DMs...

Okay, so I've been ranting and raving about DMs ever since seeing some little Italian fashionista in a pair during Fashion Week and then I see this image from the Vice Global Trend Report and I'm like, okay - so you never know if they mean it or not, but hell - I can see it (a shame, since DMs don't seem to be able to see it at all, currently only stocking in one store in Camden and one camping store on Charing Cross road) but hey... I was always a monkey boots girl, but damn - I'm liking this look. Bring back the Seudeheads I say; it's all about the roll-up (alright, pin tuck Sniper) and an unlaced boot... yum.

Re-Brand ALERT!

It would seem that it isn't only the big swingers of the corporate world that take time to ponder the opportunities and neccessities of reshaping their public image. Let's just call this well known, widely recognised sticker art persona 'the Toaster'. The Toaster has been around for a rather long time. Initially appearing in random public spaces, proudly hand splatered on Post Office 'Special Delivery' dispatch note stickers, the Toaster has come along way. Now going for a more updated colour scheme and splashing that hard saved 'day job' cash on a glossy finish, custom cut run of ready made throw-ups, the Toaster is once again stealth tuned to dominate sticker art for another decade. Maybe.

Crooked Towers of London

Jericho by Anselm Kiefer features two splendidly characterful towers carefully constructed in the forecout of londons prestigious Royal Academy of Art. Cleverly constructed the towers resemble the makeshift feel of a shanty town hut but rest assured with a ridiculous health and safety legislature to answer to I very much doubt the construction of these towers was anything but scientifically calculated. You can even step inside and experience the eerily stark contrast of raw concrete against the big money marbled backdrop of the Royal Academy.

Archaeology of sorts

You may or may not have noticed the recent push in the refurbishment of The London Underground network, where both it's functional facilities and aesthetic facades are receiving heavy remedial attention, primely in the name of improvement and partially in the name of the 2012 Olympics (I'm sure). If you havn't noticed or been in the capital to witness first hand, then you probably missed the opportunity of seeing such remnants as these in person. Poster campaigns reminiscent of times passed, and plenty of them. The essence of nostalgia for many. This one rings home for me with particular clarity as it features a very rarely tackled theme, the neurological condition Narcolepsy, a fascinating sleep related disorder that leaves the sufferer often dangling and drifting between the surreal, the real and the weirdly unreal. FAR OUT!