If you don't want to be nude, wear a suit.

You think you can simply press rewind?

 

 

Vinatge i-D February 1988. Thats some goooooood shit.

For all this feminine charm is nothing but phlegm, blood, humours, gall. Just imagine all that is hidden in nostrils, throat and stomach…

Ok HI! Can we please just all quickly die a little over the Lanvin pre fall???? ok HI! Im behind the times. (Isn't that funny considoring its pre-fall 2010 and we aint even proper into spring yet? honestly sometimes my head can't cope with the fashion calendar???) anyway DEAL WITH IT. Also I don't know why this is writing in italics, but I hella like it. ok ok ok.

 

Ok sort of classytrashy layering, hoods fur and headscarves. Love that antique gold and that wine is devineeee. Roll on September, yaaaa. Oh hey my italics vanished. How fickle of you dear blogspot.
Hope youve all been enjoying the couture. Givenchy has been my favourite so far, and yours?




PS, post title from Morbid Anatomy. BIGLOVE.  hi italics welcome back. xxx

Don't blow bubbles with your straw.

i-D June 1988

I know I know I know, it has been four months and I still haven't posted anything from those vintage i-D magazines I got. I have no excuse. Well I scanned them at Christmas, so I promise soon soon soon (tomorrow yesyesyes) I will post some more from them. I am a lazy motherfucker.

Its easy for me.

I know I am lame, but I really like the T shirt that came free with this months Dazed?

Considoring it was a free gift, I mean.
I also like how in the label it says;
One Size Fits All
If it is too big for you. Eat more.
If it is too small. Diet.
If it fits you. Congratulations.

Makes me feel good coz it fits me super well. Well done to me.

Also while Im here I wanna show you the suitacase Kieran got from Oxfam yesterday for a fiver, he's transformed it into a case for all his pedals. We're going down to a rehearsal studios later so it will be handy as handy can be.

Do you love it?

You love it.

NEEDTOSEE

Do you understand what Im talking about?

OK ok ok okokok YES I decided to treat myself after yesterdays good deeds and buy myself the jumper. Dont judge ok. At least I didnt spend £85 on it like it should have been.

YES?

(Shirt: Vintage, Jumper: All Saints Spitalfields, Wonky eye: all mine baby.)

Haiti.

Heres a story.
Remember that Dries Von Noten jumper I was totally throwing up over? I found a completely amazing sort of similar one in All saints spitalfields. like totally totally perfect, and reduced from £85 to like, £33! like crazy! so nice. So Im thinking yeah, Im gonna buy that shit.

Heres another story.
On 12th january 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the richter scale hit Haiti. The capital city was devastaed, and tens of thousands - maybe hundreds of thousands - of people; men women children, were killed. Millions more were left injured and homeless. On top of all of this, gangs have started forming from the escaped prisoners meaning now no one can be safe.

So instead of buying this jumper, instead I decided to donate my days wages to Unicef and Oxfam. It might not have been much in the grand scheme of things (£50), however together we can do more. I urge everyone please to donate what they can to the people of Haiti.


UNICEF


MEDICINE SANS FRONTIERS (UK)


MSF international

DEC


OXFAM

 

Thank you for reading.

Please leave a comment if you have donated... I'll send you some cute shit.

Watch this

Soooo rad, Drew Barrymore is pretty much the shit. I got rollerskates for my birthday last year and this just makes me want to put them on and wear them every second of the day.

Thirteen little scared teeth

I have been lusting over pieces from the SixSixSick (such a rad name) girl's jewellry line Triskaidekaphobia (such an even radder name!) for months now, so I was super happy to see that its now available online HERE and HERE. The piece above, the Saw teeth and Human teeth double necklace is what I really really want, so I think its time to start saving, although with such a reasonable price range I dont think it will take much saving. wicked! I also love this:

I am so all over this.

So a few bits of pre-fall goodness have been making thier way onto the interwebs via the most stylish of bloggybloggers so Im sure this is late new by now, but when I saw the Proenza Schouler shots, I just had to show you guys here. I AM SO for this.

