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DRAWSTRING MINI DUFFEL

Eight hole draw string bag

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Cotton lining

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DIE YOUNG, and stay pretty

The Many Faces of Cindy Sherman

I was 16 when I first heard the name Cindy Sherman, referenced in the lyrics of a Chicks on Speed song ('deep down they say I'm vermin/ got more faces than Cindy Sherman'- Yes! I Can.) Not long after, thanks to the wonders of internet search engines, I was able to see her many faces first hand and instantly fell in love with each one of them. Sherman's untitled collection of self-portraits and dream-like images evoke the eerie sense of dark atmosphere that could easily pass them off as film stills from a lost early David Lynch or Polanski film. She captured her emotions and tone so well in the self portraits, Andy Warhol was quoted as saying "She's good enough to be a real actress."

"By turning the camera on herself, Cindy Sherman has built a name as one of the most respected photographers of the late twentieth century. Although the majority of her photographs are pictures of her, these photographs are most definitely not self-portraits. Rather, Sherman uses herself as a vehicle for commentary on a variety of issues of the modern world: the role of the woman, the role of the artist and many more. It is through these ambiguous and eclectic photographs that Sherman has developed a distinct signature style. Through a number of different series of works, Sherman has raised challenging and important questions about the role and representation of women in society, the media and the nature of the creation of art." (source)


"I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I liked to do privately, which was to dress up." - Cindy Sherman - Black and White Magazine

David Bailey

THEN

NOW

Blow Up

The 1966 film, Blow-up.

The sexiest cinematic moment in history?

Portrait of the Artist as a Consumer: Lydia Lunch

Image above from No wave: Post-punk, underground New York 1979-1980 bookBy Thurston Moore and Byron Coley

Click above photo to a read few of the artists favourite (and not so favourite) things from an NME article clipping circa 1982.
In addition to fronting the highly influential No-wave band Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Lydia also acted in, wrote and directed several underground films, recorded and performed as a spoken word artist and started her own recording and publishing company called "Widowspeak."



She is currently on tour promoting a new album with long time punk partners in crime Terry Edwards, James Johnston & Ian White called "Big Sexy Noise." For tour dates and other info see here.

15 year old Brooke Shields 1980

Love Courtney

Courtney Love

By Mert Alas and Marcus Piggot

For Pop magazine, issue 14

Buried Alive in the Blues

"You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow."

Janis Lyn Joplin (1943-1970) her powerful and intensely bluesy vocals saw her to become a leading female star of the late 60's, she represents freedom and social rebellion. Janis was an outcast at school, "laughed out of class, out of school, out of town, out of state."

Joplin styled her self after Blues Heroines and Beat Poets. She died of a Heroin over dose the day before she was due to record the vocals for the song 'Buried Alive In The Blues".

"People expect Janis Joplin to be a tough bitch, and say I start talking to them like a lonely little girl-that's not in their image of me-they don't see it. Say you meet somebody you've heard about, you don't ever see them, you don't see who they are and who they need to be recognized as, you see who you need them to be."

FAGGED AND FROWZY Crochet

FAGGED AND FROWZY: Pre-loved and Vintage Crochet

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