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Tattoo chic(ks)

Posted in Dandyism, Great blogs, tagged , , on 4 July, 2010 | 3 Comments »

Scott over at The Sartorialist is in his pomp at the moment.  It’s Paris, it’s Milan and it’s summer!  Check out the two photos of the women with tattoos.  One all cool and white in her suit and black straps (June 28); the other, a direct descendant of every screen siren to have thrown a [...]

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Kate of the jungle + Guest editor

Posted in Craftwork, Dandyism, tagged , , , , , on 26 July, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here for your delectation is the cover of my latest book purchase, Knitwear in Fashion by Sandy Black. God knows what the rest of the book’s like; I’m yet to get beyond the cover, so riveting is Kate Moss in her Rousseau jungle and the immaculate Missoni.  Oh to own a dress like this …   ***** [...]

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Mild and beautiful dandies

Posted in Dandyism, Great blogs, tagged , on 21 July, 2009 | 1 Comment »

What a glorious photo!  I’m borrowing it from The Sartorialist as an entrée to his sunny, beautiful world. I love dandies, and now I know where they live: on the other side of The Sartorialist’s lens. The woman in the photo is not quite a dandy, but oh-so-marvellous, n’est-ce pas? Want to go to her street right [...]

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Dead fly and cocktail straw

Posted in Art and exhibitions, Dandyism, tagged , , , on 14 July, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Anyone seen the Dali exhibition yet?  Good luck to you if you have. Both times I’ve been the crowds, corralled in small rooms with curved walls, have obscured practically everything.  All I’ve got are snippets: a lobster, some breasts in pencil, the head of a swan, a crazy ballet. My eyes no use for meeting him, [...]

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Hairdresser Depressed by the Persistent Good Weather

Posted in Art and exhibitions, Dandyism, tagged , , , , , , , on 28 June, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The masthead is in honour of the Salvador Dali exhibition, Liquid Desire, now showing at the NGV. Dali is my idea of someone setting out to live every day in creativity.  Many days he musn’t have succeeded, many days he perverted the aim, and many other days, the story goes, the perversion became dearer than the aim. I [...]

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The Society for the Advancement of People of Elegance

Posted in Dandyism, tagged , , , , on 11 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »

   Ah, pink and red … my favourite. Really must go out and get the two of them pronto. What a photo! It was published in the magazine of The Weekend Austalian, together with an all-too-short article about a group of men living in Brazzaville in Congo who call themselves the “Sapeurs”, to wit, members [...]

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Fruity and rich

Posted in Dandyism, Great blogs, Perfume, tagged , , , , , , , , on 7 March, 2009 | 7 Comments »

Yesterday, feeling spry and rejuvenated, and looking for reinforcement of the fact, I went into Paint ‘N Powder, the perfume shop in the Royal Arcade. I usually stay away from this place.  There’s something deeply wrong about the mass plantings of diamante brooches and the tester bottles hidden behind the phalanx of short, determinedly unglamorous shop assistants.                [...]

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The flower principle

Posted in Dandyism, Great blogs, tagged , , on 12 February, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Thought I’d treat myself to a little outing to Hey Susy today. And look what I found.  These wonderful shots by Steven Meisel were featured in Vogue in 2003.  Now this is what I call style.  As Susy says, ‘Creativity and Imagination…despite a run in your stockings, a threadbare coat, crow’s feet, or chipped nail polish…conquers ALL.’ [...]

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