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I saw Late of the Pier last year and felt old. But what a track! And great nu-Bergman video. Just try not to dance.
Alicia Silverstone’s Sexy Veggie PSA
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Well I dare say – I have now seen it all – quite literally – Alicia Silverstone shot this vid with director Dave Myers to support her favourite cause PETA, and to convert people to her vegan life choice by supplying naked proof of its positive side effects.
Tofu anyone?
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The inimitable Mr Chang just launched his 2009 Flux Trend Review – it’s a fascinating insight into everything that will be of concern to us in the immediate future – ( blogging I am very pleased to read is very du jour). The book is now widely available at all good bookstores.
I think the accessory of choice at a book launch is the eyeglass – have a look at all the variations on the theme.
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Comrades unite against Olga Kurylenko the new Bond girl who is Daniel Craig’s latest squeeze in Quantum of Solace. The Russian Communist Party has declared her an enemy of the people for aiding and abbeting “the killer of hundreds of Soviet people and their allies.” Furthermore she has had intimate relations “with a man who worked for decades under the orders of Thatcher and Reagan to destroy the USSR”.
This is the story according to The Times:
“In an appeal to the actress on its website, the St Petersburg wing of the party said: “The Soviet Union educated you, cared for you and brought you up for free but no one suspected that you would commit this act of intellectual and moral betrayal. How could you desert your homeland in its moment of need? Do you really want Crimean girls to be raped by cruel and stupid American marines? Where is your patriotism?” Read More…
The lovely Glenda Lederle at The Patisserie has just outdone herself. Her new macaroons in liquorice and chocolate – paired with the cherry flavoured one’s are a delight ( and I am not the biggest fan of liquorice.) Better yet the glamorous black box they come in is the perfect small gift. We can make like we are in Paris at Ladurée.
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This is why she is so delightful – caught in the buff so to speak – she smiles like a lady and looks great and natural.
I love that. I mean who boards a flight in full regalia and war paint ? Well some do but I’m with Kate on this one.
Click through to the Daily Mail for more proof.
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It was bound to happen – now that Becks is playing on loan for a real football team,AC Milan- Signore Giorgio Aramani has decided to work the couple for all its worth. So Victoria will be once again revealling her secrets – this time for Armani’s rather prive range. She has landed a £12million modelling deal which will see her following in her hubby’s illustrious footsteps – he posed in his underwear in an Armani campaign earlier this year.
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I had a pleasant surprise walking down to Vida in Rosebank – for my daily fix ( OK I need at least two daily fixes) and discovered a whole entire store had popped up – the Virgin Mobile Store – and inside they stocked some of my favourite designers: Suzaan Heyns – with some brilliant leather tailoring and those delightful multitasking Black Coffee dresses in a limited edition for the store -they come in a great neutral cream colour in a nifty perspex box.
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I got onto this ridiculous subject after reading this hysterical blog post on Vanity Fair: The Rise and Fall of Svetlana Egorova. This is the link to CHAPTER ONE
Which begins like this –
Many Times Dreams Need A Place of Shit to be Planted So They May Grow Tall And Strong
Where first to begin? What you hear now is the story that is so sad you will to cry and beat yourself in the face. Is story of girl so beautiful as child, many men in her town in Russia were hit by their women for laying the ration of toilet paper in front of her door for gifts. Never was there family in history of village of Meshchevsky District of Kaluga Region could defecate so comfortably like this girl’s family back in Russia. That girl, Svetlana Egorova, is me.
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Anyhow I know its very silly to laugh at girls who made it – they found their billionaire and married him despite all contra indications on the packet. And the side effects of newly minted trophy wife include : private jets, presidential suites and an all access pass to the couture stand, which is not so bad really. It’s just that I have the sour grapes and not enough vodka to pretend I do not find it all a little ridiculous.
So in honour of all the Svetlana Egorova’s here is the Top 10 list of trophy wives. At no 10 is Georgina Chapman – who is not from Russia but is married to Harvey Weinstein and is the designer behind Marchesa – a brand beloved by all movie stars – I am not saying anything….
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(Pic credit: ) Dean Isidro for The New York Times
In this instance its back to the heady 70′s but in a preppy way..
I loved this shoot from the New York Times ( Looking good: The sequel) – had to share it.
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