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Of course we’d love it if everyone’s stocking was filled with bottles of sip, but we also know that there are plenty of incredible goodies floating around so we’ve listed some of our favourites - the kind of ones Kate & I are really lusting after (and are pretty sure Santa won’t bring… but we can dream right?)

Gen’s Dream Stocking:

Mulberry for Apple: Mulberry have designed a range of bags modified especially for Apple products. We here in the sip office have a little crush on the hot pink MacBook Sleeve - the colour, the gorgeous gold Mulberry buckle, the fact it’s the perfect office to party clutch and not to mention the oohs and ahhs you’re bound to get when you whip it out in a meeting - never have I wanted to go to so many meetings: http://www.mulberry.com/#/storefront/c5658/4225/

Alexander McQueen Clutches: This man can do a clutch - all of his bags are works of art and by adding in knuckle duster rings or a glove built in to the bag there’s no way we’d be putting these down- how many can I pop into my dream stocking? 2? 3?

Christian Louboutin Ronda Dina Shoe -in the words of Carrie Bradshaw “hello lover…”

and Jake Gyllenhaal to hand it all to me… well, it is my dream stocking afterall!

Kate’s Dream Stocking:

LuLu Guiness Lips clutch- “…why not?”

A Smythson Soho Diary… “there simply is no other diary to have”

Louboutin Lady Lynch heel - “the picture really doesn’t do it justice… these are very, very beautiful shoes, and at 14cm that’s almost half a ruler to walk on…”

And to top it all off, Caleb from the Kings of Leon… now where’s that stocking?

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Last Friday Kate, aka Mrs sip, had a spare ticket to a band called The Airborne Toxic Event at the Shepherds Bush Empire around the corner from our little office. We decided after a long week of label design (news coming soon…!) we deserved a night out so after few Mojitos at a nearby Brazilian bar we headed over to the gig. Kate was already a fan but as i’d not heard their stuff (and am not a cool enough regular ‘gig’ goer) so was unsure as to how I would fake my excitement for over an hour if I didnt like it…perhaps a cider or two would help…and maybe I could flap my arms around erratically to show my appreciation?!

We found our seats up at the top level which had a surprisingly great view - the joy of smaller venues! I was still a little nervous about how I would manage to stay standing for an hour let alone bopping along to a band I’d never heard of…

We sat down with a bottle of water and a cup of cider - perfect gig watching supplies, and the next thing I knew it had been an hour and half! No faking it needed as I totally loved them, they were fun, friendly and genuinely loved what they were doing. I was mesmerised  by the chick in the band who played the violin every now and then as well as brilliantly stomping around the stage with a tamborine, singing and playing the keyboard - impressive stuff!

a little pic of the band!

My favourite songs were Sometime Around Midnight and Gasoline which you can see here courtesy of lovely youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVS0zGgZyys

I def recommend you check them out and next time someone asks you to try something you’ve never done before, like going to a gig (or trying sip for the first time perhaps?) ive realised its all about being open to having fun and doing it with a smile on your face. I’m looking forward to trying more new things and reporting back on my adventures!

As always, sip happy x

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The matte nail polish trend has been been getting bigger and bigger so when the wonderful OPI team came out with a new matte range we were very excited. They have 6 different colours to choose from and rather than creating new colours they have converted their top selling colours into a matte variant. The matte colours can be used as is, or you can double it up with the same colour in a non matte shiny variant to intensify the result.

OPI and www.alllacqueredup.com have some tips if you are going to try the full on matte;

• firstly, do not use a basecoat or topcoat when using the polish
• only paint dry nails (so no lotions before hand)
• try doing two coats for a solid matte look
• be smooth since a matte result can show the ridges from the brush
• be aware that since it wont have the base or topcoat it can chip a lot easier

- it may sound a little more high maintenance but the results can look fantastic!

since we love sip (obviously!) here in the office we found a firm favourite in the Gargantuan Green Grape variant (below) which looked great as we sipped our Elderflower sip!

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Wow… we can hardly contain our excitment here at sip headquarters (well our little office with Kate and I)

We will be heading to a few shows and parties over the week bringing you the backstage gossip and showing you some of the great collections. I have a small number of (lucky!) lovely friends who will be heading to loads more shows so I’ll be sure to send you links to their coverage of the fabulous 25th birthday.

Today we are heading out to Bora Aksu who names his three inspiring things for s/s 2019 as being:
“Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince, prom dresses at the end of the night and a Jimi Hendrix jacket.”

When Londonfashionweek.co.uk asked him what his collection was all about this season his answer was “Romantism with a darker edge.” - we are very excited to see that so be sure to check back.

This evening we will be heading out to 2 parties celebrating London Fashion Week (phew! - no complaining here though) so check back for the details on those this weekened.

For more info visit www.londonfashionweek.co.uk

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