Posts Tagged ‘italian style’




babylon by night

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

So me and my American girl kept hearing about this club called Babylon, which turned out to be one of the most amazing underground clubs I’ve ever been to. Everyone looked gorgeous, with glossy hair, dressed to the nines in edgy designer rags, smouldering with Malboro Lights perched between fingers or in corners of mouths. Dilated pupils and slender limbs danced to the most fantastic house deep music ever, played by the most stunning DJ who I think the whole club was in love with (we certainly were!). It was as though we stumbled across a secret society – the bar tenders all looked straight out of a Jean Paul Gautier advert, in aviator sunglasses and customised waistcoats or sailor suits. The coat check guy was in a leather jacket one night and in full drag complete with bustier and red lipstick the next. I couldn’t work out if I was dreaming or not as the club almost appeared to vaporise the minute we stepped out onto the cobbled streets in the early hours.

[all photos by me, except, obviously, the one of me, looking at me, looking at me...]

viva l’italia

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

So I’ve been AWOL for a while, reason being, I’ve actually have been stranded in Florence – not that that’s a bad thing.

I stayed with my fabulous friend Genevieve, who I met at NY Fashion week when she was working in PR, about 2 years ago – and I haven’t seen her since I left. So when she emailed to tell me she was in Italy for 4 months, I couldn’t book my ticket fast enough!

I was only supposed to be there for a few days, but thanks to the volcanic activity, the length of my holiday was doubled and we spent the entire time lazing/walking around in the sun, shopping, eating, drinking Sangria, partying, eating, eating, eating…. I’m sure I have gained about a stone.

I restrained myself from going mad in the shops, but I did get a couple of bits and visited some fantastic vintage stores and took some sneaky snaps. They were like little treasure chests found just off the beaten track. Gorgeous designer vintage boutiques as well as dusty cramped rooms packed to the rafters with Mama’s treasures. Anyway, I’ve rambled on long enough.

Going to phase out the photos for you. And today, it’s vintage shoes, Florentine style. Enjoy!