For me it sort of reminds me of the end of the Heathers when Winona Ryder goes up to that girl and kisses her on the cheek and shes all burn and battered and crazy and wearing that huge blazer and looking cool. But sort of a more polished gothy version of that. Do you understand me?

I just love the length and shape of this bat wing jumper over the shirt. You know I am all about jumpers over shirts in the winter (layers and all that) but it looks like Ill soon be buying an oversized black one and taking my scissors and sewing machine to it. If you look closelty and tilt your screens a bit, I think its also sort of ribbed? paired with the high waisted trousers is rad. Also I just love the electric blue leather, thats actually so crazy bones.

These are my two favourites of the peek. Two tone fur preppy jacket? O yes pleeease. And I just love how rad the oversized duffel with the grey and tarten is. I always love it when a look I love from womenswear is sort of just androgenous enough for me to be able to adapt it easily for me, and I think this is a good example and Im definately going to have it in my head next time I go shopping.

HAH!

What is this fuckery??? £215 for a rope necklace? are you MAD? Since like last November I have had a bit of an obsession with rope, so YES I do totaly love this shit, however you know I totally made like a million necklaces like this with coloured rope I bought from Hobbycraft for like 75p a metre.... They literally look IDENTICLE to this. This is like the only time I laugh at fashion, when its so obvious it thinks people will be stupid enough to pay crazy bones amounts for something they could make themselves. I am oh so amused.

Floral Plans

Hey woops, sorry for that last post I guess it was kind of a bit agressive. But you know I do like to swear, and you know I was proper pissed and upset about the tickets selling out soooooo... yknow deal with it.

Anywayanywayanyway, its time for a complete change of tempo. I was just looking through my fantastic book Modern Menswear that I got from the Borders sale (:( ) and it got me to thinking again about that shirt I just bought. Yknow I really do love it and plan on wearing it lots and lots, so it was nice to get some inspiration for a few outfit ideas. The above image is Blaak S/S 07 and I just love the dreamy quality of the images as well as the shirts. Androgony is totally my bag, and I think with something like my shirt its great to play up to that. I especially love the idea, as I said before, about pairing that with something hard and dangerous like my spikey bike bag and big black shiney boots.

This next image is of course wonderful Dries Van Noten, from A/W 07/08. I just utterly LOVE the sheerness of the deconstructed sweater over the pattern of the collared shirt. This is definately something I would like to try to make if I find some nice fabric. the huge neck is also wonderful, as I love to play with proportions (usually baggy on top, skinny down below, yagetme?).

This last image is Paul Smith S/S 07 and of course you know I love it for that amazing necklace. I really believe that amazing accessories can make an outfit even better, and statement necklaces are what Im all about. I really really really really would love love love love to own this piece.

All images scanned from Modern Menswear by Hywel Davies.

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FUCK YOU SEE TICKETS WHY DO YOU SNATCH MY DREAMS FROM ME? HOLE TICKETS WERE SUPPOSED TO GO ONLINE AT 9 SO WHY DIDNT THE LINK TO BUY TICKETS COME UP UNTILL FOUR MINUTES PAST? THATS FOUR MINUTES OF CONSTANT REFRESHING CONSTANT EXCITEMNT. AND THEN THE LINK WORKS, I ENTER MY DETAILS HARDLY ABLE TO BELIEVE IT AND THEN YOU TELL ME, YOU STUPID MOTHERFUCKERS, TO TRY AGAIN AND TO CHECK AVAILABILITY????? SO THIS I DID, FOUR TIMES. FOUR FUCKING TIMES BEFORE YOU BASTARDS TELL ME IT HAS SOLD OUT. SOLD OUT IN TEN FUCKING MINUTES!!!!!! WHY DID MY DETAILS NOT WORK YOU BASTARDS I WAS THERE BEFORE THEY SOLD OUT FILLING IN MY CARD DETAILS I HAD MY CARD NUMBER IN SHIFT+PASTE. AND NOW I WONT BE SEEING HOLE. NO COURTNEY FUN FOR ME. THIS IS THE WORST SHIT EVER AND I HOPE YOURE HAPPY SEE TICKETS BASTARDS. FUCK YOU.






