I was walking down my local high street to the shops, one day this week. It was a typical, cold, damp, February afternoon, with no glimmer of hope and I was wearing my floor length, real fur coat. Yes, it’s real - judge me if you like but hear me out; it had belonged to my grandmother and it’s at least fifty years old. I would never buy a new real fur coat.
Anyway, as I was walking down the road, two girls were walking behind me. I overheard one say to the other“that fur coat is sick, totally sick”. Panic sank in and I froze. I’d been caught out, they knew it was real. I wasn’t in the most salubrious of neighbourhoods and I begun to fear for my own safety. These girls would soon be chasing me down the high street, pelting me with eggs, screaming “murderer , murderer”! Shopkeepers and onlookers would throw me dark looks and I’d outlawed from town. As I began to speed up, the conversation behind had not abated. “Look at it” I heard one say, “ it’s real oright, it’s so sick man, totally sick”. I started to look into the eyes of shopkeepers, standing in their door ways – my eyes begging for mercy “it’s a really old coat” I pleaded, “it used to belong to my grandmother and I was feeling so cold today - please no eggs”! As I planned in my head my Lara Croft style getaway (something along the lines of several back flips and parkour over the roof tops), it hit me that these girls were actually paying me a compliment. They weren’t bothered that it was real or fake, my ‘sick’ fur coat was apparently really cool.
This little fur anaecdote got me thinking - whilst faux fur continues to proudlly fluff its feathers in the the ethical limelight, how green are your faux fur cushions and throws really? http://www.stylenv.co.uk/blogs/blogEntry.cfm?b=62
Sunday 20 February 2011
Saturday 19 February 2011
HOMES WE LOVE - Chez STYLE NV
I have been deliberating uploading my own home for months - egoism is not really my thing, but as Rachael and Graham have reminded me, this is a collective and I have been out ruled! It's very hard to gush about one's house as although this is my boyfriend's house, it would be fair to say that I've had a very strong influence over the design and decoration of the house.
http://www.stylenv.co.uk/p_portfolioInfo.cfm?g=50
Wednesday 16 February 2011
Friday 11 February 2011
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ARNE JACOBSEN
A big fat Happy Birthday to the most famous Dane ever, Arne Jacobsen. Although he is probably more well know for his furniture designs and arguably the pioneer for modern Danish design, Jacobsen always considered himself first and foremost an architect, despising the label ‘designer’. His career was predominantly in architecture and it was only in the 50’s did his chair designs become popular. Last November I went on a press trip with Orgreen. I had the pleasure of visiting the Fritz Hansen factory and museum. Fritz Hansen manufactured Jacobsen’s chairs for over sixty years and I was there to see the launch of Orgreen’s redesign of Jacobsen’s famous Swan chairs, the Skyline edition.
It was fascinating to learn more about how Fritz Hansen made Jacobsen’s chairs and the precision and craftsmanship that goes into each one. Click here to watch a series of short films on how Fritz Hansen makes the Egg, Swan and Series 7 Chairs.
http://www.stylenv.co.uk/blogs/blogEntry.cfm?b=58
Wednesday 9 February 2011
STYLE NV TREND - Green Envy
Where fashion and celebrities dare to tread, interiors follow. Hot off the catwalks and the stars' backs comes ones of this season ‘s colours – jade green. They say that blue and green should never be seen, but we think rules are there to be broken. Here is STYLE NV’s pick of jade green interior accessories to keep you and your home the envy of all others!
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