Madame says: DOT COM!!!
I’m using this picture by Sarah Lee for no other reason than it shows a happy me – and is a brilliant picture – so is an appropriate accompaniment to the news that Pippa Brooks DOT COM has just gone live!!! An attempt by me to put all the ‘slash’ me’s in one place for the first time…
Hope you like it.
Madame says: MADAMOISELLE FIFI
First of all, credit where it’s due; Sarah Lee took these incredible RED photos at Fifi Chachnil‘s show at Le Baron last night.
Fifi was a revelation. Not only is she my absolute favourite lingerie designer, she’s an incredible performer! Accompanied by a guitar and fiddle she sang French cabaret songs in her beautiful, cartoon-like, breathy voice, bathed in red light – a tiny sex bomb! The Gormans, the de Belgeonnes, Sarah and I were so pleased we braved the snow – Caz and I both in a SANDAL! With tights, but still a sandal!
Le Baron was the perfect setting too, all black gloss walls and low light….champagne…slouchy settees….great.
Madame says: LOVE IS STRANGE
The window at M.Goldstein has a warm, loving glow this week. To have crammed three different types of neon into a window as tiny as ours is quite an achievement I think.
Just noticed the underlying sinister subtext: fast food is bad for your heart! Boom boom!!
Madame says: SNOW DAY
Sarah and Frieda took the boys and me to Parliament Hill yesterday where there were literally HUNDREDS of people chucking themselves down the hill on everything from snowboards to plastic bags. Amazing snow day. The Chistmas Snowboogies were a triumph, so thanks to Nanny Van…
My onesy came into its own…you should see the state of it today tho’ – there’s no end of sludge under the fluffy white stuff. At one point Sarah and I were careering down the hill, Sarah heard some guy say “Straight in the hole” and was just forming her lips into “What hole?” when she disappeared into it. Full of icy sludge. My sides are aching today – half from the exercise and half from the laughter following this event!
Madame says: DISCO FLUFFER
Love this picture Jon from Urban Electric took of me last night when I was DJing at the Motilo party at Le Baron.
In my tiny mind the photo has the feel of Francis Ford Coppola’s One From The Heart with all the neon and tiny light bulbs! I especially love the way Jon’s hand reflection makes me look like I have a big man’s hand and the silhouette of my Boudicca dress ruffle which I periodically fluffed to keep it perky…
DADDY COOL
“Lloyd Johnson: The Modern Outfitter” showing at Chelsea Space, curated by Paul Gorman is a case of “about time too.” Street style, be it Hells Angels, Mods, Rockers, Teds, punks…the clobber on the backs of London’s style makers,music makers and law breakers wouldn’t be the same without Lloyd Johnson’s contribution. The definitive leather jacket is fabulously represented here, the recreated shop-front, immaculately styled mannequins, collages to pore over…drink it in: London’s street culture, pop culture…and Jerry Lee Lewis, Liza Minelli, FRED ASTAIRE, it’s all here.
My Johnsons story: ‘cos everyone’s got one to tell…I had a 1930s starfish print dress which I hacked fairly obscenely too short and would wear with fishnet tights and Johnsons biker boots, purchased nervously in the Kensington Market outlet. The whole experience; the nerves pre, the thrill post-purchase and the swagger as I strode about town like Wendy James (in my tiny mind!) is unforgettable.
Brilliant crowd and I couldn’t resist grabbing Jeff Dexter – one of the best dressed men I know – for a quick snap.
Catch this wonderful exhibition while you can.
Madame says: LESBIAN CHIC
Or should that read “Switcheroo” Chic? The Parisian drag kings of the 1960s in this fantastic article on Queer Music Heritage flagged up by Superduck show how a suit should be worn, hair coiffed…
Realness. Pure and simple.
Madame says: TRADITIONAL
It’s now a New Year’s tradition to go to Stevie’s for mince pies in early January. And I hope I don’t bruise any egos when I say that they are THE BEST of all and worth the wait…home made pastry, mincemeat AND marzipan. I rest my case.
Eddie’s Absolutely Fabulous Christmas special BodyMap costume was lolling waiting to be whisked off to Bath Costume Museum and a bit of ferocious tidying had unearthed some fabulous treasure…
Stevie on the South Bank in Graham Smith’s book, We Can Be Heroes looking such a babe/baby and this bizarre BodyMap fanzine from Hyper Hyper days with a pull-out snakes and ladders of ‘the ups and downs of BodyMap’ (of which there were many!)- all the drawings and xeroxing hand done by Stevie…
I ate so much I could hardly fit behind the steering wheel on the way home…but it didn’t stop me from eating my banana and walnut cake care package for breakfast this morning…oh yes.
Just noticed Mucky’s dog hair getting in on the pictures!
Madame says: CHEESY POTATO
Pure and simple. Comfort food of kings. January fodder and good with anything.
Madame says: JEDXMAS
My enduring memory of New Years Eve will be dance routines with lots of hand claps by the JED crew as the boys and their cousin Eliza refer to themselves and a feral-verging-on-anarchy screamfest for much of the night. This was a mellow moment when they decided to bring it down for a few seconds before cranking up the music channel once again….