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VIOLET
www.violetzine.co.uk
@violet_zine
Editor In Chief
Daisy Tinker
daisy@violetzine.co.uk
Creative Director & Stylist
Olivia Tinker
olivia@violetzine.co.uk
Online Editor
Vinh Nguyen
hello@violetzine.co.uk
With thanks to:
Barbara Frankie Ryan, Amelia Pemberton, Charlotte Hoyle, Emily Hoyle, Jenna
Wortham, Thessaly La Force, Emma West, Lydia Line, Dolly Garland, Ed Manley, Lara
Tutton, Emma Orlow, and Kate Williams for all your contributions and help. Also, a
special thanks to Peter Quinell and Alice Quinell-Fletcher; quite possibly the most
helpful family I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with.
Finally, thank-you to my twin sister Olivia; for all the inspiration and support you’ve
given me over the last 20 years. Without your artistic vision, patience and ridiculous
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The (less uptight) Rebecca to my Enid.; best friends forever.
I dedicate Violet to you, with love.
Front Cover Illustration by Olivia Tinker
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- THE ENID ISSUE -
WE ARE VIOLET
ISSUE 1: ENID COLESLAW
We like customising clothes and have a girl crush on Drew Barrymore circa
1996, when she incessantly wore daisy clips in her hair.
We’re girls who love girls; we appreciate Britney Spears in double denim
and Courtney Love’s continued crazy antics. From Gwen Stefani to Dawn
Weiner, to Tracey Emin to the Queen, each issue we’ll strive to bring you
the coolest of female icons; taking their life, style and work to inspire our
content.
We know you’re clever and cool, just like each of these wonderful women,
so each issue we’ll nourish your need for creative and interesting features,
including thoughtful articles, trend lead photoshoots, DIY How Tos and
gorgeous illustrations; no embarrassing stories and problems pages here.
This month we’ve chosen the weirdly wonderful Enid Coleslaw, so look out
for novelty clothing, features on diary keeping and interviews with other
young creatives, just like Enid herself. Enjoy!
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- Our Style Icon “I just hate all these extroverted, obnoxious, pseudo-bohemian losers.” - Enid, Ghost World
ENID: OUR SECRET STYLE ICON
Not one to follow the fashion herd - Enid Coleslaw is
our perfect style icon, and that’s why we chose her
for our very first issue.
Primary colours, middle partings and chunky
black ankle boots; Enid wears the kind of kooky,
transitional 90s/2000s fashion we proclaim to hate,
but secretly love.
Her wardrobe is a volcano of rainbow retro pieces and
classic 90s wear washed down with punky accessories
and an apathetic teenage sensibility.
Flitting between styles, she doesn’t limit herself to
any particular look or label; instead, creating new
looks from old clothes and reworking past trends.
Granny’s wardrobe to prim school style; who knows
what Enid will wear tomorrow? There’s no look she
can’t pull off or is too shy to try - with a sprinkle
of her magic even home-dyed green hair can look good
and we simply love it!
Quite clearly we’re not the only ones - Thora Birch’s
Ghost World character was famosly the inspiration
behind Luella’s 2007 Geek Chic collection, and more
recently her grungy school girl vibe has been felt
across catwalks and streets alike. Couragous, cool
and often questionable, we wish we were Enid’s best
friend so we could raid her closet! Bravo, Mary
Zophres for Enid’s amazing costumes (we want to raid
your closet too!)
An Enid Coleslaw themed issue wouldn’t be complete without her iconic blue Raptor tee.
We dedicated a whole page to the thing; here it is in all its glory.
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- TREND -
TREND ALERT
Just like Enid, we take pride
in our appearance. Taking
inspiration from her cartoonish
ensembles, we introduce to you
our favourite new trends.
“IT’S OBVIOUSLY
AN ORGINAL 1977
PUNK ROCK LOOK,
BUT I GUESS
JOHNNY FUCKFACE OVER THERE
IS TOO STUPID TO
REALISE”
- Enid, Ghost World
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- TREND -
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The outcome of when
Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff
befriended 15 year old blogger Tavi; lately, we’ve
been going crazy for the bonkers novelty trend. Consisting
mainly of cartoon prints and bright colours, we think Enid would
approve of this eye-wateringly colourful trend. Not all summer shades
though, a healthy splashing of 90s grunge keeps the look modern; we
especially love a slick of lipstick in some gothic colour or other to ofset all
the raindbow ensembles. Seen at Meadham Kirchhoff, Prada, Ashish, Holly
Fulton and Giles last season, now novelty has made its way to the streets
alike (and that’s not even mentioning ASOS who have an amazing Novelty
section of their Marketplace - definitely check that out.) It seems we’re
all dying our hair to My Little Pony shades ( lilac is our clear favourite
though dusky pink is a close second) and digging out the garish
rainbow coloured jumpers that were forced on us as
children.
We’re going for a Mini Mouse vibe.
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Fanta earrings: www.junkieloversboutique.com, £4. Lipstick in Beguiled: www.topshop.com, £8. Pink flatforms: www.asos.com, £75. Oliva heart sunglasses & Mustard dotty bow:
www.moki.co.uk, £10 & £3. Daisy by Marc by Marc Jacobs, Petite on the go bottle: www.selfridges.co.uk, £25 . Lilac motif t-shirt by Meadham Kirchhoff: www.net-a-porter.com, £130
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PRINCE CHARMING
MISMATCHING PRINTS
If you like to stand out from the crowd as much as Enid
does, then take a hint from her crazy wardrobe and
invest in a lary printed piece; there’s so many lush ones
to choose from, especially from many cheaper designer
lines like Marc by Marc Jacobs and Sonia by Sonia Rykiel.
Don’t invest in just one mindblowingly bright piece
though; what’s the point of wearing one wonderfully
wacky accessory when you could wear five? Zebra,
leopard, python, polka dot, stripe, hawaiian... with so
many glorious prints on offer, we’re seeing just how many
different patterns we can wear in one outfit (much to the
distaste of our Mums.)
