Last week our international sales team jetted off to Japan with UKTI as part of a scheme to showcase young British brands in the Japanese fashion market. The rest of us were obviously green with envy.

To make matters worse, the jetsetters sent a constant stream of pictures back to MiH HQ to keep us all up to speed with their adventures.

Here are a few of our favourite photos. If you like what you see, visit our Facebook page for more.

If you are in London this weekend, we recommend you visit the John Stezaker exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery. Here are 3 reasons why:

1. Stezaker’s art is brilliant. His work strikes the perfect note between sinister and amusing or sombre and light-hearted. His collages are all cut and stuck by hand and he is clearly no perfectionist when it comes to sticking, but this definitely adds to the charm. Regardless of certain imperfections his work is very cleverly put together and really plays with perspective and space

2. The clocks go forward. Instead of sitting around mourning the hour you lost, make the most of the lovely weather and get cultured.

3. The gallery is only a short walk from Columbia Road flower market. We can think of nothing better than taking a stroll in the sun to get a beautiful bunch of spring flowers.

Chloe’s little sister Storm spotted an awesome photo opportunity whilst doing a spot of Christmas shopping in Urban Outfitters this week. It’s safe to say we will be picking up a few of these little gems for the MiH showroom.