Category Archives: love love love
Seeing Squares
by Le Fist
A while back I did a couple of posts that thinly disguised my hatred for the PLAGUE OF PLAID that had infested menswear. OK, that sounds a bit pompous and high-fallutin’. I still stand firm. Well, sort off… I’ve been drawn as of late to the geometrically patterned chemise but I’m leaning towards gingham as opposed to plaid. Thus, I don’t feel such a hypocrite. Its that slight feeling of spring in the air that gets one thinking about the summer […]
Categories: love love love • Tags: france, French Trotters, menswear, shopping
Shiba Huizer
by Le Fist
NEW KID ON THE BLOCK If you’ve been down Hoxton Street [quickly becoming the new Redchurch Street -- more on that later] then you’ve probably seen her. Dark hair, zingy, colour-loaded outfits usually including at least one shade of neon, accessorised with a smile and sometimes her infectious laughter. Shiba Huizer always makes me smile. We got to know each other whilst I helped my friend set up his shop, The Willow, last year. Shiba also, always, carries her big […]
Categories: amazing, love love love • Tags: photography, shiba huizer, Viviane Sassen Flamboya
Winter Warmer
by Le Fist
Something to chase those wintry blues away. A take on pressed flowers. Just hopped off the Eurostar. As freezing here as it was in London. I seriously recommend Uniqlo’s HEAT TECH thermals to ward off the cold and keep your delicate bits nice and toasty. In fact they work so well that I’m seriously considering doubling them up and doing away with trousers all together. Now I really understand why girls are so attached to leggings. You feel kind of […]
Categories: love love love • Tags: uniqlo
David Hamilton
by Le Fist
La Jeune Fille: 1978, French Edition, Laffont, France I popped into Ofr. the other day. Its a bookshop cum gallery on rue Dupetit Thours [metro: arts e metiers/ temple] that I’ve mentioned before. Considering its only round the corner I hadn’t been there for a while. Perhaps out of fear — I never leave there empty-handed. NEVER. Anyway, I browsed the shelves for about 30 minutes. There wasn’t much that interested me this time, strangely. I’d spotted the new Marc […]
Categories: love love love, Uncategorized • Tags: david hamilton, photography, rare books
Super Fierce, reprise.
by Le Fist
Not that this matters but I might as well finish off the saga_ Vanity 6 was a short-lived affair. Sordid tales of sex and egos resulted in lead singer, Vanity [real name Denise Matthews] leaving the group to pursue a — you guessed it — short-lived solo career. The hits failed to materialise and poor Denise became a born again Christian — I’m not making this up. Fair Denise was replaced by Patricia Kotero – her evil nemesis who went […]
Categories: love love love, STRIPPER SOUNDZ • Tags: music, Prince, Vanity 6
Super FIERCE
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
Piano Necktie
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
KELIS// “Acapella”: The Queen Is BACK!
by Le Fist
Thanks, ‘sis, for alerting me_ Acapella [2010] OMG! I HEART Kelis. Was kind of thinking where the hell she was, the other day. Well, prayers answered, box ticked. Her new video is out on YouTube. After Beyonce and Lady Sodding Gaga’s load of codswallop its great that La Kelis has returned to stake her hold on that much fought after crown. The song’s a grower. A leftfield, trancy uptempo/ slow tempo track produced by the proverbial Will.i.am. Clever. Hints of […]
Categories: love love love • Tags: kelis, music, music videos
Hot X Bunny: Barbara Carrera – Ultimate Fiercness!
