Bespoke Clothes from Mood By Me

You know when there's a specific thing that you want, and you can see it perfectly in your mind, but the shops are full of dowdy jumpers and you're all, "where is my red cashmere v-neck cardigan with white star buttons and a contrast trim and tiny pockets?" I'll tell you where: at Mood By Me, which lets you customise everything from trench coats to ballet flats. And cardigans. Observe:

Choose your item from the main Mood By Me menu, then get customising. You can change so many tiny details - with shoes, for instance, you can change the colour, style, toecap, seams, laces, and sole. They have a sole suitable for walking and another for dancing. Brilliant. Here are my dancing brogues:

Customising your own shirt is deeply satisfying. Pick the fit, colour, collar size, contrast print on the collar and cuffs and much more. We live in a world where you can choose the type of button holes you want, people. Button holes.

You don't just select your size, you customise your measurements to make sure your new clothes fit perfectly. You'll have an exciting parcel in the post three weeks after your order, and then you've got 100 days to return it if you're not happy.

 

Mood By Me isn't cheap, but possibly not as expensive as you'd expect. That cardigan is £136 and the shoes are £107. Cotton shirts start at £66 and silk one are from £110. Prices vary depending on how you customise them. You're not going to update your entire wardrobe at Mood By Me, but if there's a certain item of clothing you desperately desire but can't find in the shops, it's a brilliantly fun and easy way of realising your heart's desire.

Wallpaper Wednesday: Themed Leisure Bespoke Wallpaper

There might be some very pretty wallpapers out there for the choosing, but wouldn't it be fun if you could create your own? Themed Leisure let you do just that.


They'll create a bespoke digital wallpaper for you, of anything you fancy!


No, I don't think I want creepy insects in Sluttery HQ, but it does look cool, doesn't it?


What about butterflies?


My favourite is actually this bullet design. It just looks like swirly circles, but there's an edge to it as well.

I can't imagine Themed Leisure wallpapers being very cheap, but if you really can't find your dream wallpaper then it's a very cool option indeed.

Shoe Porn: Hetty Rose

I dream of one day having my own shoes made for my, a la a very fashionable Cinderella. And one day, I will. Hopefully, one day they'll be a pair of shoes by Hetty Rose, in one of her gorgeous antique kimono fabrics.


Hetty has a ready to wear range as well (the shoes teeter around the £350 mark) but it's the bespoke ones that I'm really interested in. As much as I'd like to pretend all of my shoes fit me perfectly, I'm a half size and sometimes I buy a pair because I love them, not because they're comfortable. Imagine having someone make a pair that not only fit you perfectly, but also looked utterly fabulous, in a style, fabric and design that you had chosen. A process that you go to be involved in from start to finish.



And you get a pair of shoes that no one else will ever have, they're all yours. Not cheap, I grant you, but worth paying for if you're after something bespoke and special. I'd much rather a pair of shoes personal to me instead of a pair of designer stilettos.