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Every so often, a collection we uncover during our seasonal buying trips just lights us up and we can’t wait to share it with you all. London brand M.A.B.E. is one of those that has got us all in a spin and we are excited to launch our new label love now in our online store. We adore its timeless wardrobe icons – from the whimsical maxi-dresses and full-length frilled skirts to the boho-inspired embroidered tops and the adorable just-throw-them-on jackets that shift a look from run-of-the-mill to standout every time. Every piece in the collection is made in natural fabrics and is designed to be loved and cherished. The brand’s tagline is ‘Adventure Inspires Us – Artisan Quality Defines Us’. We believe you will love every piece, forever. Shop M.A.B.E online HERE. Meet just a few of our favourites from our current Label Love: M.A.B.E M.A.B.E Dinah Jacket in Mustard £155 Invest in this little wardrobe icon and uncover how it can work as the perfect throw-on polish to a myriad of looks. Layer over tees or fine knit sweaters. M.A.B.E Livia Maxi Dress in Navy £230 This timeless maxi-dress is not only a statement summer staple. Try it under a navy polo with beaten-up boots for an autumn rework. M.A.B.E Velma Jacket in Indigo £295 We love, love, love this gorgeous floral embroidered jacket. Simply shrug it on over your favourite blue jeans and a strappy vest to lift your look up to another level. M.A.B.E Carmel Jacket in Ecru £185 This little ecru embroidered jacket is laidback luxe personified. The delicate embroidery detailing on the crushed cotton fabric make it so. Just throw-on and go! M.A.B.E Dinah Maxi Dress £230 Embrace the 1970s in this beautiful printed mustard maxi. We heart it from top-to-toe. The neckline, the sleeves, the colour, the print – it’s a statement and a keeper! M.A.B.E Frankie Embroidered Top £160 We adore the gorgeous boho vibe of this embroidered top. The perfect transition piece to take you from Indian summer (we hope) into autumn. M.A.B.E Kelby Print Top £85 Lift your spirit with this feminine floral print top with added frills, frills and frills. We love it teamed with denim – skirts, shorts and jeans for a easy style points. M.A.B.E Kelby Dress £120 Sweet, ditsy floral print dress perfect for late summer lazy days. Adore the flattering neckline with its boho tassles. Love it with boots or strappy thong sandals. M.A.B.E Mattea Embroidered Top £95 This crisp cotton blouse is perfect for bringing a sweet, feminine charm to your warm-weather wardrobe. Lengthen its wear and layer over a pretty white vest.

A celebration of colour, culture and diversity is the brand philosophy of Scottish-based designer Taisir Gibreel. Gibreel’s collection of silk shell tops, kaftan dresses and scarves brings that gorgeous splash of colour and pattern to Restoration Yard’s store. We are excited to invite you along to meet her at our Meet The Makers special on November 29th. The best bit is Gibreel will not only showcase her own collection – she’s a font of knowledge on every single item within the store. As our head of retail, Gibreel’s the guru behind our carefully curated fashion finds, best of beauty and off-piste gifts, so while perusing her beautiful pieces you can tap into her clever brain for some smart gift suggestions for any tricksy customers on your to-shop-for list . For a bit of background, it was after years of working in fashion retail in London, Amsterdam and Spain, Gibreel decided to embark on her degree in textile design at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. She graduated specialising in print and weave and now her collections are based on original hand drawings of rural and urban Scottish landscapes. Since launching in a New York show in August 2013, each bold and beautiful piece Gibreel creates brings together her Sudanese and English heritage as well as influences of the Scottish landscape. ‘Art to Wear’ is how she sees her abstract print and weave creations. Gibreel explains: “When I sat down to design, all of these wonderful rich textures and colours appeared. Look at my Fairground Sugar Rush prints, you’ll see the little upside down boats from the Parliament, the flashes of orange could be my African roots or perhaps Irn Bru and Ben Lawers inspired the rich, beautiful and dark colours of the Silver Dew Rainbow pieces.” Designer Taisir Gibreel with a selection of her creations MEET THE MAKERS LATE NIGHT SHOPPING AND CHARITY RAFFLE On 29th November from 6 to 8pm – We’re kicking off our Thursday late night shopping events with a special Christmas ‘Meet the Makers’ evening where you’ll get to meet some of the designers and producers behind our labels, helping you pick the best of their collections. What’s more we’ll be hosting an extra special charity raffle to help raise much-needed funds for CHAS (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland). Enter to be in with the chance to win some amazing prizes including a Chamomile Sanctuary Ultimate Indulgence Package, Afternoon Tea and Restoration Yard Hamper.

