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Paris Photo Diary


salmon caesar salad and frites - my favourite combination! // beautiful botanical windows at Dior // dream apartments outside my hotel window

For those of you that follow me on Instagram, no doubt you'll already know that I've spent the past couple of days in Paris. Escaping for a fleeting visit has been the most wonderful treat, and I returned to London today buzzing with all of the beauty and artistry of the city. I have so much to catch you guys up on from what I was doing in the city, but this morning I spent a few hours wandering the City, eyes on stalks, truly feeling the energy of Paris. I've put together a little photo diary of some of my favourite moments. 

Lots more after the jump!

vibrant flowers in Jardin Des Tuileries // flying the French flag on a beautiful street // just a pigeon pit stop
flower lined streets // menus as our lunch stop London Paris // kicking my feet up in Pretty Loafers
the most perfect blue door // beautiful apartments ii // hedgerows and rooftops at Jardin Des Tuileries
peekaboo eiffel tower

the greenest promenade at Jardin Des Tuileries // Chanel courtyard 

You can see more of my adventures in Paris on my Instagram

I'm back to work on the show tomorrow, I am so excited we are nearing the end of the series! In the mean time I'm going to put my feet up, probably sleep from 9pm and do my nails using my fancy new gismo from Sephora! Don't you guys miss Sephora so much in the UK?! 

Have a super evening all!

Love, 

MB x

Home On The Mind

All images via my Pinterest

When I moved into my very first flat, to go to University, I remember discussing with my best friend how clothes had been usurped entirely, in our shopping consciousness, by home ware. Now that I've moved for a second time it is literally all I can think about again. Any spare cash is immediately dedicated to improvements, any spare time to tidying and building furniture - have you guys ever experienced this total brain takeover?! I guess as a student we were thrifting everything too, and didn't have a choice over the furniture which was already in our flats; now having moved to a totally unfurnished apartment it's like a whole new world has opened up, although finding second hand treasures is still one of my favourite past times. 

Right now I am on a mission to assemble my home office. In my old place I holed myself up in the kitchen/dining/spare bedroom, but now I have (in theory - although it is currently taken over by boxes) a neat little area all of my own. Working from home, feeling comfortable, inspired and focused is so important, and so I am taking on board as many inspirational images and suggestions as possible. Pinterest and I are very close right now. 

Read on for some of the office ideas and space I love…
This weekend I got to catchup with a ton of my girlfriends; seeing their beautiful faces and laughing over good food is possibly my favourite thing ever

For the rest of the week I'll be travelling, and we're wrapping up the filming for Rock The Look too! I am so excited to see the series unfold. 

I hope you guys all had an awesome weekend too! If you have any home office tips - I am all ears!

Have a super day and start to your weeks all!

Love, 

MB x

Let's Prep!

 Skirt: Topshop - New Season Updates, Jumper: New Look, Shirt: ASOS , Heels: Office
Photos by Lea Salomone

OK spoiler alert - this beautiful floral embellished design from Topshop is a favourite of mine and the whole styling team for Rock The Look. Not only did I wear the skirt version for my Clique magazine shoot at the beginning of the year, but our show model Jasmine wore the dress version in first episode of Rock The Look, dolling up for Lily Allen's 'red carpet' style. Unfortunately this exact style doesn't seem to be available online any more, however I am in love with this simple classic LBD style from ASOS - it's a total steal. 

If you had told me five years ago that neoprene was going to become a fashion-favourite fabric I would have seriously doubted your prediction, but neoprene has quickly ascended as one of the best fabrics for maintaing structures in silhouettes, particularly skirts. As for creases? It it the Don for packing. 

I am still in the midst of house organisation / living between multiple locations whilst we finish filming and so I am so excited to catchup with some of my best girlfriends this weekend, including wishing this pretty lady a VERY happy Birthday!

What are you guys up to? 

Have a super day and start to your weekends all!

Love, 

MB x

Personal Style With Lucinda Chambers, Amanda Harlech and Alexa Chung

 
 Vogue's Lucinda Chambers // Photos by Darren Gerrish 

Have you ever heard of quite such a stylish line up?!

Vogue UK's fashion director (and immense personal style crush of mine) Lucinda Chambers, Amanda Harlech, long time Chanel collaborator and muse, and Alexa Chung, British fashion icon and much much copied It girl.

Ugh, I was getting giddy with excitement just thinking about what this trio would discuss on the subject of personal style at this weekend's Vogue Festival. 


L-R: Lucinda Chambers, Amanda Harlech, Alexa Chung and compère Lisa Armstrong



Read on for the low down on what did happen amongst this melting pot of style minds…

First up, what did they all wear? 

For Lucinda it was a mix of designer, high street and vintage. Her textured coat which fashion friends “thought was Celine” was in fact a charity shop find for £20, her skirt though was, yes, Celine “an investment” and her white shirt was from the high street which Lucinda had customised by fraying the cuffs “I love double sided sticky tape!”

