Last Few Street Photography Shots

I fancied a change, so here they are in black and white.

Street Photography #4

No one on Tuesday, no one yesterday, and almost no one today until, just as the light was fading, I found these two on Charing Cross Road. They were well dressed, charming and patient while I fumbled with camera and waited for the 95896 people on the street to go past so I could take [...]

Lynchianisms

I don’t often read other blogs. There are about four that I check regularly, apart from that, my involvement in the ‘blogosphere’ is pretty much limited to writing my blog. Occasionally, however, I have a peep at someone else’s efforts and am rewarded by a snippet of information that I cannot believe has previously eluded me. Suddenly everything falls [...]

Street Photography #2

Maybe I’m not dedicated enough, but on the cold London streets, I still haven’t found many immaculate head-to-toe vintage looks. Come on people!
This is Flora on NYE wearing a 1940s millitary overcoat. The photo is very dark, but I really like it anyway. When I make them black and white to hand in it will [...]

The Kooples

When I was in Paris over Christmas I stumbled across a shop named The Kooples (it took me a while to work out the name but I realised it’s ‘couples’ pronounced phonetically in a French accent). The shop immediately interested me, partly because of it’s adoption of a fashionable ‘club photography’ style for it’s advertising and [...]

Cheers/Jeers

Now let me guess, you’d like a lighthearted seasonal round-up of a couple of my highlights and lowlights of the year? Well, okay, if you insist.
The Whistles Rejuvenation
Former purveyor of £79 pastel cardigans with novelty buttons, Jane Shepherdson has transformed Whistles into a sartorial haven for the discerning girl, gladdening my heart and enhancing my wardrobe. Only [...]

Style Against All Odds.

Gerda Taro is often better known as the other half of photo-journalist Robert Capa than for her own work. This is a pity as though much of her work was published under Capa’s name, she was possibly the first female war reporter. After hearing about her on Weekend Women’s Hour last week I was inspired [...]

Any Colour As Long As It’s…

This will come as no surprise to anyone at all, but black still reigns supreme as the colour of choice for the young and stylish. Saint Martins this week has been a veritable sea of black (and grey) garments, with only the odd print student sticking out like a brightly-coloured sore thumb. Perhaps I’m exaggerating a [...]

Amanda Laine

I don’t take much notice of individual models, I’m usually looking too intently at clothes, styling, photography etc. so their faces don’t really absorb into my brain, which is why I can only name a few and why it’s taken me so long to discover Amanda Laine. While reading an article on her in V yesterday I [...]

Everybody Loves Sonia

Despite my best intentions, I think I’m going tohave to leave commentary on the rest of the Spring ‘09 shows until that season is actually upon us. I’ve got slightly out of the loop with regards to Paris, and now I’ve started college there’s very little chance of me managing to comment full on the rest of the shows, just one [...]