because mondays are made of dark disco...

jean luc goddard with all the wisdom of his swiss-french nouvelle vague-ness, once stated that all anyone needed to make a movie was a girl and a gun. and a gosling it seems.

drive, directed by danish film maker nicolas winding refm is the ultimate hollywood heist-movie-gone-wrong. but all the better for its moody neo noir, comic gore, b-movie aesthetics. the soundtrack, as like the movie, is winsomely retro and smooth, providing us with this gorgeous dark disco song ‘real hero’ by college featuring electric youth.

we may as a result even sit our driving test now. or at least head for our nearest chevy dealership and listen to this tune on an i-pod we robbed from a pawn shop.

[aine herlihy]

it's tuesday: get into outerwear!

it's getting cold. don't bother denying it, you're only fooling yourself. plus, with every passing day, the inevitable turning-back-of-the-clocks draws ever closer (making the halloween weekend terrifying for a whole other reason).

still, this is nice, isn't it? neutral palette, mid-90s-inspired minimalist silhouette, contrast leather accents - it's winter perfection. if we wanted to make this sound like magazine copy, we'd say it ticks all the AW11 boxes. but we don't, so we won't.

wear it with cigarette trousers, sheer maxi skirts, your favourite all-white ensembles, 40s tea dresses, brogues, slippers, bowler hats, turbans, cinch it in with an obi-style belt - anyway, you get the idea. it's v-v-v-v-versatile.

nice one, topshop.

buy it here.

hurry up, it's streaming!

urban outfitters is now streaming m83's new album, hurry up, we're dreaming. according to reliable sources, this is occurring not via some sort of cd-hooked-up-to-telephone-hooked-up-to-laptop device, but with what is known as a widget. we're not really fussed either way, as long as the end result is the same.

for electronic-dream-pop deliciousness, listen here.


enjoy!


ps. the album's out on october 18. pre-order it here.



[image: urbanoutfitters.com]

samuel says: roll with it

styling notes: wear with electric blue ankle trousers and soft leather brogues. not best friends with brights? go for a pair of indigo slim fit jeans with a turn up. want more? i would add pair of thick-rimmed glasses - that's just the kind of guy i am!

[burgundy roll neck sweater, £130, mr start: buy it here]


[samuel smith]

look at this rad thing we found #2:

hattie newman and matthew brodie: putting premier vision out of business since 2011. who knew paper could look this fabulous?




[gussy]


[image: fashionising.com] 

look at this rad thing we found #1:

my house is built of bricks, mortar, and a few unreliable looking floorboards cobbled together with blu-tack and bits of dental floss (unused).

this house is built of lego.

this house wins.

check out mike doyle's amazing creations here; anyone who refers to plastic building blocks as the everyman art gets the poxymash tick of approval.

now, pass me the meccano please: i'm off to do some diy.


[gussy]

[image: mikedoylesnap.blogspot.com]

late night shopping

what's that you say? combine my love of fashion with my love of scotch?? impossible, my friends! such a feat is surely unachievable for a humble being such as myself.

but no - fortuitously, it would appear i am mistaken: enter maison scotch. we all know how much everyone needs polka dots in their wardrobe this winter: stella decreed it, and thus it shall be. but for those who don't really require the asymmetrical cocktail dress with polka dot mesh yoke (i know there's at least a couple of us), and whose needs are more along the lines of the practical yet ever-alluring mac-type garment, this charming raincoat (£122.00) will have you seeing spots. and with a water resistant finish, those wayward splashes of johnnie walker will just wipe away, no worries.

so why wait? sign on the dotted line: buy it here.

[gussy]