Style Event - PEBBLE SHOP LAUNCH

The PEBBLE SHOP launch party was on 28th February. The quirky, bright store is at 198, Rosemount Place and aptly describes itself as a store for gifts, arts and pretty things, of which there was no short supply.

Everything in store is hand made with majority of the items made or sourced from Aberdeen and environs.

The entrance. Warm and welcoming with all sorts of interesting little vintage knick knacks.

Here's Lorraine, Pebble's owner. She's carrying the bag which was my favourite of the gorgeous display from TWEEDIE BAGS. Tweedie is based in Inverness but with online shopping available on Etsy and their website.

Lorraine's daughter Jilly, being the capable captain of the till. She owns a jewelry making business called BOTTLED TREASURES which I've featured before in the Candy Belle Vintiques post. I left with one of her "Glitter Drops" neck pieces. Love it Jilly :)

And here's Amy, another lovely daughter of Lorraine. Full of hearty smiles through the evening and she circulated the store like a perfect hostess. Her full style will be on the blog soon. Watch this space :)

If you follow Aberdeen Street Style (I refuse to use an acronym...for obvious reasons) on Instagram, you would have seen the style post on Jade. Not only does she have this effortless cool about her, she is also rather creative. Some of her hand-made  items were on display at Pebble. Check out her work at GINGER PICKLE

The scene wasn't female dominated. The boys and the men stopped by too :)

Hand made chocolates. 

A closer photo of my fav TWEEDIE bag. 

Hello! I am a hug...with that intro, who wouldn't want one? :)

I guess when you live in Aberdeen, you need a moment to think on this...

More pretty things

And even more...these were made by ALABASTER BOX 

It's just a wee thing of beauty. No further narrative needed.

This was my favourite item in the entire store, the retro phone. I asked Jilly if it was just for display or if it actually worked. She gave me the store's number and I rang it with my very modern iPhone. Well it rang! Very loud and very clear. With my iPhone forgotten, I squealed in excitement and stared in awe for perhaps a little too long.   
May be a case of misplaced thrill, but in the end I can honestly say, even if yes Steve Jobs did an amazing job with all these new age Apple contraptions, I was reminded that Alexander Graham Bell invented the phone so that people could just talk. With a phone like this, talk and listen will be all you can do...and that for me, is the very business! 

Visit Pebble. They're open to the public from 1st March 2014.

Love and lots of it :)

Street Style - Kate

Apart from traipsing round Aberdeen looking casual chic, Kate also organizes the charming March Hare & Craft Vintage Market which I featured in a post HERE.

She was at the Candy Belle Vintiques fair and so nicely nipped outside and braved the cold so I could get some photos of her.

So anyway, upon blog updating, I realized I really, REALLY want that dip hem top. First of all, it looks undoubtedly comfy, it's chic without being in-your-face trendy, I can wear it as a dress or a top as Kate did and it just generally looks stressless (cue observation of National Stress Awareness Day of which you can find out more HERE).

I'm nice, so I'll share the one I found on ASOS here. Comes in black as well, on sale, grab it while you can.

The neck piece Kate has on was being sold at the Candy Belle event; here's a closer look. Interesting names, no? They're made and sold by Aberdeen based BOTTLED TREASURES; see their website here.

Enjoy :)

Street Style - Joseph

Joseph was also at the Candy Belle Vintiques fair; and with this engagingly cool outfit, asking him to be featured on the blog was a no brainer.

He clearly doesn't take himself too seriously as he waltzed into the fair, bought a few outfits and went straight to put them on...no fuss, no moss...just a one-stop style chronicle.

I personally love the fact that the grey weather makes for no grey Joseph. Bring on the colors!

Enjoy.

What's not to love about these pieces of finger candy?

Street Style - Sarah Kennedy

I mentioned on the facebook page that I would be attending the "CANDY BELLE VINTIQUES" fair at The Thistle Caledonian. So I went along yesterday and it was a few hours of good vintage fun; rummages and finds and a bit too much money spent on my part.

Anyway, the best part was the organizers tasked everyone to dress up in vintage with the promise of a prize to the best dressed (to be determined by their facebook fans).

And Sarah Kennedy most definitely got the memo! I totally asked her if she's a relative of Jackie. I mean...seriously...look at the classic outfit and tell me your mind wouldn't have swung there.

Alas, she's of no such lineage. She's just a stylish singer-songwriter lassie from Edinburgh.

Enjoy :)

Street Style - Jocelyn...of CuriouScope

Jocelyn was at the Apple Store in Union Square when I spotted her. The girly but bold outfit made her stand out from the crowd; and y'all know there's ALWAYS a crowd at the Apple store!

Anyway we got talking and she actually designed the skirt herself. She's got an online boutique called CuriouScope (now how come I never come up with cool names like that?).

CuriouScope is based in Glasgow but you can check out and buy her designs from ASOS here.

Her designs are really funky.

Enjoy...

Street Style - Vintage Emma

Emma's style oozes girly vintage right from her cute 20's side-curls to that gorgeous retro belt.

What I have to love the most is the necklace. Was passed to her from grandma...awwww...

Street Style - Dotty Retro

Here's Kara. Love her vintage inspired polka and denim; and of course paired with the cute socks and red trainers, she was an easy target for my camera.

Enjoy...

 

 

 

Street Style - Emma - by Jane Austen

Her style made me think Modern Day Regency; and she's aptly named after one of the books of the great Jane Austen.
Emma is not only stylish, she's a creative soul too!
Watch this space for her cool short movie projects; you'll be mighty glad for it...