I quite literally snorted with laughter on the Tube as I read Christopher Hart's review in The Sunday Times of the new restaurant 'Texture' in London.  Every dish was supposedly covered a muscus like foam and tea was served in test tubes.  Still, what is hard to work with successfully in food is an altogether different matter in fashion.

Aerluxe is an online boutique based in New York that stocks mostly indie American designers that are what most would describe as 'effortless chic'.  I normally have trouble getting my head round this misleading oft-used phrase as it's not something that I clamour for in my clothes.  However, when there are genuinely interesting things going on in these 'easy/breezy' pieces, I can't possibly object.  Funnily enough, my favourite pieces from Aerluxe are full of texture and rather foam-like in colour (assuming that you all feel that foam is neutral in colour and quite airy and light).  Lightweight fleece, soft cashmere, wispy mohair and distressed leather all in airy, cloudy colours.      

I'll say no to the 'vermilion foam that suggests a slug that has just encountered a particularly venomous pellet' that was slopped over a pumpkin, walnut and stilton dish at Texture and a big yes to Aerluxe's foamy softly delish pieces. 

P.S. I should really be turned off by any mention of food considering how much I ate over the holidays but what can I say... I'm a self-confessed grubby fingered foodie...