Pop-up cake, fancy tablecloths and sparkles

This was the scene that greeted myself and a good friend as we wandered toward Castle Gibson on Stoke Newington Road one fine Sunday afternoon. That, and this:

It was a quite splendid mixture of Lily Vanilli cakes (albeit models) and House of Hackney‘s original and exciting fabrics, featuring, to name just one design theme, a range of animals in unusual situations…