Outfit Post // Field Day in LDN

Hey, thought I'd do a quick outfit post from our recent trip to the big smoke for Field Day '11 as quite a few people have asked where I'd got bits from! Was SUCH a fun day, watching bands, milling around in hospitality ;), catching up with old friends and meeting some wonderful new ones!

Most of my outfit was made up of my favourite high street finds of this year...

Stripy Dress: Topshop

Collar: LouLou Loves You

One of the best birthday presents ever! My lovely friend Samantha bought me this collar after spending hours with me trying to find the perfect 'Birthday Dress' this time last year. I was looking for a Wednesday Adams style/sixties mini dress (fyi: mission unsuccessful).

I was completely overwhelmed when I unwrapped this beauty from 'LouLou Loves You'. Ironically from their 'Lola' range (...one could say it was meant to be) it's a stunning handmade peterpan collar made from silk. It's also incredibly versatile, I love wearing it over tee's to work to dress them up, as well as over dresses to give them a sixties edge.

Boots: Asos; Mustard & Tan Coloured Satchel: H&M.

Summer Raincoat: Topshop '10.

I love this coat, it's light enough for the summer and has a hood - vital for England's sudden showers!

Mr Bagshaw wore...

Hat: Rokit in Covent Garden; Shirt: Gladrags vintage; Coat: Topshop circa 2007.

A couple of snaps from the day:

In honour of my trip to the city, thought I'd leave you with another of my faves, 'London' by Noonday Underground - such good footage too. Happy dancing Lovelies!


Much love, L xx

Twee Towers Tour // The Hall

The Hall
As the entrance to our home, we wanted this room to be the perfect introduction to not only the rest of the house but also as a reference point to our style and our work.
Prior to moving day, we'd got really excited concocting plans for the hall and had absolutely, categorically set our hearts on it being a beautiful mix of vintage whites, blues with bright pops of yellow! We'd even made mood boards!
Cut to one month after moving in, we'd gradually started adding bits and pieces that we liked and slowly but surely... the colour scheme was green! S'always the way! We kind of ran with it now and love it even more so, have a look :) ...

Knock, Knock...After a LOT of deliberation, we decided to paint the front door a really delicate shade of lilac and used some ribbon in a brighter shade of purpler to embellish the bamboo heart and tie it together a little. As you may be aware by now, we're a little obsessed with combining cutesy girly colours with striking 60s graphic prints, which is why we had to have this chevron print door mat as soon as we saw it!

The hexagonal shape of the hall makes a great little alcove for cosy conversations on the telephone. We found these super cute chevron cushions from a shop on Etsy and the peacock chair was another amazingly good junk yard find. We're a little obsessed with candlestick style lampshades and especially loved this one in grass green against the white of the table!

Bowler hats & FAKE fur shawls.

Multi Stem print by Orla Kiely hung at the bottom of the stairs - which reminds me, have you seen how preeeetty her look book is for A/W 2011? My gosh, completely captivating... well done Orla,... want, want, want everything!


Chevron prints a go-go. Alongside, a reprint of an old newspaper informs us that "Elvis has signed up".

Original 60s cabinet - junk yard find of the century! One of our favourite items in the house, it looks amazing as the centrepiece at the top of the landing. Although we both like it in the dark wood at the moment, we're thinking of painting it white and finding more pretty knick knacks to fill it with!

Rule number one of Twee Towers ... One must always display Oscar Wilde plays & novels in pride of place of any room. 'A Picture of Dorian Gray' dominates another corner of the landing alongside pretty perfume bottles & dainty furnishings.
Until next time amigos...
Much love, L&R xx

Lauren Likes // Berlin!

...Berlin!
As today has mostly been a medley of Berlin lusting and nostalgia after flicking through some old holiday snaps, I thought it'd be the perfect time to share one of my best-loved holidays with you!
I first fell in love with Berlin in May last year. Mr Bagshaw and I had been dating for just a couple of weeks, when upon discovering that we both yearned to visit, thought what the hell - let's go! (..."Oh the romance of it all!" cried the overly sentimental narrator). We spent five amazing days meandering through this beautiful city, exploring the sights, rummaging through its delightful collection of vintage paraphernalia and sought out some incredible finds. We spent the eves, relaxing with a good German beer or two, listening to good music & laughing lots.
We went back again earlier this year and as we stayed Central West in the stunning Wilmersdorf area of the city, we made it our mission to explore the East this time around. I adore how effortlessly cool the place is - like London but without the hustle and bustle and completely all-embracing of its art, culture and heritage. I had an utterly magical time and here's a few snapshots of my personal highlights...

By far the BEST vintage shop I've been in - with two adjacent shops one selling predominately men's attire and the other women's, it's a temporary home to the most amazing collection of authentic 60s dresses. A little on the expensive side but the cuts and fabrics are absolutely divine and well worth splashing out on. As well as original homeware from the 60s and 70s, the shop also boasts of the biggest vintage magazine collection that I've ever seen! When I spotted a 1966 copy of Playboy, the front cover adorned with an illustration of a beautiful bunny wearing a full length ball gown, I was in love and J very kindly bought me it as a treat :)

Absolute heaven. Could have easily overdosed on my vintage suitcase addiction in this shop - almost wished that I'd brought more luggage so I had an excuse to come home with four suitcases!



