Still alive

I know, I haven’t shown my face for a long time, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been busy. I’m currently working on a lot of different projects both at my job as Senior Designer at Liberty and within my freelance presence, Studio Lé.

Also, I am know offering a lovely room in my own ran Bed & Breakfast, in the cool East-London area. So always welcome if you want to experience a bit of real London life!

Have a look at my listing on AirBnb and let me know if you have any questions!

Hope to see you here soon!

x Lé

My ACNE Love List

I think most people who know me, know I am a sucker for Acne, always have been, always will. I love their contemporary yet minimal take on style whiteout trying to hard and losing their brand feel.

Their Spring/Summer 2014 is no exception and might even be one of my favourite collections of them so far. I tried to select only a few of the looks I like the most, but literally like ALL of them this year.

Below is my  attempt to a (not so short) shortlist:

all from acnestudios.com

What’s your fave look?

Lé

Raw Vegan Salted Caramel cheesecake

It was P’s birthday last week, and even though I knew what to get him for ages already, I really struggled deciding what cake to bake him.

P. is more a savoury kinda guy (except for Ccramel, he could have that on EVERYTHING), but I really believe there should be cake on every birthday. So after a long think through, I went for one of his all time favourites: NY style cheesecake and decided to top it up with a salted caramel frosted sauce.

Since we both eat mainly vegan,  I created a raw vegan, sugar free recipe for this, and I have to admit, it did work out really well!

.. .. .

RECIPE

Crunchy base:

• 1 cup macadamia nuts (soaked)
• 1 cup almonds (soaked)
• ½ cup pitted Medjool dates
• bit of agave nectar

“Cheese” layer: 

• 1 ½ cups cashews
• ½ cup pitted Medjool dates
• 6 Tbs. coconut oi(gently warmed)
• a couple of Tbs. of lime juice
• bit raw agave nectar
• vanilla seeds

Salted Caramel Sauce:

• 1 cup soft Medjool dates, pitted
• 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 cup almond milk, 
• 2 Tbs. raw agave nectar
• 1 Tbs. coconut oil

1. Place the nuts and dates in separate bowls and let soak for a couple of hours.

2. Pulse macadamia nuts, almonds, agave nectar and dates in a food processor or blender to a sticky crumb-like consistency. and press the mixture into a cake shape.

3. Mix cashews, coconut oil, lime juice, agave nectar, vanilla and 6 Tbs. water in a blender until smooth. Pour mixture onto crust, and freeze for around 3 hours (or until firm). Remove from freezer,  blend all the caramel sauce ingredients and spread over the chilled cake. Done! The cake stays good for almost a week, when kept in the fridge!

C L E A N + M I N I M A L inspi

Happy Friday all.

Here’s some minimal+clean inspiration to get through the last day of the week.

L.

Lé+PAULx3: The Marble Collection

For valentine, I decided to create an accessory line. Here are the first 2 phone covers from the Lé+PAULx3 limited edition marble collection, available in black or white marble matte finish, for HTC ONE M7, iPhone 4/4s and iPhone 5.

More colours and design coming soon. For any order or inquiries, please contact me here.

L.

Keep aiming

A little preview of my first tattoo.

I got this little arrow hand-poked last week to remind me to keep aiming forward. As last year has been a very heavy one (losing somebody very near to me etc) I wanted something that reminds me to keep my head up and focus on the future, whilst not let me forget this year. An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties & shit, it means that it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming.

 

I decided to get it hand-poked as well, to make the experience as personal as possible. The lovely Andy at Vaganbond tattoo studio in Hackney, East London, just around the corner of our place, did a wonderful job.

Check out more of his work here: Andrew Hulbert

 

 

L.

 

Inspire me

A little bit of fashion inspo to dream away with before LFW..

(source: Zara, Glassons, miishka, blissfulbblog, Holly Garber, Isabel Marant, IndiaRoseBlog, Free People, Tumblr, Tumblr, Tumblr, fash-n-chips, Zara, Zara)

L.

Lost & Found: LFW flashbacks

With the Mens Collections behind us, and London Fashion Week quickly coming closer, I love getting in the mood by going through some snapshot of previous fashion week parties last year.

Hard to to top these good nights London, but I dare you…

Dancing with the lovely Yvan Rodic aka the Facehunter

Paul+Yvan aka the Facehunter

Best meals ever, at Hoi Polloi at the Ace Hotel

Gotta love London

Dancing till we drop (literally) with Jamie XX

Lovely FM Model Stephen

Late night stops at the chip shop

Us, shot by The Style Hunter / Yvan Rodic

John Legend private show at Le Baron London

3 Lé – By Paul-John Titterton

I was so happy to receive this beautiful gift today from the incredibly talented Paul-John Titterton, who dedicated the first piece of his collection to me.

Paul-John is a London based designer with experience in graphic design as well as retail and fashion (working for brands such as The Kooples). I love how both these talents show through in his minimal, clean cut but very strong design. Futuristic minimalism with a hint of rock’n roll, it couldn’t suit me better

Can’t wait to wear this black kimono-style, cotton canvas jacket with a nice clean shaped silky dress or dressed down with some straight boyfriend jeans.

 

For inquiries about the brand Lé or other work by the talented Paul-John Titterton  please contact: damnstraight@gmx.com

 

 

x L.

LONDON PEOPLE!

It’s almost time for THE STYLIST RAIL!

Come and check out the Stylist Rail event in Dalston (London) on Saturday October 5th, where me and Linda A. will sell a great selection of clothes, shoes and accessories!

We sell

COS – TOPSHOP – CARHART – NUDIE – CHEAP MONDAY – LIPSY-  H&M Pink Label – VINTAGE – ZARA – ASOS – and more..

 

Just preparing the price tags now,

 

 

Hope to see you all there tomorow! More info here: facebook.com/TheStylistsRail

 

L.