper and freesia fabulous. You get the picture, me likey this collection A LOT.

eyes behold....!

don't even talk to me about the hair, just some-one please show me how to do it!

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Legs Eleven

Really wanted to post these fab pics of the window....The leg pictures were illustrated by the wonderful Miss Stephens. See what did I tell you about the amazing illustrations popping up here and there in the boutique. Well we think they are just fab. Perfect backdrop to the gorgeous shoes...if we do say so ourselves.

A love that lasts

I think there's something oddly beautiful about lasts. I always really like it when they are used as props in shoe shops. So, sad as I am, I thought I would post these shots of our lasts for next season that were taken on a trip to the factory last week. Happy times.

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Divided Opinion

I was just going through my email inbox when I came across an email from Stateside shoe designer Kathryn Amberleigh. I decided to check out the website and I have to say, I really am not sure on this one.


On the one hand she has designed some really great pieces...I especially love these grey ankle boots



and the nude patent peeptoes are a classic...very nice.




But then I come to this ankle boot and I can't help thinking It reminds me of a washing up glove.


Having said that it is always nice to see new shapes...just maybe lay off the rubber look?

Heather Blake, Distract Me!

It is WARRRMMM....but alas...I can't stop thinking about my Autumn Winter wardrobe. See I am a winter girl at heart, I just hate wearing floaty pretty things; bring back the cold, bring back leather and boots..bring them I SAY!

Oooops, sorry about that rant. I know I should be talking about SS10 but it is hard to stop thinking about the shearling ankleboots by ASOS (sound horrible, but are very nice) and an amazing Dior cardigan with big blue bows that I saw yesterday. No, you're right, I should channel my shopping energy into something in the here and now... how about these...

these beauties come courtesy of shoe design genius Heather Blake. The oak heels are so gorgeous, the best thing to cure my ankle boot longing. You can see more of Heather's work here.

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