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Arielle de Pinto - make me a Monster

Hey Mofos. OK yes I am back but I am half way through this bastard essay (1000 words left ugh) so I do deserve a break. And also do you know how annoying it is trying to write an essay with no backspace key, no left key and a green line permenantly down your screen? it is very annoying.

SO do you remember that mask I knitted a while ago? Well I was just perusing the interwebs, when I came across (via AnOther Loves) the wonderful work of jewellry designer Arielle de Pinto. WOW! She has created this completely amazing hand made technique working with metal, where I guess she sort of knits it? or like crochet? I literally have no idea, but it is so beautiful. Sort of like when you go into antique shops, like the sort of ones that just have rooms and rooms of assorted junk, and like in the corner you find this one beautiful musty dusty creation and its just lovely. yeah, thats what its like. The new 2010 collection carries over key styles and looks from the 2009 collection, however with the help of a really stunning look book, it is like the pieces are compleely transformed into something from a weetzie bat dream. Im especially drawn to the monster mask, but I would love any other of the pieces, so gooood.

 

 

All images from Arielle de Pinto's website www.Arielledepinto.com - check it out yo!

YOUR MISSION:

FIND ME AND SEND ME CANDY MAGAZINE OK PLZ THANKS????

ugggh it looks so bangin its not even truuue.
Read this supercool interview with Luis Venegas at PonyStep. I want it so bad! WHY DO I ALWAYS FIND OUT ABOUT THESE THINGS TOO FUCKING LATE?

ALSO

Im quite suddenly very desperate for white hair again? Maybe this time I will stop being such a freak for DIY haircuts and go to a colourist or something. Or maybe not. I just dont want my scalp to burn off.

http://www.byluisvenegas.com/candy.html
www.facebook.com/candymagazine

Hello essay I hate you please go away.

YA! Its the first of (probably) many essay avoidance posts! yipee! IN MY DEFENCE my internet hasnt been working most of the day, so I HAVE been doing lots of reading and I have managed just under 500 words (just under a quarter? eek). I also managed to tidy my room? AND its a good job I did coz i sorta found the source of a certain smell thats been in there the last few days... cat wee on my skinny jeans? ok ok ok too much information, Iamusuallycleanipromiseivejustbeenreallybusy ok ok ok. So anyways, because my internets have been jammed, I havent been able to get onto spotify which was hella annoying at first, but then kinda fun coz it made me get out all of my old favourite CDs. so yeah here is just a selection of songs Ive been listening to (lazypost):





(I hate those fan made clipart youtube videos, but whatevr just close your eyes)


This was the first time I ever heard Martha wainwright back in 2005, and Ive never looked back. I cant remember if Ive seen her twice or three times now, but she is so incredible I really think I need to see her again again. Oh it is definately 3, maybe 4 actually.



I also started watching the Karen Carpenter story today. I sort of feel like theres been a few made? well this one was sorta sweet like late 80s early 90s sorta vibe. I mean it was sort of terrible like one of those cheap ones made for lifetime (is that right?) but I enjoyed it so far, plus i loveloveolove the carpenters. I think Ill finish watching it tomorrow.



Recently Ive done a couple of posts which are basically just songs and nothing more, so sorry if these are boring and clog up yo bloglovin, but basically sometimes I just don't know what to write.

You could go as the plastic bag from American Beauty

Hey heres that bag I was telling you kids about. I got it at that same market for just £10! CRAZY BONES! Its made completely out of bike parts (well apart from the straps and the zips? so I guess not COMPLETELY...), the main material is the inner wheel tubes, and the spikes are made from the valve things. OH YEAH YOU CAN TELL I TOTALLY KNOW WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT. Anyway the point is its ran and I love it. Its like totally power bitch bondage GOTH, but that doesnt matter to me, in fact suddenly I love power bitch bondage goth. Anyway Im thinking that pairing it with something dainty (My new floral shirt and some brogues, say) will be some totally awesome oxymoronic funtime outfit that I plan to wear a plenty in the coming months. Well Im thinking early spring, anyways.

my hair is a mess.