Very Hot day!

So today I decided to finally wear this Tiki dress I bought at a vintage market stall in Cambridge, it cost me way too much but i fell in love with it instantly!

it is a bit on the tight side boobwise but its worth the squash!

Ive always been too timid to wear it out, but everyone at work loved it! On the left is a picture of the dress with a different neckline, the one I have is a halter neck.

I got the photo from the Collectif website which is full of beautiful things!On the right is a photo of me and the dress :) It was so hot I had to put all my hair back! Not bald!

Swimdresses

So, going to Greece this summer I've realised I need new swimwear! I'm kinda tired of feeling insecure in bloody skimpy bikinis so decided to look for something that covered me up some more. Looking at vintage swimwear I found that women looked a lot classier back in the 50's when they were covered up. These kinds of swimsuits are come back in fashion recently but seem to be marketed towards middle age women. It has been quite difficult to find a good swimdress under£25 so I might need to fork out, but these are some of my favourites:

1. Touristy Swimdress Tankini by Red or Dead - £67.50

2. Scallop Red Swimdress by Red or Dead - £67.50

3. Striking Geo Unique Swimdress Two Pieces - £28.54

4. Beach2Beach Swimdress - £42

Jessica Dolby

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Karin Starmar

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The Men of '73 - PK

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Andrew Holden @ Kettles Yard

This exhibition is introspective and encyclopaedic in its nature - it brings together Holden's sculpture, music, films, paintings, posters and performances for the first time to explore some recurring themes in his work, such as memory, duration, and our attachment to objects.

Andy Holden works with plaster, bronze, ceramics, found objects and images, household paint and printmaking, sound and performance; he has created monumental outdoor sculptures, affordable multiples and complex, poetic events. He makes the plinths and cases that display his work, and the posters that promote and document his performances. He composes music and has his own band, 'The Grubby Mitts'. Each activity informs other aspects of his work in a cumulative way. His work is complex, experimental, and attentive to a wide web of cultural references.

This is the first major exhibition of Andy Holden's work in the UK. Holden is a young British artist who first came to public attention with his 'Pyramid Piece' in Art Now at Tate Britain in 2010.

A new publication, structured around a conversation with Dan Cox and including contributions by Juan Cruz, Lizzie Fisher, Darian Leader, Joe Saunders, Aimée Selby, Jon K. Shaw and Tyler Woolcott, will accompany this exhibition.

Exhibition supported by
The Henry Moore Foundation and The Elephant Trust.

14 May - 10 July 2011 @ Kettles Yard Cambridge

Go Strapless This Summer!

ideas

50's Swimwear

halterneck swimsuits

sunday with the boyf ;)

"what we fear..."

"Mistaken" film for exhibition

Exhibition Prep! Pt. 2.

Exhibition Prep!

Here is a belated post about our end of year exhibition.

Basically our tutor, Rob, managed to get us a slot at The Shop the week of the 28th March till the 3rd of April. Our main task was to set up, organize, design, distribute, and curate an exhibition ourselves! We are a class of twentyfour students so we were all appointed different roles within the exhibition, this was all organized by ourselves.

Myself and Kirsty appointed ourself "designers" for the show. This meant we were in charge of the posters, flyers, advertising, distribution etc. I didn't think this would be such a big task at first as I had done posters for events before. However before I knew it I had to download Photoshop and re-do my posters to incorporate the bloody logos!

Before all that, we agreed on the name "twentyfour" for our show, as there were twentyfour of us in our group. Me and kirsty then got together to agree on a design. We settled for cardboard as it had a nice raw quality to it that we felt reflected everybody's work. Here are the final products.