26 February, 2026

Random recs: Lucian Freud’s drawings, Peter York talks, smells like Studio Nicholson, Blank Street for Fashion Week and more

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ LUCIAN FREUD’s ink brush drawings, scrawly illustrated love letters, etchings and early paintings are a major highlight of Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting (above and below) just opened at the National Portrait Gallery. The exhibition is huge and the best bit is no wire barriers to trip over, letting you get super close to examine Freud’s meticulous hatching technique. P.S. the merch is fab (below); I’m going back for the mini daffodil tray. Bella Freud’s tees and totes are fun too.
(more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Art, Beauty, Brands, Business of fashion, Designers, Events, Films, News, Photography, Technology, Trends Blank Street Coffee, industry, Perfumer H, Peter York, Pieter Mulier, Random Recs, Richard Young, Starbucks, Studio Nicholson, technology

8 January, 2026

Quote of the day: Kathryn Jezer-Morton

Ed Ruscha I Can't Not Do That

“Friction-maxxing is not simply a matter of reducing your screen time, or whatever. It’s the process of building up tolerance for “inconvenience” (which is usually not inconvenience at all but just the vagaries of being a person living with other people in spaces that are impossible to completely control) — and then reaching even toward enjoyment.”
Kathryn Jezer-Morton, The Cut (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments News, Quote of the day, Technology Ed Ruscha, Kathryn Jezer-Morton, quote of the day, technology, The Cut

3 December, 2025

Random Recs: ‘Unplugging’, Soshiotsuki x Zara, Spud shoes, TURN Paris and more

Zara x Aaron Levine

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ Unplug me. I’m never sure if these anti-digital ’trends’ are real or if I’m just seeing them in my echo chamber because I want them to be. Nevertheless, Vogue Business has intel to back up its claim that unplugging ‘has become luxury’s most valuable currency’, reporting that The Global Wellness Summit’s The Future of Wellness trend report named ‘analogue wellness’ as its top trend for 2025. It also reports that 67% of Americans long for the “pre-plugged-in” era, while 79% of US Gen Zs actively aspire to interact more in the physical world. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Beauty, Books, Brands, Business of fashion, Design, Designers, News, Online shopping, Retail concepts, Technology, Trends Aaron Levine, collabs, Glow Recipe, Loewe, Marie Marot, Nike, Nina Christen, Random Recs, shoes, Soshiotsuki, technology, The Row, trends, Turn, vintage, Zara

25 May, 2025

Random Recs: Jony Ive, Centre Commercial Outdoor, Gauthier Borsarello

Richard Avedon In The American West

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ JONY IVE’S SEXY AI. If anyone can make A.I sexy, maybe it’s Jony Ive, whose company IO is being sold to OpenAI to create desirable devices (think pendants, eyewear…) for the age of AGI (artificial general intelligence). Read more in the NYT (gift link). (more…)