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Trashtastic! ~ The Celeb Diaries by Mark Frith

Posted in Books, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 6, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lily Wight

Updated 06/05/2014

 Pure trash of course but also a fascinating insight into celebrity culture’s evolution throughout the noughties.

     As the founding editor of Heat magazine Frith makes for a flawed and fabulous narrator, jealous of the success of fellow publications, often derogatory about the stars he refers to as “playthings” and covetous of fame.   Frith is also fiercely loyal to his team and dedicated to a refreshing and  worthy ethos to de-bunk celebrity myth.
     Ironically and unfortunately, normalising celebrities created a space for ordinary folk from reality shows to seize the spotlight.  The subsequent rise of savvy PRs has enabled celebs to play the once revelatory magazines at their own game.
   
     It’s a fascinating insight into a unique period of modern history by a smart, flawed guy who was actually there.

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Vogue’s Enchanted Dolls

Posted in Art, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 23, 2013| 3 Comments »

     Marina Bychkova’s strange and beautiful dolls in a shoot for the Japanese edition of Vogue Beauty, December 2012.

     Take that Tiny Tears!

Dutch Fashion Doll World

Mood For Fantasy7
These images I found in the Japanese Vogue Beauty Dec. As a sill stylist myself I was blown away by the beauty of these images. Who were these dolls. They are so mystical, so Haute Couture (even though they are nude).
The creator of these dolls is Marina Bychkova and she is an amazing artist. Her dolls are so refined.
For more of her work you really have to visit her website. http://www.enchanteddoll.com
She also made a book it’s called the Enchanted Doll Book.
Unfortunately the first and second edition is sold out.
So hopefully they are going to make a edition because I so want this book.
But for now I have my Japanese Vogue
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Vogue Japan
Beauty 2012 december
Mood for Fantasy
Dolls : Marina Bychkova
Photographer : Lacey

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Dracula’s Armour ~ Blog Review Of The Year, June 2012

Posted in Movies, Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 15, 2012| 6 Comments »

     If you dust-off June in The Arcade Of Arts & Arcana’s Archives (head to the sidebar on the homepage) you’ll find Pre-Raphaelite strumpets, naughty vintage movies some ridiculous facts about the Victorian Era and a popular post on that favourite guilty pleasure – Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula (click the link to read the original post).

     Perhaps it was Eiko Ishioka’s demonic raw-muscle armour that made the post so popular.  You can see it again here along with more of Ishioka’s Oscar-winning costumes for Gary Oldman…

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Kreativ Blogger Awards Presented By Lily Wight ~ The Arcade Of Arts & Arcana

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 21, 2012| 5 Comments »

     It gives me great pleasure to present the following Blogsprites with a Kreativ Blogger Award.  Congratulations everybody x

http://cultfit.wordpress.com/

http://nerdygirlshops.wordpress.com/

http://lifeisbutalabyrinth.wordpress.com/

http://sarahonthego.com/

http://beinghumanish.wordpress.com/

http://hovercraftdoggy.com/

http://revealillusions.wordpress.com/

     Award etiquette can be needlessly complicated so here are my refined, abridged and preferred Blog Award Rules.

     1.  Display the award certificate on your website.

     2.  Announce your win with a post and include a link to whoever presented your award.

     3.  Present 7 awards to deserving bloggers.  Create a post linking to them and drop them a comment to tip them off.

     4.  Post 7 interesting facts about yourself.

 

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Han Solo : Costume Detail

Posted in Movies, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on June 23, 2012| 7 Comments »

Updated 11/05/2013 –

The best Han Solo pic you’ve ever seen?

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Versatile Blogger Awards Presented By Lily Wight ~ The Arcade of Arts & Arcana

Posted in Writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 3, 2012| 3 Comments »

     As a winner of The Versatile Blogger Award I am thrilled to present three more bloggers with the same certificate 🙂

     Do check out their excellent work…

     http://brideofthebookgod.wordpress.com/

     Smart, insightful and diverse.  A library in blog-form.

     http://countryandvictoriantimes.com/

     Everything you ever needed to know about American Victoriana.

     http://rhiarti.wordpress.com/

     A talented crafter and lover of Steampunk.

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Trashtastic! ~ The Celeb Diaries by Mark Frith

Posted in Books, Reviews, TV, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 22, 2012| 3 Comments »

Updated 06/05/2014

 Pure trash of course but also a fascinating insight into celebrity culture’s evolution throughout the noughties.

     As the founding editor of Heat magazine Frith makes for a flawed and fabulous narrator, jealous of the success of fellow publications, often derogatory about the stars he refers to as “playthings” and covetous of fame.   Frith is also fiercely loyal to his team and dedicated to a refreshing and  worthy ethos to de-bunk celebrity myth.
     Ironically and unfortunately, normalising celebrities created a space for ordinary folk from reality shows to seize the spotlight.  The subsequent rise of savvy PRs has enabled celebs to play the once revelatory magazines at their own game.
   
     It’s a fascinating insight into a unique period of modern history by a smart, flawed guy who was actually there.

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