||Covet |of Thistle Street, Edinburgh – is a real treasure trove of a store for accessories lovers. Think less well-known handbag and accessory brands from all over Europe that can’t be found anywhere else in the capital. Think pieces that just have that point of difference from so much of what’s available on the high street and from high-end designer labels. That’s Covet. So we are super excited to announce that Covet co-owner Blaise Donald and her handpicked selection of Covet gems are coming to Restoration Yard’s store on the evening November 29th, as part of our late-night shopping ‘Meet The Makers’ event. Come along, find yourself inspired by meeting one half of Edinburgh’s most passionate, creative and intuitive business duos and pick up some amazing gifts. Here’s our very quick catch up with her on what she will be bringing to RY on the night. THE 5 MINUTE INTERVIEW So, Blaise, tell us a bit about why you’re bringing Covet to RY? We love the whole of the Restoration Yard’s aesthetic and the store’s ethos. It really feels like Covet and Restoration Yard are the perfect match. Tell us what Covet will be showcasing at our Meet The Makers event? Well, I’ll be bringing along our beautiful Anna Somerville scarves. As well as being my co-owner of Covet, Anna is also an abstract artist. We decided it would be amazing to bring her art into the store in pieces that could be worn, making abstract art accessible. She’s created a beautiful autumn/winter collection in which each scarf design has been taken from an original oil painting of Anna’s and digitally printed onto a 100% wool scarf. At £69 they are a fantastic buy. Anna Somerville scarves from £69 You’re well known for bags. Can we expect to see some on the night? I’m also bringing our own-label Covet bags, which we launched last year. We launched Covet the store in 2007. After a decade of countless trips to fashion trade fairs in Milan and Paris, we felt qualified to bring a desirable collection of Covet own-label handbags to the UK market. We have also been listening all these years to our customers telling us what they wanted. We feel perfectly placed to create a capsule collection of beautiful, practical, affordable, quality, luxury bags women will love. There’s the Covet Essential clutch, which can work on a night out as a standalone piece but is also handy as a bag inside a bag for organisation; the New Town bag, which is a comfortable shoulder bag that can convert into a cross-body bag; The Tote, which works hard by being a good size to carry laptops and other every day essentials; and finally, there is our bestseller the Edinburgh Bag. The Covet Edinburgh bag Why is the Edinburgh bag a favourite? We designed the Covet Edinburgh Bag to be a true multi-tasker. It’s been created to take women effortlessly from day to night. For during the day the detachable strap can be adjusted to any length allowing it to be worn as a cross body or a shoulder bag, either folded or open as a messenger. When it comes to evening you can take the strap off to strap to transform it into an elegant clutch with room in its two zipped section for all essentials. And, like all our bags, it’s handcrafted in Spain from luxurious Italian leather. MORE ABOUT THE EVENT MEET THE MAKERS LATE NIGHT SHOPPING AND CHARITY RAFFLE On 29th November from 6 to 8pm – We’re kicking off our Thursday late night shopping events with a special Christmas ‘Meet the Makers’ evening where you’ll get to meet some of the designers and producers behind our labels, helping you pick the best of their collections. What’s more we’ll be hosting an extra special charity raffle to help raise much-needed funds for CHAS (Children’s Hospices Across Scotland). Enter to be in with the chance to win some amazing prizes including a Chamomile Sanctuary Ultimate Indulgence Package, Afternoon Tea and Restoration Yard Hamper.

