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The Face of Modern Street Style
TAKE MY PICTURE from GARAGE Magazine on Vimeo. Have you seen Take My Picture yet? If not, take nine minutes out of your evening and watch it – it’s very illuminating. Featuring Tim Blanks, Tommy Ton...
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Licentiate Column 14/03/12: Who Run The World?
Beyonce KNOWS. At time of writing this column (March 8th 2013 – fast fashion doesn’t apply in journalism, you know) it is International Women’s Day. For those who are opposed to such a thing, take a...
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Licentiate Column 21/03/13: Blogging, Why Bother?
It was July 2011. I just returned from a holiday with my family on the Amalfi coast, which was amazing, and suffered a bout of (not so amazing) food poisoning. The aforementioned food poisoning...
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The Reading List: Diana Vreeland, Empress of Style
Diana Vreeland: Empress of Fashion is the first full-length biography of the legendary Vogue editor and self-mythologiser where words and facts take precedence over pictures and unverified if exciting...
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A Pop, Op and a Jump – Lacey for Vogue Nippon
British Photographer Lacey was an assistant to Tim Walker – and it really shows. Her inventive use of props (by design pair Craig and Karl) and collaboration with make-up artist Andrew Gallimore have...
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Prada Candy – A Pastel Daydream
It’s Easter Sunday, and if you’re anything like me you’re forgoing the obligatory bank holiday pub blow out for another slice of delicious, delicious meringue. The new Prada Candy films are just one...
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Licentiate Column 28/03/13: Dress Like a Teacher
It’s not quite as easy as this anymore…Pic via US National Archives I have just returned from a lovely lunch with a lovely bunch of primary school teachers. Primary school teachers (along with...
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The Reading List: Fabulous Frocks
The evening light is nice, isn’t it? It makes me want to throw open the curtains and… keep on reading in bed. It’s still very, very cold outside. Fabulous Frocks by Sarah Gristwood and Jane Eastoe is...
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Kim Gordon for Saint Laurent Paris
I make no pretensions of being a Cool Person, so it’s OK to tell you that the first I ever saw of Kim Gordon was in jaundiced two-dimensional form, stealing sandwiches from Peter Frampton in that...
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Licentiate Column 04/04/13: The Power of Good Hair
Mine’s the Date Bait. Pic via Bad Postcards Tumblr There are deep and meaningful personal epiphanies, and then there are epiphanies that only happen when you get a new haircut. I never used to go to...
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Andy Warhol at The Mac
Family trips are a rare thing. With two siblings not living in the same area as the rest of the family, it can be tricky to get together. When we do meet up, it’s usually six hours in the car, followed...
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Pause Play Vintage, Tralee
Tralee is a small place, so it came as no surprise to me to find out that I already knew the proprietors of Pause Play Vintage in Tralee – Dominique Barry (from Leaving Cert art classes) and Billy Kemp...
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Licentiate Column 11/04/13: The Music Muse
It’s an interesting – but not that interesting – thing to note that most people’s style icons are women and men who don’t actually work in the fashion industry. Think about it – who admires the...
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Cos A/W ’13: Elegance in Nature
The Cos Autumn/Winter press day is a rare spot of serenity in an otherwise chaotic round of go-sees which can get slightly monotonous – you never think that a cupcake can jade you until you eat that...
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Licentiate Column 18/04/13: Vintage and Local
Looking out at Pause Play Vintage You wouldn’t want to be a small business owner at the best of times, but then again, this isn’t really the best of times we’re having. Businesses are closing left,...
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Licentiate Column 25/4/13: Thinking About Tattoos
I’ve been thinking a lot this week about various things. This is good because a) if I didn’t, then the space where this column usually goes would be occupied by a picture of me shrugging and b) if I...
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Licentiate Column 02/05/13: Healthy Dressing
If you’re looking for tips on what to wear at the gym, you’re asking the wrong person. The only healthy dressing I particularly enjoy is salad dressing, and even then only on a plate of homemade chips...
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The Reading List: Punk Press…
…Rebel Rock in the Underground Press, 1968-1980, compiled by Vincent Berniére and Marcel Primois. Punk Press, much like punk style, doesn’t demand reading, but it does demand intense, concentrated...
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Licentiate Column 09/05/13: Bill Cunningham New York – What a Lovely Fella
Photo by The Sartorialist. There are days when you feel restless and annoyed, unsure of yourself and bored with everything. Nothing is right. Everything is limp. The brain feels overstretched and...
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Licentiate Column 04/07/13: Why Fashion is Not as Embarrassing as Vomiting at...
- eep! Via Getty images I think that even the most ardent and unswerving fans of fashion will agree that it can get a bit weird sometimes. From streakers on the Dolce and Gabbana catwalk...
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