06 Sunday Dec 2015
Posted in Walk about!, window display
The festive season is in full swing and a
“Walk about” in London town
excites the senses and elevates one’s mood.
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(slideshow photos by meappropriatestyle)
23 Friday Oct 2015
Posted in architecture, inspiration, urban landscape, Walk about!
From east to west
from north to south
and every way betwixt,
on which way the eye alight-
cranes of pulley, rope and metal skeletal
tower above the London skyline.
Seemingly of menace,
they build nests of concrete and steel-
reconfiguring the urban landscape.
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(photos by meappropriatestyle):
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21 Sunday Dec 2014
Holiday window and street decorations
elevate the joyous, anticipatory mood of the festive season.
Nowhere is this more evident than in London, U.K. :
Lights a – twinkle
Baubles suspended
Trees adorned
People out and about
The holiday hustle and bustle.
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A bit of a walk about
(photo by JGD):
Trafalgar Square
A 70 ft Christmas tree, the annual gift
from the people of Norway to Britain for
the Allies’ assistance during WWII
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A majestic Hanukkah menorah
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(photos by meappropriatestyle):
Oxford Street
Shop, shop, shop and then shop some more!
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Hamleys
The world’s oldest toy store, founded 1760
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Regent Street
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Side path off Bond Street
Bells announce the holiday season!
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Promenading down Carnaby Street
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Liberty (department store)
Christmas trees aligned, lights a-glow
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Marylebonne Lane:
Wreaths varied and a-plenty
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Ye ole shop
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Shoe tree
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Midnight stroll down Old Bond Street
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Bond street, by daylight
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St. Christopher’s Place
Baubles overhead
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Agent Provocateur
For a ‘cheeky’ holiday season
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Santa Claus: scaling new heights
Isn’t it easier to get in by chimney?
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Seven Dials
West End meeting point
Seven Dials, road junction- Covent Garden
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26 Wednesday Feb 2014
Posted in mark your diary, meapp memo
Out and About: London, UK
Design Museum
Event: Design Late/ Tailor Made
Friday, 7 March – 6.30 to 10.30
An evening in examination of the modern man and tailoring
– Panel discussion with Stefan Siegal, owner of Not Just Another Label (NJAL);
menswear designer Joseph Turvey, Eve Marie Kuijestermann of Fred Perry,
photographer/blogger Garcon Jon
– hands on session on collar and cuff making
– discussion on intricacies of garment construction … and much more
Ticket price also includes entrance to current exhibition:
Hello My Name is Paul Smith
Booking:
£14.85 Adult
£11.15 Student
£7.45 Member*
T 020 79408783
W Ticketweb (booking fee applies)
E tickets@designmuseum.org
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It’s almost here! A reminder …
The Victoria and Albert Museum
Upcoming exhibition: The Glamour of Italian Fashion, 1945 – 2014
5 April – 27 July 2014. The Glamour of Italian Fashion 1945 – 2014 will be a comprehensive look at Italian Fashion from the end of the Second World War to the present day. The story will be explored through the key individuals and organisations that have contributed to Italy’s reputation for quality and style.
Book Tickets:
http://www.lovetheatre.com/tickets/3573/The-Glamour-of-Italian-Fashion-19452014
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The Museum of London
Current exhibition: The Anatomy of a Suit
(image from museumoflondon.org.uk):
As the capital gets set to celebrate men’s fashion with London Collections: Men, we unpick the secrets of the suit with a free display in the Sackler Hall. Using historical suit jackets from markets across the capital, we’ve dissected a selection of historical jackets in order to trace the technical genius lurking underneath the suit’s surface.
Previous research into the suit has at times overlooked the fact that it is a feat of engineering, with the ability to transform the body. Since the secrets of the suit are hidden on the inside, it’s easy to see why. It’s only through deconstructing the suit jacket and turning it inside out that we can bring its technical genius to the fore.
Timothy Long, Fashion Curator
Until 27 April 2014
FREE
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Current exhibition: The Cheapside Hoard: London’s Lost Jewels
(image from ibtauris.com):
A major exhibition investigating the secrets of the Cheapside Hoard. This extraordinary and priceless treasure of late 16th and early 17th century jewels and gemstones – displayed in its entirety for the first time in over a century – was discovered in 1912, buried in a cellar on Cheapside in the City of London.
Through new research and state-of-the-art technology, the exhibition will showcase the wealth of insights the Hoard offers on Elizabethan and Jacobean London – as a centre of craftsmanship and conspicuous consumption, at the crossroads of the Old and New Worlds. It will also explore the mysteries that remain, lost among the cataclysmic events of the mid-17th century: who owned the Hoard, when and why was it hidden, and why was it never reclaimed? –
Until 27 April 2014
Book tickets:
