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Lu writes:
Oxford Street, London [this morning]. Angry Santa drops his sandwich. Happy Halloween!
Monthly Archives: October 2012
Redditor specialxk‘s photo of a participant in the Pittsburgh Zombie Walk.
Underdogs
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Swiss photographer and graphic designer Sebastian Magani’s merged pictures featuring dogs heads on his girlfriend’s upper torso.
No idea what he’s trying to say here, or what she thinks of the results, but he’s apparently planning a cat series.
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A stunt rider from the Finnish StuntFreaks team sacrifices his dirt bike on the altar of awesome.
And here’s the ramp he took off from.
Giovanni Trapattoni has been told by the FAI they would like him to address some of the issues most commonly raised by his critics in the wake of Tuesday’s meeting of the association’s board where it was decided he should continue as manager of the Republic of Ireland despite the 6-1 defeat by Germany and general dissatisfaction over his team’s style of play.
FAI communications director Peter Sherrard spoke with the Italian after the meeting and conveyed the main concerns raised by board members.
These included his comparatively rare attendance at English league games and what is perceived as his lack of diplomacy when dealing publicly with players.
The feeling appears to be that he is well enough informed to do his job effectively but that he needs to be much more conscious of appearances.
Sorted. Now, onward to victory.
FAI tell Trapattoni to address concerns (Emmet Malone, Irish Times)
(Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland)
Michelle Doyle writes:
A message to Belfast from NCAD [National College of Art and Design] Feminist society [this afternoon]
Minutes ago outside Charlotte Quay, Dublin.
Anyone?
Thanks Finn McDuffie
Among the crowd in Belfast this afternoon.
Was this chap.
One protester, James Dowson, who had travelled from Scotland to represent the UK Life League, said the clinic was “a money-making business” and “a gruesome deadly business that deals with the killing of unborn children”.
“We are here today to show solidarity with the people of Belfast,” he told AFP.
“Marie Stopes is not wanted here, it’s not wanted on the island of Ireland, north or south, where the people have repeatedly opposed and rejected abortion, but still these people, these internationalists, have come here.”
Protests as N. Ireland’s first abortion clinic opens (AFP)
James Dowson, eh?
The controversial former BNP fundraiser [above with BNP leader Nick Griffin, right] and convicted thug not only runs his own fascist organisation to rival the BNP, he’s also the main fundraiser for the rival English Democratic Party.
A controversial and unpleasant character, Dowson is the pit of all dubious far-right funding in the UK. His lust for publicity seems to have no limit.
Dowson turned up at the demonstrations as a self proclaimed “Christian” minister as well as the head of another organisation that he claims to lead, ‘The UK Life League’.
Oh.
Exclusive: Fascist leader Hijacks Anti-Abortion Demo In Belfast (Matthew Collins, HopenotHate)
BNP’s Scots Fundraiser Is Criminal With Links To Loyalist Killer (Daily Record, June 3, 2009)
Earlier: Meanwhile, On Great Victoria Street
Thanks Lars Biscuits.
Sibling of Daedalus writes:
Following on from your John Rocha post earlier this week I thought readers might be interested in hearing about an earlier Irish designer, Digby Morton (above, with model).Digby was born in Dublin in 1906 (his father and grandfather were both accountants at Guinness) and studied at the Dublin School of Art before leaving for London in the 1930s
His beautifully cut designs feature in many iconic fashion photographs of the 40s, 50s and 60s, such as the famous Beaton ‘Fashion is Indestructible’ pic below showing a model in Digby Utility Suit and Victory Roll treading daintily over the debris of a London bomb site.
A Digby was a great investment because of its durability, agelessness, versatility and (thanks to the quality materials and excellent cut) its ability to look even better on a woman with a few extra pounds; check out this tweed slip below, crying out for a Christina Hendricks to do it justice: matching jacket and alternate top here and here
All was not lost, however, for the slender Digby gel, who had the happy option of padding herself out with furs and fuller skirts. Check out this model in Hyde Park looking a lot more comfortable in this lovely warm skater coat and boots (no round toe patent pigs’ trotters in those days).
And of course his evening dresses were things of beauty and simplicity designed to flatter any form
For those sensibly sceptical of assessing the merits of clothes as worn by very beautiful people, a number of the original Digby outfits sans model can be viewed here: The cut and quality does not disappoint. Modern designers (hi, Mr Rocha!) should take note. More Digby (from the 50s and 60s) below:
