We have a confession to make. We have supreme jealousy/girl crushes on Elle Fanning and Chloe Moretz, aged 13 and 14 respectively. These little ladies are giving us serious wardrobe envy, with the like of Rodarte, Chanel and Valentino falling over themselves to dress them! Other than being two of the cutest fashion icons of 2011, they are also hot topics for movies, with Elle gracing the silver screen opposite Stephen Dorff (swoon!) in Sophia Coppolla’s Somewhere and Chloe being the ‘superhero’ that everyone wants to be (Superman who?) Hit Girl in the amazing Kick Ass! We cannot wait to see much more from these two, both on screen and on the red carpet!

Longer lengths on dresses and skirts have never been so chic as they are this season, and these two dresses are our particular favourites. With nipped in waists and full flowing skirts, they are perfect for summer, whether in a bustling city or on holiday.

Be sure to pick up yours today!

xo.

The Met Ball held on Monday night in honour of the launch of Alexander McQueen’s ‘Savage Beauty’ exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art was a triumph of fashion with designers and stars alike wearing their best outfits. These were just a few of our favourites!

And the the stars who wore McQueen (we especially loved Hamish Bowles!)

We have always had a small girl-crush on Michelle Williams, and this has grown after seeing this gorgeous shoot for the new issue of Interview magazine. In beautiful collar adorned dresses, and her ice blonde cropped hair, she looks like the epitome of Scandinavian goddess.

When we heard that Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley are planning to get back together this August to film 3 new episodes of Absolutely Fabulous, we squealed with happiness. We can admit with full pride that one reason why a number of us got into fashion, and PR especially was weirdly thanks to Patsy and Eddie!

All we can say is – we cannot wait, and we want these Russian Dolls!

xo.

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You all might have realised by now that we here at JOY HQ are avid fans of any form of cake, so when we heard about a whole exhibition dedicated to our guilty, we couldn’t wait to share it with you!

Tate & Lyle Sugars are hosting ‘Let Them Eat Cake’, an exhibition of cakes from a selection of renowned artists. There will be a Four & Twenty Blackbird’s pie – Henry VIII’s gift to his new wife Anne Boleyn, as well as baked up versions of modern Royal Wedding cakes such as Charles and Diana’s and even one of Buckingham Palace!

They are also running an exciting competition where two winners cakes will be displayed alongside the other pieces of arty cake! (we have highlighted the winners in purple, and other entrants that we just loved!)

Let Them Eat Cake!

With the temperatures rising, all of us here at JOY HQ craving a thirst-quenching drink. So when we heard about a brand new drink and snack store opening just round the corner from our Soho store, we made a little squeal of JOY. Bubbleology serves the amazingly inventive Bubble Tea. What is this I hear you ask!

Well…. The origins of bubble tea are found in Taiwan, where the drink was invented in the early 1980′s. Bubble Tea is the name given to the wide variety of refreshing flavoured fruit teas and milk teas served ice cold or piping hot with chewy natural tapioca balls that you suck up through a big fat straw! The phenomenon spread fast through Asia, to China (where our Creative Director has sampled it with the review of “YUM!”), and then rushing off to Australia and North America.

The founder of Bubbleology, who is only known as ‘Professor A’ experienced bubble tea when living in New York, and after moving back to London, he realised that we here need to experience the joy that is bubble tea!

Bubbleology opens tomorrow at:

49 Rupert St, Soho, London, W1D 7PF

www.bubbleology.co.uk

Happy 70th birthday to the Great Dame – Vivienne Westwood!

The amazingly adorable, Rhiannon at LiebeMarlene wore our Rosie Sailor Jacket in her latest post on her blog.

Our JOY bloggers are avid readers of Rhiannon, (as you can see, we dreamed of dressing her a whole year ago) and always sigh at jealousy of the amazing road trips she and her boyfriend go on (the closest we get to a road trip is popping to the shop to get a can of diet coke!). Living in Atlanta, Georgia – it seems always easy to look summer cool with the amazing sunshine! Seeing her wear our jacket with such ease makes are so happy (and a little bit jealous) – a word of advice, everyone should follow Rhiannon! We have heard that a certain Miss Alexa Chung is a fan of hers too!

xo.

www.joythestore.com

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