For Amanda day time dressing meant Chanel couture from top to toe. Amanda looked breath takingly elegant and at ease, testament to the fact that this lady owns it.  

Alexa wore Marc Jacobs, and looked both ladylike and perfectly dishevelled as ever. 

Listening to Lucinda, Amanda and Alexa discuss style captivated myself and the audience. The three of them, despite their polar styles agreed that what truly makes someone stylish is a comfort within themselves, and experimentation with clothes until you find a ‘uniform’ as Alexa called it, which you are happy to fall back on day in day out. Lucinda spoke of how being able to express oneself requires us first to understand what our 'self' is. Therefore, in Lucinda's books, everyone should make mistakes and get to know themselves. Lucinda then told us of a 'lilac phase' she had, which taught her the lesson that lilac was indeed not for her. 

Alexa regaled us with tales of her battles with US TV producers ahead of her show It’s On With Alexa Chung. Not only did Alexa specify within her contract that she would have total control over her own styling and image - which you’ll be happy to hear remained authentically Alexa with ‘Kurt Cobain hair and denim overalls'; but when it came to the meeting which Alexa knew would spell the end of her show (which was cancelled after one season) she pulled out all sartorial stops thinking “these men are going to have to look a woman in the eye and say we are canceling your show” cue a pencil skirt, heels and blouse. Indeed Alexa went on to expand that when dressing she thinks of:

“ How I feel
How I want to feel
How I want others to feel about me” 

The rules to power dressing peeps. 

All three women spoke of times when they experimented with their style, Amanda in a gingham two piece as a young girl, Lucinda in a home-made petticoat as a secretary at Vogue. 

As Lucinda said, you have to “try try try everything! Do not lose your bottle.”

Amanda reinforced this notion of style bravery “you cannot care what other people think”

All women agreed that style is the opposite of fashion, it is about dissimilating trends so that you may incorporate what is right for you into your wardrobe. 

One of my favourite quotes from the whole day was from Lucinda, who said that “style is the first thing someone will notice about you after your smile.” 

I have to admit that I flit between feeling totally comfortable with my style, to weeks of being in a rut. Perhaps it is as these ladies suggest a case of trying everything, learning what suits us and sticking to what we feel best in. They all agreed on culling our wardrobes - this will definitely be the next stop for me. 

How do you guys feels about personal style? What is your day to day uniform? I want to hear it all!

Love, 

MB x

Miranda Kerr for H&M Spring '14

Miranda Kerr for H&M Spring 

Kick starting the weekend with Miranda Kerr? 

Pretty good going. 

H&M are known for nabbing the most gorgeous girls to front their campaigns and scoring Miranda Kerr for Spring '14 sure is keeping up the tradition. 

Before we go any further can we take a moment to watch this video.  Hello dream Hollywood hills villa! And Miranda caught mid selfie? Yep, insta-inspiration for sure. 

Read on for a look at the full H&M Spring campaign featuring the gorgeous Miranda Kerr…
I am so in love with the California vibe of the H&M Spring campaign -  the clothing, the images, the video - ugh so good. The mixup of sports-luxe with more feminine pieces is off-duty model with an LA spin. I love that leather is coming through as a trans-seasonal texture and this off the shoulder top is practically in my suitcase already. Here's to the sunshine season. 
You can shop the full H&M Spring collection here.

Are you guys already loving the new season? Is Miranda Kerr your Spring time poster girl too?

Have a super day all!

Love,

MB x

Clique Magazine

Cape: Judy Wu, Dress: Similar, Heels: Office, Bag: Alice + Olivia, Bracelet: Annie Haak, Watch: Next 
 Photos by Lea Salomone

A couple of days before moving from my old address, the awesome fashion team at Clique Magazine popped round to shoot my Style Diary. 

Whilst all of the looks got my heart beating fast, this red ensemble was hands down my favourite. I was experiencing what can only be described as Gwyneth Paltrow cape euphoria. 

You can see the whole shoot in this month's issue of Clique Magazine! Sign up to receive every issue for free here

Have a super day all! 

Love, 

MB x

News Lately

Pic from my Instagram

Well hey there you gorgeous lot! 

Forgive the time lapse, a lotta lot has been happening round these parts and I am crazyyy excited to share. 

First up - I have a new home.

Second - that home is with Ols.

Third - Rock The Look, the show I've been working on, had its first airing last night! Yippeee. 

As some of you may recall Ols and I celebrated our five year anniversary in November. 
We have pretty much done long distance for that entire time. Bringing our lives together under one roof is awesome and we have found an apartment which we are so in love with. Right now we are just super excited about everything and spending all of our time hunting down the perfect furniture and decorations. I've already posted some of our developments on Instagram and I cannot wait to share with you before and after snaps once we've pulled our rooms together.

