Wednesday, 23 November 2011

tell me




What's New?



Miss Ronstadt



It isn't much, but it will have to do until the real thing comes along.





Friday, 4 November 2011

putta...




nesca, that is.




using Nigel Slater's quick and simple recipe







Now playing - Frank Sinatra,  Pal Joey (1957) - The Lady Is a Tramp

Saturday, 22 October 2011

love


this
 


song


Thursday, 20 October 2011

Mission: Impossibly Smart






Boiled leather and stainless steel chair

by

Simon Hasan


 








Now playing: Sade - Skin

Wednesday, 19 October 2011

Peek-a-boo






I've been doing my washing today, haven't got a stitch on except my shoes.
I'm all in the rude under this dress...
I only tell you 'cause you are bound to have noticed.







Imperial Chinese court summer robe of embroidered gauze







You...uh...you can't see through this dress can you? 
I have been worried for fear of embarrassing you...

Oh, Mr. Sloane! Don't betray your trust...







Kath in the film version of Joe Orton's Entertaining  Mr. Sloane









Now playing:  Siouxsie and the Banshees - Peek-A-Boo

Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Make room for ...








 Edited by Thomas Messel 

Introduction by Lord Snowdon, epilogue by Anthony Powell with texts by Stephen Calloway, Keith Lodwick, Jeremy Musson, and Sarah Woodcock. 








Now playing: Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty, Act II. Panorama

Monday, 17 October 2011

S is for...





Serpent









and...

Salviati











Now playing: Blondie - Heart of Glass