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Beat The Freeze - How To Stay Warm During The Cold Snap


Posted At : 03 February 2012 14:57 | Posted By : Abi
Related Categories: cashmere scarves, accessories, cashmere beanies, cashmere mittens

 It's usually around this time of the year that brands start to roll out their spring/summer collections, the days begin to lengthen and we all start to see the spring light at the end of the long winter tunnel. And with the unusually mild winter weather that has seen daffodils and snowdrops bloom early, we can all be forgiven for thinking that spring was on its way.

However, the recent cold snap which has envoloped the whole of the UK proves that Mother Nature does have a sense of humour.

With snow due to fall over the weekend and the cold weather looking set to continue, here are a few essential cashmere accessories that will keep you warm from head to toe.

Cashmere & Rabbit Fur Hat >>>

Classic Black Cashmere Shawl >>>

Black Quilted Leather Gloves with Cashmere Lining >>>

Grey and Ivory Long Cashmere Socks >>>

Mens Black Cashmere Beanie Hat >>>

Double Faced Cashmere Scarf >>>

Men's Rabbit Lined Leather Gloves >>>

Men's Grey Cashmere Socks >>>

Cashmere and Oyster Shells


Posted At : 26 February 2010 11:45 | Posted By : Abi
Related Categories: Black Tahitian Pearls, Gloves, Gloves, Gloves, Gloves, accessories, cashmere mittens

Yesterday was Cashmere Day at Black.co.uk. It is an annual event where The Boss and The Buyer leave Black HQ in the pursuit of staple cashmere accessories for our cashmere-crazed Autumn/Winter season. It is a fine event. Very tactile. And if they're lucky they may leave with a goody or two. (Given, not stolen)

Usually The Buyer take lots of pictures as reminders of stuff they've seen, otherwise come ordering  time they resort to staring nonplussed at a reel of mile-long sample codes. Here are some:

Not sure about this. (Scarf not The Boss)

 

Love these:

Anyway, almost as important as Cashmere Day is the Post-Cashmere Day lunch here:

Bentleys Oyster Bar & Grill

So The Buyer had a camera full of accessories, but failed to capture lunch. What a fool. They sat at the counter and The Boss had six Cornish Oysters (naturally). The Buyer did not. If food is so impenetrable that it causes a Herculean 25-year old Irish oyster-shell opener to be rushed out of the bar bleeding with his dismembered fingers suspended in a cool-box The Buyer feels it's not Nature's intention for it to be eaten. Worn, however, is another matter.  She would consider losing a finger or two for the sake of a Tahitian Black Pearl. Now there's an idea for some radical viral marketing.

Smittens (n. pl)


Posted At : 24 February 2010 15:30 | Posted By : Abi
Related Categories: Gloves, accessories, Fashion, cashmere mittens

 

Secretly, when everyone else is going 'when will it ever stop' and 'this is relentless' and 'this is the worst I've ever known it to be' (worth noting here that 'they' aren't talking about my deft conversational skills but rather the recent bad weather) I am on the thrilled side of happy.

'Why [you lunatic]?', you might ask. Because, I might reply, I have these heavenly cashmere mittensLadies White Fingerless Mittens - 100% Cashmere

So delightful are they that after writing this entry I plan to write to the Oxford English Dictionary about the worthiness of renaming mittens 'smittens', purely as an economical measure to stop those (i.e. me) who possess them from gushing endlessly about them, thus absenteeing themselves from productive work by writing to the OED and therefore doing NOTHING about our staggering budget deficit. 

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