Entries from August 2007

August 21, 2007

This crieth out to heaven for some kind of dramatic reenactment

The BBC reports the following shocking story today:
Texas has told the European Union to mind its own business after the bloc called on the state’s governor to get rid of the death penalty.
Oh. My. God. This is the best story ever.
But Robert Black, a spokesman for the Texas governor, told the BBC News website: [...]

August 19, 2007

Time for Fall

It’s that time of the season, when all the clothes seem old and done and nothing seems special anymore. Suddenly the coming season starts to look more enticing. The problem is only exacerbated by the fact that I love fall/winter layering and particularly the fabrics. Wool, tweed, corduroy, cable knit.

This picture is from the Bass [...]

August 5, 2007

Uncanny

Here’s a flat from Steve Madden, named “Pavement”, and priced at $70 (less 30% at the moment):

And here is “Candbury” by ChloĆ©, originally 465 of the US dollars but down to $232.50 at Net-a-Porter:

I like this sort of thing because it’s very easy to take a Fred Mertz view of the runways: that high fashion [...]