Summer Beanies

As the temperature drops below zero

it is a common thing to see knitted hats

everywhere.

However the summer beanie is a relatively

new phenomenon.

Boys are working the look even when their

ears don't need warming, and why not,

it adds a bit of street to any outfit.

Just don't try this at the beach!

Ape

Is the whole world going Ape?

Well it's not a new thing. From 'Planet

of the Apes, to clever Japanese fashion

label 'A Bathing Ape', the monkey

madness been around for the last few

decades.

I think we owe it to our closest animal

relatives to pay tribute!

New Gothic

I love Gothic in that Tim Burton kind

of way.

Give me 'Edward Scissorhands' and I am

transported into his fantastic

world of dark winding staircases,

pointy steeples and grey cloudy skies.

And don't get me started on the fashion

in his films.

Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Depp

always look amazingly rich in

black on black on black.

The Cure is another Gothic love of mine.

Robert Smith's voice is always hauntingly

beautiful and standalone quirky at the

same time, and 'Boys Don't Cry' and

'Love Song' have to be two of my

favourite tracks of the 80's.

Japanese youth culture have long

embraced the Gothic aesthetic, combining it

with Lolitaesque dollhouse imagery to

create what must be one of the most

original looks of our time.

Black lipstick should not be tried at

home. However eyeliner and teased hair,

Docs. with black and white striped socks

and haunted houses on jagged cliff-faces;

deliciously dark and romantic, will always

have a place in my heart.