Pimp ma plastic bag // part 2

At a festival last summer I was given an orange leopard print, polyamide poncho.

This is a Jil Sander-inspired improvement on the poncho.

Wednesday wish list: Winter//Spring

Wednesday wish list: Winter>>Spring by design--notes featuring gold necklaces

Pimp ma plastic bag

Raf Simons is the completely brilliant design force behind Jil Sander, but when he threw plastic bags down the runway for Spring 2011 [pictured left] I was ... amused. When I then heard that the bags already had a waiting list I was grinning and ready to write you a post on "when designers go bonkers".

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First, however, came some research. I fished a Tesco plastic shopping bag out from next to the wine rack (their natural home). I looked at it, turned it inside out, pulled it apart and, well, marvelled at it. The plastic shopping bag is nothing more, or less, than good design.*

While I'm not advocating spending your time or money at the end of a Jil Sander waiting list, the application of humble shopping bag design principles to a more durable fabric deserves consideration. To be continued ...

Raf, why did I doubt you?

xo linds.  


*I appreciate that this praise cannot reasonably be extended to the plastic bag's environmental impact.

Lil bit disco

necklace, diy; lipstick in pink plaid, MAC; black body suit, Asos

I have often watched (with much admiration) my best friend rock a fabric-and-bead necklace c.1995 salvaged from her mum's collection. I love this idea to bits; so simple and fun. Here is my attempt.

I used a silver fabric with an open weave (lil bit disco) -- a block colour, tribal pattern or liberty print would also work brilliantly. The beads can be knotted inside the fabric tube (yep, it's as simple as a strip of fabric with a seam), or threaded through, or both.

xo linds.

Money Never Sleeps

Money may have no time for shut-eye, but I think a few people did in the 2010 movie of that title. Shame, really. The original (prequel, they call them) -- Oliver Stone's 1987 film Wall Street (click for a golden synopsis) -- was so great. A robot butler?! Brilliant.

If you're having a 1987 Gordon Gekko moment, take a crisp Yanky dollar bill (or iron a raggedy one a friend newly back from New York found in her purse) and fold (as below) ...

If you're having a Shia LaBeouf moment, take a time out. It may prevent you from becoming involved in more disastrous sequels to well-loved movies of the 1980s.

xo linds.

shirt, Cos; bow tie, US Treasury