Song of the Day

Lana Del Rey's debut album is out today, so I thought I'd have Born To Die as the song of the day. I quite like her. There, I've said it.

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die

What I bought today...

Shirt - Monki

Can we just talk about these for a minute?

Pastel shades, embellishment and a wedding dress. Let's just take a moment to applaud Elie Saab for yet another amazing couture collection...

 

Elie Saab - Spring/ Summer Couture 2012 collection

Song of the Day

Spector - Chevy Thunder

(brand new video - yay)

If you're not busy...

get yourselves to London to see Everything Is Electrified by artist, Joe Simpson. The exhibition takes the unlikely subject of pylons and follows Musician Portraits - previously featured on the blog here.

Speaking to Simpson in the run-up to the exhibition, the artist says:

"Whilst I was preparing for the musician portraits exhibition, I wanted to keep creating art, but to do something quite different as a creative break. I wanted to make paintings that I could do with minimal source material and that wouldn’t rely on sitters. I’ve always been interested in bold skies and clouds and started to make landscapes. I wanted to contrast the sprawling natural shapes of the skies with straight, formal and rigid imagery – so started to draw pylons and transmission towers over the top.  I’ve always liked pylons and wires across the skyline, they feel quite cinematic – like they appear in a Spielberg movie."


PS. if you were wondering, the title of the exhibition comes from this song...

Electrified - Ben Sollee

Everything Is Electrified runs from January 20th – 30th, 2012 at Camden Town Unlimited everyday 12pm – 8pm.

Song of the Day

Jack Penate - No One Lied

Block party

Despite being in the midst of Winter, all I can think about is when it's sunny and warm enough to lose the knitwear, coats and tights. In the meantime, I'll settle for colour blocking - something to bring...well, colour to the cold and dreary days of this time of year.

Marks & Spencer's Limited Collection has some great colour blocking pieces, including...

Shorts - £27.50

Midi skirt - £38

Hooded mac - £65

Dress - £39.50

You can view the Limited Collection here