Adventures in London

I got to London a couple days ago and so far it is wonderful! I caught the tail end of London Fashion week, so there are a lot of great cultural things going on in the city - both fashion and design related.One of my first stops was Selfridges, a fun department store (sort of the British equivalent of Saks). On the ground floor, they were selling some beautiful, vintage designer jewelry including some amazing CHANEL pieces, all from a private collection:Upstairs, in their "shoe gallery" was an adorable exhibit of miniature designer shoes, basically, replicas of the real thing. The hairy arm does belong to my husband, as I made him stick it in there for scale, as they were so well-crafed that in photos, they look like full-size shoes! (It was my birthday, otherwise I don't think I could have convinced him to accompany me to a mini-designer shoe exhibit.) Apparently, they are all going to be auctioned off for charity at the end of the exhibit:Outside, they were giving away free mini-diet coke's by man behind CHANEL, Karl Lagerfeld, which was hilarious:I also managed to catch a great exhibit at the other amazing British department store, Harrod's where a museum-like CHANEL exhibit took visitors through the "world of CHANEL" including videos of the making of the classic 2.55 quilted bag, an exploration of Coco CHANEL's beloved icon's (the camelia flower, the importance of numbers in her work, and of course a No5 Fragrance room). We were not allowed to take photos, but pixiwoo.com got a sneak peek into the show before it opened...Nothing better than combining a visit to a museum with shopping!