Restoration Yard is all about Christmas but we also understand the stress of finding that perfect gift, so just for you, we’re offering up our definitive Christmas gift guide to everyone on your list pinpointing gifts they’ll love within the beautifully curated emporium that is Restoration Yard’s store. Photography by Blue Sky Photography. Styled by Laura Russell @satisfashion.co.uk The SYBARITE She loves a bit of luxury in her life. So give her just that with some sparkle or (fake) fur. She will adore. Clockwise from top left: Feather, £1.95. Helen Moore Fur Scarf, £57. Vilagallo skirt, £110. Gustav sweater, £190. Bird, £15.50. Prosecco Made Me Do It book, £9.99. Elie Beaumont watch, £55.00. Kew Gardens Botanical magnolia & pear soap, £6.50. Your Ideas Are Precious notebook, £4.99. Christian Lacroix notebook, £29.95. Pineapple light, £89.95. Pink tree bauble, £8.25. Star earrings, £13.95. The INTELLIGENT WANDERER Make the itinerant intellectual in your world happy with some cleverly iconic pieces for at home and away. Clockwise from top left: Restoration Yard globe, £95.00. Lobby telephone, £69.95. Umbrella, £24.95. The ABCs of Adulthood book, £9.99. Vilagallo women’s blouse, £85.00. Vedoneire men’s sweater, £55.00. Izipizi reading glasses, £29.95. Christmas bauble, £3.00. Mug, £14.95. Charades game, £9.95. Do One Thing Every Day That Inspires You book, £12.99. The BEAUTY BUFF Add some seriously lovely refinement to the most picky of beauty aficiondo’s bathroom cabinets with these handpicked treats that will delight all their senses. From top (and left to right): Hanging glass star, £38.95. Hydrea amssage brush, £7.50. Art House Meath soaps, £2.95 each. Bar soaps, £3.50. Aromas Artisanales de Antigua floral lotus flower hand cream, £3.95. Aromas Artisanales de Antigua orange blossom hand cream, £3.95. Restoration Yard soap, £4.95. Burt’s Bees Lip Colour Kit, £14.99. Kew Gardens Botanical elderflower & pomelo Soap, £6.50. Restoration Yard Soap, £4.95. Burt’s Bees Lip Balms, £9.99. Burt’s Bees lip set, £9.95. Kew Gardens Botanical summer rose soap, £6.50. Essential Oils, £13.95. Lothantique lavender liquid soap, £11.50. Thisworks the big bang kit, £12.00. Bath salts, £10.95. Beefayre reed diffuser, £14.95. Beefayre handcream, £8.75. Burt’s Bees gift baubles, £6.95 each. Aromas Artesanales de Antigua soap set, £9.95. Thisworks dream to sleep kit, £34.00. Hand Harmony hand-creams, £20.00. Baubles throughout, £7.50 for set. The ADVENTURER Practical does not need to mean boring. Your loved explorer deserves to enjoy their favourite external pursuits with added style plus comfort. Clockwise from top left: Vedoneire shirt, £54.95. Vedoneire gilet, £55.00. Bauble, £4.75. Kusan bobble hat, £29.00. Explorer bottle, £13.95. Bird pencil, £3.50. Roka bag, £59.95. Jar of matches, £12.00. And So The Adventure Begins glasses case, £4.95. Hit the Road book, £35.00. The OUTDOOR LOVER A bit of gardening, dog walking or trekking out with the kids need not mean saying goodbye to feeling and looking amazing. Clockwise from top left: Ilse Jacobsen raincoat, £190.00. Part Two sweater, £99.95. Salsa embroidered jeans, £175.00. Bauble, £6.95. Tretorn short welly boots, £75.00. Bauble, £6.50. Wreaths book, £14.95. Ornamental bird, £12.75. The GOURMAND Elate your connoisseur of good food this Christmas with a selection of delicacies they can enjoy throughout and beyond the festive season. From top (and left to right): Hanging glass star, £38.95. Belvoir mulled winter punch, £3.95. Belvoir festive fruit punch, £3.95. Opies cherries in kirsch, £7.95. Christmas shortbread, £4.95. Gingerbread santa, £3.95. The Treat Kitchen gin & tonic bon bons, £12.95. Stocking chocolate, £5.50. Elf