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31.7.09
Extinc
t
: Long socks + short trousers.
Photo borrowed from
Jakubowski
.
30.7.09
Living
: The moccasin, made of deerskin, sewn
with deer gut, useful for curbing the deer population.
Available at
Ancient Industries
. Above photograph
of Dakota Sioux Lucille by Edward S. Curtis.
29.7.09
Living
: The
bikini
.
Naturally the Romans got there first.
"Bikini Mosaic"
, Sicily, c. 325 AD.
28.7.09
Living
: Seersucker, a Muslim fabric known
over there as "shir o shekar" (milk and sugar).
Photograph by Mordechai at
Mister Mort
.
27.7.09
Living
: "His" mugs, a new range of butch
colours from
Cornishware
, est 1925.
24.7.09
Living
: The Teddy
bear
, born in 1902 from
violent beginnings (Teddy R + bear + gun +
brief moment of compassion). Photographs
of Pooh Bear and friend by Marcus Adams.
23.7.09
Living in colour
:
Sonia Delaunay
, 1885-1979.
Textile, fashion, theatre designer and painter.
Textiles via
The Textile Blog
.
22.7.09
Rare
: The
Billingsgate
fish porter's hat.
The flat top was designed for carrying
cargo, the brim a catch-all for guts.
Photograph by Bill Brandt.
21.7.09
'Rhythm' by Sonia Delaunay, 1938
'Sea = Dancer' by Gino Severini, 1914
Bathroom at
Hotel Missoni
, Edinburgh
Living
:
Missoni
, Italy, est. 1958. A family-owned
textile, fashion, home decoration and interior design
company which takes its inspiration from European
Modernist painters of the 20th century.
20.7.09
Lights from Peter Jones department store
'Expresso Bongo' chic illuminated sign
'Reindeer' hooks from the Savoy Hotel
Thriving
: The shameless plug
for family. And why not if it's good?
Pictured items at
Trainspotters
sold.
17.7.09
Living
: Biedermeier wallpaper, revived
by
Studio Printworks
at the
Neue Galerie
.
'Morgenstern' (Morning Star), 1827.
16.7.09
Living
:
Alpargatas
. Jute and canvas worn for
4000 years by manly men (and ladylike ladies).
Detail from
The Spanish Singer
, by Manet.
15.7.09
Living
: The scarecrow. Once live children
did the job by clapping blocks of wood, but
post-Black Death there was a shortage,
so the dandy on a stick was born.
14.7.09
Living
: Harrow School head gear
from
Billings & Edmunds
, est. 1896.
13.7.09
Living
: Weejuns, as in Norwegians, as in the country
from whence they sprung. Made in America by
G. H. Bass
in 1934. Photograph by Dick Avery at Quality magazine.
10.7.09
Living
: White bucks. An American
ancient industry, about 100 years old.
Photograph from the
NYT
, via
ACL
.
9.7.09
Living
: The Flapper. Conceived during the Great
War and born during Prohibition, the corset-less
flapper flits about still, in many & various guises.
Illustration by J. C. Leyendecker, 1922.
8.7.09
Living
:
The peace symbol
. Created in Britain in 1958
by Gerald Holtom for the CND, its shape was partly
inspired by
The Third of May 1808
, by Francisco Goya.
7.7.09
Arisen
:
T. G. Green
Cornishware,
with traditional design & typography.
6.7.09
Extinct
:
Kodachrome
and the carousel, 1935-2009.
"It takes us to a place where we ache to go again."
—Don Draper
2.7.09
Living
: The
Henley
Regatta
, since 1839.
1.7.09
Living
: The
Machin
Definitive. Inspired by
the profile and
sculptural qualities
of the
Penny Black, it remains unchanged since
its introduction in 1967 (Ma'am's wishes).
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