And so the ‘random books’ accumulation is going very nicely as I’m constantly raiding my local Black Gull Books for treasures and this one is no exception. A Taschen reprint of ‘Exotique’ magazine, the magazine of ‘femmes, fiction and future fashion’…aka a fetish mag that popped up in the years 1955-1959. Ok, so people in… Continue reading Exotique stuff
Category: Books
Judging the covers only
Passing by my local gem of a bookstore Black Gull Books never failes to bring some chuckles and smiles even though it is closed by the time I come home (ergo, at least an hour of my weekend is spent browsing there…) and this week, their window display has some excellent vintage ‘young persons’ books… Continue reading Judging the covers only
Some Freeman Words
If I’m honest, Hadley Freeman was probably the one fashion journalist that I recognisably teen-ed out with (i.e. spent my 16-present years reading) due to the sole existence of Guardian in our house (she’s deputy fashion editor there) and her articles in Vogue which always caught my attention and held it. Later on, it was… Continue reading Some Freeman Words
Oh my god – DRAMA!
Every year I have to increase my magazine buying budget but I’m happy to do so if there’s quality there worth forking out for. New publications like Plastique, Lula and Let Them Eat Cake that have sprung up in the last two years or so are now on my permanent mag-buy routine. So squeezing out… Continue reading Oh my god – DRAMA!