Jewl of the week!

This evil number will sure to cause a stir in the eye of a curtain some one or at least blind him with a slight light reflection, a great new conversation starter! Use DINOSAURS at check out to receive your 10% off discount!

Enjoy and keep the blinding safe!

REFRESHERS for our FRESHERS!

We are proud to, unofficially announce (secretly from NUS), that we will be around at our local freshers fair to support our students in Portsmouth and Southsea. As we all know they have had a hard year this year with lack of places and loans beign late as always. So as they trot, like we once did (from our roots), we are going to spoil them with sweets! While reminding them also to register with local dentist.

We hope you all enjoy and we will surely get few photos of the young ones to cherish their innocent times before they get unleashed to the dark depths of Portsmouth night life!!!

Peas and love Nikki B

Love Albert Road Day!

Albert Road Day was amazing as ever! Nikki and eye where handing out Lolly's in celebration to Albert Road and Local companies of Southsea! Had such an amazing night as so many others! thanks so much to the organiser that again made it one not to forget hope that the weather keeps up for freshers fair next week! Amazing!

See all the photos on our face book page (Click Link Bellow)

Urban spark at Fash/On event Portsmouth

We at Urban Spark are going to be showcasing our 'jules collection'on the catwalk at a local fashion event to us in Southsea. The event is going to be held on the 8th of October at Portsmouth university, Eldon Building. We shall also be having a stall where you can purchase our jules. I, Nikki S, am helping organise the event so am really looking forward to it as we can meet other Southsea retailers (including Rokii, dead man's glory, deluded, style and the city, beautiful me, individual threads etc) So if our local to Southsea please do come along.
Nikki S
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Oooo la London fashion week ! S/S 2010

For the past four seasons I've been lucky enough to check out all the action from behind the scenes at LFW, working backstage. It's always pretty wild with broken shoes, smudged makeup, lost shorts, blood on clothing (stupid women) etc etc. Here's some snaps I managed to get at various shows from S/S 10, including Basso and Brooke, Henry Holland, Richard Nicolls, Louise Goldin and Redbull fashion factory. As luck would have it, my camera decided to be a pain the asssss and go all blurry on me. I personally think it makes it all look a little dreamy.

At the Richard Nicolls show I was able to get a cheeky picture of a beautiful Chinese model I was dressing, wearing a bit of Spark jewellery. Think she works the lamina well!

Red bull factory show -graduate show

The Gradute show held by The Redbull fashion factory I thought was the most impressive as with these designers, there are no restrictions, always ambitious. The scale of the dresses blew me away! The models were so elegant and walked beautifully and with grace, it was amazing..especially with the size of heel they were subjected to.

Catwalk Genius write about Urban Spark

Helen at Catwalk Genius has written some lovely things about Urban Spark on their blog.

If you havent been on catwalk genius yet, you really must. Support freshh designers and get some finds that arent on the high street.

Love Albert Rd Day!

This Sunday LOVE ALBERT ROAD DAY, it has come! a whole nover year has whizzed by and the street festival is this Sunday. Me and Nikki are so existed! this year will be working representing spark delights on our roller blades giving out badges sweets and discounts for Urban Spark as we are a local business that love our Southsea scene (roots)!

This year 5 stages on the streets

Albert Rd Singers

Batala

The Pompy Plucker's

The Sound of Steel

Alistair Goodwin

Andrew Foster

Full line up

After Party: DJ Derek!

Cant wait going to be so much fun!

Peas and love, Nikki B

Starfish gem of the week!

Gem of the week, Starfish necklace beaUti! Grab that yummy blocks attention with cheeky glisten from the necklace! get 10% OFF use DINOSAURS at check out!

The Fashion Guide

Delighted we are now as we have see this giveaway up on such a recognised and respected site. These giveaways will be ending soon so get in there quick! xx (we are going to run out of stock!)
Peas and luv Nikki B

Bryony Fripp

Bryony Fripp graduate from Bournemouth University (not far from our neck of the woods) has created beautifully quaint illustrations that are elegantly adorable and make us feel as if we are looking at poetry in drawn form.

We were lucky enough to be at the UNTOLD event this week and met her after already admiring the illustrations she had done for the event earlier that day. Although, now after seeing her website I feel that she was keeping these lovely gems hidden away! These prints/illustrations on clothes are a dream boat! I just had to share with you!

UNTOLD fashion week event!

Thanks so much to the lovely MyNewBestFriends Kimberly, we were invited to the UNTOLD event in Kingston, The Kensington Rooms. I whisked away our Urban Spark fashion writer Beth May Hall and photographer Caz GotSoul.


The event warmly welcomed us to truly stunning and charming peaces and people. The show featuring designers Onescouture, Mononoko, Oyinda, Pia Loves, Maame Baryeh London and MA:LE

Each collection really complimented each other And the Pai Loves My personal favourite simply oozed a fun and energetic st lye that Urban Spark girls love! The evening was a superb success from my view, we met some lovely people and saw some fabulous clothes, thank you so much agan MyNewBestFriends! I will re-blog Beth's full fashion review later in the week!

We Love Desirable!

Oh, what a funny few weeks it has been, up an down like a roller coaster that has induced a few to many bottles of Cherry Lambrini, (lol). Though we were delighted to roll (merry-ly) across this lovely little find called Disirable.co.uk. The adorable blog is filled with a great mix of fashion, music, , home furnishings, FOOD (which we love!) and all things nice with lots of spice I might add. this is one def saved to the favorites list and we are really flatted to be included in a beautiful feature!

