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Name: Madame
Location: London, United Kingdom

I am http://www.madamesays.com/ and http://www.mgoldsteins.com/

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

TIME FOR AN UPDATE?!

Hi Everybody - IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME YEAH??!! I have to say apart from sometimes longing for the pink wallpaper and some girly chats with winter coming I am happy not to be sitting under the stairs in 5 layers of thermal and a scarf 10 years long.

But what is the girly gossip I can update you with in lieu of the fact I can't do it over an eclair with you?

Madame and I wanted to let you know that Maison Bertaux will have their own lovely website soon and when we get the link, we will let you know.

Madame's own blog madamesays.com has turned into an Internet hit and was voted by The Telegraph as on of the top 20 fashion blogs along with The Sartorialist, Susie Bubble and GoFugYourself. See for yourself!

If you need to get a personal fix of Madame herself, don't forget to head East to Hackney Road and visit M Goldstein the shop full of stuff you never realised you HAD TO HAVE run jointly with Nathaniel "I know where I can get one of those" Lee Jones.

Lektrogirl [me] is still addicted to the Internet and CSI, works for Denza, Consults with financial management and record keeping, runs an amateur erotic online gallery which is definitely NSFW [not safe for work!] called lameatnames. I've also started with two of the other Lady Gang, The Cardinal from Picnic-Land and Sarah Lee a blog about one of the Shop At Maison B Lady Gang's passions VINTAGE CHINA and AFTERNOON TEA - swooning just typing it! Take a look at our personal treasures at madameatrois.com

Sarah Lee the professional shutter bug has her own website these days sarahmlee.com with her whole folio of celebrities and fabulous nobodies like us lot drunk and showing off at Lady's Nights.

Mrs Gorman has her own blog now too Mrs Gorman where she reports her latest fashion fixations from her desk. [More likely the sofa in Thai fisherman's trousers.]

Last but not least, Max Karie, who knows a great lady when he sees one can be checked out on the regular at his own site maxkarie.com and he is still Consulting, Brainstorming, Powerhousing, Idea Having!!!

Most of all WE MISS YOU. We get together for Lady's Night - our supper club - about once a month to keep up with each other now rather than over a cake and coffee. Sadly none of us have a living room big enough to accommodate you all [give us a room and a table big enough we would sure as hell try!!] so I think the best thing to do would be roll up to one of Madame's DJ gigs - Pippa Brooks appears at Pony Step, still at The George and Dragon - and you can find details of all of that at madamesays.com

xx Lektrogirl & Madame

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Monday, December 22, 2008

Bye bye....


Max and Madame have had the best two years at Shop at Maison Bertaux...mostly because of you lot!!!! So this is a little tribute to the good times. Please stay in touch you can chat to us both on Facebook and http://www.maxkarie.com/ and http://www.madamesays.com/ are our websites so feel free to check them out.

The combination of cakes, frocks, you and us was such a blast.......


Love love love, Max and Madame xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Monday, December 08, 2008

It goes without saying...

....of course, but I would love you to come to my birthday party at the George and Dragon, 2 Hackney Road E2 this Thursday!!

Madame x

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Sunday, November 23, 2008

Ambition Realised...


I spent a lot of time in Heaven in my youth....fantastic memories of Pyramid on Wednesdays and when Saturday nights were strictly men-only I used to "pass".....teetering past the doorman with heavy false eyelashes lowered under at least a couple of wigs and gravity-defying platforms striding confidently into the fray.....

So it was an ambition definitely realised on Friday night to be djing there for the Kitsune party! I literally got back from Alexander Palace, got the boys ready for bed, slipped into high heels, slicked on some lipstick, grabbed my record bag and trundled off to Heaven....had such fun in the dj booth with the Ponystep massive, danced myself dizzy, flopped onto my bed at 3am and went to sleep with a huge smile on my face!

Madame x

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Magic

Friday was such a magical night! Remember back in September I told you about a day out on Clapham Common with Superduck, my boys and a bunch of their friends where he filmed them "lip-synching" to imagined backing vocals?

So glad to have another reason to publish this photo which I LOVE! Anyway, Friday night was the night of the actual Sigur Ros gig at Alexander Palace. Now, the boys have never been to a proper gig before and the fact that their first one would feature themselves is quite a bizarre and of course wonderful experience (I hope they don't expect that from every gig in the future!!).
Superduck was slightly nervous as to how his films had been edited for the show....would all the children feature? Would they be distorted and rendered unrecognisable? Would there be a mass meltdown of the under tens before they even got to see their tiny moment in the spotlight???

Here's Duke and Grace demonstrating to anyone who'll listen their excellence in the field of "oooh"s and "aaaah"s...

When the moment actually came it was magical....as Jonsi Birgisson asked the audience to join in, there all the children appeared projected behind him, all the kids started to gasp "it's US!" and clambered up on shoulders to get a better look. It was so perfect.

Here's the svengali himself with his cast.....

It would have been great to stay for the whole gig but we'd already done pretty well and thought it best to cut our losses, plus it was quite a schlep home so off we went into the night.....big thanks to Michael, Melanie, Ness and all the kids for making the night go so smoothly, to Johnnycakes for playing daddy and being an extra pair of shoulders but most of all to Superduck for asking the kids to get involved in the first place. His visuals with Sigur Ros really meld into something quite extraordinarily poetic and beautiful and I leave you with the trailer for his documentary "Vid Spilum endalaust" which is going to be available in limited edition to accompany a new book about the band...I've seen the whole film and it's breathtaking!

