Photographer: Vanina Sorrenti
Magazine: i-D
Date: February 2010
Stylist: Marina Burani
Model: Shalom Harlow
Source: Smile via Paranaiv

Spring

Would've done Christmas but the family got to the gingerbread biscuits first! So especially for you, iced ginger biscuits! Merry Christmas everyone! Or whatever else you celebrate, even if it's just snow & time of school/college/work. Sorry the blog's been so rubbish but in just over a week we'll be in a New Year & I have a small feeling 2011 might just be amazing. Even though this year has been a vintage for sure.

I'll do more reminiscing later, but as I'm working until Christmas Eve & going to Cornwall the day after boxing day I'll leave you with this & some lovely timed posts of four magazine spreads from the year summing up the seasons (comments off so please leave them here!). Because that, my friends, is how I roll.

See you on the other side!

In a break in the recent political broadcasting on this blog. This post would be entitled. Trousers I would like to buy from ASOS. Very important, I'm sure you will agree.

Boy -
There's something about wearing trousers that don't fit that makes me reminisce about the 90s & my childhood. But I need a waist, otherwise I do actually look like a boy (I mean, I have the hair) & the colour of these top trousers is actually heart stopping. I need something that colour in my life...if only it was those trousers. The second one's are made of Viscose *eugh* so I cannot purchase, but colour & shape alone make them share-worthy.

Knitted -
I adore how unflattering these are. Especially the top one's with the arrows bending to show off curves most people hate. I also like that they would be really really warm & make me feel quite Nordic... with my thoughts of hopefully going to Sweden at the end of my education next year I think it's seeping into my tastes & everyday life.



Leather -
Ok, so everyone in Grazia had those Isabel Marant one's, mostly women with kids but fuck it, I'm 18 & I've wanted some leather trousers for like 2 years now. Topshop made some crap attempts at it & charged loads, then there were those disgusting wetlook leggings. But how beautiful are these? Even the faux leather one's...

Anyway that was nice. I feel much better now. Although I have to confess that I made this post whilst watching the Commons debate on drug legislation because it's important. You can watch it here in limited quality, but just listen, please listen! Even if it's just for the first few minutes to listen to the dick with greasy (drug-addict style if you will) hair be shot down by everyone when he suggested the classification of Cannabis to a Class C caused a raise in drug prosecution and NHS treatment. NO ONE HAS EVER DIED FROM CANNABIS USE. *Ahem* sorry about that. Also the R.I.O.T trials done in Brighton are very interesting to listen too as well as it's MP who also later attacks said dick-with-drug-addict-hair to an extent where I would've liked something more physical. But hey.

That's just me.

So I've been asked for "art" from a couple of my friends this Christmas & after weeks of oogling through etsy I now realise it's too late for anything to be delivered from America. So for inspiration I was looking at this amazing blog & came across Casey Burns, who has vaguely entered my conscience once before. The prints are pretty expensive but maybe if I start with the ideal I can then at least head out into the overpriced world of Clifton with some idea of what I want to buy for people...



Sorry this blog has taken a beating of recent as I've been swamped with Christmas presents & protest. Very conflicting thoughts so not being able to put together cohesive internet rants is unfortunately, one of the side effects. It does mean though that I spent yesterday making gingerbread decorations, putting up the tree, watching 2 Christmas film (Christmas with the Cranks & Serendipity) & managed to make flyers for the anti-tax dodgers protest this weekend. Now if that isn't multi tasking I don't know what is.

Please please please reblog this flyer if you're in Bristol. You can e-mail me (neonpeg@gmail.com) if you want the .pdf to print off flyers to hand out. There's more information here about protests all around the UK & if you've found yourself alienated by the student protests then let's refocus the target on the people who are really taking the piss & focus our anger in a more productive way!

We must sing, we must sing.

Watch the full video here.

Repeating the word progressive does not make it so.
Politics is about fair and not fair not popular and unpopular.
Charging horses at kids is not justified in any way shape or form.
Pushing people into space that does not exist is inhuman.

We are angry.
We are justified.

Good luck to everyone taking part in the London march today. I will be dabbling my new hobby of watching BBC Parliament & getting very shouty as if I'm actually in Parliament...

My friend Sophie gave me this shirt after she got it in a charity shop for £2 or something, saying it suited me more because it was too big, too short & it fitted my "turbulent love life", gee thanks. It's pretty awesome & lovingly 80s though so I'm pretty stoked all the same.

Also is is officially Christmas in my eyes, bought a tree today that my mum insists we have to acclimatise to our house (even though it's as cold as outside anyway) before decorating & taking away all the fun. But more importantly I'm wearing my reindeer necklace & this t-shirt/dress is my first present.

Woo!