31 August, 2011

Pop stars and their rollerskates

Loved seeing these photos of Chic’s Nile Rodgers rollerskating in his kitchen on his blog.
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Disneyrollergirl 8 Comments Bloggers, Music blogs, Chic, Nile Rodgers, rollerskating

25 August, 2011

H&M autumn magazine

The new H&M autumn magazine is out and it includes main contributions from me and a couple of my blog buddies. This issue is its best yet, the layout is much cleaner and I absolutely love this cover of Magdalena, shot by Terry Richardson and styled by George Cortina (yes, that is an H&M outfit, including the lush boots). (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 5 Comments Bloggers, Brands, Magazines, Menswear, Photography, Trends AW11, behind the scenes, Charlie Porter, Daniel Jackson, H&M, Josh Olins, Melanie Rickey, Susie Bubble

9 August, 2011

Pictures from now and then: ISYS Archive

My new blog obsession is ISYSArchive.TV, a picture-heavy site that came to my attention via the lovely Karen Savage. Karen had a successful T-shirt design business in the 90s and we moved in the same clubbing circles but never actually spoke until fairly recently. She contributed this post to the What We Wore series which is one of the strongest features of the blog. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Bloggers, Photography, Technology, Trends Historypin, ISYS Archive, Karen Savage, photography, What Karen Wore, youth culture

4 August, 2011

New vintage store: Blitz London

Does London need another vintage store? Hell yes when it’s Blitz London, a new 5-room ‘vintage department store’ in Hanbury Street, E1. The press release promises all sorts of riches, including new stock every day, an in-store cafe, upcycled furniture, blogger-friendly ‘account managers’ and a mix of reasonably priced and rare vintage finds (hello Swatch watches). (more…)