Un air de France par Charlotte

 

This weeks inspiration comes from our beautiful  french sales girl Charlotte, who has just returned from a holiday to France visiting her family. She says nothing reminds her more of Summer than bunches of lavender, listening to folk singer Alela Diane and spending time with friends.  
 She has been kind enough to share a recipe for lavender lemonade with us! I know I will be making this one very soon.

Lavender Lemonade
Hidcote lavender turns lemonade rosy pink. Other varieties turn it a paler color. Avoid piney-smelling lavenders, such as spike. For that extra touch, garnish lemonade with fresh lavender sprigs. Makes: 6 cups
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup (a generous handful) fresh or 1 tablespoon dried lavender blooms stripped from stems
1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, strained
Ice cubes
Lavender sprigs for garnish
Combine sugar with 2 1/2 cups water in a medium pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Add the lavender blooms to the sugar water, cover, and remove from heat. Let stand at least 20 minutes (and up to several hours).
Strain mixture and discard lavender. Pour infusion into a glass pitcher. Add lemon juice and another 2 1/2 cups water. Stir well and watch lemonade change color.
Pour into tall glasses half-filled with ice or refrigerate until ready to use.
 

French muse

Happy Saturday girls, hope everyone is ready and super excited for RAFW! I know we are!

 Fashion bloggers far and wide will be clearing their memory cards, charging their batteries and preparing the perfect outfits! Speaking of fashion bloggers, a few weeks ago our beautiful Charlotte was snapped up by Sydney blogger Elle of The Style Hack "If only my camera could capture the tactile softness of Charlotte’s Natasha rabbit fur vest and the melody of her delightful french accent! Bon journee Charlotte!"

Doesn't she look beautiful! 

 Wearing Natasha printed playsuit and Waterfall fur vest, this is the perfect RAFW outfit! 

Autumn Chills

Charlotte wears -Silk Manstyle shirt in black, Silk georgette maxi skirt in rust and Tribal necklace 

(all available in store)

Theory Lasry sunglasses in tortoiseshell, Bauble knit top  in Black and Tribal necklace.

Charlotte wears - Fox/Rabbit fur vest, Washed grey silk top, Marble slouch pants, Tassel wedges, Tribal necklace (all available in-store)

In honour of the first day of April, we took a few photos of our gorgeous French sales girl Charlotte wearing some of the stunning pieces from our Winter 2011 collection.  We are absolutely loving this Autumn weather, crisp mornings/evenings and beautiful warm days! The key to dressing for this weather is layering and we have some perfect pieces in store to do just that. Silk Georgette Maxi skirts in rust, black, and tribal prints, Silk shirts in black, latte and beige, Slouch pants in various hand printed designs, and so much more goodness in store.

Pop down and visit us, our friendly staff will help you find something you will love!

Best Regards

The team at Natasha

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