February 2012
3 posts
Selfridge Treasures
Absolutely LOVING the 25% off Diva jewellery collection they got goin’ on at Miss Selfridge at the moment… never seen so much beautiful discount jewellery in one place. Looks as if they’ve stepped up their innovative movements with some really interesting statement pieces that will definitely grab some attention - surprising since last time I browsed their jewellery collections I...
Elderly habits die hard
A jolly good friend of mine and I were thinking of doing a street style piece on… no not the usual hipster-types, but rather the senior citizens. I admire the older generation for the fact that a lot of things they are wearing have of course come back around in the fashion cycle, hence my frequent ganders to the local charity or vintage shop. Rather than taking the piss out of the standard...
January 2012
9 posts
The maxi: a symbolic example of how my taste can change quite dramatically with the wave of a new season. A fresh trend hits my subconscious in three steps: 1) I don’t like it because it’s new and everyone’s wearing it. 2) It begins to grow on me as I notice how gorgeous people are making it seem. 3) I become infatuated with it and make it my mission to wear it, whilst finding...
“Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects.”
– Arnold Glasgow
Festival Victims - dressed for the job
As in the Victorian era when people were expected to change their outfits several times a day appropriately according to what they were doing or attending, I can’t help imagining the equivalent to this today would be dressing appropriately to attend a festival, no matter what you would wear on an everyday basis. The inspiration for this post and an example of this is Wayne Rooney after...
Something old, something borrowed... a Catherine...
Wearing second-hand clothing for the entire 48 years of your life must be quite an achievement. On first sight it seems quite natural: she wears a charity shop-bought Windsmoor skirt of placement print, and she puts down her coffee and stands up as she raises her arms and demonstrates the fluidness of her 1920’s ‘crepe lace house shirty thing’. She gazes into the distance as she tries to recall...
“I am sitting on top of the world and I belong to nobody and nobody belongs to...”
– Lynda Field
December 2011
2 posts
An Individual
It might seem that unique style is nothing new and therefore common, but you can be nothing but unique if you want to stand out, since what’s common isn’t unique.
November 2011
5 posts
Who sampled? →
‘Exploring and discussing the DNA of music’: this must be one of my most-visited. Almost every time, the original is better than the cover. It never ceases to surprise me how many new releases are derived from a good sample; next to nothing is new in music nowadays. ‘Sampling is an artform that has spawned many musical genres and underlies a flurry of endless musical...
Nobody quite like me?
I’d like to think I’m open-minded. I tend to look at things from all angles and in many different people’s shoes. ~ I used to do it more in the past, but I still occasionally get random ideas for new inventions, and unfortunately I always forget to make a note of them. I really admire things where you think, ‘How the hell did they come up with that idea?’ ~ I’m...
Beauty Is in the Eye of the Retailer
Orange is a truly no-go colour for me when it comes to clothing: it is one of my least favourite colours and clashes terribly with my hair. I own an orange t-shirt - the sole reason for this is the fact that I bought it from Topshop. I know for a fact that if I saw the same t-shirt in Primark it would easily skip my vision and any suggestion of buying it would be met with a less than approving...
“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
– Socrates