Colour block

One of the more colourful stands from JC de Castelbajac at September's Maison & Objet.

Ceci n'est pas un mixte tape

According to curator Bobby of Kitsune Noir, Ceci n'est pas un mixte tape, c'est un Kitsune mixtape - and there's a difference you know. (sic Patricia Arquette says to Christian Slater in True Romance on the roof). If you still hark back to the golden age of making or receiving mix-tapes for boys/girls you were in puppy love with and friend and fellow music lovers you'll appreciate Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker's take on the digital age that has killed the mix tape. Read his "mix-tape column here

Nice body

Parisian candle brand Diptyque will launch their first ever line of body-care products this March. Each of its five new products and their ingredients are based on different cities. Languish in the heady aroma of each meditteranean city without actually schlepping it there - it's the perfect credit crunch holiday and you save £1 (or more) on the en route toilettes fare if you were thinking of going by Ryan Air!




From left to right
Apricot "Cordoba" Hand balm, Olive and bay laurel "Aleppo" shower gel, Orange blossom "Alexandria" body lotion, Damask rose "Byzantium" body butter, Iris "florence" body oil