Clare Shilland for Lula Magazine

This is magic.

“With the credit crunch and everybody cutting back, we decided to cut tulle ball gowns,”

Chelsea College Library has the most amazing collection of magazine back issues. I used to grab a bunch then sit and try to absorb and photocopy as much as I could as they couldn’t be taken out. This issue of i-D is one of my favourites, I have a few copies of i-D from the 80s but not this one. Last time I saw it the cover had come off and was floating around looking battered, I lovingly matched it back up with the magazine after photocopying it. Unfortunately the Buy-It-Now price is a little steep for me… does anyone have a spare £250 and a love of 80s i-D?

One of my favourite shops, The Earlsfield Bookshop gave me a special treat. It is right next to the station and I can never pass it without buying something like a little £1 book on Surrealist Painting. The Margritte and Ernst are all very nice but the bead mosaic made me buy the book (Max Walter Svanberg – Portrait of a star). Then, at the back of the book was tucked the Buddha postcard and written on the back was

“To Lesley
With love from
the universe”

Gold Rush, 2008

Lost at Sea, 2008

Francesca Gabbiani
“Here comes Francesca and her elaborate entrances into other worlds,” pronounces artist Ed Ruscha

I really want to learn to crochet, add that to the list of skills to learn with kntting and screenprinting. (I can make pom-poms though)
Sandy Meeks Etsy Shop has really great items and vintage patterns for pieces.
I also love Wren Handmade little squares:

A few from my image collection in July – 281 files saved over a month
Sources:
-Ebay
-Daily Mail
-Robin Cameron
-Cute Overload

Amazing collection of typographic beauties : Movie Title Stills Collection