Urban Spark do Portobello Market

Yes! We at Urban Spark are so soo soooo excited to be finally hitting up Portobello market for four weeks no less! We shall be there every Saturday starting from September 26th -October 17th. Do pencil these dates in your diary as we would love to meet you. Expect to see myself Nikki S, and Nikki B dressed up in (would you call it fancy dress?) as well as the full 'Jules' Collection making an appearance..as well as some treats for you guys. Don't miss. X

Urban Spark competition with 'The Fashion Guide'

These past weeks we've gone wild for competitions, trying to give you lovely ladies as many chances as possible to win some 'jules' with online publications such as Whispermag, Bon Bon Rose Blog and Fashion in my Eyes blog to name a few. We are therefore happy to announce another competition for those of you who have not been fortunate of late, win a brooch from our 'Jules Collection'.

Simply visit The Fashion Guide's page and follow the competition guidelines for a chance to win.

Nikki S
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Fashion Addict

Jule of the week!

Jule of the week! Wed Love for the Sea me mirror! we love this little number cute and small but will be sure to glint a little bit of light to the beauty on the other side of the bar, get him to buy you a cocktail, Cashasa always! 10% OFF use DINOSAURS at check out.

Bestival Blues

Unfortunately myself and Nikki S are unable to go experience the heat wave that is going to pass though the festival event of the year, although sitting the office we have spoke about our costumes. Mine would be a packet of space raiders, just thought you would like to know x

Nikki B (sad face)

Festival of ********** 27th-29th November

You know what is now only 106 days away, can you believe it all the festivities including the cold weather is slowly dawning on us.

Though I thought I would let you know in advanced about The Festival of you know what! It is full of tidings and cheer, malt wine and holly, and now urban spark. We will be for the first year apart of the festival as well as Christmas (ahh dare I say it!) We will be in the Storehouse getting rather merry and hoping that some happy go-ers may choose our gems to give as a modern frankincense and merr to fellow friends and family, looking forward to it greatly!

so 106 days till the big day and only 78 days till the festival which will be on the 27th to the 29th of November, located in the Old Doc yards in Portsmouth, can not wait!

Peas and love

Nikki B x

For the Siren inside you!

Fashion Insight

The lovely Fashion Insight has now added us to their wonderful website, thanks so much as your newsletters keep us with up to date with all the latest fashion info!

Customer Spot light: Holly Mcsweeney wearing the Silver Etchant Necklace

Describe your style in a few words:

I can't describe my style in a few words from fear of categorizing myself - Its so easy to become trapped into a fashion stereotype and I hate that! I like to try a bit of everything and play around with what I think suits me. You are more likely to find me in a charity shop than you are TopShop, purely because I don't want to wear the same t-shirt and jeans as everyone else! Up until quite recently I refused to wear dresses and skirts... but I've dropped that stigma now and it feels fabulous to go girly one day and boyish the next.

What do you love?

I love people, poetry, hilarity and coffee. Oh... and Documentary! My favourite thing to do is sit in a coffee shop, it's honestly where I feel most inspired! I like watching people! It gives me ideas for things to write and make. As strange as it sounds, sitting silently in my own little world when all about me is hustle and bustle gives me a warm glow of inspiration, I love that. I also love stand up poetry and comedy and good british humor, laughing at my own jokes, laughing at myself laughing at my own jokes and totally rocking out in my car to a song I love when I know other drivers are watching. Ha. That totally cracks me up!


Music of the moment:

I am totally in love with Kate Nash... (And did so before foundations thank you very much.) Purely because she is more poet than singer. I am trying to learn some of her songs on my guitar! I also love Regina Spektor, Spank Rock and Dizzee Rascal. I actually do love everything as cliche as that sounds... except for bands that are mad at their Dads. Ha. I'm a huge fan of acoustic versions of otherwise totally non-acoustic songs. The Fray - Heartless is Gorgeous! I love it!


What do you do?

I am a graduate from Bournemouth university where I studied Television Production and specialised as an Editor, I worked on numerous dramas and documentaries, my most recent piece of work being a documentary presented directed and edited by me called "A Trifle Messy". It is about a fetish called sploshing - and I get sploshed at the end! At the moment though... in the height of this job stealing recession, I am working in a bar to save money to hopefully move to London in the New Year where I can be in the thick of the television industry. My dream is to make documentaries.... OR to produce a cooking programme filthier than Nigella! In the mean time though I am working on a few small creative projects as well as writing a bit of my own poetry!

Link to my documentary

Helping out our friends

buy your tickets now for the Fashion Rocks show in London from http://www.mynewbestfriends.co.uk/ Its going to be a wonderful evening, we just can not wait!

Urban Spark featured on Hippyhippy Chic blog!

Kat at Hippy Hippy Chic Blog kindly featured us on her lovely blog! Go have a peek at it to see some preview pictures of our press pack contents as well as checking out which 'jules' pieces she loves!

Thanks Kat! X

Our first debut...radio chit chat live on Express FM

Myself and Nikki Bruce whipped off to Express Fm studios in Portsmouth for a cheeky interview with Darren Gamblem. Things from the get go didnt run so smooth. Ended up in the wrong building in the wrong part of town. Ditsy designers we are. Radio talkers we are not. We discussed all things Urban Spark, from influences, and the design process to where we'd be in 5 years time. All in all it was a bit of a giggle (though judging from the above pictures of our expressions, you'd think me and Nikki were looking for the nearest exits!) Might have to learn how to speak though before we try that again...

A thank you goes go out to the Express Fm team that we met, especially to Lara who has been a gem to us at Urban Spark! Big love

Nikki S
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