Poetics

Just cos there is always room for poetry in life ... I heart Threadless

Or you might want a tshirt that celebrates Festivus (it's a Seinfeld thang).

A movie to lie down and ... Lust, Caution by Ang Lee. Don't imitate the sexual gymnastics unless you are in fact or a gymnast. Or a yoga devotee. Or a dabbler in contortionism.

I wrote a post on Japanese street fashion and came across this lovely blog Carmen Yuen - there is a good post explaining the allure of the Vivienne Westwood Rocking horse ballerina shoe to the Gothic and Lolita crowd.


Anyone venturing near the Hutt would do well to visit the New Dowse - taxidermied jewellery, fashion photography, and a showcase of 32 stunning avant-garde hats made by the world’s most adventurous milliner, Philip Treacy for his friend and muse, the late style-icon, Isabella Blow.

Was there ever a more apt URL - SOLO PASSION - Mr Perigo & his neocon mates give themselves a self congratulatory tug.

Apparently there is a tv show in Oz about Librarians. The web site is well worth a snoop, with quizzes and nifty effects.

One of my very favourite perfumes L'Interdit is being relaunched. Wonder if it smells like the powdery heaven I remember. Another Givenchy one called Vetyver.
sounds intriguing ...

And on a final arch romantic note, NZ Ballet is doin Romeo and Juliet next year. Love the Prokofiev music, one to save up for.

Hiro, heroes and heroines

This week's croplet of goodies:

Holy Moly Ts now include some for fans of the show "Heroes". Hooray for Hiro.

The Guardian's Poetry Workshop - good opportunity to practice your poetry and get feedback

Au Contraire - interview with my heroine Vivienne Westwood:

Her manifesto, for all the hyperbole, is really just a call for people to watch less television, read more books and buy fewer luxury items. It's not loopy at all. "Of course, they will say, 'What is she doing, she's selling a designer collection, how can she be against consumption?' Well, you have to consume things, of course, you have to live, you have to eat. And I'm not saying don't go to the discotheque, they can do that. I'm just saying go less, do other things." She sighs. "It's so much to tackle."

CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARD - Givenchy.
I emailled them about the possible reintroduction of L'Interdit and this was what I got (the next day natch):

From: Audrey L Of Givenchy CONSUMERSERVICE
Sent: Wednesday, 1 August 2007 9:52 pm

Subject: L'Interdit

Dear Ms DMR,

I follow up to your email dated August 01 where in you informed us about your disappointment to not find anymore L'Interdit.

First of all we would like to thank you for your fidelity to Parfums Givenchy for many years.

L'Interdit belongs to Givenchy's mythical fragrances. For this reason, Parfums Givenchy decided to bring out this mythical fragrance in a new packaging as from November 2007. Thus you will have the possibility to find the beloved perfume of the shelves of your usual stores at the end of this year.

Unfortunately, there is no more L'Interdit left in our stock, so I cannot send you a bottle to help you to wait for its return. But, I invite you to go to your usual store to discover all our new perfumes and hope that you will find a fragrance that will help you to wait for L'Interdit. Maybe you will appreciate another scent from our Range. You can maybe discover or rediscover what we called the "Classics" as Amarige or Ysatis. Or perhaps our new perfume for women Amarige Mariage will satisfy you with its warm scent!

We stay at your disposal if you need further information: feel free to contact us at this email address (consumerservice@parfumsgivenchy.fr)

We thank you once again for your confidence in Parfums Givenchy and to share with us those emotions.

Assuring you always of our best attention

Yours Faithfully,

Audrey

Sod you Mr Al Stewart and your paltry Year of the Cat, next year might be Year of the SPUD

Superheroes need rescuing from sexism says Ned Beauman on The Guardian blogs.

Do the D.A.N.C.E.

Dream video for T-shirt lovers and one of the most joyous songs and videos - Justice - D.A.N.C.E (Version Finale)


Lush new dollies - Honey Bunny encore, Save the Animals:


Two more Threadless products on their way:The Scr-Emo by Jesse McCormack pour moi and a hoodie of Sharp is relative for SS.



Watching the German Grand Prix. Aquaplaning, crashing, all the drama. And Kimi Raikkonen's 80 year old granny is in the Ferrari pit watching it all.

Off the interweb:
False braids cost beauty queen her title: The winner of a Bolivian beauty contest for indigenous women was stripped of her title moments after her coronation when judges noticed she was wearing false plaits, organisers said on Saturday.