I’ve always been surrounded by raw materials (paper, wood, fabric, thread, buttons, glue and needles) but I’d never really thought about where I got my love of making things from until I started hanging out with my gran every Saturday, very much like we used to when I was wee. I’ve always been aware that…
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GSA Degree Show 2016
Last week both Rachael and myself were lucky enough to be invited along to the Glasgow School of Art Degree Show 2016. Although we very much enjoyed partaking in the free booze, we both managed to take some great photographs of the work displayed at the Reid Building and the fantastic fashion show. For…
Spring Lowdown: What to do now it isn’t so cold
Spring has well and truly sprung! There are daffodils everywhere I look, and it has even been vaguely mild. I have taken the serious step of putting away all my thickest winter jumpers and replaced them with my lighter knitwear. Knitwear is still necessary, because I live in Scotland, and I’m a realist. So, you’re…
Book Review: Facepaint by Lisa Eldridge
I love make-up. I love red lipstick and how glamorous and bad-ass it makes me feel when I wear it, I love eyeliner, and highlighter and shimmering shadows. I therefore thoroughly enjoy watching make-up artists creative tutorials on youtube, and Lisa Eldridge, make-up artist for the likes of Gucci, VOGUE, and celebrities like Kiera Knightley and Kate…
Exhibition Review: A Century of Style
WARNING: if you do not like fashion history or textiles look away now. This is a long overdue post, The History Girls and friends FINALLY got around to seeing ‘A Century of Style’ in Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Museum this weekend, and we very much enjoyed ourselves. There was a lot of this type of thing: ‘Oh my gooood,…
History. Heritage. Hilarity. 