well, you can't believe everything you read and that don't make me a Commie!
Damn. Not exactly mind-safe for those on the edge. So be warned. Exploration of blood, flesh removal, and sacrifice in art.
Hey...mercurystar...O Lady of all net idolatry...I can't change anything on my site if I can't get in. What's up? Last week it rejected my password and handle entirely, this week it just dials, and redials, and redials, and redials...until I stop the ftp program from trying to access. There is huh? happening.
From brighidestone comes this gem on why you shouldn't get overstressed at the keyboard. :) It is the definition of sick and wrong. :)
Wayback's being sued? (Tipped by poppycat.)
poppycat's last journal entry inspired this. Indirectly. :)
Cullen Skink
This recipe is based on a hearty fishermans soup, traditionally made with Finan haddock
Ingredients
1 Large Finnan Haddock or 2 large smoked haddock fillets
1 Chopped Onion
1 Pint of full cream milk or buttermilk
1/2 lb of cooked mashed potato
1 oz Butter
Salt and pepper to taste and season
Place the Haddock in a large pan with sufficient water to cover. Bring to the boil, then add the chopped onion and simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes until the fish is cooked through.
Remove the fish, retaining the stock and flake the flesh from the fish, removing bones and skin.
Keeping the flesh seperate, you may return the bones and flesh to the stock (optional).
Re-boil the stock for 30 minutes then strain into a clean pan. Add the flesh of the fish to the clear stock and return this pan to heat. Add the milk, season with the salt and pepper and bring to the boil for a few minutes. Stir in the mashed potato, butter and season again if requried. Warm through if required and serve immediately.
This has more Scottish recipes, if you're curious.
If you're large, and you sew, this might be an alternative to cutting your own patterns or working freehand. (I work freehand. I recommend patterns.)
Pulp Erotica. Yes, apparently. Tipped by nyghtshayde.
Wau. Large size swimwear. And by large size, I mean LARGE SIZE. Goes up to MY size, EASILY.
Problem is, I don't know if I want a bikini. (Though she's cute in it.)
For large guys I discovered Ripley's Custom Shirtmakers. You pay 'em five bucks, they send you a Shirting Packet--sample swatches of every fabric they carry, a tape measure to get your exact sizes, how to measure for your shirt, illustrations. Then you send what you've measured in with your selections and pay them $90 more for a basic shirt. But it is guaranteed to fit.
Yeah, sure, spendy...but if it fits...
Or make your own patterns. (Note: uses Dutch measurements.)
And now...fashions. The section you've all been dreading. :)
And now we're in Hong Kong, and...honestly, this one just makes me shake my head. It's the ThighBlaster. Because really, all women secretly yearn to have fatter thighs. Oh, yes we do.
*blinks*
I wanna know how many fashion-related deaths occur in South Korea now. Is there a way I can keep track of that?
A model presents a creation of South Korean designer company "Trend Setter Sangju." (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (July 12, 2005)
Okay, this is here for one reason only: I gotta know if she's actually wearing underwear bedecked in flowers.
Come on, guys, you can tell me--did this designer just throw in the towel, go down to Korea's equivalent of K-Mart, and buy a six-pack of big grandma boyshorts? And cover them with flowers?
Because, to my eyes...that's EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
A model presents a creation of South Korean designer company "jjj style." (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (July 12, 2005)
Read the color text. And now the front line makes more sense: if this is a combination of Korean, Japanese, traditional Chinese and European designs...well, in other words, it's a mess. And it looks it.
Man. Just the frou-frou dress with the candyfloss wig alone...let alone the ridiculousness of that top hat on the other wig, and the SHOULDERPADS from HELL...
Pick an era, kids. PICK A DAMN ERA.
Two models present creations by Hong Kong designer Grace Tse, winner of two awards at the show. The 29-year-old impressed the judges with her European aristocrat-inspired designs, which combine dramatic candy-floss white wigs, sparkling corsets and tu-tus with P.E. shorts and tank tops. "Korean designs are closer to the Japanese trends while we have the appeal of traditional Chinese elements as well as good European exposure," she said. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (July 12, 2005)
This from Style.com's article on Galliano's latest diversion, by Sarah Mower:
PARIS, July 6, 2005 -- A black-draped horse-drawn carriage arrived through the gates of a ruined Edwardian garden where cobwebs festooned broken statues, fallen chandeliers, and clumps of lily of the valley. Lo! It's the ghost of Madame Dior arriving with her little sailor-suited boy, Christian, whose birthday fell 100 years ago.
Thus John Galliano took the opportunity to revisit the rich and romantic story of the house he has inherited and reinvented for the twenty-first century. And for once, the narrative fantasist in him didn't drive his horse and carriage down hard-to-follow byways or wildly irreverent culs-de-sac. Rather, the collection was transparently arranged as homage to Dior's couture, from the fin-de-siècle influence of his mother's gowns through the makings of the New Look, with walk-on parts for his workers, fashion editors, and the extraordinary roster of clients who flocked to him in the fifties.
