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Cockadoodle ‘do

By Simon | 25 August 2009

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The Guardian has a wonderful slide show to mark Martin Amis’s 60th birthday. But we’d rather show you dogs disguised as other animals.

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Paris Haute Couture Fall -Winter 2009/2010

By Aspasia Karras | 9 July 2009

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Paris Haute Couture time again – have a look at our Times slide show compiled by the lovely Thato Mogotsi after the break and read a few pointed reviews whilst you are at it…. Cathy Horyn; Suzy Menkes; Guardian slide show and a very sad and telling review of the last ditch Lacroix effort - since they have been in administration since May, and adieu to couture
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Banned

By Simon | 2 June 2009

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Asked if he agreed with Mao’s view on the law of non-contradiction, Sidney Morgenbesser replied ‘Well, I do and I don’t’.

That’s how I feel about the reported demise of the Wayfarer: I can’t believe it, and I don’t understand why it took so long.

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Penelope Cruz – hyperreal gorgeousness

By Aspasia Karras | 20 May 2009

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“This of course is Lena, played by Penélope Cruz in a state of almost hyperreal gorgeousness, a sublime beauty in whose presence Almodóvar’s camera goes into a kind of swooning trance, and whose exquisiteness consists at least partly in its fabricated quality; she is part of cinema’s magnificent artifice.” This is The Gaurdian’s Peter Bradshaw in a state of barely restrained ejaculation over the fine cinematic qualities of Ms Cruz in Broken Promises ( Los Abrazos Rotos) Almodovar’s new vehicle for his beloved Penelope. I for one find the resemblance with Audrey Hepburn uncanny…
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Woody

By Simon | 20 April 2009

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American Apparel say Woody Allen can’t sue them for ruining his reputation “because he has no reputation left to ruin”. That’s pretty rich coming from sleaze ball supreme Dov Charney.

Still, part of me (the sleazy part) must have this gold lamé wind breaker.

And the Unisex Mustache Mask is ideal for most reprobate goings on.

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A short history of high heels

By Aspasia Karras | 29 October 2008

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Here is such a brilliant history of the high heel from the Guardian – for all those unrepentant girls with elevation.
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Paris Fashion Week roundup

By Aspasia Karras | 1 October 2008

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So here is Ms Dita Von Teese looking terribly demure and lady like as she arives at Christian Dior – I adore the way she looks like she is always in character.

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How Vogue, Elle and Glamour will save your life

By Aspasia Karras | 20 August 2008

My fellow blogger Minor Matters sent me this very amusing story from the Guardian UK - about how a girl turned her life around – she went from a sugar addicted dysfuntional somebody to a super duper glamourpuss simply by religiously following all the advice in the glossy magazine.

I know this to be true – for example read my article in the September edition about how it is a bad idea to go blonde if you are a preternatural brunette and you will never stray
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