If you want to check out more of his work....http://www.nicholasabrahams.com/

Madame x

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Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Last of the goodies....

The news that we are closing next month should sound sweeter when you know that we are starting our closing down sale TODAY! Here's a reminder of some of the luscious goodies you might want to get your mitts on.....all at 30% off!!!

Westwood perspex trinkets in neon pinks and greens with crystal highlights.....

Polka dot APC PJs make the best Christmas presents....not to mention the slippers....

Plastic and enamel Sonia remainders to brighten up your olds with a bit of new...

Cosy A.P.C. jumper dress to team with woolly tights...we've got a few pairs of them left too!

Spriggy teamed with cardigan is a favourite combo of mine from A.P.C....

Uncharacteristically pretty Westwood jewelry would make anyone smile for Chrimbo....

Can't go wrong in a boyish A.P.C. cap, you know you lose a lot of heat through the head this time of year...

Nothing to wear to that party?????? Not anymore...

You know where you are with an orb....and we've got them on everything!!!

Seriously, you've been great, ladies and gentlemen.....thanks for battling your way through the chattering classes upstairs, supporting our bijoux emporium and being part of our niche....

We'll stay in touch.

Madame x

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Friday, November 14, 2008

WINO!



This is on tonight, and apart from being the best flyer I've seen in AGES, it's run by my dear friend and coffee-morning regular Jonathan. For he is Dr Kemp....yes, he's a doctor....very highbrow! Anyway, he's also a damn fine dj and tonight he's joined by Joe Pop so it's going to be cracking! I think the girl on the flyer looks a bit like Sophie Dahl...wouldn't it be great if it was her? Get on the piccadilly line people!!!

Madame x

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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

So often I'm asked....

"Do you have any men's clothes?" And I'm somewhat hesitant to answer in the negative. For this reason...

Who's to say an A.P.C. 'womens' peacoat wouldn't look smashing on a chap?

Or indeed, why wouldn't a confident young man feel like slipping into a cheeky Eley Kishimoto bunny sweat? The answer is never say never, never doubt yourself and go go go for it!

Madame x

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Sunday, November 09, 2008

Rock The Cabaret


Saturday the 29th November I'm DJing at my lovely friend Tryg's "Rock the Cabaret" extravaganza! His band My Lady Jane are headlining and Volvere and Cecily Pearce are also doing shows....

I'm looking forward to playing at Leicester Square Theatre (6 Leicester Square), as I've never been there before, I think there's very few tickets left but they can be booked on Ticketweb.....
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/

It'd be great to see some of you there!

Madame x

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Wednesday, November 05, 2008

Who's coming to this on Friday Night?

My friend James' film is being shown at Tate Millbank on Friday night from 7pm. I missed the last screening so I'm so excited to see it, especially since part of it is set in the Tate.....

It'll be on a loop so you can drop in throughout the evening, I'm going early because I'll be with Duke and Joe....do come along!



Madame x

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I am Lucky

First of all to have Stevie Stewart and David Holah as friends (in fact Stevie's more like family, she's Joe's godmother and one of my best friends).

We all know their label, Bodymap was GENIUS...we don't have to bang on about it here...


But what a treat in ONE WEEK for Stevie to make these incredible shirts for the boys....

And for David to invite us to his private view of prints on mirror of his alter-ego Lola?!

This photo doesn't do it justice...for some reason there's a yellowy tinge I wasn't planning on....

This is turning into such a great week!!!!

Whoooop!

Madame x

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Thursday



Following my absence last Thursday due to a previous engagement (Antony and the Jonsons with the London Philharmonic....hard to express the beauty of the performance or how a man of his stature could write and sing such tender, beautiful, heartbreaking songs. Utterly unique, utterly riveting, moving and pure......sweet....gush gush, I'll stop now....), normal service is resumed as Madame takes her rightful Thursday position. If you get there before 8 you'll experience the added treat of Richardette's Hippy Hour.....

Madame xx

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A new day....


This is me watching the election last night in my Obama t shirt...I slept in it actually...and I'm wearing it today too, so if you come by the shop don't get too close!!!

The boys came and got into bed this morning and watched his speech to America before getting ready for school. It is such a great result for the USA but also I think for the world...my sister's in Kenya and his being half Kenyan means they take his success very much to their hearts.

The end of the Republican era is so much a cause for celebration and a President to look up to and admire feels such a novelty....and good riddance to that lunatic, Palin! It could've all gone sooooo wrong!

Wednesday 5th November 2008....where were you?

Madame x

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Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Noted 2: Cozette

Quote of the night: "Watanabe Vetinary" !!

Cozette was wearing her silver Junya Watanabe shoes and became determined to team them with this silver vetinary emergency blanket!





But.....how come she looks so amazing in it???!!!! A freaking vetinary blanket!!!!!!

Madame x

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Noted 1: Richard Mortimer

Special mention is due to Richard Mortimer who managed to make this 1950's number work for him....







I love Richard!!!

Madame x

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