Christmas Treat: Boldstar* Footwear

Trainers aren't high priority on my wish list right now. Brogues, stand alone blazer and heavy cords all being above, admittedly trainers weren't even on the list until I saw these suede/leather mix beauties by Japanese label Boldstar*. I know very little about the brand other than

oki-ni are currently the only online stockest. I'm really into the minimalistic look that the leather and suede creates in the muted tones. They also come in a few different colours, my other favouite being these black and white pair.

I think I will be treating myself when new year comes around.

Available at oki-ni

Clothes for all types of Folk

Another email that caught my eye today was the weekly newsletter from oki-ni, but for the first time it actually made me smile. The email was all about "Winter Warmers", which included lots of woollies from Pendleton, Jil Sander and Folk.

What made me smile so much was the Folk "People" cardigan, I you can guarantee if anyone saw you on the street or at the shops wearing it, it would instantly make them smile too. Setting of a snowball effect of smiles, from person to person as you go about your regular day. I am all for this!

The Folk cardigan in question, in bright red with little characters circling the bottom of the sleeves.

Close up of the sleeves, I love how childlike and non-descript they look. Gives them a playful cartoony feel.

You can also snap yourself up a matching "People" scarf, just imagine the joy on people's somewhat usually glum Winter faces.

Cardigan, scarf and images from oki-ni

Latest Purchase - Linda Farrow Sunglasses

More finds from ebay, this time in the form of a vintage pair of Linda Farrow wayfarers from the mid 1980s, lets hope they suit me. If not it's not the of the world as they cost me £10. I guess I would just sell them on again.

They don't beat this pair of Linda Farrow Projects x Damir Doma wayfarers but as if I could afford the price tag. Available at Oki-ni for £165.

Welcome to the Maison Martin Margiela

If anyone has been on the Maison Martin Margiela website they will have seen just how simple a site needs to be to be truly innovative. I just love this, it's made up of very simple text, folders and sub-folders (or folder tree) just like all computer were like, back in the day.

Opening page - "enter"

Home page image

Folder Tree - Back in the day

Maison Martin Margeila site - 2009

Text is laid next to image inspiration which by clicking on opens their seasonal collections including accessories. It really is beautifully done, I'm such a geek for things like this but it works so well. None of this destracts you from why you came of the site in the first place, collections are easy to find and scroll through, where you can see all the detailed shots you like.

Collections are accompanied with images, to show their current colour palette for each collection or is it just them having fun with photography?

When you click on the "stores" you are left looking at a list of stockist within each country and am image of footprints in white paint. These little quirks just make everything much more appealing, as a fashion promotion student this is so inspiring for me.

Anyone who is interested in design or fashion should check out their site here for a full tour of the site and collections. Maison Martin Margiela is available to buy at Oki-ni.com

All images from www.MaisonMartinMargiela.com

oki-ni competition

oki-ni are running a competition to re-design their existing logo. You can be creative as you want, in any way, shape or form. It just needs to be a graphical image. Winners will receive£1000 worth of store credit, imagine what you could spend it on!

Competition ends 17th May, click here for more information.