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Orange polka dot scarf: Sonia by Sonia Rykiel at www.net-a-porter.com, £85. Waikiki Hawaii print Nail Rock foils: www.asos.com, £8. Red polka dot purse: Comme Des Garcons at
www.net-a-porter.com, £90. Mint zig zag print Converse: Missoni for Converse at www.converse.co.uk, £220. Black and white Bengali watch: Kid Robot x Swatch at www.swatch.co.uk,
£44.50. Red rpython print umbrella, Marc by Marc Jacobs at www.liberty.co.uk, £40.
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GAGA FOR DADA
“I’m going to a remedial high-school for fuck ups and retards”
- Enid, Ghost World
As you read through this issue of Violet, one this we’re sure you’ll notice is our new found love of collage art.
We just can’t get enough of it over here at Violet: cutting and sticking is our current favourite pass time. We love spending our evenings
chopping up the latest looks and re-pasting them into freakish (but very well dressed) alien looking people with giant features, Inspired
by world renowned Dadaist movement, it seems everyone is going a bit crazy for collage (see the gorgeous adverts for Prada and Stella
McCartney opposite.) The early 20th century art movement was renowned for their random cut and stick techniques, and because of this their
style became known as anti-art. Their chaotic, mixed media montages symbolised their rejection of logic - they didn’t care if their work meant
anything, they just wanted to have fun, and it’s this mentality that what we appreciate the most.
Though the Dadaist movement was only popular for a few years until around 1926, we have noticed some modern artists who are using
similar techniques. Ashkan Honarvar sticks grotesque images of organs alongside delicate flowers and pretty women to create absolutely
beautiful images.
We
took
inspiration
from these Dada
inspired adverts for
our shoot on page
48, using layers of
pretty images &
illustrations.
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ABCD by Raoul Hausmann, Grotesque by Hannah Hoch, Vanitas & Creed by Ashkan Honarvar
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The
‘90s
was
supposedly the era
of Girl Power, but here at
Violet, we’d like to disagree.
With such strong, successful and
more importantly, talented female
role models today, we’ve got more reason
than ever to love being a girl, and in a
recent trend of female admiration, have a
few girl crushes too.
Elizabeth Olsen, Charlotte Gainsbourgh,
Courtney Love, Jenny Saville, Nigella Lawson, Kate
Middleton and Rihanna (of course!) are just some
of the women whose names surface in girl crush
territory, and we can totally see why. Talented
artists, award winning actresses, platinum selling
singers and brilliant writers, many of us can only
dream of a life like theirs; recognised for their
talent, creativity, beauty and style. We admire
these women; their successes and ability in
their chosen fields, and we’re not ashamed
to admit: we’re totally girl crushing.
She has better hair than you, a better career, and more
than likely, a hotter boyfriend too. You follow her life and
work: you want to look like her, to be her, or her best friend
at the very least. Along with most other women, you have
a girl crush: an overwhelming adoration, but totally non
sexual idolization of another female, and you’re not alone...
Jenna Wortham and Thessaly La
Force, know all about a bit of
woman-loving. Founders
and Editors of Girl
Crush Zine,
they
f e a t u r e
women
discussing
their female role models.
They’re not ashamed to admit
when they think another woman is
really cool, and have in fact turned this
recent trend to their own success. As they
say: “It’s about to get really girly.”
“One day, the subject of girl crushes came up
and it clicked for both of us. We began to think
about what it’d be like to reach out to our girl
crushes; and thus was born the zine.”
“To me, a girl crush is a way of saying someone is
your role model, or that your admire them or want
to emulate them without being super earnest or
self-serious. I don’t think it’s an innate attraction; I
think it’s a way to describe a healthy admiration
for another woman or peer.” Co-editor Thessaly
tells us, who currently names Leanne Shapton
and Lena Dunham as her main female
fancies.
So where has all this woman loving
come from? Over the past few years,
celebrities in particular have
been championing their
contemporaries.
F r o m
Illustration by Charlotte Hoyle
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“A girl crush is a way of saying
someone is your role model”
- Thessaly Wortham
Cheryl Cole and Rihanna who admitted
to mutual admiration over Twitter, to Katy
Perry’s I Kissed A Girl and of course the
Britney and Madonna fiasco of matching
t-shirts and public snogging. It seems we
followed their lead; girls aren’t shying away
from a bit of light lesbianism.
In a recent survey we carried out, all the
lovely ladies we spoke to said they had
a current crush; from Azealia Banks to
Kathleen Hanna, and various members
of the Spice Girls. We’re all obsessed with
different ladies, though often for the same
reason: we want their success, style and
clothes too. One participant noted: “Girls
get girl crushes partly because of envy,
partly identifying with someone’s aesthetic
and look.”
We have to agree: more often than not, it’s
about the clothes, isn’t it? Who wouldn’t
want Sofia Coppola’s endless Marc Jacobs
outfits, or Tracey Emin’s Vivienne Westwood
collection? They have access to the kind of
wardrobes we’ll spend a lifetime working
for, and that’s what we suppose, makes a
girl crush different to a full on fancying.
Lara Tutton, an English student at UCL
noted. “I think the majority of girl crushes
aren’t based on actual sexual attraction but
a weirdly asexual kind of fascination and
desire - a bit like how you fancy boys when
you’re in primary school! They are usually
on famous women that are not only super
attractive but are inspirational and have
enviable lifestyles, perhaps reflecting a
desire to want to be like that person, as well
as want the actual person themselves!”
Though the majority of female fancying
does occur with someone in the public eye
(over 90% according to our research) that’s
Pictured: Elizabeth Olsen, Courtney Love and Nigella Lawson were all named as crushes by our readers
not to say that it’s totally limited to celebs.
Maybe when you were 12 it was your
friend’s older sister, or the coolest girl in the
year above who wore make-up and had
high-heeled school shoes. Now it might be
your thin friend from university who always
gets higher marks than you, or a work
colleague who has the perfect pair of smart,
highwaisted peg-leg trousers and never
spills her lunch. Though less common, a
suprising amount of girls admitted to a girl
crush on someone they knew - usually for
the same reasons of jealousy of their career
successes and fashion sense. Often, it
starts with a sister, a best friend, then later,
maybe someone else you know according
to Jenna, the other half of the Girl Crush
Zine duo.