by Le Fist
In my earlier post about the film Kiss Ass I mentioned Barbara Carrera, who starred in 80′s action hero spoof, Condor Man. She’s probably better known for playing Bond girl Fatima Blush in Never Say Never Again. She rocked some super-fierce looks in that one. I just remember her being incredibly beautiful and HOT! Half-American, half-Nicaraguan, she was a precursor to the Brazilian bombshells of the noughties like Giselle Bündchen. Anyway, as summer approaches with its untold promises of hot […]
Categories: love love love, super fierceness, Uncategorized • Tags: muse
Mean Streaks: Clarissa Cestari
by Le Fist
The Creative Process Clarissa Cestari’s large canvasses are instantly engaging – magnified, curvilinear brush strokes of apparently thick, luscious paint. The broad, sensual streaks are at once familiar and suggestive. I like how she quietly subverts tradition and turns the rules of painting upside down. Paint and the process of painting are both subject matter and muse. Brazilian Cestari defies easy categorisation. This is abstract art in one sense yet the paintings are large scale reproductions of projections of real […]
Categories: love love love, Uncategorized • Tags: art, clarissa Cestari
Bespoke Sounds Paris: Listen To The Future
by Le Fist
A fashion show is a delicate balance of many parts that come together for one fleeting moment. A memorable show is about the clothes, of course, and much more: the casting, the venue, lighting, production and, perhaps most importantly, The Music. Poor music selection can throw everything off balance. It can be distracting, jar the designer’s message and make the models walk funny. Not a good look. This is where Bespoke Sounds come in. Show music production has been monopolised […]
Categories: love love love, paris, Uncategorized • Tags: music, paris
The Cut
by Le Fist
Not sure who this photo’s by so I can’t give the credit. However, I’ve had it knocking about for a while. There’s just something about it… Kind of seemed like an appropriate choice to follow the previous post_
Categories: love love love • Tags: photography
http://www.husseinchalayan.com/
by Le Fist
A great site. Every collection is in the archive. Swoon_ http://www.husseinchalayan.com http://www.husseinchalayan.com/blog/
Categories: love love love • Tags: hussein chalayan
Fussy Finished: Generation 2010 Have Spoken
by Le Fist
A v.long post, I must warn. But this needs to be said_ That Louise Wilson gets about a bit, doesn’t she? She keeps cropping up in Sunday supplements and magazine articles, pushing her brand of tuition and guidance every which way. Straight-talking Louise knows a thing or two. Louise knows best and don’t we know it! The Harder They Come: Louise Wilson I’ve sort of fallen out of love with fashion a bit. Fashion, to me, has become unfashionable. The […]
Categories: love love love • Tags: architecture, central saint martins, fashion, fashion critique, louise wilson, stanton williams
Women on Women 1: Judy Dater & Jack Welpott
by Le Fist
Currently loving this rare find: Women and Other Visions – Judy Dater & Jack Welpott [1975]. Amazing photographs. Will post more pics later._
Categories: love love love, rare books • Tags: jack welpott, judy dater, photography
Needle In a Hay Stack: That CHANEL Jacket
by Le Fist
Regular readers will know that I’m not a fan of uploading ad campaigns or editorial. This isn’t what this blog is about. When I do so its because I genuinely like the piece or it relates to something else. Like this Chanel jacket you see here, from the Spring-Summer 2010 campaign. I like it A LOT. I have a love/hate relationship with Chanel. Individually, I love the pieces. As a show I sometimes find it plodding and contrived, bordering on […]
Categories: love love love, want it now, yes please! • Tags: chanel, fashion
Neo-Classic: Norton, MacCullough + Locke
by Le Fist
“Handmade in England” – has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it? Seldom written these days, unfortunately, so it’s with great pleasure that I introduce to you Norton, MacCullough & Locke_ Messrs Laurelli, Gn and Manchée joined forces a year or so ago to create a brand in the vein of 1920s bespoke luxury. Dominic Laurelli headed design at Saville Row’s Swaine, Adeney & Brigg after a stint at Alexander McQueen. Lester Gn’s masters graduation collection featured impeccable tailoring and […]
Categories: love love love, Uncategorized, want it now • Tags: accessories, fashion, MacCullough & Locke, Norton
The Willow Shoreditch – 92 Hoxton Street, London.
by Le Fist
The Willow Shoreditch 92 Hoxton Street London N1 6LP orders & enquiries: 020 7739 3009 / 020 7613 2587 OK, I might be a little bit biased here but one of my dearest friends has just opened his first shop in Hoxton, London, and what a beauty it is. Blooming marvellous, to use a cliché. Picture this: an urban East End setting, a bit rough round the edges, to say the least, and then amongst all this the most perfect […]
Categories: love love love • Tags: flowers, shopping, the w, visual merchandising
Where The Wild Roses Grow: Rosario Dawson, 7 Pounds
by Le Fist
I love this shot of Rosario Dawson from the film 7 Pounds (2008). The way her hair and face are partially submerged in the bath water remind me of Millais’ painting of Ophelia. Underwater, her hair takes on a hazy, airbrushed texture, almost like ink drops bleeding in water… Dawson’s facial expression is flawless, subtly expressing an incredible amount of emotion. I also like how the shade of her eye shadow complements the colour of her lips, all enhanced by […]
Categories: cinema, love love love • Tags: film stills, millais, ophelia, rosario dawson
