You can indulge in as many cakes as you wants without piling on the pounds thanks to ‘Eat Me Not Patisserie’  .  Yes now we have it the ideal gift or decoration to tickle those taste buds, these faux cakes come in all different types from a delicate meringue to a chocolate cake with a cherry on top all carefully embroidered…it is most likely the only chocolate cake to last in the house for years on end and the only one which enables  you the luxury of purchasing as many as you like without piling on the pounds!! So why not indulge.

www.eatmenot.co.uk

So you’ve tried a bit of Beethoven in the womb, French in the first few months and Dumas instead of a Dummy. Parents love to help that new baby in their lives develop, and hopefully get a leg up the ladder for later in life.

Thanks to the people at Templar Publishing Baby can now add art appreciation to their arsenal of skills. A book to be launched in early October features artists such as Keith Haring, Damien Hirst, Julian Opie, Bridget Riley and David Shrigley.

Although at £14.99 it isn’t as cheap as ‘Where’s Spot?’ it does include a donation to the NSPCC and any profits will also go to them.

The Tate Modern may need to be prepared for the onslaught of pushchairs and prams in November.

Stuck again for something to by that one person in your life who seems to have everything and anything they don’t have already they will soon or if they don’t have it then they definitely don’t want it.

You know where I’m going with this.

Well, I have a solution for the problem.

The ideal Christmas gift, or any gift, for those who are impossible to buy for and enjoy wine, I give you the Philip Stein Wine Wand.

I know what you’re thinking. A Wine Wand?

Philip Stein who is a leader in mind-body wellness through frequency-based technology in luxury products has created this new and very distinctive accessory that has the ability to decant and enhance the natural aroma and flavour of wine. And apparently only in a matter of minutes. Genius, one might say.

Natural crystals are used because they generate a natural frequency that has the ability to perfectly aerate and decant the wine.

How to use it - insert into the wine bottle for about 5 minutes.

Easy.

There is no change in taste the wand only releases the wines flavors.

It’s the perfect gift for any wine connoisseur, collector or those who just appreciate a very good wine.

And it comes in two different sizes, one for travelling and one for keeping at home.

Christmas gift for Mr. Utterly Impossible, sorted.

Take one well known High Street clothing brand, add some very new talent, mix it all up with a sprinkling of Autumn/Winter 08 and what have you got?

I’ll tell you.

You have one very interesting and exciting new collection.Let me explain.

Oasis, our well known High Street brand, is collaborating with The Royal College or Art, our very new talent, to design their Autumn/Winter 08 collection.

The collaboration began as a competition set by Oasis to help support and reveal the talents of The Royal College of Art’s first year MA Fashion and Textile students.

The competition - to deign a modern and feminine collection.

Seems simple enough. But the pressure, intense.

Because the prize - your designs sold nationwide for Oasis’s A/W 08 Collection.

The result saw the fascinating work of seven entries that fused and manipulated disciplines to create an outstanding collection of individual pieces that focused on print and colour.

The winning collection - The Raven collection designed by Liam Evans, Clare McLachlan and Alison Dunlop which will open the RCA’s internationally renowned Gala catwalk show.

What a way to start one’s first year at Fashion school.

The collection goes on sale nationwide at Oasis flagship stores and online at www.oasis-stores.co.uk from November 2008.

Oasis may be on to something huge here. So, save up your pennies, you’re going to need them this November.

The fantastic PPQ label held their combined summer and leaving party on Wednesday. The Conduit Street store was packed to the rafters with the most stylish people in London. Live music, cool DJ and a great crowd all combined to make this one send off not to be forgotten.

There was a bit more of a scrum outside than at the bar when Peaches Geldof, Jamie Winston and Alfie Allen all turned up a bit late in the same taxi, giving the assembled Paparazzi something to photograph.

www.ppqclothing.com

‘The Outsiders’

Lazarides Gallery, London Charing Cross

Outsiders on the in.

Lazarides Gallery is getting bigger and better.

Great new space with a great new opening show to go with it.

Not only is the new space perfectly positioned on Caring Cross Road, (just off the beaten path, in a trendy little part of town) but it’s an interesting space to exhibit.

This permanent space will feature continuous shows of Lazarides artists’ works which is best described as ‘cult art’, including ‘pop art’, ‘graffitti’ and ‘graphic’s’.

Spread over three floors the viewers can move freely around the exhibition and actually see the different artists’ works.

This is not your usual gallery. No clean white walls and neutral setting in this space. The walls on each floor are different, some red and splattered with paint, others black. But it works and it works really well.