gingerbread, £3.95. Restoration Yard Christmas pudding, £5.50. The Treat Kitchen strawberry & prosecco bon bons, £12.95. Opies peaches in Courvoisier, £7.95. Mr Stanley’s chocolate hip flask, £5.50. Whittards hot chocolate selection pack, £14.25. Butlers truffle crackers, £2.95 each. Sprout truffles, £8.95. Chocolate wreath, £4.50. Ross & Ross homemade curing kit…bacon, £22.00. Bakedin Gin & Tonic cupcake kit, £19.95. Restoration Yard chutney mini hamper, £16.95. The LITTLES So Christmas is all about the kids. Give them joy, fun and a sprinkling of unicorn (and dinosaur) magic. From top left: Dinosaur lights, £29.95. Little People Big Dreams Coco Chanel book, £9.99. Letters to My Baby book, £12.99. Magical Unicorn Dreams book, £10. Baby Dragon book, £5.99. Little People Big Dreams Frida Kahlo book, £9.99. Luella pink & blue star cashmere sweaters, £34.95 each. Baby Unicorn book, £5.99. Ballet dancing peacock soft toy, £18. Pom pom lights, £31.95. The STOCKING FILLERS Stocking emptying on Christmas morning will see faces lit up with happiness – just add a few off-list gems that take them beyond screen time. From top left: Pom pom lights, £31.95. David Fussenegger blanket, £34.95. Dinosaur bingo, £16.99. Build a mega-bot, £12.95. Book end £15.95 for set. Cushion, £15.95. Tin Can alley game, £25.00. Dinosaur lights, £29.95. Bus puzzle, £10.95. Coin bank puzzles, £13.95 each. Wishing you all very happy Christmas and good luck with the gift sourcing and let us know how helpful you found our Christmas Gift Guide. RY.

Giving you the heads up on new season shopping Sisi Gibreel, Head of Retail at Restoration Yard talks prints, colour and just some of the new collections for autumn. Come in store to see for yourself. Happy shopping. What collections should we be looking out for this season? The store is full of beautiful new pieces. One of my favourite collections this autumn is the new season Vilagallo with all its beautiful prints and fabrics. I introduced this gorgeous brand last season with just a few of its pieces and everyone loved it so we have gone deeper into the collection for autumn/winter. It’s spot on trend. Its silk prints and colour combinations in the dresses and tops have a sophisticated allusion to Pucci. It’s only been on the rails a few days and already customers are loving the extra details that are synonymous with the label’s handwriting – like the lurex sparkle tuxedo trims on the beautifully tailored trousers. VILAGALLO SILK PRINT DRESS Knitwear is always a strong part of the RY offering. What have you picked up for autumn? Wyse London has nailed it again. The luxurious knits stand out because of its use of contrast colour trims on beautifully made, luxurious knits – neon pinks and greens on rich greys and navy. There is a relaxed elegance to the collection especially the loungewear hoodies with the star-detail cuffs. WYSE LONDON KNIT WYSE LONDON HOODIE & TRACK PANTS It’s autumn and after the cold winter last year what other cosy knits are you loving? Oh the other knitwear brand that’s exciting me is the lovely British brand Foxology. These gorgeous and clever pieces will become a must-have in every closet. FOXOLOGY Any must-have accessories? Well, it’s clear from our buying that I love uniqueness and quirkiness. So Pom Amsterdam scarves are looking amazing this season. It’s all about the contrast and again the printed fabrics. These scarves elevate every look from everyday to stand-out. POM AMSTERDAM SCARF Where to turn to for our autumn staples? Part Two just never goes wrong. From the mustard blouse to the classic belted coats, there are wardrobe staples in this collection that work for women, again and again. PART TWO SHIRT