I'm down CPP - yeah you know me

There are lots of abbreviations for fabulous things, for example  HRH as you know is short for Her Royal Highness. 

Then there are some that are not so fabulous, like the song that goes.........

I'm down with OPP (yeah you know me). OPP means other people's property.

Now I'm not down with OPP but I'm certainly down with the far more fabulous CPP! 

CPP is short for Candy Pratts Price and CPP in my world is the UQOA- the Undisputed Queen of Accessories.

All hail CPP the UQOA!!!!

I've been wanting to meet CPP for forever, so imagine my delight when she strutted her stuff right past me during Fashion's Big Night out in Manhattan! I nearly tripped over myself to see what treasures the Queen was wearing. 

Trust me, she didnt disappoint, as queens should be, she was very gracious when I interupted her conversation to gush that I'd been wanting to meet her for forever.

She replied in her raspy sexy voice " What a compliment ".  CPP was decked out in regulatory ultra skinny, skinny jeans, torso hugging tailored jacket and this is where I have palpitations, not just one but TWO!!! Vintage Kenneth Jay Lane brooches. 

And you know how I feel about brooches let alone anything  KJL!!! 

And!!!!!!!!!!!

Prepare to say "be still my beating heart" !!!

When I looked down, she finished off the look with the sleekest ever  silvery-grey Manolo Blahnik booties of course!!! 

 Siiiiiiiiiiiiigh! Shark smile!!!!!!!!!! 

Say it with me .......All hail CPP the UQOA. 

Yummy Wishes

Cocktail Kisses

Always 

Gigi 

xx

The man from Santa Cruz

I spent the summer in New York and mine was the fortune to meet the man from Santa Cruz. Yes indeed, the one who makes such delightful treats for ladies' feet, Mr Blahnik himslf. 

Did you know some of the first shoes he designed were for men? And apparently he'd still love to design for men but he doesn't think they could handle it. 

And judging by his own beautiful soles I can perhaps understand why . The boys have really embraced pink shirts but I think they'd be a bit reluctant to wear these in the boardrom. 

Me and Manolo sittin in a tree 

His slippers and socks are so purrrrdy!

And thank goodness he concentrates on us girls. We can handle as much pink he can dish out and more!

Drool 

Drool 

Droooooooooooooooooool 

 

Yummy Wishes

Cocktail Kisses 

Always Gigi 

Barclaycard World Freerun Championship Winner - Tim 'Livewire' Shieff

Frock the World Freerun Championships!

This summer you can have more than 15 minutes of fame and no I'm not talking anything as hideous as Big Brother.  If you aren't afraid of heights and have a strong bladder you can be a living monument by standing on the Plinth in Trafalgar Square, for an hour. Do anything you like while you're up there, within reason of course, my friend James was part of a swing dance fest that saw the leader doing the moves on the plinth and everyone following below. Fabulous!

But last Saturday you would  have been very hard pressed to exercise your hour of fame in any memorable way as experienced by this chap below. Dressed in regal finery he had a Hamlet cigar moment and eventually  just sat down when he realized no one was looking at him at all.............. and why?

Well because Nelson and his column stood guard over the star attraction 

The World Freerun Championships 

Yes that little green dot in mid air is a hunk of a man, and what's he holding onto? 

Uuuuh nothing! Hands free, freerunning in Trafalgar Square

No crash mats, no safety nets, no harnesses or Nuffink! 

So amazing it got me and my girlies wondering 

just what these boys are capable of when there is a soft mattressy landing on offer? 

 OK enough of that, we're live on BBC3

So let's bring it right back 

to some good family fun

I was joined by my gorgeous godchildren, Ben, Josh and Ella 

and their beautiful parents and my very dear friends , Hen and Jay! 

They were all tanned and gorgeous after a trip to Turkey

and travelled up from Sunny Tunbridge Wells especially for the occasion 

Alongside this awesome athletic prowess and brilliant showmanship

My godchildren were also very excited to see this year's winners of Britain's Got Talent, Diversity perform live 

And does one wear a frock to such a sporting occasion?

Absolutely!

Especially when one has access to the VIP lounge

Where you can rest your weary feet whilst sipping white wine on the white leather sofas.

And the view

 is so much more spectacular

And the winners are 

Live Wire from the UK, Jaywalker from the US and Jenx also from the UK 

 I did get my hands on Livewire.............'s Trophy :-) 

Steady on now

How so? Well I  happen to know the brains behind the brawn

Congratulations boys .........all round............ to the brains

 and Brawn!

See Livewire in action in the video  blogpost above 

Yummy Wishes 

Cocktail Kisses

Always 

Gigi 

xx

Gentlemen who know how to buy shoes are DJ and OT. That's DoubleJoy and OfficiallyTasty

The writing's on the wall

 Time to GLAMS Up! 

Soooooooo many colours, only twenty tootsies

And only the royal treatment for these chocolate tootsies

 

Buff, rub, smooth, polish, then and only then are are ready to meet the Mias.

May I introduce you to the twins, the new babies in my life , they are both called Mia and rather like Moses in the basket I discovered them sat on my doorstep in the wee hours of  July 22nd 2009. For me?! Yaaaaay! Very exciting especially since they came via not one but two rather dapper, clever gentlemen, one from London who placed the very specific order , the other in New York who executed the mission with  the utmost attention to detail

Men who know how to buy shoes?! And do so unprompted ?! Wow! 

Those are the moments that truly make life special and those gentlemen are DJ and OT,

Doublejoy and Officially Tasty . 

So girls in honour of those two very clever gentlemen, and to all the gorgoeus men who not only know how to buy shoes but appreciate, admire and compliment us on all the little details that help us look fabulous,  let's raise a glass and make a toast with  DJ and OT cocktails

 Cheers! and Mmmmmwah!

In the US Mia shoes have been featured in Oprah , Allure, Lucky, Marie Claire and ElleAccessories magazines to name a few 

http://www.miashoes.com/press.html#1

Click the link below to see Spring 2009 designs and buy on line 

 http://www.miashoes.com/index.html

Glams is at 30 Grest Windmill Street, Soho, London  

Now Polish those tootsies it's time to GLAMS up

And fluff up your frock cause there's cocktails to sup!

Recipes for the DJ (DoubleJoy) and OT ( OfficiallyTastsy ) cocktails will be in my book Rocks Frocks andCocktails 

Yummy Wishes

Cockatil Kisses

Always 

Gigi xx

Tea With Rodarte