The socio-political power of the slogan tee.
Somerset House’s mane attraction (geddit?) this winter is a major exhibition celebrating the remarkable 40-year career of legendary hairstylist Sam McKnight. McKnight has created some of fashion’s most recognisable styles – think Princess Diana’s slicked back bob, Tilda Swinton channeling David Bowie and Kate Moss’ trademark tousled tresses. He has created over 100 Vogue UK covers and […]
Ahhh, fashion (to be sung in the style of the theme music to Gok Wan’s Fashion Fix)! For every stylish item, cleverly constructed outfit or tasteful trend, there has been bad taste and vulgarity, the shady yin to fashion’s shiny yang. Sometimes, the distinction is thinly veiled, à la Christopher Kane’s floral print Crocs shown at […]
It’s got to the stage where if I don’t write something about the V&A’s big new exhibition, You Say You Want a Revolution: Records & Rebels 1966-70, it’ll be bloody over (jokes, you’ve got until Feb next year, but still). So I’ma just blurt out my thoughts as they pop into my head, instead of the […]
In a bid to reignite my creative mojo, I’m currently reading The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. I mentioned one of the book’s main tools in my last post, but the other concept is The Artist Date, which I’m yet to get rolling with. The Artist Date is basically a weekly block of time: “…especially […]
Following my recent visit – and ensuing gush-fest – to Jimi Hendrix’s restored London flat last month, shortly afterwards I got invited to a secret Jimi Hendrix-inspired gig. Now, although I’m not a gambling girl (lol, apart from my aspiration of being a pastel-hued bubble-permed old lady whiling away my retirement years on the slots in […]
Find your Inner Sanctum waaay up high, in London's Walkie-Talkie building, of all places
For luxury cabaret done the 2014 way, head to Rosewood London for an evening of total titillation
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