Transparency was the operative word. Almost everything from the Edwardian swagged and ruffled dos-devant gowns to the half-made, nipped-waist, full-skirt dresses was sheer, or constructed to look as if it were. For the most part, that brought a lightness--and delight--to shapes that in their original fabrics would seem unimaginably heavy today. Even Dior's signature tweed suits were reincarnated in see-through organza, with scatterings of houndstooth checks embroidered in white beads.
Galliano said he was inspired by how Dior's creations were reflected in the work of Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton, Lillian Bassman, Christian Berard, and René Gruau. His merry dance whirled on images of Princess Margaret, Margot Fonteyn, Zizi Jeanmaire, and Wallis Simpson. After a detour into froufrou Peruvian costume, a visit to Hollywood brought on a heavily spangled lineup of old-time supermodels giving stately impersonations of Hayworth, Dietrich, de Havilland, and Bacall. In all, pure fashion entertainment. With only a few stumbles into screeching color combinations, it was a timely reminder of Galliano's capacity for the delicate and poetic, as well as a reaffirmation of the incredible foundations of the House of Dior.
And here's the example for you to peruse. Note the sheer fabric over the flesh-colored corset. Note the bird in her hair--grey as the rest of the ensemble. Note the smattering of crystals and beadwork down the front. Especially note the fallen chandelier, bedecked with webbing, at her feet.
This is the look he was trying for. And, to some degree, achieved. However, it got worse from here...
Fall 2005 Couture - Christian Dior - Runway - Stella Tennant for MARILYN - Photo: Marcio Madeira
Very unhaute. In fact, if you have to write haute couture on your underwear, you're also verging on seriously unhip. Worse, she looks like she borrowed makeup tips from Divine, and is just waiting for that candyfloss green wig to arrive, with the huge backswept wings, or the tall bouffant. Ick.
Fall 2005 Couture - Christian Dior - Runway - Asia Pul Pulco for ELITE - Photo: Marcio Madeira
It gets worse. Yeah, that little arm-bauble you saw earlier, on the full-outfit look?
It's a pincushion. Yep, the model is wearing a pincushion strapped to her arm as a bracelet. W. T. F, Galliano??
Fall 2005 Couture - Christian Dior - Runway - Hedvig Marie Maigre for CITY - Photo: Olivier Claisse
And what's with the labeling? This is another detail shot, of the back of the corset. The corset itself is labeled Praline What the hell? Is that the name of the corset, or a reference to the color, or...what??
Fall 2005 Couture - Christian Dior - Asia Pul Pulco for ELITE - Photo: Olivier Claisse
Hey...mercurystar...O Lady of all net idolatry...I can't change anything on my site if I can't get in. What's up? Last week it rejected my password and handle entirely, this week it just dials, and redials, and redials, and redials...until I stop the ftp program from trying to access. There is huh? happening.
From brighidestone comes this gem on why you shouldn't get overstressed at the keyboard. :) It is the definition of sick and wrong. :)
Wayback's being sued? (Tipped by poppycat.)
poppycat's last journal entry inspired this. Indirectly. :)
Cullen Skink
This recipe is based on a hearty fishermans soup, traditionally made with Finan haddock
Ingredients
1 Large Finnan Haddock or 2 large smoked haddock fillets
1 Chopped Onion
1 Pint of full cream milk or buttermilk
1/2 lb of cooked mashed potato
1 oz Butter
Salt and pepper to taste and season
Place the Haddock in a large pan with sufficient water to cover. Bring to the boil, then add the chopped onion and simmer for another 10 to 15 minutes until the fish is cooked through.
Remove the fish, retaining the stock and flake the flesh from the fish, removing bones and skin.
Keeping the flesh seperate, you may return the bones and flesh to the stock (optional).
Re-boil the stock for 30 minutes then strain into a clean pan. Add the flesh of the fish to the clear stock and return this pan to heat. Add the milk, season with the salt and pepper and bring to the boil for a few minutes. Stir in the mashed potato, butter and season again if requried. Warm through if required and serve immediately.
This has more Scottish recipes, if you're curious.
If you're large, and you sew, this might be an alternative to cutting your own patterns or working freehand. (I work freehand. I recommend patterns.)
Pulp Erotica. Yes, apparently. Tipped by nyghtshayde.
Wau. Large size swimwear. And by large size, I mean LARGE SIZE. Goes up to MY size, EASILY.
Problem is, I don't know if I want a bikini. (Though she's cute in it.)
For large guys I discovered Ripley's Custom Shirtmakers. You pay 'em five bucks, they send you a Shirting Packet--sample swatches of every fabric they carry, a tape measure to get your exact sizes, how to measure for your shirt, illustrations. Then you send what you've measured in with your selections and pay them $90 more for a basic shirt. But it is guaranteed to fit.
Yeah, sure, spendy...but if it fits...
Or make your own patterns. (Note: uses Dutch measurements.)
