UK INTERNET
SHOPPING, CHANTAL MALLETT'S RECOMENDED LINKS:
BritishShopping.com - The
United Kingdom's Largest Online Shopping Directory.
Play.com - Music & DVD's
(region 1 & 2).
Amazon.co.uk
Ebay.co.uk - UK auction
site.
EIL.com - Rare CD's &
records.
Shinyshiny.tv - 'A girl's guide to
gadgets' & that it is!
Not so much a shopping site as a great Blog site for girls who
like their gadgets & like them designed for girls. I've just discovered
this site & think it's great
(Chantal).
HAIR
& BEAUTY:
HQ Hair.com - A wide range of
salon hair products & great beauty ranges like Urban Decay & Bare
Minerals with a physical shop just off Regent St, London.
Pout - Beautiful site with
gorgeous cosmetics ranges, make-up bags, etc.
Dead Sea - Spa treatments.
Escentual - Perfumes, skincare,
cosmetics, etc.
Lush - hand made skincare, hair
& bath products.
Allcures - UK's first online
pharmacy.
KITSCH / RETRO
gifts & homewares
(I love these sites for gifts):
Zest Essentials
Kitsch Shop
Scribbler.co.uk
I want one of those
Pressies 4 Princesses
Unique
Gadget Hub
Beautiful Things
Retro Rebels
Gobaz.com - gifts &
gadgets.
wantit.co.uk
Lets Go Retro
Gadget Shop
LIFESTYLE - gifts & homewares:
Cox + Cox - "From
butterflies to bunting, lanterns to love notes, it's detail that
transforms simple bricks and mortar into the place we call home."
Bombay Duck - "Fabulous
gifts & home interiors".
Panik - "Design for
life".
Brown Designs - "Stylish
products for home or business".
ItsRussian.com - Unusual
gifts for hard to shop for men - Russian MiG-21 Cockpit Clock (selling as a
desk clock), Russian watches as supplied to The Russian Defence Department
(different watches for KGB, Special Forces, etc.)
Something for the Wickend - Candles, Aromatherapy & Home Fragrance.
101Candels.com
Lakeland Limited - Kitchenware,
cookware & inovative solutions for the home.
The White Company, London -
Quality bed and table linen bath accessories, gifts &
clothing
FASHION, ETC:
Angel of Fashion
RD Franks - Bookshop devoted to
fashion books & magazines (a comprehensive range of international
fashion magazines).
Net- A-Porter.com -
Designer fashion, accessories & footwear.
Vision3K.com - Designer
sunglasses
Chantal Mallett Accessories - Crowns, coronets, tiaras, chokers, Venetian style
masks, etc.
Chantal Mallett - Couture, corseted bridal, ball & evening gowns.
Corsets - Corsets from CorsetHeaven. The biggest corset range
in one shop at prices that can't be beaten. Corset Advice and Corset Forum
to chat about your
corsets. More
info: Underwear & outerwear corsets, clubbing
corsets & hoisery.
ilovedress.com
- "We gathered all articles,
information, and many more related to Dress. Enjoying find right
dress!"
ART:
Dover Book Shop - Dover Books
from Dover Publications Inc. Pictorial Archive and clip art source books;
the largest collection of copyright free images and illustration references
in the world.
TRAVEL:
Worldwide Travel Insurance -
the best policy i've ever found.
Travelplan it - very good
resource for hotels, etc. for travel to Italy.
Hotel Connect - easy to use
& a good range of international hotels to choose from at good rates.
Lastminute.com
England Pictures and London UK Hotels - Beautiful Pictures of England and hotels in England and
London.
OTHER
RESOURCES:
MISC:
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - Huge resource for looking up almost every film ever made
& some television shows, actors, directors, costume designers + links to
movie stills, official web sites etc.
Alta Vista Babel Fish -
translates web sites & text into other languages.
UpMyStreet.com - a great
resource for getting local information.
Multi Map - a brillient web
site for looking up directions.
FASHION RESOURCES
:
Firstview -
If the designer's had a fashion show Firstview almost certainly had it
covered. The perfect site for fashion junkies - spend hours surfing previos
collections of John Galliano, Chloe, Versace...... it's like having 1000's
of issues of Vogue at your
fingertips.
Fashion Wire Daily - The first
word in fashion. Up to the minute fashion
news.
WEDDING RESOURCES
:
The Hitching Post - wedding resources & a brillient
budgeter.
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The following links are for suppliers I
(Chantal Mallett) used for my May 2008 wedding in Venice,
Italy.
Wedding Planners: Venice
Events.
Order a suitably lavish
gown & mask & jump on a plane to marry in my favourite city.
Run by two lovely English ladys, Venice Events will arrange the
wedding of your dreams in any number of romantic italian cities
including
Venice.
Hotels: Bauer & Bauer
Palladio.
Fabulous 5 star hotels
in
Venice.
Photographer: Luca
Rajna.
Milan based wedding
photographer. We booked a 4hr service through venice
Events.
Honeymoon apartment: Il Convento Mincione.
Self catering holiday
apartment near Umbertide, Umbria - A beautiful secluded, place to stay
& one I intend to go back
to.
Wedding meal: Da
Arturo.
The best steaks in Venice.
Confetti: Perditas
Petals.
I bought Antique colour Hydrengea
heads.
Menswear: William
Hunt.
My husband's suit,
shirt & cufflinks were bought
here.
Footwear: Bourne.
I bought a pair of
caramel colour satin
boots.
Wedding ring: Elizabeth
Gage.
My bespoke design was
made for me by Elizabeth
Gage.
Hair dye (bright streaks): Beeunique
Mine: Pipkin Purple mixed with Virgin Rose &
some
lightener.
False nails: Kiss
Lightening
Speed.
I did mine myself using
this kit & they turned out
well.
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The wedding links below are sites
18thcenturycorsets.com has exchanged links
with:
www.weddings.co.uk
Guides for
Brides
Wedding Palace - The one-stop wedding site.
Wedding Planning - Wedding planning tools, wedding gown search, and
engagement ring information. Search for reception sites, photographers,
honeymoon locations and more!
AskABride - The best wedding services available on the
net! www.wedding-world.com - More than 5,000 wedding vendors listed by state and
type of service, library of wedding articles, travel center, bookstore and
Wedding Super Store.
UltimateBridal.co.uk - An extensive
directory exclusively dedicated to Bridal Services featuring wedding
dresses, cakes, stationery, photographers and much more to help you organise
your big day.
Wedding Chaos Extensive guide for all aspects of planning a
wedding. http://www.weddingchaos.co.uk/
Gretna Green
Wedding Venue
A Gretna Green
wedding venue in an idyllic countryside setting, allowing you to have your
Gretna Green wedding, accommodation and reception all in one beautiful
venue.
CORSET RESOURCES :
Long Island Staylace Association
www.corsetinformation.com - A very well put together information
site with lots of information & sound advice about Victorian shape
corsets & tightlacing.
www.corsets.de -Wonderful resource site for people interested in
Victorian style corsets. There are lots of original texts refering to every
aspect of corset wearing - very
interesting.
BBCi website -
a broad section on the history of corsets, etc.
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