Love the Stuff no on told me (but I learned anyways) drawings by Alex Noriega. So funny, so wise! Check out his other blog too.
Stuff no one told me
June 16th, 2010Clutch menagerie
June 14th, 2010
These hilarious animal clutches are by TsuruBride and I want the whole set. Look at their little faces! Pure genius.
Handsome horsey
June 10th, 2010
I can’t remember the last time I wore any kind of swimwear, but these marvelous handmade swimsuits by We Are Handsome are making me reconsider my lack of lycra. My favourite is the horse one above, which is 50% Lloyds TSB and 50% Chloe ss ’01 (Stella’s most fun collection, surely) which is kind of 100% brilliant. Not sure if I would let my £152 swimsuit touch chlorine or sea water, but as outerwear it could be pretty fierce. With bottoms though, this isn’t lookbook.
(from style.com) see also the horsey topshop jumper that it heavily inspired several years later.
(images from wearehandsome.com)
Carrot & stick
June 2nd, 2010
After yesterday’s An Education retro interior post Alexandra emailed to tell me about Blue Carrot Shop, where she sells vintage housewares and knick knacks and I almost wish she hadn’t, because I want everything and our kitchen is already struggling to cope with all my nonsense. But seriously, she does an amazing job curating the shop. Sure I can cruise around etsy for vintage dishes, but I didn’t even know that I wanted a frilly poodle printed tea towel or Mr. Peanut salt and pepper shakers until I just saw them, so thanks a lot Alexandra! Plus I have some kind of Pyrex dish fetish (I found a whole stack of them in my parents garage before I moved out and screamed) so I’m basically sold. Btw if you have a bit of a penchant for Pyrex – ahaha I’m sorry I couldn’t help it – the Pyrex Love blog makes for thrilling reading. I’m serious.
An Education
June 1st, 2010
WARNING: If you haven’t seen An Education yet, be warned that I’ve posted quite a lot of stills below and though nothing is inherently spoilery, it might be a bit of a bummer. If you don’t mind, onwards we go!
So I watched An Education yesterday and I thought it was brilliant! I had read mixed reviews, so I wasn’t expecting much, but I thought it was a very smart coming of age story and well acted by all involved. Carey Mulligan is fantastic as schoolgirl Jenny (can’t believe she’s actually 25, a year older than me) but it really came in to its own in the beautiful filming, sets and costume design. There are tons of perfectly captured stills all over the internet, but they mostly seem to concentrate on Jenny and leave out some of the most visually exciting bits, so I thought I would make some of my own (I’m afraid the quality is pretty horrendous, but you get the idea). I loved Rosamund Pike’s ditzy character Helen (the blonde) with her ladylike fancypants outfits and brilliant hair, the wonderful Emma Thompson as headmistress Miss Walters in her wood paneled office and Olivia Williams as Miss Stubbs wearing the coolest glasses. The interior sets are probably my favourite though, some amazing retro home decorating inspiration here. And the whole thing is set in Twickenham, where my parents live and I grew up (though they went and filmed it in Ealing for some reason) Exciting!
Images are Copyright © Sony Pictures Classics, please don’t sue me!
How to spend it indeed
May 31st, 2010
Can’t believe I only just saw these, but I assisted on this shoot for How To Spend It all the way back in December and completely missed the issue when it came out. I think it might be my favourite set of images from my stylist’s assistant days, I’m in love with everything (The McQueen! The Givenchy! The silver Burberry coat! Anastasia’s face!).
Photographs by Benjamin Lennox, styling by Natalie Brewster, hair by Kenna and make up by Dorita Nissen.
Baked goods
May 19th, 2010
As a fairly incompetent cook, there is nothing I like more than looking at the culinary efforts of others (my number one is obviously Luxirare, I just sit there scrolling with my mouth hanging open…). These drool-worthy cakes and biscuits/cookies are by i am baker and you can see way more photos and recipes at her blog. I’m also enjoying the Pretty Foods tumblr for similar foodie fun daily.
Carl Kleiner
May 18th, 2010
Really loving Carl Kleiner‘s still life photos, everything is so crisp and perfect. Check out his portfolio and diary for more brilliant work.
