New designers and new seasonal stock - it's time for a party!

I can't believe how time flies.... another three months gone!

However there's no need to shed tears, as we here at Wolf & Badger are really looking forward to everything that is coming up. I can tell you, the near future will be very exciting. I can't spill the beans just yet, but very soon....

Anyway, before we immerse fully in the chain of events coming up we want to stop and cherish the moment. I don't know where I read this, but I quite liked it: "The present is called present, because it's a gift."

Hence we would like to invite you to celebrate the arrival of the new summer stock with us and welcome the exciting new designers, that will join Wolf & Badger in August!

We will have a summer party next Wednesday, August 4th, from 6pm - 9pm at the Wolf & Badger boutique.

What better way to celebrate the summer than with Pimms (served by Miss Qs) and ice cream?! We were so thrilled by Dri Dri's sensational Gelato that we just had to have it at our party!

From 9pm onwards the party will continue at The Lonsdale where a complimentary cocktail will be served to all Wolf & Badger guests.

Should you wish to attend this event then please RSVP to cellina (at) wolfandbadger.com

We are looking forward to a fabulous evening with you!

Sounds of the undergrowth: Wolf is catching up with the ponies this week

We seemed to have caused some confusion with the title of the last blog, but let me assure you, we had a plan. We did not just randomly changed "making the heartbeat fast" into "short". Our obsession with ice cream is so strong that it even intruded our playlist.

What is better than eating ice cream?
Wolf thinks: Eating ice cream and dancing around to New Young Pony Club:

Local Love: This makes our heartbeat short

If you are an avid Twitter follower (if not, become one now!), you have certainly read that we have a "tiny" obsession at the moment. Literally five minutes from the boutique (189 Portobello Road) is this local gem:

Dri Dri offers 14 different flavours of delicious Italian gelato and 6 sorbets, which are every day freshly produced. If you have the good luck to meet the owner in person, he will tell you proudly that he only uses the best ingredients like organic milk, English season fruits and regional Italian jewels like the pistachios from Sicily and so much more (except artificial stuff like colouring, flavouring and thickeners). Don't get him started on the traditional process "mantecazione", which he uses to bring us gelato like in bella italia.

You'll obviously be spoilt for choice, but the nice people working at Dri Dri's are quick to help! Because they are as passionate about ice cream as we are about emerging talent and exciting designers, they will not only let you taste different flavours but they will recommend their favourite one as well.

We are inspired (and were in need of a reason to make a trip down to Portobello Road) and tell you our top 3 flavours.

1. Lampone (raspberry sorbet)

2. Cioccolato extra noir (extra noir chocolate sorbet - beware! might be too chocolaty for some)

3. Crema Dri Dri (gelato)

What is your favourite flavour?

Can you hear wedding bells?

We here at Wolf and Badger love the summer…

The sunshine brightens the spirits and casts away the last remains of spring tiredness. It seems like everyone is determined to make the most of the summer and this attitude is reflected in our calendars –it is brimming with events!

One of our favourite events of the season are the beautiful summer weddings. Whilst the bride benefits from the timing (so many more options when it comes to the wedding dress; think of strapless dresses, backless and more), the choice for the guests clearly becomes more difficult.

As dark colours absorb the light, the little black dress is rather inconvenient. Very bright colours can quickly be too flashy and crème and white are obviously reserved for the bride!

Zoe Knight, the Creative Director of Wolf & Badger, styled an outfit for a summer wedding. She decided in favour of Sia Dimitriadi’s lovely peach coloured silk and chiffon dress.

It’s perfect for the warm temperatures as it is wonderfully light and breezy. The cute ruffle trimming at the neckline and the removable belt match such a romantic occasion.

Zoe paired the dress with grey lace shoes from Mary Ching Shanghai, a black Pagoda clutch from Aseef Vazaa, a playful gummy bracelet with an Aqua Marine stone from Anna Maria S. and gold pleated skull hand earrings from Patricia Nicholas.

The skull hand earrings were chosen to subtly toughen up the sweet, feminine outfit.

However this might be a bit too extreme for a classic wedding party, hence Zoe picked an alternative to create a cute and gentle outfit. How adorable are the bow chain earrings “Caroline” from Mallarino?

We are prepared for the next wedding, keep the invitations coming!

What are your Do’s and Don’ts for Summer weddings?

Sia Dimitriadi - Peach silk/chiffon dress £427 (sale price with 30% off £298.90)

Mary Ching Shanghai - 'Sissy' grey lace shoes £281

Aseef Vaza - 'Pagoda clutch' black patent leather and Ostrich skin £500 (sale price with 40% off £300)

Anna Maria S - Gummy bracelet with Aqua Marine stone £150 (sale price @30% off £105)

Patricia Nicholas - 'Skull hand earrings' Gold plated £321

Mallarino - 'Caroline' Vermeil bow chain earrings £214

All available in the Wolf & Badger boutique.

