Month: November 2009

The email from Irish Tatler that set me on fire today

So today, between thousands of things to do, I took 5 min to write a press release about La Tropezienne leather tote bag (tote leather bag not sure how it goes…) and within 2 minutes, I got a wonderful email from the Editor of Irish Tatler magazine (yes exactly!) who wrote: “Can you tell me where I can find this exact bag on the site so that I can order it? It’s the bag I’ve been waiting to find forever!” It took me a split second to answer and another split second for my energy level to hit the roof! I was on fire and I can’t believe how many bags we’ve sold in a week!Now, I really really like this leather wrist wrap with studs from Clare Vivier, the designer of La Trop…it costs around £49….What do you think? Shall we go for it?? http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/UxVs

A Day at BODIE and FOU Via The Beat That My Heart Skipped

The Beat That My Heart Skipped just featured A Day with BODIE and FOU…..I felt out of breath just reading it! Can’t believe I’m squeezing so much in a day…and for the records, I actually don’t run every day but this was done the day I went for a run in the morning.Rohini, the Editor of The Beat That My Heart Skipped was so nice and complimentary, that I think I’m going to print it as a positive reminder of how far we’ve come and read it when I feel down, tired and I feel like giving up….I thought it was interesting to show behind-the-scenes for a change and I love all the others ‘A Day with‘ Rohini did with Deborah Bowness and Mibo so here is ours…. A Day With… Bodie and Fou I am delighted to introduce the inspirational Karine Kong [FOU] of BODIE AND FOU. Karine is going to introduce herself and you will soon discover what an amazing woman she is. I can’t even begin to describe how talented Karine is …

House tour in Amsterdam

This is the house of Karin Gaasterland and Alain Parry, the owners of Balthazar’s Keuken – a little crowed restaurant in Amsterdam, where I really want to go, next time we are there.To these days, Amsterdam remains one of my favourite European cities. It’s a beautiful place, unpretentious, family-oriented, charming, hugely inspiring and beautiful to shoot.Having so many people riding their bicycles definitively add something to the city’s atmosphere but it is also a place where you will find a lot of shop and restaurant owners showing a great deal of creativity and individuality in their retail space, unlike all the high-street shops on Oxford Street, London.When the weather is a bit warmer (it’s quite windy there), I would love to go back and also check out this shop. The website doesn’t do any justice to the beautiful and unusual lights they have but my friend Gabrielle got her gorgeous lamp from there and she said it was a bit like the Cavern of Ali Baba. She also recommended Anouk Beerents’ shop which specialized in …

Perfect gift for baby….

This is one of our best-sellers.I bought it first 6 years ago when Bodie was pregnant with Lily and we have now some really cool shots of Lilypette in this gorgeous babygro. Then we launched B&F so I sourced it for the shop…It’s often like this…We fall in love with something then try to source for our online boutique. Last night, I just played around with photoshop and loved how this cute Angel babygro looks in a polaroid format….It comes in 3 sizes (0-3 months, 3-6 and 6-12 months) and is also available in pink here http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/UxVs

Do you want this gorgeous bag?… I need feedback please

I need your thoughts on something…. Last week, I blogged about Noix de Coc’s Advent Calendar just because I loved the design.We were not planning to stock it on BODIE and FOU because we normally don’t stock themed items (Xmas, Valentine’s….unless it’s something beautiful like this Love poster which works all year round) but I just thought it was a great and unusual advent calendar to share with you.Now the designer and ourselves have actually received several emails from customers interested in buying it and since Noix de coc’ has not yet an online stockist, we’ve agreed to take stock which will be limited but more of this later.Now this made me realized that although not everyone leaves comment on the blog, a lot of you actually take interest in some of the designs featured on the blog regardless of them being on our online shop or not so it got me thinking… I’ve always been a big fan of La Tropezienne – a gorgeous tote bag designed by LA designer Clare Vivier but since …

Halloween in London & Barcelona

It’s kind of funny how your opinion on things change when you have children. I was never against Halloween but never felt the need to celebrate it either. In fact, being French, my view on it was just total indifference but Mila and her friends were getting so excited that we joined the fun. My friend Mel organized a Pumpkin-carving party on Saturday afternoon. When she told me she had got hold of a big plastic cover to protect the table and the floor, me – the ignorant frog – thought ‘pourquoi?’ since Steve had carved a pumpkin the week before and it wasn’t a messy job…and then I saw the result and I was blown away. I mean look at these…aren’t they fantastic!! ?? Guillaume downloaded a few free pumpkin stencils, then got the girls to draw on the pumpkins and with a bit of help….. here are the fabulous pumpkins by 4-years old Clara, Matilda and Mila !!!Then at 4pm, we all headed to our friend Tanja’s who had organized a fabulous party …