And now...fashions. The section you've all been dreading. :)
And now we're in Hong Kong, and...honestly, this one just makes me shake my head. It's the ThighBlaster. Because really, all women secretly yearn to have fatter thighs. Oh, yes we do.
*blinks*
I wanna know how many fashion-related deaths occur in South Korea now. Is there a way I can keep track of that?
A model presents a creation of South Korean designer company "Trend Setter Sangju." (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (July 12, 2005)
Okay, this is here for one reason only: I gotta know if she's actually wearing underwear bedecked in flowers.
Come on, guys, you can tell me--did this designer just throw in the towel, go down to Korea's equivalent of K-Mart, and buy a six-pack of big grandma boyshorts? And cover them with flowers?
Because, to my eyes...that's EXACTLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
A model presents a creation of South Korean designer company "jjj style." (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (July 12, 2005)
Read the color text. And now the front line makes more sense: if this is a combination of Korean, Japanese, traditional Chinese and European designs...well, in other words, it's a mess. And it looks it.
Man. Just the frou-frou dress with the candyfloss wig alone...let alone the ridiculousness of that top hat on the other wig, and the SHOULDERPADS from HELL...
Pick an era, kids. PICK A DAMN ERA.
Two models present creations by Hong Kong designer Grace Tse, winner of two awards at the show. The 29-year-old impressed the judges with her European aristocrat-inspired designs, which combine dramatic candy-floss white wigs, sparkling corsets and tu-tus with P.E. shorts and tank tops. "Korean designs are closer to the Japanese trends while we have the appeal of traditional Chinese elements as well as good European exposure," she said. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (July 12, 2005)
This from Style.com's article on Galliano's latest diversion, by Sarah Mower:
PARIS, July 6, 2005 -- A black-draped horse-drawn carriage arrived through the gates of a ruined Edwardian garden where cobwebs festooned broken statues, fallen chandeliers, and clumps of lily of the valley. Lo! It's the ghost of Madame Dior arriving with her little sailor-suited boy, Christian, whose birthday fell 100 years ago.
Thus John Galliano took the opportunity to revisit the rich and romantic story of the house he has inherited and reinvented for the twenty-first century. And for once, the narrative fantasist in him didn't drive his horse and carriage down hard-to-follow byways or wildly irreverent culs-de-sac. Rather, the collection was transparently arranged as homage to Dior's couture, from the fin-de-siècle influence of his mother's gowns through the makings of the New Look, with walk-on parts for his workers, fashion editors, and the extraordinary roster of clients who flocked to him in the fifties.
Transparency was the operative word. Almost everything from the Edwardian swagged and ruffled dos-devant gowns to the half-made, nipped-waist, full-skirt dresses was sheer, or constructed to look as if it were. For the most part, that brought a lightness--and delight--to shapes that in their original fabrics would seem unimaginably heavy today. Even Dior's signature tweed suits were reincarnated in see-through organza, with scatterings of houndstooth checks embroidered in white beads.
Galliano said he was inspired by how Dior's creations were reflected in the work of Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton, Lillian Bassman, Christian Berard, and René Gruau. His merry dance whirled on images of Princess Margaret, Margot Fonteyn, Zizi Jeanmaire, and Wallis Simpson. After a detour into froufrou Peruvian costume, a visit to Hollywood brought on a heavily spangled lineup of old-time supermodels giving stately impersonations of Hayworth, Dietrich, de Havilland, and Bacall. In all, pure fashion entertainment. With only a few stumbles into screeching color combinations, it was a timely reminder of Galliano's capacity for the delicate and poetic, as well as a reaffirmation of the incredible foundations of the House of Dior.
And here's the example for you to peruse. Note the sheer fabric over the flesh-colored corset. Note the bird in her hair--grey as the rest of the ensemble. Note the smattering of crystals and beadwork down the front. Especially note the fallen chandelier, bedecked with webbing, at her feet.
This is the look he was trying for. And, to some degree, achieved. However, it got worse from here...
Fall 2005 Couture - Christian Dior - Runway - Stella Tennant for MARILYN - Photo: Marcio Madeira
Very unhaute. In fact, if you have to write haute couture on your underwear, you're also verging on seriously unhip. Worse, she looks like she borrowed makeup tips from Divine, and is just waiting for that candyfloss green wig to arrive, with the huge backswept wings, or the tall bouffant. Ick.
Fall 2005 Couture - Christian Dior - Runway - Asia Pul Pulco for ELITE - Photo: Marcio Madeira
It gets worse. Yeah, that little arm-bauble you saw earlier, on the full-outfit look?
It's a pincushion. Yep, the model is wearing a pincushion strapped to her arm as a bracelet. W. T. F, Galliano??
Fall 2005 Couture - Christian Dior - Runway - Hedvig Marie Maigre for CITY - Photo: Olivier Claisse
And what's with the labeling? This is another detail shot, of the back of the corset. The corset itself is labeled Praline What the hell? Is that the name of the corset, or a reference to the color, or...what??
Fall 2005 Couture - Christian Dior - Asia Pul Pulco for ELITE - Photo: Olivier Claisse