We were all captivated by the Spring/Summer 2010 collection from Miu Miu, It’s the perfect blend of fairytale shapes and pretty graphic prints the demure silhouettes with bold cutout panels are a breath of fresh air and frankly we loved the washed out blues and flesh tones too! Sadly none of us here can afford the price tag… It’s ok, thats where motel comes in.
For under £100 you can get a selection of great new pieces to work with this spring, with the much sought after feminine silhouettes and daring cutout details, you can pick up plains and hot vintage style prints aplenty. Another hot look is the denim chambrey which is coming soon!
From Look magazine featuring our Fisherman cardi, More magazine with the Foxy Loxy jacket, the wonderful Alesha Dixon being spotted in our Jean dress, Marina and the diamonds singer spotted at House of Holland in the Allegra jumpsuit and the brand new Louve skirt being featured in the Australian ‘Who’ Magazine!
Not to mention the beautiful Sara Nuru who was the 2009 winner of Germany’s ‘Next Top Model’ making and appearance on Red TV in the gorgeous Cleo Dress (now sold out).
What a mouth full! Keep your eyes peeled for more press clipping and Motel sightings!
So, today we’ve been discussing how to style your new spring florals in a less than conventional manner. The fact is pretty isn’t how it used to be, it’s all about making pretty look a little less girly. Think Alexa Chung and Alice Dellal over say Cheryl Cole.
So how do you channel this look? We’ve come up with a couple of ideas…
Taking inspiration from Fashion week styling we have picked out some of our favourite little gems, Check out this beautiful bulldog clip earring spotted at the Richard Nicoll show, utility meets 80’s glamour!
Also this season we are all about layering up bangles, watches and any other arm candy you have to hand. Create an eclectic look at a very low cost! All you need is to pop to your local charity shop and shell out £2.50!
Alexander Wang has created theses amazing suspender-esque socks to add a point of interest to any spring dress, we suggest you snap these up now!
Now hats are a tricky one, at the moment though we are loving wide brim 70’s inspired hats and totally weird aviation style headwear… but honestly its up to you!
So while discussing the come back of denim in the Motel office, one of the girls perked up and mentioned that she’d spotted lead singer Marina from Marina and the Diamonds wearing a one of commissioned piece from ‘Zoe Graham’
Intrigued to find out what she was talking about we did a little google and found all of these beautiful pieces, hand made and put on to vintage leather and denim jackets!
In a Vogue interview designer Zoe said “I’ve always made tapestries with my mother, She was a real Sixties child, so my jackets are inspired by the natural imagery of psychedelic poster art.”
We have all absolutely fallen head over heels in love with her work !
With no current website you can contact Zoe for commissioned pieces at zoegraham600@hotmail.com
Hollie Dring is the winner of last weeks mothers day competition! Hollie and mum will soon be enjoying a day of pampering and fun all courtesy of lastminute.com !
We’ve asked Hollie to keep us posted with a few pictures !! Watch this space!!
These lovely ladies are the 3 finalists from our Mothers day competition! Click one the image to vote for the pair you think should win, don’t forget to read why they think their mum deserves the mother of all prizes…
The lucky winner will get to choose a motel dress, get treated to a meal for two AND a trip to a luxury spa! So get voting now…
So if like us, at the Motel office, you’ve been long awaiting the release of the new Tim Burton version of Alice In Wonderland.. then the chances are, this week’s been a pretty good one for you!!
If you haven’t seen the trailor for the film yet, check out the above video.. it’s sure to excite you! (and we’re not just talking about Johnny Depp – even though in a top hat and scruffy hair, he still does it for us! Yummy!!)
So we thought we’d share with you a little of what the Bristol shop has done to celebrate the release of this exciting film! A truly wonderful Alice in Wonderland inspired window! We love the way they’ve made some of garments in to the characters outfits and we think they look really great!
What a week for press! Look magazine is featuring Motel ins one of their fashion shoot features! This one is based on ‘Rose Tint’ and shows the pin up style model effortlessly wearing floral on floral ! We think it’s great the way they have teamed our Erin Chain Flower blouse (now sold out – check out our other tops!), with a floral pair of trousers! Showing you don’t need to play it safe with a plain bottom half!
Look also featured a number of other items from our spring range saying we have “the widest selection of girlie kick-ass graphic prints” ! Well we can’t ask for much more than that… can we??
Now magazine stylist Jade Sprowson, then featured Motel as her “Shop of the week” saying she loved the “Versace style chain prints and 80’s colour palette” and even telling her readers she recently wore the dress to her own birthday and that everyone loved it! You heard it from the stylists mouth girls! Go get your Betsy Chain Flower dress now!
Morning ladies… Mothers day is just around the corner and we all hope you’re prepared!
If like us, your totally unorganised and haven’t even got your mum a card yet, we have the solution for you! Motel is offering you the chance to win a spa day followed by a meal in the location of your choice for both you and your mum! What a way to spoil her!!
All you have to do is upload a picture of you and your wonderful mum to our website and tell us in less than 100 words why shes the best mum and hey presto! Your in the draw!
These fantastic prizes have been kindly donated by the lovely folk over at www.lastminute.com!
Click the picture above to go through to our competition page!!
So if you haven’t already heard… Kathryn Bigelow made history yesterday by being the first female to collect ‘Best Director’ award! Kathryn’s Oscar winning film ‘The Hurt Locker’ is the lowest-grossing best picture winner in Oscar history and we’re feeling a bit (excuse the spice girls cheesy pun) girl power proud!!
We’ve all been checking out yesterday Oscar pictures… who’s looking hot and who’s just not!! A winning favourite of ours had to be Miss Miley Cyrus! With her bodice style top and her sheer style, floaty a-line skirt made her look classy and effortlessly gorgeous!
It’s no secret that Motel can’t supply you with your next red carpet event dress, however, we know we have the dresses that will make the heads turn and the cameras flash where ever you are! Check out our hot new dresses section for plenty of eye catching pieces!
