Hey Nonny Oh No!

Gah! Tapestry Goes West is cancelled! I was looking forward to spending a weekend in Wales dressed as a Biba Robin Hood, waving a plastic sword around like a goon and for it to be perfectly acceptable, nay legitimate behaviour. Best just dream of mead and admire the sleeve for this long-lost acid-folk rarity - genius.

Accident & Emergency

Here is the latest in pseudo-rock 'n' roll casualty 'get me to a doctor, maan'. chic: a Spiritualized hospital wrist-band! Classy and not at all tacky. No. And I didn't feel at all embarrassed when the man in Sister Ray sheepishly handed it over to me with my purchase. No.

If you are a design nerd or a Spiritualized nerd, or perhaps both (hello!), you may find this item from Creative Review interesting as it combines both subjects in one handy article.

Catwalking

This morning I went in Uniqlo's new Oxford street 'flagship store' and was disturbed to note large posters on the wall depicting a rather wizened Bobby Gillespie modelling Uniqlo's range of reasonably priced winter woolies. If, like me, your teenage pop kid years were spent scouring the music press for images of Mr Gillespie in all his bowl-cut, polka-dot shirted glory, then you will understand how perculiar this pictorial encounter was. In order to soothe my nerves, I found it necessary to go in Topshop to purchase this marvellous cat-strewn confection by Dari Meya. Now that's fashion.