Paws up Little Monsters

Photographing these artworks at

night gave them a very cool ghoulish

feel.

It made me see these backstreets of

Surry Hills in Sydney in a different

light.

Don't walk home alone...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Mixed tape 3

Streetspaghetti playlist this week:

Monster...Kanye West and Nicki Minaj

Back in Your head ... Tegan and Sara

Clap your Hands....Sia

Bass Down Low...The Cateracs

We Belong....Pat Benetar

What You Know..Two Door Cinema Club

Downtown...Peaches

Hearts a Mess...Gotye

Benny and the Jets..Elton John

Hustle Up...The Swedish House Mafia

Aerodynamic..Daft Punk

Heaven....Emeli Sande

Drop one pearl one

80's Knits are all over the streets.

Big, chunky, colourful and worn with

Skinnies or leggings.

Sherlock's Home

'What have I found here Watson ?'

The signs outside an Old English Pub

are so wonderful.

I really love trying to find new ones

whenever I am here.

On the Fringe , Hanoi

Basquiat

I recently read a review about fashion blogs

in GQ , stating that a lot of the people in

them are seeming overly self conscious

and all the spontaneity of throwing on original

pieces that reflect the wearers personality

are becoming less and less evident.

Wasn't that the appeal of these blogs when

they first popped up out of nowhere.

While I don't describe street spaghetti as a

fashion blog , I identified with the article

as original self expression and ideas excite me

and that is a huge component of this site.

But now there seems to be a recipe for 'dandy

dressing' on the streets all over the world.

Pants rolled to a specific height,

a certain number of friendship bracelets

thrown over a vintage rolex watch,

pocket squares that somehow work on the

gents of Milan, but not so much on

a guy walking down the corso of

Bondi Beach.

So here's the thing as I see it ; context is

everything.....

and surprise accounts for a lot in the fickle

world of fashion.

If every other bloke is wearing a paisley

pocket square and exposing his carefully

chosen argyle socks beneath cropped chinos

...where is the surprise in that?

That brings me to this guy I saw in London.

He looks great in his clothes.

They suit his personality, body shape and

the city and climate he is in at the time.

He looks fresh, and, though he is not the

first person to ever wear a striped tee and

overalls, he wears them well!

He may( or may not) have been inspired

by one of the most fashionable artists of

all time; Basquiat (now there was a true

original), but inspiration isn't bad..we all

know there is nothing truly original in Pop

culture and fashion any more.

So loosen up.

I know it's a cliche but be yourself and

if you feel self conscious and keep

adjusting your clothes as you leave

the house...go home and change.

You will come over as authentic

that way.

Megaphone Mayhem

That's one way of getting your mate to

pay attention to what you're saying!

Anime Magic

Sometimes I am just in the right place

at the right time.

So I just happened to wander into an Anime

convention in Siam, Bangkok really by accident

as it was being held in the complex I go to get

my favorite green tea ice-cream.

So this is where kids get to fulfill there

alter-ego fantasies , dress to impress

other anime lovers and try and embody

the attitude of these modern- day

Japanese cartoon heroes.

They strike poses for fans and try to

out do each other as well.

I will post some more pictures later..

but here is one girl I thought was

pretty amazing.

Red Hot !

Did you know that John Constable the master

English landscape painter always had a touch of

fiery red in his paintings?

Just a bit of trivia for you that you may never

need to know .

Nautical but Nice!

Fresh off a yacht?

..the large red carry below is more practical

than arms dragging plastic bags, and

way more eco-friendly.

Debbie does Sydney

..spotted this great flier posted around a lamp post in

my hometown of Sydney.

Could she be the coolest rick chic of all time?

And she's wearing another Popeye Tee.

Where can I get one?

Finding Nirvana

One very smooth guy in Soho.

Its hard to do the jumper tied around

the neck thing without looking too

cheesy, but he gets away with it because

everything looks so effortless and

relaxed. Did he just throw all this

on at the last minute? Who knows but

it all looks so good together and definately

matches his swagger.

Hindi Heaven

This would have to be one of my

favourite types of religious

iconography.

Is this Lord Shiva (below)? I think so as I am

sure he carried this fantastic looking

pronged pithchforky thing.

And I am sure it is Krishna above.

Namaste.

Bunny wabbit

Miffy.. armed and dangerous !

Love the 'Breed " tag in assosciation with rabbits,

intriguing, provocative and cryptic. In a good way.

First base

The rise and rise of the baseball jacket...

Too cool for school.............................................................

Alley Magic

There were no smoke machines involved in creating

this shot..promise.

What do Real Men Do?

This image really caught my attention

the other day on a street on Sydney's

great cafe strip in Darlinghurst.

Love it!

I guess real men are all hairdressers!

Mixed tape 2

This Weeks Playlist

90210...Wale and Mark Ronson

Holy Moses...Washington

Illamerica..Wolfgang Gartner

Heads Will Roll..Yeah Yeah Yeahs

I'm Not In Love..10CC

Yasmin..Finish Line

China..Sparkadia

Example..Changed the Way You Kissed Me

Rabbit Heart..Florence and the Machine

Skeleton Boy..Friendly Fires

Super Bass..Nicki Minaj

ROACH ATTACK !!

I keep seeing this tag all

over the place.

Are cockroaches cool ?

Live the Easylife

woof woof , cheesy grin, I love this dog, this sign,

and I want to hang out here..

Elephants in London

I had this post ready to put on my blog

a while ago.. and somehow it got lost,

but better late than never as

I know you will like these shots.

These elephants were dotted all around

the streets of London.

His Royal Highness, The Prince Consort

of Denmark is the patron of this , the

largest sculptural project London has

ever seen!

They were such a great contrast against

some of the sombre monuments and

stone facades. So much for the sobriety

of the English cityscape.

There was a point to all this though:

raising awareness to preserve the

elephants natural habitat and a

call to arms against poachers, who are

annihilating this majestic beast in the

wild.

Art for a cause..

Streetspaghetti loves this!

Guerilla

High Brow

Bushy or plucked to perfection ?

Lost ?

They may be there to point us in the right

direction, or let us know we have arrived

at the right juncture.. but street signs can

all have a distinct look to them as well.

They vary all over the world

Some simple and clear, others embellished

by street artists. Here are a few I like.

Hamlet was Here

I told you skulls were everywhere...

Mixed Tape

So.. I had a thought..

When I am taking photos on the streets

I am more often than not plugged into my

music.

So I have decided to let you in on what I

listen to, with a streetspaghetti playlist.

If you are like me you are always searching for new

songs so maybe these will inspire you...

Bright Lights Bigger City..Cee Lo Green

Extra Special..Drake

Bounce..Calvin Harris (feat Kelis)

Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime..The Korgis

Man Down ..Rihanna

I Need a Dollar..Aloe Black

In My Secret Life..Leonard Cohen

Hustler.. Simian Mobile Disco

Boy from school..Hot Chip

Letting Go..Sean Kingston and Nicki Minaj

D Face

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