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It's been a year since The Established Man pondered apparel or places to gorge on primarily baked-goods. But now we are back and in a new home. See you there

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London Fashion Week

The Established Man have been dipping in and out of shows all weekend what with the fashion circus fresh in town from New York. We popped into the Topshop Unique show yesterday for their crazy print, sparkly seventies-fest in the old Eurostar Terminal and then popped back to the tents at Somerset House for John Rocha's elegant paired down aesthetic. We were big fans of Charles Anastase's show, held at the Old Sorting Office. This talented Frenchman gave the ladies a dream wardrobe for next summer along with some shoes that would dwarf many a tower block. We've just got back from Michael van der Ham's conceptual show, a flurry of bold colours and contrasting materials, think futuristic with a clean elegance.

French fancies

Summer holidays have definitely come to a right royal end but we're still enjoying the plethora of goodies that our jetset friends are bringing back with them. Of particular note are these rather charming mini-carambars from France. Perfect for those of us who struggle with the full size versions of this bon bon and fear the onslaught of dentures as a result immediatement

New season in New York

The winter wardrobe is out in force here in London town but for our fashionable friends in New York a warmer front is lingering. Whilst the women's wear shows are in full swing with plentiful partying to match, got to love the Alexander Wang party in a parking lot this season after last season's petrol station fiesta. But it's not just the preserve of ladies this week, there's a generous dollop of menswear to be had.

We were loving the whites, pale blues and overall summer nonchalance of Phillip Lim's collection. Tim Hamilton carried on with his classics, simple yet sporty and an emerging trend seems to be cut off sleeves so all down the gym gentleman... pronto! We loved Steven Alan's deck party, all the more if you rock a lovely ocean-going-liner to complement those rolled-up trousers and overall holiday vibe. Rag & Bone was a loose-fit, pale grey, blue fest along with strong camels and ochres hinting towards a North African jaunt, we particularly liked the patchwork blazer...a summer staple surely?

It's a wrap

What with London Design Festival in full swing anytime soon we're rather looking forward to a visit to the Taschen Store in Chelsea and not just to peruse some fine art titles to line the shelf space that we don't have.

Rose Reeves, the London-based designer and overall connoisseur of good taste has accumulated quite a fine collection of the wrappers used to make buying an orange all the more special. With a heap of rather graphically stunning designs this will be one juicy show to see.

Wrappers Delight
23rd Sept to 6th Oct
Daily 10am-6pm / Wed & Sat 10am-7pm / Sunday 12-6pm

Taschen Store
12 Duke of York Square
London SW3 4LY

Fancy a cuppa?

We love a good flick through Apartamento Magazine here at The Established Man towers, it's one of our favorite reads so when news reached us that for London Design Week 2010 they were taking over a mews in our neck of the woods we got very excited. Even more so on learning it will be filled with coffee related wondefulness and some other truly fine goodies to be had. What a treat not to have to travel miles but only moments for some temporary treats.

FoodMarketo
Coffee & Friends
20-26th September / 10am - 7pm
8b Egerton Garden Mews
SW3 2EH

Lunchbox

Get past the rather long wait for a table and we are huge fans of Polpo on Beak Street, fantastic food, good value and a little bit of NY comes to London town. So we're rather looking forward to a soiree at Polpetto above the French House on Dean Street. With only 30-ish covers it would be rather nice to do a little private dinner there with one's nearest and dearest...

www.polpetto.co.uk