123 Bethnal Green Road does it in East London

Bert Industries - 'Blow your own trumpet' necklace

 

Bert Industries - Dental Cuff

Ada Zanditon - Iridescent Eco Resign coral necklace

Cherry Tree Road - Key leather wrapped necklace
Twitter - @cherrytreeroad

Emma Ware - Recycled Jewellery
Twitter - @wearWare

123 Bethnal Green Road

 East London is a fascinating place, so we were delighted to find a gem of a shop on our door step.  123 Bethnal Green Road (Twitter - @123BGR)is a new concept store offering beautifully-crafted British goods.  With  a tresure trove of accessories on the ground floor, womans wear above that, and on the top floor we found some very interesting menswear.  So check it out, and make sure you grab a slice of their amazing cake in the basement!

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Him vs Her: Must Have Accessories For Summer

The battle of the sexes is always an interesting conflict.  So we took it upon ourselves to challenge a male and female accessory lover, to tell us what they thought this summers must have mens accessory is.  Below you will find the first installment from our male writer.

 

ASOS

 Brighterman

A lot of men disregard layering in the summer complaining “its too hot to layer.” The thing is, designers and retailers do check the weather. They adapt their pieces perfect for warmer weather when the SS season hits. Heavy weight cotton blazers become lightweight linen blazers, heavy knit cardigans become loose, lightweight cardigans, and the list goes on. Now taking into consideration layering is OK in the summer, today I want to talk about mens summer scarves.

Scarves are always acknowledged as a winter accessory but this season things have changed. Lightweight acrylic scarves have become extremely popular, along with neckerchiefs. Wear a summer scarf draped lightly around your neck, focusing on the design and colour to add a vibrant touch to your style. It’s not going to increase any heat, and the simple addition of a lightweight summer scarf is going to dramatically transform your look. 

Written by Paul McGregor (@brighterman)

Owner of mens accessories retailer Brighterman

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Give me a precious from Jayce Wong

It's our birthday today, so what better way to celebrate but with a precious....  and none come more precious just now than a ring from Jayce Wong.  So need any gift ideas friends, we are giving you them loud and clear! 

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Herschel bags keep it in the family

The story of Herschel begins in the early 1900’s, in Wick, Scotland.  Then after a trip across the Atlantic and a family business handed down through the generations, backpacks and bags are still being created today.  They are created with American heritage, world travel and fashion firmly routed within every bag.  We salute you Herschel, good job.

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She said 'See ya later boy' with KR3W

You need to know and take appreciation from all styles of fashion these days.  So we stumbled across KR3W and immediatly took to their home boy accessories.  Now what was that about seeing you later, pal?

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Viva Elena Estaun

 
 
 
History or the everyday things around us is often a designers source of inspiration.  However, taking that inspiration and actually creating pieces of interesting and beautiful accessories is a much bigger challenge.  So we are delighted to inform our readers of a great Spanish designer that we have come across.  Elena Estaun current collection includes hardware, fossil, metal mesh, and geometric designs.  We adore her pieces and look forward to recieving some through the post, hint hint!

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Duffy does Friday the 13th

So its Friday the 13th....BOO.... Whilst tonight will be filled with scary movies, and re-runs of (well) Friday the 13th, perhaps you should spend your time ordering some fine jewellery by Duffy.  Statement scroll necklaces, hand-carved pendants and bone link bracelets are just some of the items that are exclusive at Kabiri.  Nice work Mr Duffy, nice work, now give us one!

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Walk with a Swagger and Swoon someone with a bow tie

Maybe we got carried away by the Royal Wedding, maybe we just love to dress up, or maybe we just saw these cute bow ties and just had to tell you about them.  Whatever the reason, check out these ties by Swagger and Swoon.  They have many, many, many options including the cupcake (another good cupcake store in London is The Hummingbird Bakery) tie for those picnic celebrations.

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DL & Co fancy a game of backgammon if you dare

There are all sorts of accessories that a man should have in his life.  Jewellery, belts, manbags, hats, the list is endlist.  So with this in mind we introduce DL & Co (Twitter - @DL_Co), who have some rather nifty objects of curiosity that every man should have in their life.  We are particulary loving the Rotten Luck Dice, always a handy item to have in your manbag should a life or death game of backgammon occur.

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Zelia Horsley makes us fancy

In 2008 the jewellery world was introduced to Zelia Horsley (Twitter - @ZELIAHORSLEY, Facebook - Zelia Horsley). She moved fast, and was named as a “HOT 100” nexgems sponsored by SWAROVSKI. She knew that everyman needed some fabulous in his life, and so she introduced the world to her collection "FANCY MAN" which is an extravagant, manly, wearable range for men. 

 Keep up the good work girl, and make us all a little more 'fancy', but not in a French kind of way.

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Prylar does pugs

Cheeky little beggars from Sweden this lot.  Julia Nielsen and Caroline Byh design and make prylar ('stuff' in Swedish).  They take inspiration from a number of animal based trinkets and hand make these cute pieces.  So for all the animal lovers out there, you are bound to find your favorite creature as they having everything from Zebras, Bears, Camels and even the cheeky Pug as seen above.

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Boga wants your skin

Another beautiful find from Turkey in the form of Boga jewellery.  Boga is run by Levent Özbek and he specialises in mens cuff links but also does so much more... We are loving the animal skin used across their different pieces from snake, crocodile, stingray, ostrich leather, tortoise shell and horn.

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