October 2010
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déguis-eh? why fancy dress in france isn't so...
foreword: this is an article i wrote for my university magazine back in 2007. i do refer a lot to “britain” and “the british” here, but i think it’s safe to say that in many cases the same attitude to fancy dress could apply to ireland and the irish, too (i just didn’t realise it at the time of writing).
every year when i was a child, i would take part in the...
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curioser and curioser
i finally watched tim burton’s alice in wonderland. my favourite things were the cheshire cat and alice’s palace outfit:
when searching for the above images, i stumbled upon another fashion blog, stylish thinking, where the authour described the outfit perfectly:
The resulting gown is what I imaging happening if someone threw a pack of cards at Vivienne Westwood
i also thought...
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holdin' on for a hairo
in the run up to movember - a worldwide charity event where men grow moustaches to raise money in aid of prostate cancer - i decided to investigate a little further into the history of moustaches, how and why they have gone in and out of fashion, and who to get inspiration from.
when learning the history of any subject, it is always interesting to understand the origin of the term used to...
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swap it to me
every six months or so i clear out my wardrobe of things that either don’t fit me or that i never actually wear. i always tell myself i’ll try to sell the nicer things on ebay, but i’ll mostly end up just donating them to the local clothes bank. this time, though, i decided to do something different.
i had recently realised that despite having lived in the city for well over 8...
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ysl: l'amour fou →
of all the designers, yves saint laurent will always be my favourite. not necessarily because of his clothes (although they are delightful), but more because of what he stood for and because of the fantasy and tragic romanticism of his personal life story. i attended his funeral in 2008, and to see and hear pierre bergé say goodbye to his lover of 50 years was heart-wrenching to say the least, so...
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cover girl
i knew that while traveling in morocco, i would witness a very different kind of street style, but i didn’t realize just how well i would take to it. ok, so i didn’t go as far as dinning a full-on birch, but i got pretty close.
for the trip, i packed anything that was cotton and modest, and most days i wore a long skirt, tshirt and headscarf/shawl. when consulting our guidebooks about...
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if african, anyone can.
i’ve always loved “ethnic” influence in fashion, but i’ve never felt like i could pull it off without looking like a complete fashion victim.
i’m pretty much the whitest person i know; blonde hair, blue eyes, lots of freckles and a home counties accent. no wonder i look ridiculous in a hijab. one time in paris, i went to the sunday flea market at clignancourt with my...
