Beautiful Handcuffs

London really makes up for it's bad reputation when it

when it comes to the student riots of late, and political

or phone tapping scandals, with it's wonderful public

sculptures and art installations.

This one on the banks of the Thames in Westminster

has a collection of poems written by refugees.

Extremely powerful and often very moving, it

helps those who read these writings from the heart

empathize with the plight of those displaced and facing

a new set of challenges and often a new sense of

freedom in their new London home.

London really is a city so full of surprisingly touching

and interesting endeavors to raise social consciousness

and create more friendly and compelling public

spaces.

Scandalous

Cover Girl

The Eagle Has Landed

This is proof of how graffiti can make what would be an

otherwise uninteresting corner, a work of art.

Councils and home owners are realizing that a wall

like this will be sprayed anyway, often with ugly and

uninteresting tags, so instead they are allowing

(and encouraging) well thought out pieces by creative

artists to adorn the walls of inner city suburbs in cities all

over the world.

I photographed this piece in Surry Hills in Sydney, and this is

just one of many around here.

Freshly Starched

Nothing is as fresh as a starched and pressed white

uniform jacket with shiny brass details such as this one

that I spotted hanging outside the King's Palace in

Bangkok.

Speaking of fresh, I hope you like my new look format.

I always find that after a holiday I see

things with new eyes.

I rearrange my apartment and my wardrobe,

give away clothes that I don't wear anymore...

just spruce things up a bit .

So I thought I would apply this same spring clean-up

to streetspaghetti as well.

Patchwork

Rich texture of a patchwork velvet jacket,

suede creepers, the small slit in the skirt..

even the band aid on her shin. Some how

it all fits together perfectly.

Siam

Visiting the King's Palace in Bangkok,

you really get a feel for how the city

was when it was still Siam, and the

rich ,ornate splendor was surely fit for a...

Petrol

I love the way gasoline is often sold in small

bottled quantities beside the road in rural

Thailand .

These makeshift petrol stations are so

charming don't you think?

Stripes by the shore

Buffalo Soldier and Singha in Samui

Fantasy Island

So as you might have guessed from yesterdays

post, I am on an Island hopping holiday in

Thailand.

Though I have visited Bangkok numerous times,

this is my first time exploring the rest of this

unique and very cool country.

Phuket is a place where you have to get out

of the centre as fast as possible.

I mean it!

Unless you like partying with ping-pong balls,

Ukrainian backpackers and women with

red-raw sunburn, hair braids and freshly

scabbed tattoos of dolphins on their lower backs.

Once you get to somewhere with cutely

thatched villas and a private plunge pool,

overlooking gently lapping waves and

swaying palms, you have died and gone to

tropical heaven.

The food, the people, the pretty fish and those little

carts that drive you to your doorstep.....

bliss.

There is definitely an aesthetic that goes along

with holiday beach life as well ( and I am not

talking about the numerous honeymoon couples

I have seen dressed in matching turquoise

frangipani prints) , I kid you not.

I am referring to that relaxed and slightly

crumpled way of being , with sun-bleached

decking, woven baskets that hold sandy sarongs

and easy carelessly decorated cafes and

beach bars.

Has his got you into the Island mood?

Sign of things to Come

Beats on the Street

OUCH...

sorry that title is so 80's sounding it probably

hurt your ears reading it.

These songs might help mend them...

1 Thing Amerie

Take the Box Amy Winehouse

Cheers ( Drink to That) Rhianna

4Hero Starchaser

Big Jet Plane Angus and Julia Stone

Hope There's Someone Anthony and the Johnsons

Alligator Tegan and Sara

Always on Time Ja Rule and Ashanti

Big Yellow Taxi Joni Mitchell

Don't Call This Love Leon Jackson

The future of street fashion

Staying on the streets of Tokyo..always

ahead of the trends in fashion, the baggy,

low- necked t-shirt has been around for

a while but not with these cooler than

ice cold slogans and letters.

If you are a bit of a devil..wear an ANGEL

on your T. And as I have said before, you

can never go wrong in an urban setting with

graphic monochrome.

Letters are the new stripes..

watch this space

Horror Story

Type faces are heading down a creepy street.

All melting , goo-filled, clawed at and aflame.

Read these tags at your own peril...

Graffiti Street

Shiny Happy Panda

I just realized how dark and

frankly gruesome my last few

images have been!

So on a lighter note,

How about something with bling, panda-

bears...all shiny, sparkling and cute.

I really love the clash as well ; this fun pendant

with the black leather old-skool vest and white tee.

Bloody Bombay Book-jackets

Harajuku Hijinks

My favorite street art is in Tokyo.

It is definitely the quirkiest and

most original.

I am sure a lot of the images are

subversive and refer to pop culture...

some dark and twisted, others just light

hearted and fun such as this rabbit character

on a bike below (seemingly snatched from

a modernized version of Alice in Wonderland.)

Yeeeeha

From the crisp clean lines of the stetson to this quirky

straw Cowboy hat below...I couldn't pull one off but

admire those that can!

All Dolled Up

More images from the Anime festival ..

A is for artist and the A- team

Doodles 2

I snapped this chalk drawn heart drawn on

the Great Wall .

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