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We speak to our model comp winner Megan McMinn
We launched our Yumi and Sapphires model comp way back when in May and after trawling the UK and spotting some super talent, we just couldn’t get the lovely Megan McMinn out of our minds, who we spotted on the first leg of the search in St Ives. Fast forward to last week when we met with Sapphires and finally agreed that Megan was the one that we want(ed!) … watch this space for behind the scenes info and gossip on our shoot with Megan and keep switched on to ours and Sapphires’ social media to follow Megans journey. For now, we caught up with Megan to find out a little…
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We Can’t Wait For…..The Dark Knight Rises
We wouldn’t generally call ourselves superhero fans but we make an exception for the most recent Batman trilogy, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Christian Bale as Batman. The Dark Knight Rises finishes the trilogy and is out this Friday. It features Anne Hathaway as the iconic Catwoman (we’re very intrigued to see how she compares to the great Michelle Pfeiffer) and the delicious Tom Hardy as baddie Bane. The film has already received overwhelmingly positive early reviews by film critics and has even received a standing ovation at a preview screening. Revered movie mag, The Hollywood Reporter even says, “Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy makes everything in the rival Marvel universe look…
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Friday 13th….Lucky for you – 13 pieces at £13!
Today is your lucky day! We have selected 13 pieces from our lovely collection that for this weekend only, are £13 each! The reason for this is of course, the fact that today is Friday 13th – a day that is steeped in superstition, bad luck for some, lucky for others. Here’s a good one for fact fans, fear of Friday 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia. Yeah, we don’t know how to pronounce it either but what a word! Today is most definitely lucky for you – get shopping these £13 treats now!
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Lovelies from the Couture AW12 Shows
Ah how we love the couture shows – they are collections designed purely to look beautiful, one off pieces that are made to measure for whoever orders them. If only we had the money! The couture collections are made outside the realms of practicality or the mainstream trends, they are literally high fashion at its very best. The Valentino show (pictured above and directly below) was our favourite, featuring romantic, ethereal pieces. In fact the whole collection looks like it was made for Florence Welsh, with its capes and floral embellishments. The Christian Dior show was muchly anticipated as it was the first collection from new creative director Raf Simons,…
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Oh The Times We Had At Bread And Butter…
It was an early start on Wednesday morning when we set up our stand at Berlin’s Bread and Butter trade show. For any of our lovely blog readers who aren’t so familiar with trade shows, this is where we showcase our new season product to retailers and fashion bodies from all over the world. It’s quite a strange concept – back in Blighty we’re still holding out for a 2012 Summer but in Berlin we were already skipping ahead to next year for SS13! Fashion plays with our brains! And what little gems we have instore for next year – we’ve gone all out for 50s retro with nipped in waists and…
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Win £100 by Getting Creative and Sharing – Some Great Ones So Far!
Earlier this week we launched our competition to help us hit 5,000 followers on both Facebook and Twitter by seeing how creative you guys can be! You will get rewarded for raiding your imagination, as the most creative wins £100 to spend online once we hit 5,000! It’s all about getting creative with your sharing, and so far we’ve had some brilliant shares including a poem, collages with jewellery and images (pictured below by Jenna Morrison) and Scrabble tiled fun (pictured above by Sarah Crowle)! Take inspiration from these and spread the word in the most innovative and fun way – leave them as a comment on here or on Facebook…
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Happy Independence Day: National Anthem by Lana del Rey
Happy Independence Day to all our American friends! Let’s celebrate by watching the new video from one of our favourite Americans – Miss Lana del Rey and quite fittingly for today, it’s called National Anthem. We are in love with Lana’s sultry, retro inspired look and in this video, she channels one of the style icons of the 1960’s – Jackie Kennedy, wife of President John F Kennedy (see her brilliant style here). If you fancy getting Lana’s 1960’s image, our Judy collar dress and colour block shift dress are perfect for this look. In fact, our Mela embellished collar dress is a dead-ringer for the dress Lana wears at the…
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Get Creative to Win £100 by Spreading the Social Word!
OK everyone – we’re nearly at 5,000 followers on both Facebook and Twitter and we would love to hit the mark with your help! We want to see you get creative with your sharing, so get your imagination hats on (we’re thinking pictures, instagrams, lovely drawings……) and spread the word in the most innovative and fun way. The person that tickles our fancy the most wins a £100 online spending spree once we hit 5,000! So get over to our Twitter and Facebook and get sharing! xx
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Behind the Scenes at our Mela Photo-shoot!
On Friday we did a shoot for our fab range Mela Loves London and we thought you’d like to have little look at what goes on behind the scenes! Photographer Becky Palmer brought the shoot to life and model Vania Bileva looked amazing in the dresses! The girls in the office got a huge dose of the green eyed monster when we cast an eye over make-up artist Hannah Phillips’ vast array of products-AMAZING! See for yourself in our insider snaps, we want everything! Check out our New In section for all the latest from Mela Loves London and keep your eyes peeled in the next couple of weeks for the finished…
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Yumi HQ – The Team Pick Their Favourites
There is so much temptation working in a fashion office! But its pay day, so you can imagine our excitment looking through the collection and deciding which pieces we’ll get this month! We all have our favourite Yumi styles, so here’s what Chloe, Alex and Fleur are going to be wearing this weekend. Which look is your favourite?
