copy cat chloe

oh, hello.

so there was always something about this autumn/winter chloe blouse that fascinated me a little bit. the floppy bows, the slightly disgusting colour, the pleats and of course the general swashbuckling highwayman vibes, all contributed to my sense of confusion. but oh, how it was a happy confusion - all nuzzled among peachy satin layers and fields of golden corn...

so asos (read: ace-os) have clearly upped their ante this year, and why wouldn't they - being pretty much the only store to be booming (and beaming, no doubt) through the rough recession times. the 'black' range is awesome, the outlet store houses some diamonds in the rough, and now they have sufficiently translated this very chloe blouse, with a slightly more bedsheet-like colour and a certain...baggy appeal.

is it a little bit more questionable? yes.
but... is it a lot more cheapy cheap? ye-ess.

go, asos, go!

space race

just general spacey goodness. and fireworks.

tomorrow is bonfire night, of course - so have a good one and be sure to create some of your own stars in our cloudy night skies...(safely ;))

flickr, all saints fireworks dress, frieze art fair photo, with nail polish, nasa picture of the day, jasmine de milo 'universe' jacket aka. BEST JACKET EVER

giles for new look

pretty awesome preview of gold, giles deacon's range for new look, landed in my inbox this morning - the latest (and 9th!) incarnation of which is set to land in stores next monday...

described as based around the theme of 'modern british glamour at it's finest', i'd say its the best gold collection yet. after all, its about time giles' regular efforts for the high-street chain came into their own, and i am sure this will be reflected come monday in this collection being snapped up faster than you can say 'get your freak on, giles deacon...'

you know what i want, babe...

'cool guys like you out of my life.'






dev, julian, tom s.c.u.m. just cool guys, with cool clothes, in cool bands.
plus one of a zillion quotable quotes from heathers, aka. best film alive.

ps. yes, double post, cos i've been away (shout out to my host, who is the only guy i know cool enough to pull off a pink visor...word.)

knightcat, unknown

the swinton does acne

new new new acne paper - feat. a superbly styled swinton, as photographed by the superb paolo roversi. just beautiful.




as acne succeed their reign over northern european fashion by subsequently conquering the entire fashion globe, their latest and greatest issue of the Acne paper makes a statement with a show-stopping tilda: inspired by the distinctly eccentric italian heiress marchesa luisa casati, no less. who, i am told, wore live snakes as necklaces and was attended by a bevy of nude servants - now that is fiercespiration...*

*cringe.

original idea on a tuesday #2: plaid on plaid

a cobrasnake chick pulling off plaid-on-plaid admirably: managing to avoid looking like (a) she's just got out of bed (b) is a poorly-paid children's entertainer, or (c) indeed, a checkerboard. i put it down to that nonchalant, knowing smile and casually side-swept hair. bravo mademoiselle plaid, bravo.

diy denim dreamz

so...henry holland spring/summer 2010.

totally d.i.yable, right? that is if you are an industriously-minded sort who is a dab-hand with scissors, sewing...and can handle the pressure of patchwork denims. the most i can personally deal with is chopping off the sleeves of my skanky old t-shirts from time to time - but, perhaps, one denim-hued day, i will pluck up the courage to emulate the big H myself...

you will all, of course, be first to view that carnage.

photos: icanteachyouhowtodoit

i want to ride my bicycle

photographer viktor vauthier has a fetish for scantily-clad ladies in unseemly positions (go figure). but the long-haired frenchman also has a fetish for demurely-clad ladies on bicycles, which is nice.

sometimes, of course, the two combine, but this is viktor after all. i love the dual layer effect on these. conclusion: i want a lovely bicycle - and a sun, thank you very much.