SALE!

We are gearing ourselves up for a big Lally’s Closet sale! With many items up to 50% off!

Well those of you old enough to remember ‘Jim’ll Fix It’ will know what I mean when I say I feel like I have just had my Jim’ll Fix It moment!

I’m so, so, so excited to say that Vogue.com, yes VOGUE, have just featured the lovely Tebalina jewellery and Lally’s Closet!

http://www.vogue.co.uk/jewellery/news/100616-tebalina-necklace-lallys-closet.aspx

May

We can’t believe it’s nearly the end of May already, where has the time gone?! It’s been a very exciting month here Lally’s Closet.

Firstly we started to stock the gorgeous Tebalina jewellery, we’re loving the cute bunny ears pinky ring, and the skull and crown necklace for a Rock Chick look, not to mention the balloon dog necklace which is already a favourite amongst the fashion press.

We were thrilled with our lovely write up in Easy Living magazine on their “Gone Surfing”page.

We’ve got some amazing new vintage pieces to go online very soon, the essential summer 2010 hareem pants and floral jumpsuits, glam these up with a cuff and a pair of sky scraping heels.

Lastly, it’s what we have all been waiting for, the new SATC film! We can’t wait to see Carrie’s new wardrobe which promises to be filled with Halston, vintage treasures and of course Manolos…

A great Week

We’ve had an amazing week at Lally’s Closet, first off a meeting with a wonderful new designer that is to be stocked in the store. I’m desperate to tell you more but you’ll have to wait until nearer the time!

And Gemma Bishop, one of the very talented designers showcased on www.lallyscloset.com, has been cited by Marie Claire magazine as the hottest new accessory designer, congratulations Gemma and huge thank you to Marie Claire for the lovely coverage.

Plus we have V Festival tickets! A feat itself due to the supposed scarcity of them. Now what to buy for a festival wardrobe…

Alexander the Great

Today is a very sad day, I have just heard the news that fashion legend Alexander McQueen has died.

He was an amazing designer who pushed fashion to new levels. His collections were born from his limitless imagination and his shows were nothing less than spectacular theatrical performances, highly anticipated each season.

When I was little and designing countless outfits on my fashion wheel, his career was just launching. I used to cut out photos of his catwalk shows from my Mum’s magazines, much to her dismay because I would usually get my hands on them before she’d had the chance to read them! He was a regular guy from a working class background who had done exceptionally well in this often callous world we call fashion, through his talent, hard work and sheer determination. This is what I found most inspiring about him.

RIP Alexander McQueen, you will be missed.

The bags are here!

The bags are here! Finally! It’s all been very exciting this week, I’ve been grinning from ear to ear! The bags are now on the website at last. We’ve also given the website a little bit of a spruce up for Spring with some of the new images from the last shoot we did.

Then the PR confirmed that we are to get a mention in April’s issue of Marie Claire, which we are delighted about. Plus, this week we got a mention in Closer magazine (page 45)! And, I’ve just got back from posting some of the lovely bags off to a stylist who wants to use them in an Aveda campaign (fingers crossed).

So it’s been a pretty good week so far x

The Great Escape

Ok, it wasn’t so much of an ‘escape’ but it felt like it. After the demise of the snow I finally managed to leave my town, and not only my town but I actually got beyond Hertfordshire for the day. I felt like I should be taking my passport it had been that long since I’d left my road, let alone my county. I only went as far as Kent, but still it felt like an adventure compared to the last few weeks.

Actually it was a bit of a white-knuckle ride, you see, I’ll tell you a little secret. I am absolutely petrified of the QE2 Bridge, and will, at all costs, avoid crossing it, even if this means settling for shopping in chavy Lakeside instead of the more up-market Bluewater. I know it’s pathetic and irrational, and I’m not even scared of heights, but something seems wrong about driving at 50MPH that high up.

I can’t drive next to the edge for fear that someone will drive past me too fast and whoosh me off. I’ll end up crashing into the Thames and I’ll end up in the stinking water that probably still has Victorian sewage floating in it. I’ll end up with all manner of horrible injuries, and I’ll need to be rescued by handsome coastguards who will have to take me to a hospital, where horror of all horrors will happen.

They will discover that my underwear doesn’t match.