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DOLCE & GABBANA: A SICILIAN THING

Sat, 18 May 2013 16:24:16 +0100

Sicily is the home of many things. The Godfather. Mount Etna. Sicilian baroque. And Dolce & Gabbana. It is, apparently, the clue to everything. To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to see Italy at all, or something like that. And by “seeing”, the person who probably said that meant actually, physically seeing. As in being there. And not watching The Godfather. Usually, we’d agree with the opinion of someone whose quote we found at random on Wikipedia, but then we saw the Dolce & Gabbana show and found that you can experience Sicily without going there. All you need is for someone to transport a small village, complete with its handsome, dark-haired residents, to a different town – say, Milan, where it just so happens you will be, because, it’s fashion week, so really, where else would you be? Anyway, Sicily and clothes. A flat cap, known as a tascu. Admittedly, it’s pretty much how you would imagine a flat cap to look. It is even made of tweed. In fact, it was adopted by Sicilians in the early 20^th century as a driving cap. And though it is not of Sicilian origin, it has become so associated with the island’s inhabitants that you could almost forget that it was first worn by English nobles in the 18^th century. Which would lead you to conclude, logically, that Sicilians have far more flare than the English when it comes to matters of dress. Take Dolce & Gabbana’s prints, for example. Shirts with wide collars are open to reveal the clavicle, and are printed in warm oranges and reds, depicting scenes of knights in shining armour riding to battle, religious icons, or even just bold horizontal stripes, and spliced with white. All worn with a loose, pleat-front trouser. Either cropped, or rolled up to the ankle and worn with a bare leg and a simple, woven-leather, lace-up sandal. The trousers are belted. High. Up around the waist. The proper waist, though, not what people think of as the waist, which is actually the hips. It creates the illusion of a meatier physique. Of muscle honed through years of pulling nets of fish (maybe sardines) from the sea at dawn. Sicilians fish. We know this. Because Dolce & Gabbana once did nets. To represent the Sicilian fisherman. This collection is a natural progression. From sea to dry land. From working week to Sunday best. The many faces of the Sicilian man.

www.dolcegabbana.com

by Natalie Dembinska

Shehashadit - Thanks to Todd Thomas for introducing me to this...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:35:24 +0100

Shehashadit - Thanks to Todd Thomas for introducing me to this blogger, too brilliant capturing the weird and wonderful folk in the big apple mainly sleeping on the tube. Brilliant! Lve him so much and the captions are beyond hysterical.
Sophia Neophitou
Sophia Neophitou
Editor In Chief 10 & 10 Men Magazines
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Amazing - Lyndell on the left in red in the 90’s when she...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:03:01 +0100

Amazing - Lyndell on the left in red in the 90’s when she was a dancer. I mean Foxy Cleopatra coming atchya. Sophia Neophitou
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Editor In Chief 10 & 10 Men Magazines
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Look what Lyndell just saw on instagram a Cher make-up...

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:00:40 +0100

Look what Lyndell just saw on instagram a Cher make-up station !!!!! I mean genius, genius need one in my world endless fun. Sophia Neophitou
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Editor In Chief 10 & 10 Men Magazines
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HERMES: FESTIVAL DES METIERS The Hermes silk scarf was first...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:48:22 +0100

HERMES: FESTIVAL DES METIERS

The Hermes silk scarf was first introduced in 1937. The first scarf was named Jeu des Omnibus et Dames Blanches and featured a design of ladies in white wigs playing some period parlour game. The scarves, much like the bags are time consuming to create, taking on average two and half years to complete. Each is individually screen printed with vegetable dye and is left to dry for a month before the next layer of colour is applied. Each one contains around thirty-six different colours. Each hem is hand stitched. Should you want to, you can witness the making of a scarf at the Saatchi Gallery from May 21st. Admittedly it won’t be the making of a single scarf from start to finish as, well, you would be sat there for two and a half years, which seeing as the exhibition is on for a very short five days would also be physically impossible. But maybe there’ll be a a making of, a sort of step by step Blue Peter presentation with lots of “and here’s one I made earlier” type remarks.

Hermes: Festival des Metiers. A rendez-vous with the Hermes craftspeople.

Saatchi Gallery. London, SW3

21st- 27th May, 2013

www.hermes.com

by Natalie Dembinska

HOUSE OF LIZA- As stumbling around streets of East London trying...

Sat, 18 May 2013 14:25:45 +0100

HOUSE OF LIZA- As stumbling around streets of East London trying to find a chocolate biscuit for our shoot. We come this store randomly. Filled with vintage Comme, Stephen Sprouse, Junior Gaultier and Mugler. Incredible pieces. Never seen so much Gaultier.
By Garth Spencer

FRENCH AND SAUNDERS: WOMANLY WORLD MAGAZINE The reality of...

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:12:23 +0100

FRENCH AND SAUNDERS: WOMANLY WORLD MAGAZINE

The reality of working on a magazine.

by Natalie Dembinska

ACNE: TENTASTIC, CAMILLE SATIN PLAYSUIT

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:36:13 +0100

No. 48 on my 17 page list of things to buy from Acne.

www.brownsfashion.com

by Sophie van der Welle

Fashion is so glamorous - really? The amazing ‘A’...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:31:01 +0100

Fashion is so glamorous - really? The amazing ‘A’ team Vince and Sophie returns returns, returns
Sophia Neophitou
Editor In Chief 10 & 10 Men Magazines
+44 207 434 0042

Make-up story with Lucia Pica and Cedric Buchet today. Girls...

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:09:33 +0100

Make-up story with Lucia Pica and Cedric Buchet today. Girls world dream everything, everything.

