News from Style.com

We were very pleased to hear that UK fashion designer Sophia Kokosalaki has listed Shop at Maison Bertaux in her top ten great places to chek out in London!! You can visit the original article on style.com here and check out everything Sophia thinks is hot in London while the link lasts. Or just read the piece about us that we are hosting on our own server here.

Other internet cruising has led us to this picture on Paul Gorman's blog:


As Paul says on his blog "The new purchase from Shop At Maison B to go with the jeans: Marimmeko's classic unisex stripey t, just like Andy used to wear. Can't wait to get me hands on the Uniqlo black cardy now..."

And searching deeper on the net, one might come across this picture from the dark ages:



From the left, it is yours truly, Davide and Molly who used to work in The World According To... when it was still called Shop back in 1997 on New Years Eve. A bit like that line in the Dannii Minogue song "I begin to wonder..."

I look like something out of that kids band Hi-5. Til Later!

xx Emma

The Secret After Party

Yesterday was my first day working as shopgirl in Shop At Maison Bertaux - only it didn't feel like working cause Michelle from Maison Bertaux kept running down to check I was okay and bringing me some gorgeous asparagus quiche for lunch and tea and coffee through the day. My new friend Lauren dropped in to see me [she was modelling for Katharine Hamnett through the week and that is how I met her] and DJ Mollywood called in as well. Loads of customers came in just to check out the new boutique and I was marvelling with everyone about the concrete door on the fitting room. It is an Eley Kishimoto frill print on a sheet of concrete screwed to the door - and while girls were trying stuff on in the fitting room, their blokes and I were on the outside of the door saying "How does that work? The concrete is only about 8mm thick and those screws are near the edge. Why doesn't it crumble??"

As promised, here is the video from the afterparty, heavily edited I have to say ;) - but starring in order of appearance:
Pippa - Business woman, playboy model and super DJ [who can't see]
Crowd - Fiona from Eley Kishimoto is the one with the headband
Nervous Stephen and Paul B. Davis - Nervous Stephen played the marching band music!
Abbie and Lee - girls from Lektrolab
Lucy - Her wig has a name and cost £14.99. She also told Mark Eley he smells of lettuce. You won't meet a funnier girl.
Paul Frecker - He deals antique photos and looks like the people in the antique pictures.
Mo and Jo - I just like that their names rhyme. Mo is a great Italo DJ and Jo Apps sang for Venetian Snare amongst others.
Max, Paul Long and Tania - Max is a business man and Playboy! Paul Long is the man responsible for the refit of the new boutique and Tania is part of the family running Maison Bertaux.
Paul B. D. - spinning
Paul L. - spinning [a yarn]
Chris O.C. - telling it like it is [and check the tattoos]
Alex - Gorgeous!
Pippa - keeping cool - but you should have seen her later dancing to "I've got a loverly bunch of coconuts"
Nervous Stephen and Me - discussing DJ or Print Gocco machines
Max and Mo
Katrina - our Saturday girl who is going back to Australia soon
Max - his turn on the decks
Paul Gorman and his lady - Paul wrote "The Look" and his lady is also from Australia. You should have seen these two going for it when Pippa played Ying Yang Twins!!
Paul B.D. - it was a long night...

xx Emma