Last night, having felt like I've been majorly culture-deprived, I went to the ICA to catch Face Addict, having missed the UK premiere last week and after reading some words by the director Edo Bertoglio, I was determined not to let this one slip by me. Edo Bertoglio arrived in New York in 1976 and… Continue reading Face Addict
Category: Film
The Fruits of the Baekeland family…
To say that the Tom Kalin film Savage Grace (based on the book by Natalie Robbins and Steven M.L. Aronson) is harrowing would be an understatement. Not exactly sure what compelled me to see a film about mother-son incest and timeless decadence last night but the one good thing that came out of this film… Continue reading The Fruits of the Baekeland family…
Betty and Loulou
The Steve is away so I got to spend the evening with Yves instead, watching the Yves Saint Laurent documentaries ‘His Life and Times’ and ‘5 Avenue Marceau 75116 Paris‘ back to back and then re-reading The Beautiful Fall (tea stains a-plenty in this well thumbed book…). My favourite bits in the books are when… Continue reading Betty and Loulou
Red Shoes
The most recurring and oft-blog-quoted shoe imagery goes to Dorothy’s red sequinned shoes in Wizard of Oz and whilst the shoes themselves have always seemed too obvious a thing to go for (and also because me and red don’t really do well together….), wearing a pair around the neck would probably be a better option.… Continue reading Red Shoes