By Kate | September 17, 2009
It’s official, the smallest cakes of the world have their own national week of commemoration and general recognition, or maybe it’s just a great chance to gorge on cupcakes for a week without feeling bad? Know which approach I’d rather take. However, in an effort to become a cupcake master of skill and artistry I [...]
If you want to hear something more exciting than the calm tones of BBC commentators when watching this year’s thrilling Ashes cricket tournament (England vs Australia, every four years) then check out Internet radio sensation, Test Match Sofa, a novel take on the Test Match Special (TMS) you normally hear on BBC radio.
Indigo Clothing was [...]
All my friends love the name Keith. It’s one of those names that you never quite know how to spell properly, which gives it a bit of mystique, and at the moment it seems to be experiencing a retro renewal in popularity. I can’t tell you how excited I get when I meet new Keiths. [...]
Also posted in fashion | Tagged keith, poem, summer, t-shirt | Edit
Hello readers, I’m sorry it’s been so long since I wrote regular fashion snippets here…you’ve probably forgotten the sound of my voice by now. Over the past month I’ve been finishing off my degree and doing pesky finals so my fashion tendrils have been a bit lax, but don’t worry I’m back now.
When you’ve been [...]
Ever wished that you could have a different head? Maybe you’d like the chiseled features of Michelangelo’s David, the wide-eyed elegance of Audrey Hepburn, the winning smile of Barak Obama, Marylin Monroe’s iconic beauty spot or Elvis Presley’s upper lip? You’re not alone, there are times when I would like another head. At the moment I think [...]
The famous London Marathon has just passed us by, and with it has passed a whole world of fashion, from freakish costumes to personalised team gear; these days running events are more about sporting fashion that you might think. Some of my favourite fancy dressers from this year’s race included a dashing Rubik’s cube and [...]
They say that as you get older you experience a second childhood. You can see it happening everywhere, we’d rather munch on Party Rings than canapes, wear plimsols instead of lace up shoes and a Sunday afternoon nap is essential. But there’s something new on the scene of childhood revival, in fact it regresses beyond childhood, [...]
Also posted in USA | Tagged bed, bright, childhood, pajamas | Edit
Hybrid animals could be looked at as a form of animal kingdom creativity. Why have two separate animals when you could mix two and create one? With artistic vision and a splash of linguistic license, real life animal cross-breeding has resulting in the fantastic sounding ‘liger’, a cross between a lion and tiger, and the ‘yakalo’, a [...]
By Kate | February 26, 2009
It’s true, everybody really does know a Dave.
Coming in all shapes and sizes, they’re usually fun guys (perhaps this is because they shorten their name and all name shorteners are instantly cool). T-shirt designers from Balcony clearly know some Daves. They’ve brought out a range of t-shirts called ‘What a difference a Dave makes’, so that [...]
Also posted in fashion | Tagged dave, name, t-shirt | Edit
