Taran Taaran Scarves

Taraan Taaran is a label that produces timeless and luxurious hand-woven textiles.

They are a delight to wear; these subtly shimmering scarves are generous enough as a shawl for the evening, as well as being light, soft and warm to wear throughout the day.

Bonita Ahuja, the designer behind the label says of her textiles,

"I make hand woven textiles, which go through myriad processes so that they become even more precious and enriched. These include hand stitching into the weaves,embedding vintage fabrics into them and playing with light and reflection.I take inspiration from objects and places that radiate a sense of quiet beauty."

Richard Weston silk scarves

Fluorite agate, weston silk scarf £149.00

SOLD OUT

Madagascan agate, weston silk scarf £149.00

Brazilian agate, weston silk scarf £149.00

Quartz agate, weston silk scarf £149.00

Richard Weston's silk scarves have been top sellers at the home of scarves, Liberty of London, and have received much national press and fashion industry coverage following the BBC2 coverage of his story in the Britain's Next Big Thing series.

You can now buy Weston scarves from Nichols & Co. please see some of our Autumn winter range of his beautiful silk scarves.

Vivienne Westwood/Melissa shoes

New Autumn/Winter stock.

Just for starters.... VW Anglomania/Melissa

We will be putting more intriguing and exciting Melissa footwear on a following post!

Vivienne Westwood Anglomania for Melissa 'Skyscraper' £128

Vivienne Westwood Aglomania for Melissa 'Ultragirl' £84

Yohji Yamamoto

We were really lucky last week when we decided out of the blue to take a trip to London to see the Yohji Yamamoto exhibition at the V&A before it finished, as we managed to get tickets for his Fashion in Motion show held in the Raphael Gallery.

The event featured Yamamoto's spring/summer 2011 collection, including menswear which was inspired by the V&A's textile archives.
The garments were modelled by real life couples, an idea he first incorperated into his 1999 S/S menswear show.
Yamamoto became internationally renowed in the early 80's for challenging traditional notions of fashion by designing garments that seemed oversized or unfinished, he is also known for his unusual pattern cutting and frequent and skilful use of black, a colour which he describes as "modest and arrogant at the same time".
So for those of you that sadly wouldn't have had chance to see the exhibition here's some of the highlights,
and for most of us who can't afford Yamamoto take a good look at Ivan Grundahl, inspiration is everywhere.

Trippen shoes

"Wappen" was £185 now £92.50

"Catch" was £195 now £97.50

"Travel" was £195 now £97.50

"Pan" was £190 now £97.50

Summer Sale

Summer Jewellery

Ah summer. Natural materials cannot be bettered for beautiful jewels.

Mirabelle hand carved mother-of-pearl, brass mounted £60.

Sterling silver rings-

small coconut shell £25, pale shell £35, black "coral" £39.

SALT scarves

Silk scarves by SALT, £45 each.

Seascape colours; images inspired by a recent visit to Cornwall.

Doors of Copenhagen

Just 3 of our favourite doorways, from a city full of interesting and quirky buildings.

Ivan Grundahl

On our recent buying trip to Copenhagen, for Ivan Grundahl's AW11 collection, we were inspired by this reworked toile as an artwork in his showroom.

Well, the weeks have been flying by in a flurry of deliveries here in store. Finally there's time to start showing some of the marvellous spring/summer 2011 collections before they all get cherry-picked!

One of our most eagerly awaited jewellery makes is Ayala Bar, and here is an absolute show-stopper. This piece is from the "Hip" collection, which is particularly appealing to us as it is inspired by and includes the use of printed textiles, semi-precious stones, mother-of-pearl and other natural materials.

necklace £249

details showing varied use of materials

hopefully, the following pictures of earring and triple necklace should reveal the intricate nature of the mosaic technique used in pieces from the "Classic" collection

earrings £55

necklace £135

this charming muliple necklace looks beautiful as is, however it is cleverly designed so that all of them can also be worn separately.

more below from the "Hip" collection

textile-backed, faceted crystal jewels

- and they're reversible!

set of 3 necklaces £135