Mods, punks, rude boys, skinheads, casuals, b-boys, skaters and bike messengers have something in common: they are part of structured subcultures that originated from the street, then became visible and ostracised by society, and eventually ended up on the catwalk, to be finally absorbed into the mainstream culture.
Last night I went to VOGUE’s 2012 Fashion’s Night Out, in Mayfair. I like fashion – from a sociological point of view and as a fascinating manipulation and adaptation of quasi-art, which suddenly becomes a wearable object, useful and aesthetically appealing at the same time – but I tend to avoid fashion-related events. It’s like when you ...
‘I have nothing to say/ and I am saying it/ and that is poetry/ as I need it.’ John Cage, “Lecture on Nothing” (1949) Today, John Cage would have been a hundred years old. The sun is up in London, and the Thames here in Fulham reminds me of Baja California – if you remove ...
Everybody is talking about ‘Rich Kids of Instagram‘; see the photos below and you’ll understand why.
“I made lemon spaghetti in an early season of ‘Everyday Italian,’ and to this day people still come up to me and say they love it. It’s very, very simple. Basically, you cook the pasta and mix together Parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon juice and zest and pour it over the pasta.” Giada De Laurentiis, ...
Experience (ɪkˈspɪərɪəns) verb 7. to be emotionally or aesthetically moved by; feel Collins English Dictionary There are countless ways to read the definition above, as what moves us depends on taste, education, culture, gender, class, income, age and so on. Let’s just say that, whoever you are and whatever you like, if something emotionally or ...
‘Some people think luxury is the opposite of poverty. It is not. It is the opposite of vulgarity.’ Coco Chanel ‘Manchester United?’ said Michael Jackson, after watching a football match with Mohamed Fayed at Fulham in 1999. ‘I don’t know them. How much are they?’
Luxury is relative, they say. A certain oligarch can buy a 3,999 metres long mega yacht, with chopper on the roof and African buffalos in the back yard, then stuff it with 1,287 guests, dancing to Rihanna – she was booked in extremis, and couldn’t refuse the offer, therefore left 75,000 kids high and dry ...
