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Super FIERCE

October 17, 2010 by Le Fist

You better work! I love it. Just when you thought that there could be no more 80s bands left to discover Sister Fate throws one your way. I won’t go into details as to how I came across this little gem. All I’ll say is that The Almighty Prince discovered them. They only had one album. Bless ‘em. The eponymous Vanity 6. Love, love, love! Love the Logo. These girls were on it. They OWNED it before Tyra Banksese was […]

Categories: love love love, STRIPPER SOUNDZ • Tags: music, Prince, Vanity 6

Postcards From Paris 2

October 16, 2010 by Le Fist

1. Le Tango, Rue Maire 75003 Edith Piaf used to sing there. Now a Tea Dance/ Cabaret/ Trash Pop Night is held there every Saturday. Out with the guys last weekend. Lots of odd couples going for it like their lives depended on it. Good to see. They shoot horses, don’t they? “G” could hardly contain himself when the Mariah Carey-esque tranny came out, nose shaded in like Beyonce to slim it down, help it stand out. Great fun! 2. Jeu […]

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Piano Necktie

October 14, 2010 by Le Fist

Lady Sings_ Piano Necktie. Irony. We like a bit of irony. A funny name but don’t be fooled. From the exquisite monochromatic box with its natty pull out drawer, the lush black tissue paper that unfolds with a satisfying “crchhh”, the grosgrain ribbon that binds together the beautiful printed Tee, Piano Necktie is anything but naff. This is Serious Tee-Shirt Business with the air of a Collector’s Item about it. Esoteric, refined graphics. Super soft cotton. Wear it till it […]

Categories: love love love, Uncategorized • Tags: menswear, piano necktie

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La Mauvaise Garçonne

October 13, 2010 by Le Fist

Bad girl_ I’ve had these for years. I can’t remember whether I bought them at San Donato market in Milan or at Port de Vanves in Paris. Anyway, I’ve always found this Little Miss intriguing. To be honest, she kind of Scares me! I saw the Kertesz show yesterday at the Jeu de Paume but more on that later. It reminded me of my archive of vintage photography. I sort of stopped buying them a while back but I think […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: photography

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Pleats Please

October 12, 2010 by Le Fist

Some images that inspired the dress in the following post from That Great Archive of Random Photos that inhabits my iMac_ Images by LeFistNoir

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: photography, texture

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Diary of a Wedding Dress

October 12, 2010 by Le Fist

Soft_ A few posts back I mentioned that I had been to Cyprus. About 15 years ago I promised a friend that I would design her wedding dress. Earlier this year I got The Call. 1. Pen to Paper It was an open brief. I had total freedom. The thing with wedding dresses, especially if you know the bride quite well, an image immediately forms in your mind. You intuitively know what sort of dress she’ll want. 6th sense, maybe. […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: four weddings and my funeral, le fist noir, travel, wedding dresses

Girls will be Girls

October 11, 2010 by Le Fist

Some post-fashion week musings_ Valentino Lace, flowers, rosettes, waft-y outbursts of tulle, crin, chiffon clouds… Somehow, and uncharacteristically so perhaps, I’m drawn towards prettiness. After the 90s-redux overload with its spin on severe intelligence pretty seems well, pretty avant-guard. YSL Take a closer at this nouveau coquette, presented to us mainly/partly by Peter Copping at Nina Ricci, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccoli at Valentino, Marco Zanini at Rochas, Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen, Stefano Pilati at YSL and […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: Alexander McQueen, fashion critique, rochas, valentino

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WANTED

October 8, 2010 by Le Fist

1 Chateau Gay required. Must have sizeable inheritance. And an apartment in the 8th or 3rd. With a private lift. Top floor. All of it. Must have parents close to kicking that bucket in. Must have a Chateau, mais oui, in the country. Somewhere in the Loire Valley or Bordeaux. Good access to wine. Must wine and dine me constantly. Must have a busy job so that I can occupy my leisurely days lunching and shopping and hanging out with […]

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POSTCARDS FROM PARIS

October 8, 2010 by Le Fist

1. Mickeyland Exhibition. Organised by the A4 Collectif. Raucous mix of the clever, sublime and downright nonsensical. Kitschy fun and very timely. Quite naughty in parts. Witness Corine Borgnet’s Mickey dildo meets Pinocchio. Unfortunately the expo closed last week. 2. Andre Kertész Retrospective. One to definitely see next week. Loves a bit of photographic distortion, me does. 3. Frolic and Frappe “B” getting up to no good in the Powder Room, chez Little Italy on rue Rambuteau. Head waitress Samantha […]

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: le fist noir, postcards from paris

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Gold Digger: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS/ Murder on the dancefloor

October 8, 2010 by Le Fist

Gaudy, bawdy awful, I must say_ I went to my first Indian, or as we Brits say, Asian, wedding a couple of weeks ago – I’ve been to a lot of weddings this year – and I was stunned by the assualt of colour, sparkle and artificial flowers. The air was heady with the scent of jasmine and curry, a potent sensory cocktail. It was quite good, if a tad bit sedate. It was a Muslim wedding so no booze. […]

Categories: opium nights at the bazaar • Tags: fashion critique, louis vuitton, marc jacobs

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24K Fabulous

October 7, 2010 by Le Fist

Gold. Always believe_ That Lady Boston sure does know how to work a bangle, or two, or three. Oh, yes, she does. Was quite loving the pseudo-tribal thing she had going on here. V.YSL. And that’s all the rage now, innit?

Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: gold, THE FABULOUS LADY BOSTON

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Monthly Archives: October 2010

Super FIERCE

Postcards From Paris 2

Piano Necktie

La Mauvaise Garçonne

Pleats Please

Diary of a Wedding Dress

Girls will be Girls

WANTED

POSTCARDS FROM PARIS

Gold Digger: MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS/ Murder on the dancefloor

24K Fabulous

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