The current show, the opening show, is a group of works from all of Lazarides artists demonstrating the wide range of brilliant and talented artists that Lazarides has.

Such artists as Antony Micallef, Faile, Ian Francis, Paul Linsect and Conor Harrington.

Also, check out their newly reconstructed website that will allow all users to move virtually through the galleries and view all the works. Lazarides is taking the work of ‘cult art’ to another level.

The world of the web. What did we do without it.

Lazarides Gallery
121 Charing Cross Road
Soho,
London
WC2H 0EW

www.lazinc.com

What an opening.

This years Times BFI London Film Festival has just announced that this year the festival will open with the world premiere of Universal Pictures’ new drama

FROST/NIXON.

This drama has one brilliant team behind it. It has been adapted from the stage play by BAFTA-winning scriptwriter Peter Morgan and is being produced by Oscar-winning director/producer Ron Howard and Oscar-winning producer Brian Grazer, together with BAFTA award-winning producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

Could it get any better.

But can this fantastic play work as a film?

FROST/NIXON focuses on journalist David Frost, played by Michael Sheen and President Richard Nixon, played by Frank Langella, and their televised interviews in 1977 which attracted the largest audience for a news program in the history of American TV. The play does not only re-create the on-air interviews but also looks at the weeks leading up to the interviews. It shows the behind-the-scenes situations between the two men and their camps as they negotiated and made deals. This all leads up to the climatic moment when these two men finally sit face to face in the court of public opinion.

Not only does this film have an Oscar winning crew but the supporting cast is inspiring. The cast includes actors Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones and Matthew Macfadyen.

The Times BFI London Film Festival begins Wednesday 15 October.

Universal Pictures will release the film in the UK on 9 January 2009

The Festival runs from 15-30 October 2008

www.bfi.org.uk/lff

We are all falling in love again with the dazzling glamour of old Hollywood films.

But the best part is that we are being given the chance to fall in love with them all over again in some very chic and wonderful locations around London.

The NFT is always good at giving us great places to watch films but there are also other film events happening around the city this summer in interesting places.

One of them being the Smirnoff Black Screenings.

Smirnoff is hosting a Wednesday Night film club at the Bluebird, Kings Road, Chelsea, until the 27th August.
It’s £5 per person for a film ticket but if you fancy a bigger night out you can top up to a £20 ticket which includes a cocktail and canapes.

So, if you are not running off somewhere over the next few weeks why not check out one of these:

30 July: Rear Window (1954)
6 August: Some Like It Hot (1959)
13 August: My Fair Lady (1964)
20 August: The 39 Steps (1935)
27 August: North By Northwest (1959)

Bring back some Hollywood glamour and fall in love again with classic Hollywood.

http://www.bluebird-restaurant.com

Celebrity hair stylist Tara Smith launched her organic hair care range at a celeb studded party last week in London and we were there to mingle and try out the product.

Natalie Imbruglia, Rosario Dawson, Model Lisa B and June Sarpong attended the launch of their favourite hairdresser’s product at the Hempel Hotel.

Tara Smith’s client list also includes Demi Moore, Anna Friel and the Sex and the City cast. It’s only fitting then that the tag line of her natural hair care line: “Tested on film stars, not on animals.”

Tara was tearful with pride as she spoke of the products which are made in the UK with organic ingredients.

She said: ‘It was important to me to develop a professional-standard line that’s not only environmentally friendly, but accessible to everyone with a realistic price tag.”

The range will be available in Tesco from October and, having tried it, we recommend stocking up.

By: Anna Krahn

via : www.3sacrowd.com

Vera Wang’s name is synonymous with couture wedding and while we’d love a designer dress, we’re almost as excited by the new Vera Wang wedding gift collection at Ernest Jones.

The wedding dress designer has collaborated with Wedgwood to create a collection of gorgeous wedding gifts and accessories including picture frames, napkin rings and champagne flutes featuring Wang’s signature bow motif.

Vera Wang is one of the world’s foremost wedding dress and fashion designers and has a long history in the industry.

She discovered her love of fashion while studying at the Sorbonne and her talent quickly became apparent as she became the youngest ever fashion editor at Vogue by the age of 23.

Staying at Vogue for the next 16 years, she eventually left to join Ralph Lauren as Design Director.

She has since designed some of the most spectacular wedding dresses including Victoria Beckham’s and her designs have been worn on the red carpet and on the sets of Sex and the City and Ugly Betty.

The Love Knot collection is available online and in Ernest Jones stores. Visit http://www.ernestjones.co.uk

By: Anna Krahn

via: www.3sacrowd.com