Last week I drove out to Bicester Village for a morning with Lily Vanilli cakes as part of Bicester’s wedding month. If you haven’t been to Bicester before then you’re seriously missing out!! It’s a designer outlet village in Oxfordshire with discounted brands. From Alexandra McQueen to Allsaints, Cath Kidston and Mulberry amongst others such as Dior and Jimmy Choo. It’s always great for a shopping trip to pick up some bargains {brands are up to 60% off} but for the next couple of weeks if you’re looking for anything bridal related there are extra special events and boutiques {Oscar De Le Renta, Amanda Wakeley and Temperley London} filled with bridal gowns until the 20th March.

The village itself is a million times better than your usual indoor mall. The shops are all clad in New England style clapperboard, there are pretty gardens, plenty of free parking and some yummy restaurants to fuel up for a serious shopping mission. There’s also a train station on site so you can come direct from London or Oxford.
Farmshop by Soho House is one of the newest additions. It’s open all day for relaxed food in serious Soho House Style. Phoebe and I both agreed we could move in! That floor, the wood, the food!! All of the workshops are based here and we started with brunch and then moved onto our session with Lily.

I’d visited Lily’s bakery in Columbia Road before so knew we were going to be in for some seriou...