Christian Louboutin at the London Design Museum

The Baby and I went to the Christian Louboutin exhibition at the London Design Museum today. After some queueing in the rain (unfortunately others had the same idea on this rainy bank holiday), we finally made it into the exhibition. The exhibition is set up like a big Louboutin boutique with a main centre stage display of Louboutin's beautiful theatrical red-soled designs. My favourite shoe was "Black Tie", a black sandal with a Swarovski-studded black tie down the instep of the foot. The exhibition tells Louboutin's journey from an actor to a garden landscape designer and finally to a world famous shoe designer and explores Louboutin's inspiration (mainly through his travels), the design process and the construction and production of the shoe. Apparently Louboutin's fascination with high heels was awoken when he saw in a museum a sign of a red crossed-out stiletto, forbidding access in high heels.

Pink!

I am rather pleased with my new shockingly pink ballerinas...

They are certainly brightening up my outfits and are a quite easy way to wear the neon trend!

They are by belle, the sister collection from luxury US shoe label Sigerson Morrison. I got mine from matches.com but net-a-porter.com stocks them too.

January fashion fix

One of my fashion spies in Switzerland has just told me that H&M is currently selling this cute Chanel style cardigan:

Grab it while they have it!

Clutch for Christmas/New Year's Eve Party

Still keen on the star trend, this is my Christmas/New Year's Eve party clutch:

I got it from Asos (http://www.asos.com). Another good site to check out if you are looking for a festive clutch is Wilbur & Gussie (http://www.wilburandgussie.com/).

Chalet chic

I am currently working on my outfit for this skiing season. The fact that "chalet chic" seems to be the height of fashion helps. I already got the bubble hat...

(Moncler)

Now I am looking for the perfect Nordic style jumper. I love Jil Sander's red and light blue Azure jumper (www.jilsander.com) but at over £1,000 it costs more than the ski pass for the week... Asos and Topshop have some much better priced alternatives. And I love the ones from Aubin & Wills (check www.net-a-poter.com).

The Baby is also ready to hit the snow with these cute mini Ugg Boots:

and fury gloves from Silvana Ost, a Swiss designer (www.silvana-ost.ch):

I am still looking for a cute hat for her. Brora does very nice cashmere ones (www.brora.co.uk) and mini Boden (www.boden.co.uk) has some cute options:

I have not decided yet. Let me know if you find anything else warm and cute for the snow!

Muffs

Today it felt for the first time really chilly outside and especially my hands got very cold. I am therefore tempted to get one of the "alpine style" muffs from Petit Filou (http://petitfilou.de/index.php). I am just not quite sure how I will be pushing the pram with my hands stuck into one of them...

Twinkle twinkle little stars...

I am in love with Dolce & Gabbana's AW 11/12 collection which features twinkling stars everywhere... http://www.dolcegabbana.com/dg/#/woman/runway. A good high street copy is this blouse from Zara:

Ballerinas

For cute, yet not too expensive ballerinas, head to Agnes & Rose on Thayer Street (Marlybone).  Particularly nice is the selection of Fabio Rusconi flats which they stock.

Bags

For a sleek but still very practical maternity bag check out this one from Anya Hindmarch:

It comes with pockets for bottles, a nappy bag and a changing mat.

Breastfeeding and fashion

There I was thinking I could go back to wearing normal clothes as soon as the baby was here. Unfortunately, nobody told me that breastfeeding makes this rather difficult!

How to look stylish at 9 months?

Save for some basics (e.g. Jeans, black skirt), forget about special pregnancy clothes! They are generally made out of cheap fabric, make you look more pregnant than you are and - because of the complete absence of any consideration for current fashion trends - also older than you are. Simply look for cuts which accommodate your bump.