While some thought this threw up
questions about the crusher’s sexuality, we
actually think this is much healthier than
idolising someone famous who you’ll most
likely, never even meet (who’s probably not
half as cool in real life, and probably has
spots just like the rest of us.)
Anyway, what’s more flattering than
admitting to a girl crush on a gal pal? Most
women seek the approval of other women,
rather than men, especially when it comes
to their appearance. We think that secretly
(or maybe not so secretly anymore) this
is the validation all girls are looking for the compliment of a friend noticing your
achievements and giving you snaps for
your couragious fashion efforts.
Yes, we did just quote Clueless.
Pictured: Britney and Madonna’s infamous snog at the 2003 VMAs.
- INTERVIEW -
DOOBY DOLL
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When a creative 12 year old made
personalised dolls as Christmas
presents for her family, she wasn’t
expecting them to become a must have
gift and accessory of celebrities.
Seven years on, 19 year old creator
Amelia Pemberton has turned her
kooky beauties into a thriving
business, naming Florence Welch,
Giles Deacon and Hilary Alexander
as customers of her handmade
Dooby Dolls. Violet talks to the lady
herself about how it all got started.
For those who don’t know you,
tell us a bit about yourself.
I am now 19 and am at Falmouth
University in Cornwall, studying
Fashion Design which I am loving.
I like having tea parties, making
things, being spontaneous, going
on adventures on my bike and
early morning swims in the sea.
Have
you
always
been
a
creative
person?
Yes! It's the only thing I have ever
concentrated on or found important.
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How long does it take to make
each
one
(in
particular
the
Dooby Dolls 'To Look Like You'
which are incredibly detailed?)
They take a day or two to make
depending on the designs and the
fabric, as all materials are sourced
individually for each doll - I find
the small detailed parts everywhere
and anywhere! I have just been
collecting over the years from
Antique stores and charity shops and
sometimes Shepherd's Bush Market.
Which has been your favourite?
Doobydoll To Look Like You (where
Amelia creates miniature Dooby
Doll versions of people - Hilary
Alexander is amazing) is probably
my favourite as I love all the
different comissions I get: I love a
challenge.
Other than that my favourite
one was when I had to make the
founder of Ted Baker - Ray Kelvin.
I got someone at Ted Baker to send
me some of the fabric the morning
dress he wore to receive his award
was made out of, so I had to make
a tiny weeny bespoke tailored
Dooby Doll morning dress which was
amusing. He loved it very much too.
Which celebrity would you most like
to make a 'To Look Like You' doll of?
Paul Smith - he is the man I want to be.
You've
obviously
been
really
successful already, but what has been
your biggest achievement so far?
Thank you! Well, I would say my
biggest achievement was when I
had my very own launch party at
Shoreditch store ‘NO_ONE’, that was
a special day and also doing this
collaboration with Eley Kishimoto
where I had to make 300 dolls
on my own - it was a mission but
I did it! I created a sweat shop
in one of our rooms in our house
and lived there for a few days.
As you’ve said, you've collaborated
with Eley Kishimoto - but is there
anyone else you'd like to work with?
Well, keep your eyes peeled there will
be a new collaborated Doobydoll soon
but at the moment it’s TOP secret.
What's the future for Dooby Dolls?
Who knows, but I shall keep
them going as long as I can!
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DEAR DIARY...
As
a society
we’re
putting down
out notebooks,
no longer writing
letters or keeping
notes of our
feelings in
private
Young women have kept diaries for decades, loyally writing
entries about high-school crushes and horrible teachers.
With the decline of note-keeping however, more and more of us are turning
to social networking sites, unhealthily sharing our inner most thoughts
and fears with the world. Have we all become emotionally slutty; willing to
bare and share feelings which we should perhaps keep to ourselves? Or are
we simply more open than before? Violet investigates...
You know the deal. You sign
onto Facebook, you check your
notifications, reject a few invites to
Farmville and begin to flick through
your news updates. You see breakups, a lot of make-ups, a few
cringy hook-ups, and of course, the
inevitable feeling over-share that so
many of us are guilty of today.
These usually fall into 2 categories:
the first being the completely
boring and irrelevant happenings
in someone’s life: a missed bus, a
broken umbrella, a bad haircut that
looks more like a mullet than a trendy
short ‘do.
The second, and more offensive,
refers to the type of upset that
really shouldn’t be shared over
a social networking site: broken
marriages, drug problems and childcustody issues.
Now I know, as a Brit myself, there’s
nothing we love more than a cuppa
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and a good grumble - about the
terminally dull weather, delayed
trains and irritating but inevitable
occurrences of life. We’re a nation
of whingers, whiners, complainers
and grizzlers, but never before have
these diatribes been more visable
than they are now.
As a society, we’re putting down
our biros; no longer writing letters
or keeping notes of our feelings in
private. We’ve given up on late-night
diary-keeping, squinting through the
darkness to ink down ponderings,
hopes and dreams that we barely tell
ourselves, let alone anyone else. In
fact, it seems we’ve become all too
comfortable dishing out our drama to
all of our ‘friends’.
Who cares if your boss knows you
cheated on your boyfriend, or that
your best friend has suddenly turned
into a bitch thanks to a sarcastic and
“It’s important to keep a journal
because it can be a powerful tool for
personal growth.”
- Dolly Garland, Journal Addict Blog
capitalised rant you posted yesterday?
In fact, the term ‘rant’ has become
used
almost
souly
to
describe
this phenomenon, of lengthy and
embarrassing diatribes found on social
networking sites.
“URGH, I just got in and my computer
kept saying insufficient bandwidth
when I was trying to stream TOWIE, so
I kept having to refresh it, and THEN
I realised my Mum hadn’t washed my
favourite dress so I couldn’t wear it
out to Oceana for Louisa’s birthday.
Argh! Rant over!”
So, why are we all on a mission to moan
and more importantly, why subject our
friends to reading about it everyday?
