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On trend
From the Pre-Spring 2013 edition of i-D magazine, courtesy of Givenchy comes word of the latest trend in high fashion: babies. Forget handbags, watches and bangles – the only thing to have hanging from...
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T-Shirt Party
Now, being a girl and all, you could probably guess that your pal Julia is as much in love with all things fashion as any Fake Bake-ed WAG-wannabe. And although you would be right, it is also true...
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Street Portraitist
Spent an afternoon in the park taking pictures with the Street Portraitist and this was the happy result. It is always interesting to watch someone learn by doing it, figuring out what works and what...
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Stop being a sap!
spray-on leggings Yes, you read that right. Release your inner anarchist in a Sid Vicious meets Agyness Deyn ensemble That sound you can hear is either Sid spinning in his grave or me banging my head...
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I get a continued kick out of the fact that one of the most popular posts on this here ten minutes hate of mine continues to be the one called ‘stop being a sap!’ which features Joe Strummer’s words...
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Save the Silas!
And that is as much politics as I can handle this weekend. Have a story instead… Back in the day, when I was a yoot (that is eight or so years ago) I was an avid collector of Silas. I think I was...
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At a recent re-union with my two close friends, I went through my archive to find photographs from our collective past, remember photographs? Actual hard copies, actual physical images? I had a...
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Ageism: the last taboo?
Grace Jones, Kate Bush, Deborah Harry, Madonna, Patti Smith, Annie Lennox. Undeniably all iconic musicians, yet before any talk of their craft, their artistry, the principal thing mentioned is their...
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Thinkover – wearable artworks by Fanni Kopacsi
Clothes do maketh the person. We are all ourselves, essentially a blank canvas to broadcast to the outside world our beliefs and attitudes. Freelance artist Fanni Kopacsi, Founder of Thinkover –...
View ArticleRampant anti-hipsterism
I have been having a lot of fun in recent weeks taking the mickey out of the hipper inhabitants of my neighbourhood. Ripping them for their lack of irony, helping a friend to surreptitiously take...
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