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The top 10 people I hate

To vent my frustration at this weeks media scandal in particular between Miley Cyrus and Sinead O' Connor  I decided to make a list of the people I most detest that I have never met & are still alive. There are obvious people in history that have done awfully bad things- Hitler etc but this is my list of who personally I feel effects my day to day life. All will be explained.

Number 10 Dominic Mohan
Number 9 Silvio Berlusconi
Number 8
Number 7
Number 6
Number 5
Number 4 Robin Thicke
Number 3 Miley Cyrus
Number 2 Terry Richardson
Number 1 Hugh Hefner

A trend that annoys me

The 80's and 90's trend? I can't stand it! Possibly because it is so far removed from the jewellery I make, and how mass produced, bright cheap and nasty it looks. I know the whole point is to make a statement and for it to be bold and look a little cheap but it does all that in a way which to me, is just very very bad taste. Let me show you some examples: 

 

To me that Lion looks so poorly made, it lacks detail and design!

Why? I just do not understand. What annoys me too is how the 90's look tries to hard to stand out and be edgy, which is pretty difficult when everyone else is wearing it and Topshop is stacking a whole row of this jewellery.

Because I appreciate detail, age and intricate design, this jewellery just completely goes against this concept. It's not attractive, it isn't unusual and it represents a whole trend that really-isn't-that-great. The day that I can go around London and not be bombarded with people and places fully loaded with 90's-ness will be a very happy day.

90's is not vintage, especially when it's stocked in these supposed vintage stores when half the time these clothes are just second hand. Nothing annoys me more when people confess to love vintage when all they buy is a pair of Levis shorts.

That's my rant of the day over! Meanwhile, I will leave you will this image:

The Unfeminine Female

This is something that has caught my attention for a while now, but for me I'm finding myself oddly intrigued by women who reject femininity and live, look and act as if they were boys/men. Their look has actually really inspired me, primarily the fact that they project confidence & power in the way they look and how they reject social norms of what a women 'should' look like.

I wanted to find real women doing as a way of life- not styled Vogue shoots.

Let me show you a few examples: 

 

This is Claie from France. I found her on Tumblr through a blog actually called the Unfeminine female: http://the-unfeminine-female.tumblr.com

Claies blog: http://mynameisclaie.tumblr.com/whosclaie

Now she actually mentions she finds boys beautiful which obviously influences the way she styles herself and is part of her inspiration. 

This is Chloe from New York- in her blog she often refers to herself as a boy via song lyrics. I would love to know what gender she categories herself as.

http://choleee.tumblr.com

Finally Lois from the UK, well known on Youtube for her covers of popular songs.

https://www.facebook.com/lois.m.macleod?fref=ts

As a child I completely rejected the Tomboy look so I guess this is why it intrigues me now. To me these photographs say- I don't have to have long hair to be attractive, I don't care if I am, by social and conventional standards 'attractive' at all, just because I'm a women doesn't mean I have to look like one. I love how all these women cross the line between gender, it's pretty powerful, good for them for being androgynous when society tells us to be feminine.

The Cold War Retreat Underground

Theres something captivating about this hidden house; perhaps the Flintstone-esque kitschness of the place, the fact it's hidden underground, the sheer millions spent on it ( $10million to be precise), in order for it to look so darn cheap, or the Orwellianess of how the 70's citizens viewed futuristic architecture and how this really hasn't stood the test of time. Perhaps it's all of these things put together. Either way, if I had the money and I fancied a relocation to L.A, which, I don't, I would snap this up no question about it. As the estate agents say it's a great home for those who like to be 'reclusive' (I hate people), and those who like luxury and eccentric property (Hello?)

Basically this house was built in the Cold War, 26 feet underground. As my source says, "You wouldn’t happen to be in the market for a 1970s underground family home, equipped to live in for up to a year without resurfacing in the event of a nuclear missile strike that wipes out humanity, would ya? Because it just so happens one has just come onto the market. And this piece of real estate gold could be all yours for the bargain price of $1.7 million."

To be honest I think that's a pretty good price (easy to say as I don't have the money). But, I challenge you to find another like it?


Read More and watch the video here: http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/09/05/the-1970s-cold-war-era-home-built-26-feet-underground/

and do watch the video, I feel even the music is appropriate.

Schloss T

Your time here is done. There is no more to be said. The last show has staged and now it's over. It's up to you now.  We've had our talks around this table, we've had our half hearted jokes, our chats, our reluctant words, our own thoughts. But now, you must keep them to yourself because the time is up here. No more is to be said. 

Look, we've listened and we've tolerated, but you have to move on now. This isn't the place for you anymore, you should go now.

Schloss T or "Castle" as the translation goes has been in existence since the 1800′s but has more recently been used as a psychiatric hospital in the 1950′s and as a retirement home in the early 2000′s
Photo credit: Urban Pixels

Bejeweled Bodies

Okay so this probably wasn't the best time to start eating a raspberry swiss roll which I desperately sourced from the kitchen cupboard as I did feel a little queasy straight after reading this article but queasy in a GOOD way, because now I can share with you possibly the most amazing morbid pictures you will ever see. Now I myself have quite a morbid fascination, I was told that this is a 'phase' most teenagers go through but I can assure you anyone in their right minds would be awe struck at these pictures. 

 A new book coming out this October by LA-based photographer and author Paul Koudounaris — called Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures & Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs, published by Thames & Hudson illustrates and outlines the history behind some of these bejewelled skeletons I'm about to show you, so if you're interested make sure to Amazon your copy.

The great thing about these skeletons is how old they are, and how unknown they are. The embellished skeletons were found in catacombs beneath Rome in 1578.Many believed that they were Christian martyrs to churches that had lost their saint relics in the Reformation. However, for most, their identities were not known. The receiving churches then spent years covering the revered skeletal strangers with jewels and golden clothing, even filling their eye sockets and sometimes adorning their teeth with finery. Yet when the Enlightenment came around they became a little embarrassing for the sheer amount of money and excess they represented, and many were hidden away or disappeared. Koudounaris tracked down the dead survivors. 

Photos copyright Paul Koudounaris
Source: Atlas Obscura