“Writing down our feelings seems
to help the brain regulate emotion
unintentionally. Whether it’s writing
things in a diary, writing bad poetry, or
making up song lyrics that should never
be played on the radio, it seems to
help people emotionally.” Dr Matthew
Lieberman said, a psychologist who
recently explored the ‘Bridget Jones
Effect’.
According to this discovery, named
after the hopeless diary-writer in Helen
Fielding’s column for The Independent
(and of course the subsequent film
franchise) recording negative feelings
can actually help the brain regulate
emotions; helping you deal with
whatever the problem may be.
All very well this may be - but shouldn’t
some things be reserved for private,
personal reading? Sharing feelings are
all well and good, but writing them
in a diary - kept hidden in a bedside
table - is surely a better solution. One
lady who would agree is Dolly Garland,
founder of Journal Addict blog.
“Public journals such as what you
might find on social networking are
usually an excuse to vent. My private
journal is a lot of things to me: it
is a place to vent, but also it’s a
place to brainstorm, it’s a place to
repeat myself, or a place to record
my excitement. It’s a place to note
ordinary events of my life, and special
ones. It’s my progress meter of how I
develop in life. It’s my goal keeper for
my ambitions. For me, not keeping a
journal is not an option.”
According to Dolly, not keeping a pen
and paper diary is “unthinkable” - and
she often uses them to solve problems
that she might not have realised she
even had:
“It’s important to keep a journal
because it can be a powerful tool for
personal growth. When we are stuck
in a rut, we either don’t know it, or
can’t see a way out; a journal can help
with all of this and more.”
Another person who also swears by
diary keeping is Emma West, a student
who has kept a diary on and off over
the last 5 years to record everything
from feelings to outfits she wore at
6th form, things she did while she went
travelling and even an “extremely emo
phase of writing poetry”.
Not only did diary-keeping help her
view problems in perspective, she also
found them a great way to remember
feelings and events she had
otherwise forgotten.
Although the benefits are clear, only
6% saying they do it regularly. This
seems shocking, when Facebook has
nearly 500million daily users; sharing
their lives with the whole world.
Someone who knows all too well about
venting through social networking
sites is Ed Manley; an English student
at UCL. Manley noticed a growing trend
in the number of people using these
platforms to air their personal drama,
so in one study he scoured Twitter to
create a graph of angry tweets - using
swear words as a meter for discontent.
“People use [Twitter] to vent their
anger and problems, there are
people around to hear and read
their grievances so they may get
a bit of emotional support from
others. Twitter also adds a layer of
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Our favourite cartoon
character has an endless
merchandise empire including
this cute Parisienne pad
www.whsmiths.co.uk
Vivienne Westwood always has
loads of lovely notebooks and
diaries to choose from but we
love this classic plaid one
www.viviennewestwood.co.uk
impersonalisation – people may feel
happier communicating about these
issues over the digital interface than
in a more personal setting.”
The
problem
with
these
social
networking sites, it seems, is that
they openly encourage us to share
- and they make it so easy too! With
more that 250 million of us accessing
Facebook, Twitter and other sites
through our mobile phones - venting
has never been so easy, and we’ve
never had such a large captive
audience to listen to our complaints.
It’s all too tempting to tap in a swear
word here, a sarcastic comment there,
with the goading invitations of What’s
on your mind? and What’s happening?
spurring us on.
With so many gorgeous notebooks to
choose from today (have you seen the
lovely Lanvin illustrated versions, or
the plaid covered Vivienne Westwoods?)
we can’t think what could be better
than jotting down everything into one
over used and well loved diary. There’s
nothing more pleasing than seeing a
full and battered notebook covered in
someone’s thoughts and sketches.
This is how the people at Moleskine feel
anyway, and have recently created
an Artist Marketplace - somewhere
you can go to buy and sell cusomised
versions of their leather-bound books.
“Moleskine has increasingly had the
pleasure of seeing users posting
and sharing images of their creative
customized
Moleskine
notebooks
and covers. The volume and reach of
these personalized artworks has been
inspirational, exceeding anything we
could have predicted.”
Whether they’re carved, collaged,
embroidered or painted, it seems clear
that while some people are moving
away from the art of notebook keeping
- others are embracing it, leading the
way in a small but passionate minority.
Maybe more of us should take a leaf
out of their book and invest in some
good old pen and paper.
RANT OVER.
In true Harriet The Spy style
we’ve picked this classic black
and white composition notebook
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Lanvin’s gorgeously illustrated
notebook. We don’t pick
favourites but...
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We think there’s just something so pleasing about snooping through people’s well worn notebooks; we had a field day taking these
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pictures of student, Emma West’s diaries (but don’t worry Emma, we didn’t read them!)
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FIVE FAMOUS DIARY KEEPERS
In spirit of Enid’s incessant diary writing, we’ve looked at 5 famous
notebook keepers who are renound for their scribbling.
ANNE FRANK
BELLE DU JOUR
Perhaps the most renowned
diary keeper of all time; Anne
Frank received the famous red
and white checked signatures
book for her 13th Birthday
which she used to record
her family’s time in hiding.
Recording
not
only the difficulty
and fear of living
in
hiding
from
the
Nazis,
her
entries also detail
her journey into
'teenagehood, and
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has since been
read by over 7
million people.
Writing under the pen name Belle Du
Jour, Brooke Magnati found a more
modern way to keep a diary. Writing her
blog, Intimate Adventures of a London
Call Girl, she recorded her time as a
high-end call girl. She managed to keep
her identity hidden
for 6 years while she
worked as a
research scientist.
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from
Helen
Fielding’s
Independant
column of the mid 90s Bridget Jones’ fictional
30-something character
is an avid diary keeper.
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alcohol
units
consumed,
cigarettes
smoked and the not so
innocent flirtings with
her boss, the column
later became the book
and film franchise we
know today because so
many women empathised
with
her
ramblings
on hopeless men and
indulgent eating.
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trusty notebook turned
a generation of girls
into avid diary keepers
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World renowned journalist, author and poet,
Sylvia Plath kept journals for the majority of her
life; many of which have been published since
her suicide in 1963. She also used them as a
reference whilst writing her most famous work,
The Bell Jar; a semi-autobiographical novel
which plots protagonist Esther Greenwood’s
spiral into depression and mental illness.
