NZ Music Month – Part II
As promised, here is another installment of great NZ music to celebrate the end of ‘NZ Music Month’! Opossum – Get Away Tonight Spring Break – No Tengo Deniro Tom Lark – All Night Long Banglade$h – Karaoke Popstrangers – What Else Could They Do And an oldie but a goodie: The Chills – Pink [...]
Online Boutique Updates
With old man winter on his way it has been one of our priorities to get our online boutique up and running. So, from now on every week you can expect to be see more and more clothes and products appearing for your shopping convenience. Even when the weather gets nasty we still hope you will [...]
Pinterest Interest
Are you a Pinterest-er? We are addicted! Its such a great way to share ideas and keep a visual diary of inspiration and products you love/need/want. You can find us at http://pinterest.com/bablboutique or, we have a little icon at the top right hand side of the websites navigation bar, it a little white P in [...]
DIY: The Dip
I don’t know about you, but I love the new dip trend that has been popping up around pinterest, design*sponge and instagram, etc! The idea of revamping an old item to give it a new lease on life is really neat. The dip trend is such a subtle touch, but can really add a nice, [...]
Talented Talita – Food from France
Rose and I have some incredibly talented friends and one we would like to introduce you to today is Talita. Talita has spent the last 9 months in Paris studying at Le Cordon Bleu school of culinary fine arts in Paris, arguably the best culinary school in the world! And boy are we proud of her, [...]
William Morris : Truely Timeless
While watching ‘My Fair Lady’ this week, I fell in love with the gorgeous wallpaper of Mr Higgins house. When describing the stylistic qualities to friends and family, everyone knew the pattern designer that I was talking about. After all, he was the single most influential designer of the 19th century; William Morris. Little did I know [...]
Lazzari – Vintage Chic
Last week, I got a tip off from a friend about an amazing Italian label that is super cute and super chic; Lazzari. Isn’t this lookbook just adorable?
The latest from JAM and New in-store
JAM CERAMICS We are so excited to launch our new Ceramic range! A few months ago the site next to our building was excavated in-order to erect a new building (no doubt if you have been inshore you would have seen and heard the construction site). While digging the construction workers found a series of [...]
Storage Solutions
If there is one thing I LOVE more than vintage clothing it would have to be storage! I love ‘stuff’ and having lots of it, but I also love tidiness and space, unfortunately these two things tend to conflict each other, BUT not if you have great storage. When Rose and I were designing the [...]
Summerland Look Book
Summerland it a small boutique in portland I stumbled across a few months ago when I was re-searching NZ designers being stocked in the US. Summerland currently stock selected pieces by Twenty Seven names and Karen Walker amoungst their curated collection of US designer clothing and vintage wares, along with a sweet little homeward and [...]
