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My Week With Marilyn
By Fash n Chips in culture
Went to see 'My Week With Marilyn' on its opening day here in Holland last week and loved it. Michelle Williams makes a pretty good Marilyn and attempts to show us the vulnerable and complex character behind the sexy superstar we all know. However, it's the beautiful setting, the wardrobe and the use of lighting in a... Continue reading »
Two Beatles posters
By Melissa Blake in culture
The Fab Four, minimalist style! Can you tell who's who by just their eyes? Thank you for 10 great years of great music, John, Paul, George and Ringo! Who's your favorite of the mop-topped foursome? Do you have a favorite song, friends? xoxo P.S. A yellow submarine cookie cutter! :) P.P.S. Spooky coincidence: Blackbird... Continue reading »
artist spotlight: melanie mikecz
By Fossil Blog in culture
While searching for eye-catching finds for our Fossil.Life.Style feature, “What Inspires Us: Color,” we stumbled upon a minefield of brilliant colors unlike any other. So it was when we saw Melanie Mikecz‘s unbridled, whimsical prints for the first time- sophisticated enough to appeal to an adult, and just the... Continue reading »
Creating Remarkable Poetry Through Subtraction
By mymodernmet in culture
TIME magazine recently revealed its 30 Must-See Tumblr Blogs which includes the highly creative, user-generated Newspaper Blackout. This blog is the brainchild of Austin-based artist and writer Austin Kleon. The main objective of the Tumblr is to display poetry through the omission of words in already printed text.... Continue reading »
LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy to Get Into Coffee Biz?
By ARTIST direct in culture
LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy retired from music last April with a bunch of gigs. Now, he's trying his hand at the coffee biz. "I make a lot of coffee," Murphy told Grub Street. "For my birthday, my girlfriend got me a training course with the world champion. That's what I'm going to do when I get Continue reading »
Movie News: The Vow
By Trashionista in culture
Fans of romance novelist Nicholas Sparks' heart-wrenching romances and the films that they spawned have a treat in store for them when The Vow hits UK screens just before Valentines Day. The film is actually based on true events rather than being adapted from a novel, but the plot reads just like one of Sparks'... Continue reading »
Dog-Eared Books
By The English Muse in culture
What’s the most tattered book you own? For me, it’s “A Moveable Feast.” I take my paperback copy with me every time I go to Paris. It’s become a sort of tradition to read it on the long plane ride. The spine is broken from underlining sentences on that horrible little pull-down tray. The pages are yellow and... Continue reading »
Artificial Urban Glaciers
By mymodernmet in culture
In 2000, the city of Enschede in the Netherlands survived a catastrophic fireworks explosion. Closely following the disaster, a rebuilding project was initiated to restore hope and confidence in the town. Roombeek Street is a commercial street and the urban core of Enschede. In 2005, a stream that ran under Roombeek... Continue reading »
