What a caper!!

I know capes are wrong, but they are cropping up everywhere! The druid on a day-trip look might be acceptable, but the superhero look is never right....
So are capes a feature in A/W 2006?

Crazy Florals! Wah! Wah!*

Just when we were all getting a little bit bored with this Summer's white revival, the high street has exploded with crazy floral prints! Yippee!

I rejected this look until I found the right print and style for me. My print is psychedelic - think Liberty on acid - in a '20s tea dress shape. I'm not feeling brave enough to wear it yet, because it is quite bright, but watch this space.

Top Shop do a great Celia Birtwell revival range featuring her original '60s designs. If you need a bit of inspiration why not head to the V&A to check out the new '60s fashion and graphics displays? I'm going this weekend, so will let you know what it's like.

Let me know if you too have entered the crazy world of floral patterns...

* ref: The Osmonds

Kooky or Spooky? - Post-ATP style analysis.

Hey chaps!
Just got back from All Tomorrow's Parties - phew!
Most people were try-hard kooksters with greasy hair and ill-fitting cardigans/pack-a-macs, but some looks that stood out from the ATP pack were:

*1) Red skinny jeans and white t-shirt on a pencil thin man. He looked like he was sponsored by coca-cola so thumbs down for that effort.
*2) Girl wearing a teddy bear head hat that made her look like she had ears. I don't know where to begin on this one...
*3) Girl wearing a crazy culotte jump suit with one trouser leg rolled up to the thigh to reveal plum coloured opaque tights, accessorised with a seaside bucket as a handbag. So hip it hurts or just plain mental?
*4) A boy with a pudding-bowl haircut wearing heavy eye make-up and the biggest billowy sleeved white shirt you've ever seen (eat your heart out Meatloaf).
*5) A man wearing a super-hero cape and 70s-style gym shorts (photo to be added shortly to prove this wasn't a figment of my imagination).
*6) Bonus points went to Anton from The Brian Jonestown Massacre for having a mystery-themed outfit on stage - a Sherlock Holmes deer-stalker hat, cape and pipe. I like it!

Would you any of you ATP guys like to add any other observations? This is just the tip of a very big style iceberg...

Waterproof folk-rock...

Hey there blogsters!
I'm going to All Tomorrow's Parties this weekend and the weather forecast says it will rain. The naked dancing with flowers in my hair is OFF! Bah! How am I going to achieve a folk-rock look and keep warm and dry? Help!

Designer pop bottles - what?

What's with all the fashion 'designer' re-styles of products like Cola bottles and sweetener dispensers? Hardly haute couture... get on with creating some inspiring new clothes styles rather than cashing in with the big corporations. Rant over....

The crochet challenge...

This summer, white is the colour and white crochet is even hotter. Is anyone brave enough to rise to the challenge? I think only Twiggy could get away with it, but a touch of mecrame here and there would update the look.... hmmm - the jury's out.

BIG bad beads

Beads just seem to be getting bigger and bigger this summer. i've spotted a really nice Marni-esque necklace in French Connection, which has weird 60s plastic shapes, but I'm still to be convinced by the big boulders around your neck look. What do you reckon guys...

Nautica-but-nice?

I must admit I feel a bit lost at sea now that everyone is looking nautical nowadays. Last summer I got stick for looking like a born-again Christian because I don't swear and I wear stripy tops. Now even that dope Sienna Miller wants part of the action. We all know I can't do dots so what's left?

Hi-de-hi Campers!

Summer time is almost here gang!
Dare I wear my stripey blue shirt that makes me look like a yellow coat? Looks like shorts are here to stay too. Surely only Ruth Maddock can pull that off? I'm off to have a big adventure at Camber Sands Pontins for ATP soon. What do you think campers - can Stinks pull it off?

Black Vans - hot or not?

I heard a rumour that grunge is coming back and it's happening. A certain person I know bought some all-black Vans and I was unconvinced (I didn't even like them in the 90s). But I was forced to re-evaluate when he was complemented by a passing emo-goth boy. The future's gloomy...

Folk rocks

Hey gang!
I want to get a folk look going on this summer - any ideas? I've spotted a nice psychedelic cheese-cloth top in SWear but I want to explore this look more with the aid of my trustee fashion-fiends... Get looking!