- THE ENID ISSUE -
1995
2004
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INSPIRATIONAL,
AESTHETIC,
OR
SIMPLY
AS EYE CANDY, MANY OF US
POST THINGS ON OUR BEDROOM WALLS.
MAGAZINE
CLIPPINGS,
LETTERS,
GIG
TICKETS,
PHOTOGRAPHS OF DAVID BECKHAM; WHATEVER IT IS; IT
SEEMS THAT JUST LIKE ENID WE’VE GOT A CRAZE FOR COLLAGING,
PASTING UP POSTERS EVERYWHERE AND KEEPING MEMORIES
AROUND US IN HOME-MADE WALL MURALS. VIOLET INVESTIGATES.
THE WRITING’S ON THE WALL
Picture Enid’s room: it’s covered. Every wall hidden behind pictures and clothes
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Now this is no new trend, to the annoyance of their parents, teenager’s rooms have always
been completely bombarded in memorabelia, photos of old friends and band merchandise.
Lately, though we’ve been wondering why this is so often the case; what do these colourful
wall collages signify, and why do we create them? Do they even mean anything at all?
“It’s easy, fun and can be changed and altered without effort.” Collage artist Peter Quinnell
told us, who has been working with the medium for over 25 year. “Collage just happens
when you bring a few things together - and you can see it around you all the time.”
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changes her hair colour, sticking things to your walls is a simple, easy and more
importantly, cheap method of decorating your room to match your current obsessions.
Magazine clippings and band posters can easily be ripped down and replaced,but they look pretty
effective when all stuck together and can be used an an outward symbol of your personality.
We think this is the case for Enid anyway (and the case for the supressed Lisbon sister’s in
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A strong-willed, creative character, a plain wall simply wouldn’t do. No
magnolia, biscuit or warm stone, Enid’s colourful room portrays
her chaotic, out of the ordinary character that we love
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kooky art student if her bedroom
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1.
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walls were bare, it just wouldn’t make sense.
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and TV programmes; set designers often used
this medium to subtly represent their personality.
We’ve noticed a few really good examples of this;
particulartly angry feminist Kat Stratford in 10
Things I Hate About You. What would represent
her miserable personality and frustration at
teenage life better than her sombre wall of dark
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backdrop to scenes of her sulking on her bed,
wondering if Health Ledger really fancied her.This
couldn’t have been better ofset than with the
bedroom of her younger, more innocent sister,
Bianca, whose clippings were neatly aligned on
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Those clippings won’t be tearing down wallpaper
or leaving a circular pattern of paint that’s had
bluetack stuck to it, no no no.They were carefully
arranged in a neat, pastel collection of aspirational
Teen Vogue shoots and Cosmo front covers, the
typical teenage girl - just like Bianca’s character.
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designer, in real life, sometimes moodboarding
can be a simple joy of teenagehood; pasting pics
of David Gandy over the Care Bear wallpaper
you picked out when you were 10 and thought
Cheer and Wish Bear would be your BFF. It’s
more practical than anything else, the main
plus point to a poster being its ability to cover
a large space of pastel pink wall in one go.
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In Pink, where artwork and fashion clippings
cover her marshmallow walls as she dreams
of being something more than a gawky teen.)
Emma Orlow, a student, blogger and artist
from New York who writes The Emma
Edition blog, knows all about this sort of
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and drawing, 16 year old Emma has collaged
her walls for years, mainly for inspiration.
“My collage wall is a collective of inspiration for
what I put on in the mornings, and philosophies
I want to keep with me throughout the day. I
like that my collage walls are an art form with
an expiration date; I’m always tearing down bits
that I feel no longer represent who I am or what
I’m vibing; just like my blog or my sketchbook it
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“My walls are an art form with an
expiration date; I’m always tearing bits
down that I feel no longer represent
who I am.”
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1. Puppy
1. Puppy
cushion:
cushion:
UrbanUrban
Outfitters,
Outfitters,
£30. £30.
2. Pink
2. Pink
cuckoo
cuckoo
clock:
clock:
www.thegiftemporium.co.uk,
www.thegiftemporium.co.uk,
£16.95.
£16.95.
3. Fruit
3. Fruit
bedding:
bedding:
H&M,H&M,
£14.99.
£14.99.
4. Rose
4. Rose
light light
shade:
shade:
velvetstore.co.uk,
velvetstore.co.uk,
£15. £15.
Emma’s
mural
has
changed
and developed as she has; in earlier
years is was all about Audrey Hepburn, and a lot
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“There were a lot of transformations that occurred during that era, so there are
lots of AndyWarhol and Lichtenstein calendar cut-outs and quotes on my wall...there’s
also photos of musicians I love such as Beach House, The Beatles, Bob Dylan and M.I.A,
however my favourite thing on my wall is a photograph of an elderly couple
making out atop a plaid picnic blanket... My wall is really important to me.”
Someone else who really appreciates teenager’s bedrooms is Kate Williams who founded the super
cool Teenage Bedroom Tumblr. This is THE place to go to appreciate wonderfully over decorated
rooms that are completely inspirational and often full to bursting of 90s memorabelia and twinkly fairy
lights - very Juliet Capulet’s candle lit room in Baz Lurman’s 1996 remake. She welcomes readers to send
in pics of their rooms; showing off the best of teen-bedroom-wall-collage-art that we all seem to love.
(We thought we’d take a leaf out of her book and invite you all to send us pictures of your prized
walls. We weren’t disappointed, and have included them with this article for your appreciation)
Contributors to her Tumblr write about how much they love being able to express themselves
through their rooms, with a medium that’s much more creative and personal that just wallpapering
or painting it a certain colour. We think you can tell a lot about a person by their room, afterall a
wall collage can really speak a thousand words; revealing what bands you listen to, the magazines
you read and who your best friends are. More than that though, decorating your walls with
stuff is such an act of teenagehood; reveling in youth and the freedom not to care
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of adulthood, completely opposing your parent’s carefully designed decor.