Pinterest has totally become my NBFF for inspiration. If you guys have recommendations on any great interiors pinners or blogs to follow I would LOVE to hear!

Have a super day all!

Love,

MB x 

Work Space


So, it's official. I'm getting a new work space. 

 I am so excited to be re-imagining my at home office and I would so love for you guys to share any tips or tricks you have. Working from home, I have come to appreciate how important it is to have an environment which is functional, enjoyable and inspiring. 

Do you have any Pinterest boards you love to follow, or tips on how you personalise your office space? I am all ears. 

This week I'm working away at my alter-life on set, so keep up to date with me daily on my Instagram.
In the evenings I'll be showing some TLC to my new Home Lovin' Pinterest board. Yayyy. 

Have a super day all!

Love, 

MB x

Follow Along On Instagram

It's no secret that I looove me some good Instagram action.

I regularly update you on the folk I like to follow, and use snaps from my Instagram for blog posts. Interacting with you guys is one of my favourite things to do and a lot of the content I write for The Elgin Avenue is inspired by Instagram comments, questions or images that I've noticed are popular. 

If you don't already follow you can find me on @monicabeatrice

This week you can expect to see behind the scenes pics of my work on set, and London skylines. Here's hoping we get another sunrise like this one for our crack of dawn call times! 

Have a super day all!

Love, 

MB x

5 Pancake Recipes To Try This Tuesday

Classic Dinner Pancakes via A Pinch Of Yum

OK, so lets just get it out there. Pancake day rocks

I mean, it seems too good to be true that there is a whole calendar day dedicated to the consumption of them. And yet, in a mere 24 hours it'll be here. Yes sir, yes it will.

Impatient pancake consumer that I am, I got my scoffing sampling in yesterday. This wasn't totally for glutinous reasons - although as reasons go I'm happy to fall guilty of that too - but no, this week I'm back on set and so wont be around my family - traditionally my pancake day companions - this Tuesday. Insofacto the early pancake situation? Totally necessary.

Tomorrow is the official big day and so for those of you who are planning on rustling up a 2D treat, I've hunted down 5 awesome pancake recipes to give a whirl.

I am not sure how traditional pancake day is around the world, so here's a little history lesson in case it's a mystery to you. The way I see pancake day? Everyone is welcome, and it can be unofficially celebrated any day of the year. Just watch.

Read on for 5 incredible pancakes recipes to rustle up this Tuesday...

1.
 Classic Dinner Pancakes on A Pinch Of Yum

I actually mis-read the title of this recipe as Classic Diner Pancakes. If anything'll get me excited it's Diner pancakes. Here's a little un-fashiony fact: when I attended my first NYFW last September, Ols and I ended up at a Yellow Card gig. Following on from some of the most fun hours ever we headed to a 24hr Diner in the early hours of the morning and I devoured a whole stack of Diner pancakes laced with maple syrup and bacon. This was my favourite night from our entire trip. The pancakes were totally up there with great life meals. This recipe from A Pinch Of Yum looks similarly delicious, I whole heartedly advocate that you try bacon and maple syrup as pancake partners in crime.

2.

Healthy pancakes! They exist peeps and they look so good. These vegan, sugar and gluten free babes come with a pear and raspberry compote recipe too. Drrream. Raspberries are my favourite fruit ever and pears rank high too. My sister will be visiting this weekend and since she sticks to a gluten free diet I am thinking that we may just have to make a batch together. Do you guys have any recommendations on what we could use instead of almond meal? My sis is allergic to nuts too so we will be vetoing that ingredient. Either way we'll figure it out! Roll on pancake Saturday.

3.

Oh my. Have you ever heard a more delicious recipe title?! The name itself is juicy. Jump to the bottom of Deb's post for the recipe, but if you have time, take a minute to read the rest of her narrative too. I love to read the streams of consciousness of other bloggers, it reminds me that my own rabbit warrens of thought are not so unusual. These crepes look most similar to the type which I ate growing up.

4.
 Perfect Fit Pancakes on Tone It Up

Gluten free, low carb, no processed sugar and made with protein? These are some seriously healthy pancakes. I've sung the praises of Tone It Up before on Instagram, it's a great online resource for workouts, recipes and inspiration to help lead a super fit lifestyle. Tone It Up founders Karena and Katrina admit to eating these pancakes almost every day after a workout, so even if you're looking to keep to a healthy diet and exercise regime these babies can be whipped up guilt free!

5.
 Hot Cocoa Pancakes on The First Mess

OK so turns out that a scan over my favourite food blogs turns up a lot of healthy pancake recipes. This is kinda awesome and totally justifies eating pancakes on many more days than tomorrow. Unless you've given them up for Lent, in which case you better bookmark this page.

OK you gorgeous lot, the question now remains, which pancakes are you going to whip up and what are you going to have on top?!

Leave me a comment below...

Have a super day all!

Love,

MB x

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