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I bought I am Pilgrim last year. Didn’t read it immediately. Big mistake. I am totally engrossed, started it yesterday, cannot put it down and would recommend it to anyone who likes espionage type thrillers. The perfect gift for such a person. Amazon’s blurb (click on image to go to Amazon) says: Can you commit […]
MoreLovely first Haute Couture collection by bridal designer, Delphine Manivet, shown on one of my favourite lifestyle blogs, CoolChicStyleFashion, today. Read more about her and this collection on Vogue: Delphine Manivet ‘s Paris Couture Debut … Whilst not exactly daywear – or, er, wheelchair friendly wear – my two fave looks are those below. Even […]
MoreI’ve spent the last hour checking out the work of fashion illustrator and animation artist, Jo Ratcliffe. Interesting and worth your time if you’re into either of these things. I started with a short Crane TV video, below, then looked up Jo’s work on Youtube and finally clicked about her Jo Ratcliffe website. My favourite […]
MoreReading Henri Matisse Inspires Roger Vivier’s Summer 2015 Rendez-Vous Collection on Blouin ArtInfo reminds me that I must get to Henri Mattise: The Cut-Outs exhibition at the Tate Modern before it ends on September 7. With Matisse and Malevich (to 26 October 2014) exhibitions running concurrently at the moment, Tate Modern is a must visit on my […]
MoreJelly, raspberries, lime syrup … summer. No more to say. Instructions below (with thanks to The Sunday Times). Have a great weekend.
MoreInteresting reading on Blouin ArtInfo: Franck Sorbier Channels … about the influences and techniques behind his latest Haute Couture collection: Titled “Poemes,” the collection, presented July 9, was a succession of long, sensual dresses of floral lace or delicate, hand-painted organza. The designer patch-worked vintage silk fabric and laces, woven ribbons, and embroidered raffia, and used […]
MoreSo, it’s the hottest day of the year pretty much, time to roll out the winter woollies, no? I’m thinking this Maxi Muffler by Wool and the Gang might be just the thing in wheelchair, or not, chic come the autumn? £120 to buy or £70 for a do-it-yourself knit-kit from a fun site for […]
MoreExtract from a review (click across to read in full) – Blouin ArtInfo, Formally Perfect and Utterly Fleeting: Dennis Hopper Photographs at the Royal Academy to October 19, 2014: “It’s a joy,” [Cartier-Bresson] once explained to me in an interview. “It’s an orgasm. You guess and you’re sure.” The photographer would stalk his prey like a […]
MoreI know, I’m a sucker for a pretty package and mascara doesn’t come any prettier than this Grandiose example of the to-die-for cosmetic from Lancome – seriously, can there be such a thing? Whatever, D has his instructions and will be at his local corner shop – which just happens to be Selfridges whilst he […]
MoreI’m not a Lagerfeld or Chanel fangirl by and large but who doesn’t love a beautiful pussy like Karl Lagerfeld’s Choupette who, according to Fashion Gone Rogue is: “slated to headline a holiday makeup collection [for Shu Uemura] called Shupette which is reported to feature items such as furry false lashes with fun quotes from […]
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