Some news regarding the Graduate Design Awards

Dear Graduates,

Sometimes we all wish that we could have a 48 hours day, don't we?
Final projects for university, graduate fashion week, and then our Graduate Design Award deadline all happening at once ...or so you thought!

We are so excited about the attention it is receiving that we have decided to extend the deadline date to Monday, 2nd August 2010.

Hopefully this will allow all you talented, but super busy students extra time to prepare your application forms. Furthermore we will now be announcing and presenting the awards in late September to coincide with the London Fashion Week and London Design Festival.

Keep the applications coming, we wish you the best of luck!

Gold Fever

With celebrations of the London Jewellery Week all over town we wanted to seize the opportunity, got some of our wonderful jewellery designers together and held an exclusive in-store and press event yesterday.

Allumer, Ambre France, Anna Maria S, Florence B, Michael Berger, Michal Lerman, Miquella, Rina Tairo and xxmiles joined us in our boutique

(stunning gold necklace in the very front: Michal Lerman)

showed their new collections and further pieces of their ranges

(Rina Tairo)

(Miquella)

were available to have a chat

(xxmiles)

(Anna Maria S)

and Michael Berger amazed us with his mesmerizing kinetic sculpture, which demonstrates the functionality of his rings.



The sculpture is now displayed on our counter, so pop by if you want to have a look at it!


(All photos by Zosia Swidlicka)

Walpole Brands of Tomorrow 2010!

Last night we had the pleasure to attend the celebration of Walpole's "Brands of Tomorrow" for 2010. We were announced "Brands of Tomorrow" alongside Basso & Brooke, Charlotte Olympia Shoes, Mawi Jewellery, Rococo Chocolates, Josephine Home and Abahna. It is a great honour to us, especially because the scheme includes a bespoke mentoring and coaching program designed to support up-and-coming British luxury brands in becoming world-class leaders in their respective field.

Considering that one of the key-elements of our concept is the mentoring of the many talented designers that work together with us, we regard it as an amazing opportunity and generous offer to be mentored for the next year not only by Walpole chairman John Ayton, but as well by author and doyenne of luxury journalism Lucia van der Post.

The event took place at Browns Hotel in London.

A nice setting for such a luxurious occasion...

Each candidate had an opportunity to present his products to the members of Walpole, the mentors, journalists and of course the other new members.

Abahna

Basso & Brooke

Charlotte Olympia

Josephine Home

Mawi Jewellery

Rococo Chocolates

We chose to bring glass decanters by BiS Productions, pink heels by Sonya Parenti, bite plates by Evthokia, carréducker shoes, cufflinks and pin by Samuel Gassmann, a cuff by Mallarino, a necklace by Bex Rox and a ceramic sculpture by Jasmin Rowlandson, all of which we decorated on a beautiful Helen Ruth scarf:




Furthermore we showcased teacups by welovekaoru.




We enjoyed the evening (and as our Twitter followers know the preparations for the evening, too) ....





...and are looking forward to the upcoming year with Walpole

Next Wednesday (2nd June) - "First Wednesdays"!

We’re excited to join new local initiative "First Wednesdays" which brings West London’s creative businesses together every first Wednesday of the month with late night openings, one-off events and exclusive collaborations.



Some of the highlights of the upcoming "First Wednesdays" events will be the opening of VitaliV, "Digital Life"at Salon Contemporary, Whitewall Galleries' 4th birthday (congratulations!) and the closing party of Alex Young’s show at the London Miles Gallery.


More information about the events and all participating galleries, fashion boutiques and design spaces is available at www.firstwednesdays.co.uk



We will be staying open until 9pm so pop in to see us after work or even after dinner.

The Wolf and the Badger are looking forward to meeting all night owls!

New Designer Launch Party

The arrival of new stock from all our existing favourites and a great addition of some exciting new design brands was a welcome reason for us to open our doors for the second Wolf & Badger Party…

(Samir and Zoe looking fantastic as always)

As the evening proceeded the party became pretty busy…




…and we appreciated the nice weather even more.



It was great to see some familiar faces enjoying the fantastic cocktails from MissQ’s



…and it was great to see how many new designers made their way to Notting Hill to celebrate with us.



Like Fashion Designer Jay Kos,



cufflink designer Samuel Gassman,



…and Bis Productions (Ceramics and Glassware) designer Brook Sigal




You can find all new designers in our boutique in Notting Hill and all photos from the party can be found online in our Flickr Account:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wolfandbadger/sets/72157623962576037/

Please write to us at info@wolfandbadger.com if you would like any high resolution images sent through!

We hope you enjoyed the evening as much as we did and we are already looking forward to the next party! In the meantime, our doors are always open…

The wait is over

We have really had to bite our tongues for the past few weeks because we have been working on something special and are dying to tell you.
Finally the wait is over and we are thrilled to announce that we just launched our inaugural

Graduate Design Awards.

There are three awards to be won, one for each category of Fashion, Jewellery and Product Design (including glassware and ceramics).

Three lucky designers can win the chance to present and sell their graduate collection in our flagship boutique in Notting Hill.

We can't wait to see what exciting work you are producing, so apply now!