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Curiosities

Sound of Music flashmob in Centraal Station, Antwerp

April 10, 2010 Curiosities

VERY cheering. (via Emma at Belgian Waffle)

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If Fonts Were Dogs…

April 5, 2010 Curiosities

If fonts were dogs by Grafisches Büro (via Momoko Mashups & Graham Smith)

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LLG EXCLUSIVE! Behind the scenes with Christian Louboutin & Fashionair

March 23, 2010 Curiosities

As we all know, FASHIONAIR run fantastic fashion films on all manner of subjects, from editor’s wardrobe diaries to insider style guides, but this week sees the site running something very special: Christian Louboutin has made a truly life-enhancing short film for them (which launches tomorrow) entitled Christian Louboutin: Dancer in a Daydream, which sees […]

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A Guide to Etiquette (in 1964)

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I’ve spent the majority of the past three days foraging in the attics at home. Amongst the bird droppings, dead spiders and endless bags of moth chewed cashmere, I have found some gems. First up is a pocket sized book, Etiquette by Martine Legge who ‘covers first of all the problems involved in letter writing, […]

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Buzzword Bingo: The Fashion Lexicon

January 31, 2010 Curiosities

Fed up with hackneyed phrases creeping into the fashion copy you read? Then play Buzzword Bingo. Any line of five words diagonal or straight wins you the ‘I can spot a cliché at a hundred paces’ prize. With grateful thanks to the inimitable Sister Wolf who created, & allowed me to lift, this original Buzzword […]

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Vintage kid gloves

January 19, 2010 Curiosities

I’ve been ferreting about in the attics, cupboards and wardrobes in the family home again, as I accelerate my sorting and throwing out activities. A large part of Sunday was spent in the revolting 1960s twin garage round the back of the house. It leaks, houses many spiders and has been the repository of bags […]

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My sister sleeping at the Dean Street Townhouse hotel

November 30, 2009 Curiosities
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One & Other: The Fourth Plinth

July 11, 2009 Curiosities

I can’t sleep and logged onto Twitter where I saw a tweet telling me a man dressed as a dinosaur was playing swingball & crushing the Houses of Parliament on the Fourth Plinth* in Trafalgar Square. And there was. I checked his reason for being on the plinth: Girlfriend told me to do it. And […]

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