(Take our tip though, just make sure you’ve fully left home
before you decide to take it all down. Let’s just say you’ll
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- IT’S YOUR TURN -
We asked you to send in pics of your gorgeously
decorated rooms: here are our favourites!
ALICE’S ROOM
“The Minnie mouse ears are from Disneyland Paris; I went when I
was about seven and I remember being extremely excited about
going and meeting Minnie Mouse!”
Alice Fletcher Quinell clearly
inherited the artistic gene.
Daughter of Peter Quinell, the
lovely artist who we spoke
to earlier, her room is a
delicious array of pictures
and memories she’s collected
over the years. The perfect
mix of eclectic, colourful and
just a tiny bit messy, Alice
is a girl with just our kind
of style - we particularly
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will now be looking for one
for Violet HQ!
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THE ENID ISSUE: WE LOVE STUFF
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EMMA’S ROOM
http://theemmaedition.blogspot.co.uk/
Blogger Emma Orlow’s room is
just the kind of girly, poster
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in mag clippings, postcards
and invitations; we can’t get
enough of her wall murial.
One thing she particularly
cherishes is the Mad Hatter
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which was an invitation she
received to go to an Annual
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“I remember thinking as I
looked around at all of the
grown-ups giddily decorating
their ice cream sundaes, “THIS
is the kind of party I want to
have when I am older.”
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OLIVIA’S ROOM
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“I’d hate to have a really
plain room, which is why I’ve
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Our very own stylist Olivia
Tinker told us.
“Because it’s so small, I’ve
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storing all of my clothes,
magazines, shoes, books,
accessories, which means
utilising every bit of space.”
Using posters and stickers
she picks up each time she
goes on holiday to cover her
plain furniture and walls has
really made the room her own,
and we love her choice of
inspirational mag clippings.
“I love having so much stuff surrounding me
in my room; all my shoes, my artwork, photos
of my friends... displaying everything that’s
important to me like a museum of my life.”
We
think
olivia’s room
looks gorgeous;
especially the
shelf below where
she keeps all her
favourite
things
“I’m really into the 1960s and all of the transformations that occurred during
that era, so there is lots of any warhol and lichtenstein cut-outs on my wall.”
BEDROOMS WE’RE JEALOUS OF
Say hello to the world’s best bedrooms; we can only
dream of rooms like these!
Marie Antoinette
Champagne bottles and
tiny cakes everywhere;
Marie Antoinette’s
bedroom is perhaps the
room of our dreams. With
miles of luxurious silk
and numerous maids on
hand to make the bed,
we’re sure her room
always looked fabulous.
It certainly did in Sofia
Coppola’s film version
anyway.
Carrie Bradshaw
Over the series we saw many
redesigns of her small studio
apartment, but our favourite was
probably its total re-haul in the
first film. Transformed into a modern
woman’s home with, we loved the
gorgeous artwork and $200 cushions
everywhere. Set decorator Karin
Weisel did an amazing job turning
the tiny space into a room we were
completely jealous of; including
of course her infamous walk in
wardrobe stuffed full of Choos!
Enid Coleslaw
Margot Tennenbaum
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Margot’s wardrobe is filled with
Lacoste and shiny Russel and
Bromley style loafers. All her plays
are neatly lined up on a shelf ready
for reading at any minute. Her
bedroom is a fancy affair with lots
of dark wood and chandeliers, but
then what would you expect from
a woman who only ever wears a fur
coat and always has perfect hair?
Enid’s room is
packed out full of
random objects and
memorabilia. In typical
teen style, there’s
clutter galore on every
wall; we’re suprised
that she can actually
wade her way through
in time to pick up her
(amazingly
see-through)
phone.
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Cher Horowitz
Surely every
teenage girl wants
a room like Cher’s;
namely one with a
humungous walk
in wardrobe that
actually has a
computer to pick
out perfectly
matching outfits for
you.
Enough said.
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Where are they now?
More than 10 years on from the film, we’ve been pondering on what Enid
and Rebecca would be wearing now; two piece pant-suits as boring business
women who finally gave into the dull 9-5? Full time Mums in high-waisted
jeans and ugly jumpers? Or still their kooky selves, rocking granny dresses and
crochet beanie hats? And would Rebecca have finally ditched the hairbands?
REBECCA
ENID
I
used to
think about
one day, just not
telling anyone, and
going off to some
random place. And I’d
just... disappear.
- Enid, Ghost
World
Investment Chic
Statement Prints
With Enid gone, Rebecca could finally become the normal person she always wanted to be. She has a job as some sort
of office type person for a big company so she wears a lot of smart pieces which transfer from day to night. A necessity
for work; she wears nice heels to the office or smart brogues, but sometimes might jazz it up with a bright overcoat or
accessory. With money to spend, Rebecca can afford to invest in simple but chic pieces which will last a lifetime, so she
often buys designer. She has a soft spot for plush leather bags, and particlarly loves this custard yellow one from Prada
which she brought with her bonus.
As a high-school drop out who had to take a summer-art class, we doubt Enid would be rocking any high-flying job that
would require kitten heels and pencil skirts. When she hopped on the bus at the end of the film, she went in search of
somewhere away from the judgement of her boring, unnamed American city, finding somewhere she could really be
herself. Living above and working in a thrift store somewhere, getting paid in clothes rather than money; her wardrobe
has grown extensively, full of bold prints and old tie-dye t-shirts. She still wears quite ugly shoes, but has swapped her
thick rimmed black glasses for some prettier styles.
- THE ENID ISSUE -
- THE ENID ISSUE -
- INTERVIEW -
“
- INTERVIEW -
I
just liked
making stuff so
I started making
zines; they’re so
accessible, all you
need is some paper
and a photocopier.
“
BFR ZINE
B
arbara Frankie Ryan puts
most 19 year olds to shame.
Queen of the zine scene;
she’s already been making
BFR for 4 years, which has been
featured by The New York Times,
Vogue and Dazed and Confused
to name but a few. Last year she
organised a Girls+Zine exhibition
with Tatty Devine and, Oh, and did
I mention she counts Lorraine Candy
as a fan? I chat to the lovely lady
herself about tap dancing, her
famous father and the future.
