December 2008
48 posts
“Dame Edna is willing to accept, with a theatrical bow of that lavender bouffant,...”
– Dame Edna Everage: ‘The world needs my beauty secrets’ (Telegraph)
“I love sleep… my life has a tendency to fall apart when I’m awake.”
– Ernest Hemingway (via littlemiss) (via hotg0ssip) (via kristyagogo) (via taramarie) (via itsbedtime)
Five years ago: 'this better be a fuckin' good...
Once upon a time, I had a Livejournal. December 30th, 2003 (06:16 pm) Ça va?: tired
just came back from some mega grocery shopping for the big! new year’s eve! party! that i’m throwing at my apartment tommorow nite. i have this really odd theme going. the party’s called ‘la apartemant debutante’ and it’s all about how my apt. is a debutant named priscilla...
The feel-good fitness craze →
Say “yuck” to the fixed-term New Year’s resolution with these stylish accessories inspired by Koodo Mobile’s billboard promise of “fat-free mobility”
Scroll 2008: mediamelt →
Finally, after a year of filing stories for Scrolling Eye, worth revealing is the most frequently asked question from those approached for interviews or intelligence: “Are you also going to run this in the paper?” Despite the fact that online can trump print when it comes to accuracy, archiving, detail, distribution and feedback — and despite the fact that the internet has officially eclipsed...
“The triumphalist notion that blogging should somehow replace traditional writing...”
– Andrew Sullivan (reading last month’s Atlantic - the snappy re-design matches the Mad Men marathon).
Nuovo blackness →
This week’s CityStyle inspiration: the must-have accessory in 2008 — Vogue Italia’s Black Issue.
“[Andre] Gide and I have attained such perfect intellectual communion… that...”
– Susan Sontag, at 15 (see, even celebrated intellectuals wrote bad teenage diary entries!).
“Revolutionary work [is always] about the people. Community support is...”
– d’bi.young
L'OreaLG Fashion Weak
Robin Kay is keeping her job.
From The Star:
Robin Kay, the president of the Fashion Design Council of Canada who made headlines with a drunken, rambling speech at the recent Toronto Fashion Week, will keep her job.
After a wait of almost two months, the council, which mounts the twice-yearly round of fashion week shows in Nathan Phillips Square, announced yesterday that Kay won’t be...
Hello possums! →
This week’s CityStyle inspiration: the all-natural “wisteria” coiffure and diamanté-trimmed fly-away spectacles of Dame Edna Everage.
“Taking the white hand of the child between her own long, dirty fingers, she said...”
– HOW MARIE ANTOINETTE’S MILLINERY CONQUERED EUROPE
Twitter / themediaisdying →
(via scrollr)
Festive force →
This week’s CityStyle inspiration: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, The Star Wars Holiday Special was to be George Lucas’ attempt at space-fantasy-musical-variety seasonal sentimentality.
What type of fashion journalista are you?
A. The walking fashion encyclopedia - demonstrating ‘extensive fashion knowledge’ and an ‘intellectual’ approach to fashion coverage.
Example - David Livingstone, former Globe Style reporter/current TorStar Fashion Editor on the Milan S/S ‘96 collections.
“Dolce and Gabbana have mined Italian cultural history, and in the process, proven themselves to be major...
“The recession was actually not officially declared until last week, but the...”
– NYT - Stoking Fear Everywhere You Look (via scrollr)
Psst - 'Nuclear Winter' to end?
The Cut: There have been some rumors, and we were wondering if you had plans for retirement.
Anna Wintour: I'm so sorry, I think that's an extremely rude question. Leave me alone.
The Cut: May we ask what you would do if you did retire?
Anna Wintour: No. Just go away.
The Cut: Okay, thank you, enjoy your dinner.
"Le Smoking": ... And that was The Cut blog in brief convo with Anna Wintour on her rumored retirement. Typical rudeness, but minus actual denial. Viva Carine!
“As a technology, the book is like a hammer. That is to say, it is perfect: a...”
– NYT Op-Ed: How to Publish Without Perishing
