I wonder what Victoria’s Secret is meant to be

Saturday, 7 November 2009, 17:30 | Category : Random musings
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Is it the underwear? Is that secret, because you wear it underneath your clothes? I’m confused. Anyway, Victoria’s Secret launched a search for a new angel – which, presumably, means you get to parade down the catwalk in a €300,000 bra flapping giant angel wings and winking at the cameras – and here is its [...]

Jimmy Choo and H&M – again

Saturday, 7 November 2009, 17:04 | Category : Designer collaborations
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Is it just me or is this Jimmy Choo-H&M mashup getting a lot of airtime? (No time for linkage as am on a deadline and getting utterly distracted by random everythings.) Anyway, here’s a video of Choo founder Tamara Mellon showcasing their H&M collection. I kind of feel like I’m over it already; I’ve seen [...]

Books, books, more books . . .

Saturday, 7 November 2009, 16:59 | Category : Random musings
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There’s really nothing more satisfying, especially around Christmas, than sitting down in front of a nice, warm fire with some mince pies and a decent book. I might do a book recommendation post (based on things I’d love to be getting, if I hadn’t already read them!) at a future date, but for [...]

Saturday-perfect photography

Saturday, 7 November 2009, 14:00 | Category : photography
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So Fred Lebain takes pictures of interesting scenes, then goes back weeks later, holds these poster-sized photographs up against “the real thing”, and photographs that. To me, this is a Baudrillard-like experiment: superimposing reality against reality to see which is the more real, which is the more false, where is Disneyworld? Perfect photography for a [...]

Before and afters

Saturday, 7 November 2009, 11:00 | Category : Inspiration
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There’s something horrendously compelling about makeovers, and I’m not just talking about the TV makeover type of thing: no, I’m talking home makeovers. There are people all over making over their homes, and doing a jolly good job of it. Oh I feel very British now, “jolly good” and so on. But check it:

These shots [...]