Maybe it was all the sugar from the
lemonade she was drinking, or maybe
she was just happy to finish uni for
the day, but Barbara Frankie Ryan
is hard to pin down. A lively, smily,
excitable jumble of knowledge and
hilarious anecdotes, she’s definitely
interesting to talk to, but hard
to get any specific answers from.
Jumping from one story to the next,
she keeps you enthralled, eagerly
listening (and laughing) as she
chats, merrily away.
I ask Barbara to introduce herself
and her background (for the sake
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- INTERVIEW -
of my dictaphone) and she begins
telling me about herself and her
life. She didn’t really realise she was
starting a zine she explains, when
aged 15 she began putting together
little booklets of drawings and
leaving them lying around the house
for her older sister to find; the
first issues of BFR. Her sister gave
approval though, stamping it with
that highly-coveted-from-an-eldersibling: “this is quite cool” so she
carried on making more issues.
And so Barbara Frankie Ryan zine
was born. When recalling the story,
Barbara seems shocked that it all
started so many years ago, counting
them up as she talks, with a
thoughtful look on her face.
“I’ve been making zines since I was
like… 15, so yeah 4 years, 5 years.
I just liked making stuff so I started
making zines; they’re so accessible,
all you need is some paper and a
photocopier. I think with my first
issue I made like 10 copies, and
I’d take them into school. If I saw
someone cool I’d give them one!”
As we chat, I notice that this type
of ballsy confidence seems to be a
bit of a trait of Barbara’s
“A few years ago, I’d be going to
London Fashion week and I’d be in
shows putting my zines in the goody
bags for the front row - like sneaking
around! It was quite good though
because it was actually a really good
way to get people to talk about it.”
The daughter of famous artist Rob
Ryan, many might think it’d be easy
for the young talent to succeed with
such a wealth of artistic influence
and fabulously creative contacts.
Quite the opposite though; Barbara
makes it clear that she’s very
independent and has always made
things happen for herself.
“When I first started making BFR
people would say it was quite cool,
telling me I should send it to loads of
people, so literally, we’d get all the
magazines sitting in my room, and we
just wrote to every editor and sent
it to them in the post. I kept doing
it for ages and ages and ages, and I
just kept sending them even though
I didn’t hear anything back.”
“Me
and
my
friends
are
so
opportunistic though, if we’re at a
party like if we see Paul Smith we’ll
just go over and give him a copy. The
worst thing that’ll happen is that
he’ll throw it away.”
That seems to be one of the main
perks about creating a zine in
Barbara’s eyes; the ease of making
something small, mainly for yourself
and your friends. BFR - named after
herself, Barbara Frankie Ryan, when
she had a bit of an obsession for
abbreviations - is fairly simplistic
in it’s format; filled with cute
ponderings and scribblings that
she chooses from her many trusty
notebooks,
she
usually
prints
it at home, in black and white,
photocopying it from her personal
photocopier
that
her
parents
brought her for Christmas.
Mostly I don’t really
care
about
what
I’ve done, I’m more
looking
forward
to
the
future.”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s a bit shit or
whatever! I can just make it whenever
I want – it’s quite nice when you’re
doing something for yourself and
don’t have any deadlines. It’s quite
selfish really. I’ve been making it for
so many years – at first I was mad for
it! At first I was just printing them
from a photocopier! I’d just get my
friends round and be like ‘hey do
you want to come round, I’ll cook
you dinner…oh look there’s all this
folding work to do! Can you help me
fold BFR!?’ So we’d print them all
and hand fold them. And I used to
hand sew all of them too – I used to
print only like 10 of each issue. I was
so oblivious to everything then, but
now I’m so self aware.”
For someone so self aware, Barbara is
very free: as we chatted, I couldn’t
help but think how alive she seemed,
how proactive. Nothing seems to stop
her or hold her down – she thinks up
an idea, and simply makes it happen.
Through out our conversation, she
mentions numerous hobbies and
current interests that she’s ‘mad for’
- a phrase which excitedly punctuates
her stories of pen pals, making
furniture and tap dancing classes.
“I’m just creative, I just really like
making things.” She explains, when
I ask about her creative family –
besides her Dad, her Mum is also in
the industry, making teddy bears
from recycled denim and selling them
through her online shop. Not that
she thinks her famous father has had
any particular influence on her own
artistic work, though I do see a lot
of similarities in the simplistic but
sentimental aesthetics of their work,
and I notice her handbag is one of
her Dad’s designs, as she pulls out a
pile of zines to show me.
She flicks through each one, pointing
out things and telling me about each
one. Her favourite is They Don’t Know
It Yet, a fashion zine made by her
friend, Urban Outfitters designer
and former costume maker of Florence
Welch, Verity Pemberton. Verity used
the same Fashion Week front row
technique to promote her work, so
the two were always bumping into
each other.
Suprisingly
then,
Barbara
tells
me she’s not really a fashion fan
anymore, despite having worked at
Giles Deacon, Elle Magazine, and
dressed at Fashion Week since she
could remember. Her outfit; the
perfect mix of dressed down cool with
cute pineapple hair sprouting from
the top of her head, would make me
think otherwise, but she assures me
that her current style simply consists
of literally finding what’s clean to
wear on her bedroom floor, mixed
with a lot of denim and trainers.
“I like denim a lot – because my mum
makes teddies out of denim so when
our friends upgrade their jeans they
keep all their denim and give it to my
mum! She’s got this whole room with
a long cupboard full of all our family
friend’s jeans and jackets. Apart
from that... I’m just like really plain.
And trainers! I quite like high tops at
the moment! My friend has the best
trainers, they’re Converse low tops
but they’re creepers,” she hurridly
explains, twisting round my notebook
and borrowing my pen so she can draw
me a little picture of them.
“Oh, and at the moment I really like
Dolce and Gabanna’s pasta earrings!”
Putting away the zines she’d brought
to show me, I ask wonder where BFR is
heading, and more importantly, when
the next issue will be coming out.
“Ermm I don’t know!” She says
unsurely, taking a few seconds to
think of a response.
“Maybe collaboration? I’m trying to
get to the 20th is-sue done in time
for our 5 year anniversary next year!
