Friday, 6 November 2009

Birthday Wishlist

My birthday is looming and what's the harm in creating a very unrealistic wishlist? No harm at all, I don't think. So, feel free to get me whatever you want, but obviously I'd rather it be from the list. Much love xx

A giant bowl of Lucky Charms

Zara Simon Bird Pendant

Hermes Ashtray

A Parisian Armoire

A House in London

A Brownstone in Manhattan

A night in the cinema watching the original Gray Gardens

A Philip Treacy Creation

Timothy Walker's Book

A YSL cocktail ring

A DL & Co candle

A hot chocolate in Manhattan's Serendipity

A photo of myself taken by Terry Richardson or...

Juergen Teller

My very own Polly Morgan

A persian cat

A Pandora pearl cocktail ring

A Michael Kors watch

A bottle of Bond No9, Coney Island

A Chanel Bag

A Barbour Jacket

Thursday, 5 November 2009

Musical Friday

Girls - Laura

Cats In Paris - Foxes

Devendra Banhart - Baby

Grizzly Bear - Knife

Plastiscines - Bicyclette

Cass McCombs - The Executioner

Shit Robot - Simple Things (Work It Out)

Timber Timbre - Oh Messiah

Weird War - Mental Poisoning

Wolf Parade - Modern World

Joanna Newsom - Sprout And The Bean

Blogspotted: The Selby

You must, must, must go on this blog. The Selby is like The Sartorialist for interiors. It focuses on images taken in creative people's homes, stores, studios and everywhere in between. The photography is totally scrummy and the places... well, let's just say if you don't feel at least a twinge of jealousy there's something wrong with you. It's also a great place to get inspiration if you feel like giving your pad a little make over. I also love taking a sneak peek into other people's lives. Who knew bieng nosey could feel so delicious?

http://theselby.com/

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

J Smith Esquire Online Shop

Like most of you out there, I love the excitement of waiting for something ordered online to arrive. The thrill of signing for an asos package or rummaging through polystyrene balls to uncover a DVD from amazon is something that brightens up five minutes in the day. But the big thrills, the really, really special ones don't come cheep. But, really, who cares?

J Smith Esquire, bespoke millinery extraordinaire, has put his beautiful creations online for us all to buy. Imagine a giant elephant trunk arriving on your doorstep! Each piece is completely individual and the hairdresser turned hat-making genius has made a great move by supplying his hats to everyone and everything.

My fave is a beautiful pheasant, curled around horse hair Swarovski crystals, glass beads and much more. £650... better start saving. Do you think the price includes postage and packaging?

http://jsmithesquireshop.com/index.php

Documentary: Vive Le Punk

'Vive Le Punk' is a 1993 documentary that has only recently been seen. It focuses on the build up of The Chamber of Pop Culture's first exhibition. It also contains the only (apprently) filmed conersation between Westwood and creative partner Malcolm McLaren, where they talk about their designs and ideas.

i-D magazine said '...the result is a remarkable, insightful, comic, uncomfortable, wonderful and charming documentation...'

Sounds rather good, doesn't it?

Blogspotted: Vivian Maier, Her Discovered Work

"In 2007, a Chicago estate agent stumbled across an astonishing visual archive of mid-century America. So began one man's mission to rediscover Vivian Maier: nanny, eccentric and 'photographer extraordinaire."

Vivian Maier was a French nanny who photographed Chicago from the 1950's to the 1970's. Her beautiful, poignant and sometimes humerous documentations of a city through thirty decades are so historically important, it's amazing to think her work has only been discovered recently.

The link at the bottom of this post will send you to a lovely blog where you can really explore her work. Or you can read this brilliant article to discover more about the mysterious woman who captured an America that only seems real in the movies. It's really interesting, so give it a read.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/little-miss-big-shot-fifties-america-exposed-ndash-by-a-french-nanny-1811040.html