basildonnnnnnn, concrete jungle where dreams are made of...

The town of Basildon in Essex is receiving this hollywood-like sign to try and "promote the town as a place to do business". HA. seriously how much more tacky can Essex get? Do they seriously think that erecting a massive sign on the A127 will make people think they really wanna visit?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/8591492.stm , check out the bbc website for more information.

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shh... it's a secret

stuff from the net...

As I didn't post a "postsecret" on Sunday I'm gonna post a secret along with some other random things from the internet that I think are pretty good (:






haha :)


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Anticipation has a habit to set you up...

Might not be an update until Monday now because tomorrow I'm going to Sheffield for the weekend to see my boyfriend :), I'm realllyyy excited!







♥

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contextual studies :|

I have just finished a 2000 word essay for contextual studies, I feel sooo good now that it's all done! My topic was fashion photography in the 90s and I looked at Corinne Day and Nan Goldin. They both take photos that are classed as "heroin chic". Here are a couple of images that I really liked.


Nan Goldin - rise and monty on the lounge chair, nyc.


Corinne Day - Georgina, Brixton.

It's definitely worth looking at more of their work, especially Goldin. Her work is very emotive and shot like a documentary.

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p.s. 3 days.

fear is the heart of love...

I saved this Postsecret to my computer agesss ago, I didn't even know it was lyrics from a song, somehow I just understood it. Now I love this song (Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Follow You Into The Dark) and it means even more to me.

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McQueen ♥

Outfits from Alexander McQueen's final collection were released today, 16 outfits were shown in Paris to a very lucky few; including journalists and editors.

http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/F2010RTW-AMCQUEEN?viewall=true

style.com has every outfit but this one is my favourite...



I love the gold lacquered feathers!

May Alexander's legacy live on...

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short and sweet

This is the final 3 photos that me and my friend Katarina are handing in for our Imaging unit at Uni. We styled and took the photos ourselves :)










The Model is Aisling Knight... http://aislingknight.co.uk

everyday is like sunday...

Every Sunday I check http://postsecret.blogspot.com , I love everything PostSecret encompasses, it's so interesting reading about other peoples secrets that they have never told anyone and maybe even finding one that you can relate to. I have all the books that Frank Warren has released and still find myself flicking back through them, even though i've looked at them lots of times. The secrets can mean different things to you at different points in your life. I'm going to post a favourite secret every Sunday, either from the newly added ones or from some I have saved on my laptop.



I thought this was intriguing...

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I love you more than...

Fashion and Robert Pattinson combined.



Came home to a surprise package from my boyfriend, containing this dress and necklace :D. love love love !


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p.s. shit photo, reallyyy need to get a good quality camera.

are you essex tho?

A new programme called "Undercover Princesses" is due to start on BBC THREE, its about 3 real life princesses from Germany, India and Uganda that lived in Chelmsford, Essex undercover. LOL. It starts March 7th, and seeing as its set in my hometown I'll definitely be watching. I have no idea how they thought of this but tbh... it's genius!



http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p006mf7p <- heres the link to the bbc three website.

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I only wanna be your one life stand

This weekend was a very good one, on Fri 26th I went to see Hot Chip. Their new album "One Life Stand" is reallyy good, and they are amazing live!



Video of "Ready For The Floor" :D


And then on Saturday I did my photoshoot for Uni, it went really well and we got some really good shots, keep checking back for the photos. I'll post them when they are photoshopped :D

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