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Just a quick note to let you know that my pregnancy blog is up and running on Blossom Mother and Child. I sat next to the head of marketing for Blossom at a Fashion Business Club event. We chatted for a while about the maternity clothing market and my loathing of in store shopping. A couple of weeks later she contacted me about blogging for them. I was thrilled at the chance to connect with even more mummies so accepted.

My first post is about test driving some jeans. After wearing one pair through the last trimester of pregnancy one it is nice to have a couple more at my disposal - especially now I go through a pair a day with messy Master R's sticky fingers.

Thank you to Blossom for the opportunity to write for you and Mamas, I'll keep you up to date with my posts.

We've been nominated for the Grazia O2 X award!

When I started getting emails on Tuesday from friends saying they'd seen me in Grazia I was very surprised. I knew that our lovely PR Liz had been working on some press, but I didn't really know what it was. What a fantastic surprise! Each year I read the nominations for the award with admiration for these hard working women. And now I can't quite believe that Brittique is now there.

Thank you to all our loyal customers for all your support over the past 1.5 years. Setting up a business in the competitive world of fashion has been tough, but the feedback I receive from customers makes it worthwhile.

Vogue.com features competition

Vogue.com features our competition in it's daily news. I'm really looking forward to finding some new and innovative designers!

Louise Amstrup for Brittique in Observer

I've long been a fan of Louise Amstrup since I first saw her collection. Her clothes are actually made for me with everything fitting my small waist and large bum perfectly! Today's Observer Magazine did such a fabulous feature on her silver bow top.

It's a stunning top and the one shown here is actually my personal one that I had to send in for press. So I'm looking forward to getting it back from them so I can wear it again. I generally team mine with my Camilla Staerk skinny jeans, Gil Carvalho Saturn sandals and a Wilbur and Gussie clutch.

City AM - pimp your desk

London paper City AM ran a really cute feature on ways to make your desk more exciting or "pimping your desk". A must have for desks, bars, cafes and restaurants is the Oni bag holder pictured here. They are surprisingly strong and keep your precious arm candy safe, off the dirty ground and in sight. They look great too - mine is strong enough to hold my laptop bag!

Crave new British talent? Brittique has it covered. Pink Memo

US based fashion e-memo Pink Memo discovered Brittique when researching their latest memo on London Calling and wrote and amazing piece on us as well as on me. I'm really proud of how Brittique has grown over the last 9 months and it's lovely to get recognition for the hardwork!

PM have picked out the best of next season's collections including the Gil Carvalho Ivy ankle boots in Gold, Aimee McWilliams leather jacket and the Basso & Brooke puff dress.

It's a lovely website and well worth subscribing too.

Interview with Business Link London

Business Link London were an invaluable source of information and support when I decided to go into business. So I was flattered when they asked me to feature in their latest magazine.

I highly recommend the courses they offer on a range of different topics that suit those incubating an idea right through to those experienced in business.

You can read a case study on Brittique.com here.

Brittique in the press

Thanks to my wonderful PR Sophie at Pre0 Brittique has appeared in the press so many times in the last 2 weeks that I've hardly been able to keep up.

You can see Alessandra Ferreira for Brittique in the latest Grazia and get 15% of the entire collection!

Lunch with Tina Gaudoin, Roland Mouret, Jonathan Saunders and Todd Lynn - the event!

Oh what a lunch! Today I dined with some of the darlings of British fashion. Roland Mouret, Jonathan Saunders and Todd Lynn, not to mention Tina Goudoin who is just lovely!

To say I was in awe of them would be an understatement. It was nerve wracking to get out the door and into a taxi to Home House. But once there they immediately set me at ease. And Madonna walked in just after me!

Roland is the most charming of French men - the type that makes you want beg God to make him straight, but alas not... I'm still in love though! Todd and Jonathan are both so unaffected by their success and the most down to earth gentlemen. Todd has a lovely soft Canadian accent while Jonathan has a lovely Scottish sound that makes Australian girls weak in the knees.

The conversation was easy and ranged from Madonna, Kate, Anna W, Vic and Dave's place, Elton's place and other people you might have heard of. We discussed surrealist art and dance (well, I just listened!), had a great gossip about fashion and analysed what creates design envy in each of them (Roland is jealous of Jonathan's prints naturally).

Now I'm on a post lunch high! I wonder if they'll remember me in 12 months time? Something tells me that they are the type of guys who would. Let's hope so anyway.

Happy features Brittique

It's fabulous to feature in such a great shopping magazine like Happy. Read all about us in the March issue.

Brittique.com in the Metro

Brittique.com has had a fabulous month for press with numerous blog mentions such as Style Bubble and Kingdom of Style then featuring in Elle magazine, Happy Magazine and then in Friday's Metro. It's encouraging to see the results of so much hard work!

Metro featured the Maria Grachvogel frock coat and Woolenstocks slippers featured in their Valentine's gift special.

Chicago Fashionista

Brittique.com was featured by ChicagoFashionista.com, the ultimate style and shopping guide for the fashion forward. See the full article on their site.

I'm published in Grazia - under the wrong name...

Being passionate about new designers I wrote to Grazia Magazine saying they they should help these designers more by focussing on them rather than the more established brands. They published me - but with the wrong name on the letter... Hmm thanks Grazia! But hopefully it will make them listen.

(I no longer work in the City, so that letter with my name on it is ALMOST relevant!).

Brittique.com featured by Urban Junkies

Urban Junkies listed Brittique.com in it's bi-weekly Shopaholic feature. Click here to view.