Sophia Neophitou
Sophia Neophitou
Editor In Chief 10 & 10 Men Magazines
+44 207 434 0042

Eurovision Song contest - its that time of year again...

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:41:55 +0100

Eurovision Song contest - its that time of year again everyone’s gay christmas in Europe- The European Song Contest And we are ‘holding out for a Zero’ loving Bonnie. Avi Parness is having a regional eurovision Party we are coming whether you want us there or not!
Love The Eurovision - Come on UK win win win!!
Sophia Neophitou
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Garth Spencer and Lyndell having a fag break don’t you...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:28:46 +0100

Garth Spencer and Lyndell having a fag break don’t you know kids smoking kilss!!! Good picture though. Sophia Neophitou
Sophia Neophitou
Editor In Chief 10 & 10 Men Magazines
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SAMMY JO’S DANCE What are you doing this weekend? I will...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:24:08 +0100

SAMMY JO’S DANCE

What are you doing this weekend? I will be attending my cousin’s wedding, where after I have knocked back one too many vodka shots plan to bring some glamour to the dance floor and do my best Sammy Jo tribute dance.

by Natalie Dembinska

Shooting with Cedric Buchet who has decreed we should all...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:56:27 +0100

Shooting with Cedric Buchet who has decreed we should all consume fresh juice on set to keep energy levels up. So the gorgeous Lyndell has been juicing her little heart out, look what a lovely pair of juicy jugs she is offering up. Never disappointing.

Sophia Neophitou
Sophia Neophitou
Editor In Chief 10 & 10 Men Magazines
+44 207 434 0042

HERMES: FESTIVAL DES METIERS To make an Hermes watch you need...

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:48:25 +0100

HERMES: FESTIVAL DES METIERS

To make an Hermes watch you need cork. A cork knob on which to rest your face while you tweak the toggles. This much we have gathered from the below pictures. There is also a gold spike on the end of a wooden stick. Hermes do a very pretty watch with gold spikes As for the rest of the watch, the actual putting together of the watch, the adding of numbers and hands to the face, the wiring up of a battery, well if like me you are blessed with a vivid imagination, you could simply draw a watch, write Hermes across it and pretend. People may laugh, but they will also be jealous that you own an Hermes watch, even though it’s only a paper one, and they do not. If only others were blessed with the same imagination and determination as you they too could be proudly flashing their wrist whilst strutting down Bond Street. If however, you would like to find out how to make a real life, working Hermes watch, one that tells the time, well now you can. At the Saatchi Gallery from May 21st. I don’t know if they will be making an actual watch from scratch, but there will be watches, and I like to think that making a bag handle is like making a watch strap. Really, how different could it be?

Hermes: Festival des Metiers. A rendez-vous with the Hermes craftspeople.

Saatchi Gallery. London, SW3

21st- 27th May, 2013

www.hermes.com

by Natalie Dembinska

RALPH LAUREN: MAN OF OUR DREAMS

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:12:26 +0100

Dear Ralph,

Please find below a few reasons why we aime you so. Why we would like to come and place our heads between your kidneys. We’re not sure why we would want to do that exactly, but we’re sure that it must be very nice to be there. It would be warm. And we could sing to you. Serenade you. In a breathless voice. Like they do in that song. The one in which they “je t’aime” each other.

1. Your name is Ralph. Ralph means wolf counsel. So we read. “The wolf is an animal with a reputation for being crafty.” They look great in grey. As do you. Like a silver wolf. Not fox. Grrrrr.

2. You have hazel eyes. The colour of the amber waves that flood the heartland of the USA. That have been immortalised in patriotic song. One day your eyes will be immortalised in patriotic song, too. People will stand and place their right hands over their hearts when they sing of your eyes.

3. That smile, filled with those beautiful white teeth, and framed with the caramel-hued skin, could melt glaciers. In fact, we’re almost certain that your smile is responsible for the melting of the icecaps. Not global warming. But then, who wouldn’t melt if you smiled at them? We would. Those icecaps are powerless in the presence of your smile.

4. You are the daddy bear. We have always loved a daddy bear. We have always loved you. Please be our daddy bear. So that we can, to quote Rihanna, hold you like a pillow. We would really like to hold you like a pillow. Really.

www.ralphlauren.com

by Natalie Dembinska

RICHARD NICOLL & LINDER STERLING: NORTHERN BALLET- THE...

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:59:00 +0100

RICHARD NICOLL & LINDER STERLING: NORTHERN BALLET- THE ULTIMATE FORM

Wow, we’re on set for a big fashion feature in the next issue and Richard Nicoll has just sent through the enclosed to Sophia. A little preview of the Northern Ballets The Ultimate Form with costumes designed by Richard Nicoll in collabortaion with artist Linder Sterling. Those prints! Beautiful. Feel suddenly inspired to turn up the music, and throw some shapes against the infinity wall!

by Vincent Levy

CHRISTIAN DIOR: FALL-TASTIC, GIANT PEARL RING

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:36:25 +0100

Wear whilst eating oysters.

www.dior.com

by Natalie Dembinska

PRISTINE CHRISTINE: As the gorgeous Lyndell christened my Navy...

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:29:00 +0100

PRISTINE CHRISTINE:

As the gorgeous Lyndell christened my Navy blue mercedes. I got the old girl out for the shoot yesterday. She needs lots of TLC patience and consideration or she’ll just stop co-operating a bit like her owner! Best Valentine present ever, ever, ever!! There’s no better way of saying I love you than vintage car gift!

by Sophia Neophitou

LONDON SHOOTING: Hangin’ in east London. Avoiding the...

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:59:00 +0100

LONDON SHOOTING:

Hangin’ in east London. Avoiding the rain-obviously. Oh summer! Where for art thou?!

by Vincent Levy