It's probably old news for you lot but for those that didn't know... Tracey Neuls is one of London's 50 Best Shops!

'This shop is like walking straight into the artist's imagination' - Mary Portas

So much love for artist Marcia Farquhar - one of the world's finest artists! You can get lost inside her incredible archive of work seen here but nothing beats being present at one of her live performances. So....

THIS WEEKEND
August 28th, 29th & 30th
Tatton Park, Cheshire
The Horse is a Noble Animal – performance

For those of you who haven't yet been up to the Tatton Park Biennial, Marcia Farquhar will be riding a big wooden rocking horse for the last time this Summer. It's your last chance to see the great horse in the grounds of the great house, and the last chance to see the performance for which it was made, before it moves on to its (as yet undetermined) new home.

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"Inspired by one of the great passions of the modern age, Shoes explores the gamut of footwear, from the highs of the Louboutin to the lows of the Croc"

How fabulous, Shoes is a song and dance revue featuring shoes from, amongst others, Tracey Neuls. It looks to be a witty, entertaining night out with 32 songs dedicated to our favourite obsession... shoes!

See more and book tickets at Sadler's Wells

Gainsbourg (2010) opens with a young paramour informing an equally young Serge of his unattractive mug, a striking contrast to the sexual mellifluence of his later life. Silly girl, if only she had known.

Sfar’s film chronicling Serge Gainsbourg’s life is appropriately tongue-in-cheek and obviously chic. Yet, it is filled with too many fleeting vignettes to establish an engrossing narrative: the audience is catapulted from occupied Paris, to Bardot, to Birkin without pause, Gainsbourg’s expansive existence encapsulated in a mere two hours. With the puff of a Gauloises it is more the myth than the man, which is impressed. A man who by the power of his voice, undressed the best.

Thanks so much if you made it down to see the installation at Clerkenwell design week. Our limited addition shoes made especially for the event are now in the TN-29 shop and still on display at the Moroso showroom, Rosebery Avenue.

Highlights of the week was a lunchtime talk with Moroso’s creative director Patrizia Moroso, Piero Gandini the director of Flos and designers Tord Boontje and Paul Cocksedge. The talk discussed the manufacture / designer relationship, using Tord’s pressed ‘flower table’ as an example.

It was interesting to hear how technicalities and problems of importing pressed flowers from overseas led to such an appealing development in the project. Making the decision to source flowers grown locally to the factory meant that his tables manufactured in spring, summer or autumn all vary in appearance depending on the season of production.

Designer Paul Cocksedge spoke about his ambitious interactive installation ‘The Kiss’ which may be installed in Covent Garden this Christmas. Check out his ‘Life’ object - a vase that lights up when the flower is alive and fresh and slowly fades when the plant withers.

Say no more, the Vice crowd know how to have a good party. Free bar all night and loads of swings hanging from the rafters for all to swing freely. Optimistic artist Matthew Stone played a couple of dj sets and electro-rock duo The Big Pink performed, including their great tune ‘Velvet’. The bar staff were all wearing Kigu’s and candy floss was the order of the evening.

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Weekends 12 - 5pm

We are now taking applications for weekend retail help. Some footwear knowledge and a keen interest in design with an appreciation for old fashion customer service is essential.

Enquire at info@tn29.com

As you enter the Barbican’s The Surreal House, a cacophonous minor progression echoes against its Brutalist walls. The source, aptly revealed through a labyrinth of rooms later, underscores the tone of the exhibition – the home as a portrait of self. Yet, through the work of Dali and Duchamp, Bourgeois and Bacon, the ‘maison surréaliste’ questions the rational interplay of our deepest fears and wildest fascinations. For the theatre of the domestic is never what one expects it to be.

The Surreal House at the Barbican, 10 June 2010 to 12 September 2010.

www.barbican.org

Hidden amongst the hanging shoes of 29 Marylebone Lane are a number of accessories that have accumulated along the way. For instance, Nina Saunders’ bronze cast pea necklace (£90) - reminds us that peas are, in fact, good for you. Coin purses by Dutch accessories label frrry, compartmentalises an A4 piece of letter into a marvel of organisation.

Drop by and check them out!

www.ninasaunders.eu
www.frrry.com

We are very excited to announce the creative accord struck between Tracey Neuls and the furniture company Moroso for Clerkenwell Design Week 2010.

Take two of Tracey’s distinct designs, render them in sumptuous fabrics designed by Patricia Urquiola and Tord Boontje, and you get two very special pairs. The shapes of Neuls’ lasts encompass the architectural aspects of Urquiola’s work, with a dash of Boontje’s imaginative escapes.

The shoes will be on display at the beautiful Farmiloe building in Clerkenwell and at the Moroso showroom on Rosebury Avenue as part of Clerkenwell Design Week from May 25 to 27. You can procure your own pair at the end of the month here at 29 Marylebone Lane.

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