Posted in British, Icons, fashion, history, pop culture, style, tagged 1970s, 1980s, fashion, Joe Strummer, menswear, Mick Jones, music, Paul Simonon, Punk, rock and roll, The Clash on September 25, 2009 | 4 Comments »
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“When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don’t learn nothing, cause hey, it’s not your fault, it’s his fault, over there.”
-Joe Strummer of The Clash
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Posted in Art, British, Icons, fashion, history, motorcycle, pop culture, style, vintage, tagged 1970s, 1971, Anita Pallenberg, Biance Jagger, counterculture, Dominique Tarle, Exile on Main Street, France, history, Keith Richards, Mick Jagger, music, retro, rock and roll, The Rolling Stones, Villa Nellcote, vintage on August 14, 2009 | 6 Comments »
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“I’ve never had a problem with drugs… I had problems with the police.”
–Keith Richards
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Posted in American, Auto, apparel, fashion, films, history, pop culture, style, vintage, tagged 1950s, Auto, car, culture, drag, fashion, film, hot rod, racing, teen, teenage, vintage on July 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
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1950s hot rod culture at it’s best. Yes, there’s the prerequisite corny score and script… but more so, enjoy the glorious landscape of 1950’s fashion, pomade, and hot rod heaven.
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Posted in American, Icons, fashion, history, pop culture, style, tartan, vintage, tagged 1950s, 1960s, Bo Diddley, fashion, Gretsch, guitar, history, music, plaid, rock and roll, tartan, vintage on July 12, 2009 | 7 Comments »
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“Don’t let your mouth write a check that your tail can’t cash.”
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“I opened the door for a whole lot of people– and they just ran through and left me holding the knob.”
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“I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I’m about to get.”
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“I made Bo [...]
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Posted in British, Icons, LIFE archive, accessories, design, fashion, footwear, history, sports, style, vintage, tagged apparel, British, England, English, fashion, formal, lawn, menswear, tennis, Victorian, vintage, Wimbledon, womenswear on July 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
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“New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.”
–Jimmy Connors
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Posted in British, Icons, design, fashion, history, lifestyle, motorcycle, sports, style, vintage, tagged advertisement, advertising, British, design, fashion, motorcycle, triumph, vintage on July 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
–Thomas Paine
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Posted in American, fashion, films, history, lifestyle, pop culture, style, vintage, tagged archive, beauty contestant, history, Hollywood, Los Angeles, photos, picture, UCLA, vintage on July 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“Los Angeles is 72 suburbs in search of a city”
–Dorothy Parker
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Posted in American, Apparel Arts, Art, British, Icons, apparel, design, fashion, history, style, vintage, tagged 1930S, artist, Esquire magazine, illustration, Laurence Fellows, menswear, vintage on May 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Fashion is treated too much as news rather than what it is, what it does and how it performs.”
–Geoffrey Beene
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One of our pet peeves has always been the type of fashion copy that endeavoured to implant the sweet notion that “dressing the part” would put you over to tumultuous applause, regardless of your natural qualifications. [...]
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Posted in Art, Icons, LIFE archive, architecture, books, design, designers, fashion, furniture, history, style, vintage, tagged architecture, Art, bowtie, design, glasses on April 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”
–Le Corbusier
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“To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.”
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“The home should be the treasure chest of living.”
–Le Corbusier
“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is [...]
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