I LOVE this pic - the colours are dreamy. On our first trip we borrowed an Olympus OM1 camera from J's dad and got some lovely photos (will put some up on our Flickr soon) but out of convenience the second time, we mostly used Instagram to capture charming fragments of the city. Each corner has something wonderful to offer whether it'd be impressive street art, incredible architectural design or just a cute little kitsch set up on the street.




Give Peace A Chance! Checking out the Reichstag. 'Scuse the scowl - it was just a mixture of the wind and my naturally miserable looking face - I was actually stupidly happy!


Absolute highlight - coinciding our first trip with a She & Him gig at Lido! Zooey & M. Ward were on top form at this lovely, intimate venue, playing a selection of songs from Volumes 1 & 2. One of the most admirable and alluring aspects of their live set was the sincerity and conviction with which Zooey delivers vocally. Rather than exhibiting the artificial self-assurance and nonchalent attitude of an actress turned singer, Zooey ensured that her audience's full focus was on the heartbreaking, bluesy tones of her voice and her lyrics, firmly rooted in the Phil Spektor era of Sixties soul.
That said, she was also even more enchanting than you'd expect... I think Mr Bagshaw was in his element! Supporting them was the perfectly haunting sound of the Chapin Sisters, an ethereal folk band (and also She & Him's backing singers), check them out!

Pre-drinks for the gig were had in this delightful little pub parallel to Lido.

One of our favourite spots for an evening was 8mm. A very small but extremely delectable little club, showcasing live music against a backdrop of original 8mm footage from the 50s, 60s & 70s projected on to the walls! Yum.

New favourite thing... old school black & white photobooths found in the middle of the street! The perfect way to re-discover a love of antiquated methods of photography. Only 2 euros a pop - was fun messing around in there for a little while and we now have the cutest (silliest) collection of photostrips to show for it!


The 'Musikinstrumenten Museum' - abundant with musical artifacts from as far back as the Renaissance period. Including oddities of instruments that we'd never seen before and didn't even know existed, it's a real eye opener on the history of music's most well known instruments. Provided with an audio tour handset, you are guided through the musical canon - touching these astounding antiques is sadly prohibited, however, knowing how clumsy I am, I probably wouldn't trust myself to touch a harpischord or lute from the 1500s, so it's probably for the best!

Despite the fact that J appears to be dozing here for a second, whilst riffling through one of Berlin's mutlitude of record stores we were excited to find J's band, The Moons' first album and a collection of their singles! Yeaaah!


Everyone knows I'm a sucker for a fine fellow with an exquisite mustache... add 'artist extraordinaire' to the mix and I'm well and truely bowled over! So when we heard that Dali was in town, it was a must on our agenda! Famous for his Surrealist impressions of Modernist society and explosive use of colour, I was pleasantly surpised to find that Dali also created a whole plethora of work using much more refined techniques, intricate line drawings in black ink as well as illustrating for numerable novels - beaut!

In addition to all that, we also made time for lovely afternoons drifting amongst the crowds checking out all of the tourist spots and making ourselves laugh by participating in a little interpretive dance outside the Reichstag - though we probably should have synchronised our moves a little before unveiling them at the epicentre of Berlin.
Here's a little video we made, I present to you...
'Un Film Silencieux by L.Park & J.E Bagshaw'


I hope you enjoyed taking a little trip down memory lane with us!

Much love,
L xx

After Dinner Dance Party // Fables of History Guest Blog

Hi, I'm James Edward Bagshaw. I've been given the opportunity to guest blog this week as Rhi is away on holiday. I'm a Northamptonshire based musician, producer and song writer.
Lauren, my girl, requested that I'd provide the music for this week's After Dinner Dance Party, 'tis true Rhianna wont be dancing at Twee Towers this week but a ball we shall have nonetheless! Quite an honor to Dj Twee Towers I must say...

At the moment I am mixing an album at my home studio. It's my band 'The Moons' 2nd album and so far it's sounding swell. When mixing a song, I usually go through phases of what it should sound like, often I refer back to old records - generally they are the greats.
So here are a few of my favourite songs... truly inspirational from a production and songwriting point of view and a great way to make the daunting job of the washing up a tad more appealing... and if you want to dance, dont let the dishes stop you!

Les Paul & Mary Ford, 'How High The Moon'... it's an incredible song. Les Paul is widely known as the pioneer of multitrack recording, and this was in the 50s! His techniques are still used today, though it's a lot less time consuming than it was back then. I've recently been experimenting with the techniques used to make this record and I find it truly inspirational.



The Music Machine, 'Trouble!' I have most of their recordings, they sum up my favourite elements of the 60s sound...Freaky fuzz guitar, vulgar vox organ sounds and the grooviest rhythm section I've heard. Not forgetting the incredible voice of Sean Bonniwell, terribly underrated! This song is a great one to slip on dancing shoes to!




My third choice, The Four Tops, 'Reach Out (I'll Be there)'...This song has it all, catchy yet quirky, intricately crafted and arranged. It's a Holland–Dozier–Holland song, much like many of the great Motown tunes!
This song guarantees a swarm to the dancefloor, (or kitchen floor in our case).

Hope you enjoyed the songs today!

Much love,

JEB x

If you're interested in finding out more about vintage recording techniques or hearing snippets of The Moons forthcoming album 'Tales of the Unexpected', check out my blog, Fables of History where I'll be documenting the exciting process of recording & mixing!