Madrid Envy

Colonia

Royal Palace

Tapestry sho

Espadrilles shop

Rosa has left London for Madrid today. I really love Madrid - I'm sure some of the main reasons I like it so much are due to family connections - my parents met there, my brother was born in Madrid. I reckon (hope) I have also discovered some of it for myself though too. The ladies in summer all have really deep tans and smooth shiny legs and almost always wear white. Impressive. And the men wear chinos and suede loafers and shirts and it actually looks good. I found a few photos I took on a brief trip earlier this summer.

Carnival

Tessa's off to Carnival! I love this so much. Bug glasses and socks and see-through dress. No point in giving the floats a run for their money

Pebbles

Kate drove us to Brighton last week for a day and night by the seaside. It rained quite a lot, and was cold, but that felt kind of right for a British seaside resort. I liked Rosa's leopard print with the pebbles.

NEWS FLASH

I received a belated 21st birthday present today. My best friend bought me a Claddagh ring - an irish wedding ring, or token of friendship/love. Apparently (wikipedia) the Claddagh ring was first produced in the 17th century for Queen Mary II. The hands are said to represent friendship, the heart, love and the crown, loyalty. I've never seen one with a garnet set in it before. It's from a pawn shop in Shepherd's Bush market, and the guy was pretty much convinced Tessa and I were lesbians which was fun. I can't stop staring at it.

HAIR

I fancy a haircut. I'm in the mood for it, feeling brave/slightly rash. I'm thinking I might ask for the length of my hair to be halved. I really like shoulder length hair, that doesn't look really sleek and glossy and 'done'. Like in this Valentino autumn/winter '10 campaign. The dress looks a bit like (white) wetsuit material but the scalloped edges make up for it.

My friend Tessa reminded me about Patti Smith's hair. I love it too, but something tells me she'd carry off the beenupallnightbeingcrazyandwild look a little better than I could, sadly.

DIAMANTE

I came back from holiday this summer really, really broke. Somehow I still found the money to buy one of these phone covers

FAIR

I have just been in Cornwall, where the annual fair came to the village near where I was staying for a week of festivities. It was really great, in that there was all the usual garish goings on. My mum tells stories of when she was growing up, the fair boys coming to town and one of her peers annually running off with them at the end of the week when it was time to leave. I love that idea. Sadly, the fair boys this year were either too young or too unattractive for me to entertain this idea for myself. This man was particularly fetching, and confident by the looks of his stance

In my head, everything is Romantic, and everyone looks like this

St George

Its a shame England are out, I was really enjoying sights like this.

Wilma has the right idea

Twitching Curtains

Flannel at 31degrees

My friend's brother Silas had a great shirt on while watching the England match, along with boots, jeans, and sheepskin jacket...on a very hot day in Brixton. He has also just come back from India, with a booty of fur coats for female friends. (Or so he says). There was a great cigarette holder too...

Back to the Bush

scrunchies

Love the idea of them, but in practice they kind of are just like fluffy donuts. Apart from these, so hideous they are great

bebe

Costume Jewellry, so much fun

rave whistles

Metal Tshirts

This is all very well.... Untill this happens

When things look nice, you want them

Pleasure in Small Things

These make me so happy when glimpse them with my slightly too short (not in a fashionable way, they've shrunk) trousers. Courtesy of an Istanbul sock stand outside a mosque.