Monday, 19 April 2010
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Manfred, lord of the castle
The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well. So said Horace Walpole, the 18th century English art historian, author, politician and, not least of all, arbiter of taste. Today he is most remembered for his Gothic revival villa, Strawberry Hill.
Strawberry Hill
The Long Gallery
Strawberry Hill
By Anna Chalcraft and Judith Viscardi
Walpole also said, Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.
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Sunday, 1 March 2009
More ways to waste time
Life is cruel to people who aren't fabulous, so sayeth Reality Nirvana Tuttle doorwhore extraordinaire and protagonist of Lee Tulloch's late 80s romp Fabulous Nobodies.
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Now playing on iTunes: Jimmy James - Fashionista (Original Radio)
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Monday, 23 February 2009
Goddess
Tilda Swinton wearing Lanvin at the 81st Annual Academy Awards.
Note, it is not Lanvin wearing Tilda Swinton. A lesson a good many of the Hollywood set (and those who take their cues from them) should heed. Neither over styled, nor over dressed for the occasion.
If one is a greyhound, why try to look like a Pekingese?
- Edith Sitwell
Image from fabsugar
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