Catching my eye this week are these incredible sunglasses by Kirk Originals and the beautifully illustrated Street Food Journal…

And they complement each other perfectly really; who doesn’t like to wear their coolest shades while prowling new cities for local foods and tastes? Re-launched this year, London brand Kirk Originals has the most stunning sunglasses designs I’ve seen for a while. The bold frames are inspired by re-discovered 1950s & 60s frames and fold into their designs moments of art, film, music and fashion. With Italian acetate frames handcrafted in the Jura region of France, each style is limited in number and makes you feel like a movie star the minute you put them on. Trust me on this one. They just do. Start saving your pennies now and check the women’s range here.

The Street Food Journal is a notebook with an illustrated A-Z of street food from the world over. With blank lined pages for your own foodie notes, observations, poems, thoughts, etcetera. From burritos to pretzels and the Chinese yang rou chuan (skewers of marinated lamb), the watercolours are by Stockholm-based illustrator Sophia Augusta. An excellent gift for others and self – if, like me, you are an incurable stationary addict! ‘My pile of notebooks’; blog post coming soon… 

The Street Food Journal sent for review and sunglasses samples on loan…