2013! I’ve done a cover for it… (gets
out her phone and shows me a hand
drawn picture – Things are alright
when you’re 19) I love it so much! But
yeah maybe I’ll just make it! I’ll just
do it. Mostly I don’t really care about
what I’ve done, I’m more looking
forward to the future.”
BFR Zine is definitely one to read. Nearly in its 5th year - and 20th
issue, Barbara Frankie Ryan handmakes each one from her bedroom
and draws it all by hand. They come out sporadically so check on her
website to make sure you get your hands on a copy!
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Red Adidas hoodie: Adidas; £52
Delicate silver tiara: Claire’s; £5
Navy blue sailor cape: Stylist’s own
Grey jumper with lilac sleeves: Asos; £30
Pastel geometric print dress: Asos; £45
Mint green hair bow: Stylist’s own
Pastel shag bands: Stylist’s own
Green printed kimono: Vintage
Yellow paisley bandau top: Stylist’s own
Purple floral hairband: Stylist’s own
Gold peace necklace (worn as headpiece): Stylist’s own
Printed polo neck top: Asos; £12
Grey pencil skirt: Asos; £28
Navy blue primpsolls: Topshop; £22
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“YOUR LITTLE OLD GRANNY PHASE”
- Rebecca, Ghost World
Here at Violet, we appreciate style at any
age, and many of our top fashion icons are
well into their senior years (including our
own Nans.) Take Iris Apfel for example
(Queen of these self proclaimed “geriatric
starlets”) a totally chic and eccentric 90
year old who’s just collaborated with MAC
and enjoys an oversized pair of glasses or
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often outlandish attire; after all these
are women who have amassed amazing
wardrobes over the years, they know what
looks good.
There seems to be a bit of a division in
Fashion at the moment. On the one hand,
brands are choosing ever younger models
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Fanning for Marc Jacobs for example, both of which are under 16. However,
on the other, slightly more wrinkled hand, more light than ever is being shone
of the wonderfully dressed older ladies of our fashionable cities, in large part,
thanks to Ari Seth Cohen and his blog Advanced Style. Cohen prowls the
streets, often in his hometown New York, on the look out for fabulously
fashionable women to photograph, and here’s the catch - everyone he snaps
is over 40.
He has some regular ladies - both Lynn Dell and Rita Ellis Hammer pop
up every so often in their brightly coloured splendor - but aside from that
every person who features are just amazingly dressed, regular women (and
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turned into a book, and has just been launched in America to huge sales.
It’s not just Ari Seth Cohen who’s been appreciating these stylish older ladies
however - 90s supermodel Kristen McMenamy has been having a bit of a
comeback over the last few months. At 47, with long silver locks, she’s not a
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ever catwalk show only months ago, and she’s since been chosen as the face
of Mac’s new range Reel Steel and Roberto Cavalli’s S/S 2012 range.
All photographs by Ari Seth Cohen
from The Advanced Style Blog
advancedstyle.blogspot.com
Illustrations by Olivia Tinker
We’re not ones to deny a trend, so we’ve asked our very own Olivia Tinker
to share her impressions of our favourite, fashionable older ladies, and that’s
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after all these are women who have amassed amazing
wardrobes over the years
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1. Gold chain link bracelet; H&M, £3.99
2. Two bobby pins
3. Scissors
4. Atleast 2 colours of embroidery thread
(we used 4 for extra colour) four times the length
of the bracelet
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We always used to make friendship bracelets
for our pals with multi-coloured thread, so we
thought we’d show you how to make this
grown-up chain version.
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CHUNKY CHAIN BRACELET
1.
2.
Line up the bobby pin
through the first
chain link, ready to
pul through
3.
Pull strand 1 through
the first link of chain,
keeping the knot close
to the bracelet
2.
Firstly, lay out
the gems as you
want them onto
the phone case
4.
Place strand 2 over the
top of strand 1, then
place the bobby pin
through the second link
Repeat the entire way
down the bracelet,
ensuring you pull the
thread equally tight the
whole way down
At the end, tie the same
knot that you used in
step 1, ensuring it’s
really tight. Then snip
off any excess.
1. Yellow phone case: H&M, £3.99.
2. UHU Extra Strength: Pullingers, £3.79
3. Bag of gems: Creation Station @ Pullingers, £5
3.
1.
Tie together 2 lots of
15 strands of thread.
Attach a bobby pin to
each strand
The perfect kitsch accessory for any I-Phone, this
How To is great for jazzing up plain phone cases.
Simple and cheap, it costs just over a tenner, and
only takes a few minutes to create.
Then, individually take each Repeat until every gem
gem off and cover the back
has been stuck down,
with glue, making sure you
covering the case
avoid getting any on your
fingers (it’s super strong!)
5.
Leave to dry for 5
minutes, then begin
dotting glue onto each
side, ready for the
smaller gems
3.
6.
Stck gems along each
side, until the entire
case is covered,
leaving gaps for the
charger and headphone
outlets
Leave to dry for a few
hours until each gem is
strongly secured.
enjoy!
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THE BEST OF THE NOUGHTIES
As Ghost World was made in 2001, we thought we’d take a look back on the
best (or arguably the worst) of noughties fashion and style icons.
Who was a teen of the noughties without investing in at least one
of the hideous trends below? (We had all of them!)
BURBERRY PRINT
UGLY HEADWEAR
VELOUR TRAKKIES
DENIM (DOUBLED)
FLOWER COURSAGES
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The infamous
buffalo boots as
championed by
ultimate icons the
spice girls
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Von Dutch caps
and bandanas,
the noughties was
surely the decade
of ugly headwear
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denim, Double
denim, triple
denim,we couldn’t
get enough of it in
2001.
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in in
the early
the early
2000s.
2000s.
unfortunately
unfortunately
they’re
they’re
here here
to stay
to stay
Juicy Couture
dressed every
D-List celebrity in
rainbow velour. so
wag-chic.
That burberry print
which almost ruined
the iconic british
brand had its heyday
in the 00s
Think Carrie
Bradshaw and you
immediately think
of her incessant
flower coursages.