FIRST LOOKBOOK ENTRYS

Xmas self-portraits

self all
Originally uploaded by J-Daniel

Merry Xmas everyone! I hope you had a good holiday (it ain't over yet!). After cooking (from scratch) and eating loads of stuffing and roast veg I was a bit bored so got snappy.

New photos on my Flickr of this plus some snapshots of Edinburgh at Christmas with the fairground. I love the contrast of the Scotland Statue thing and the Ferris Wheel.

Comment!

xx

New POP magazine - 20th Anniversary!

New POP = AMAZING! The cover (the one without Drew Barrymore) is amazing...I scanned it below...




This issue has an animal based theme (which sounds like it is one of two things: either 1. Extremely Cruel or 2. Preachy - it is infact neither of those things and features some fucking cool photography).

Buy it now

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Look Book

This website is bloody excellent. Daniel told me about it last week and I am obsessed already. It is invite only (of course I got invited!) and featured a bunch of kids in various states of dress showing off their look.

Power to the people!

LOOKBOOK.NU








xx

Madonna in Brazil vogue

Despite her strange face...Steven Klein Still has the abaility to take some great shots.

These are from December's Vogue Brazil courtesy of madonna-online.ch

Christmas Tidings

Camp as Christmas has a new meaning....




happy holidays

x

Happy 21st Daniel

Missing you!!!

x

Madonna, love, have a little grace

She should have stopped after the surgery she had to coincide her last album!

The cheek implants. The industrial chemical peels. The Tight lift! Her eyebrows are half way up her forehead now.

I'm a little disappointed...





...and whats with the obsession with kissing girls. Lesbianism aint controversial anymore. get over it!



<3

Lily Allen new single is amazing

I fucking love it.

"I'm a weapon of massive consumption" ...so good.

xxx

Circus - A step too far?

The fashion industry is a funny thing isn't it. I don't know how trends start really, but it kinna annoys me how something comes up and everyone jumps on the bandwagon. I don't really know, either I am subconsciously being manipulated by the media (most likely) to like a certain style, or I have some amazing foresight into the whole trend spotting ting (prob less likely).

So last year I saw this wee clown puppet when I was in Europe. It was Picasso-blue period-esque with a cool ruff and a wee jump suit. Proper clown-age! So I grew a slight obsession with this clown and his clothes and started designing clothes and styling photo shoots based on this circus stuff....




Jump to AW '08 and every chump and his monkey has circus themed things. Britney Spears album 'Circus', Take that album 'The circus', Pink's Album 'Funhouse'. Eh...WIT?!? Why so many!!! And then to topshop...



How does this happen?

xx

Bloglovin

hey I just discovered (yes I am so behind on technology) this bloglovin thing...so I signed up.

Follow my blog with bloglovin´

PLEASE CLICKY LA BUTTON!!!

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Heather New York 2007

I've finally gotten around to processing some of the photos I did in New York last Fall (How very US of me). These are from a shoot I did for a fashion assignment, with my Pentax and developed some on site and some in the UK. I uploaded them all to Flickr and these are just some outtakes.

Enjoy. (Sorry its taken me so long Heather!).

xx

P.S. Click the pics to go to flickr!

New photos on flickr

From summer 08...





Fun with Dan! DS4DSTERN 4EVAAAA!


Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Kevingrove Gallery, Glasgow
Casino Royale, Edinburgh
OLD Nights Out, Yonks ago.

Enjoy!

Ignore the last post...

Bugger that!

Ok so unfortunately the Festival has been moved to MARCH 7th? I think. Anyway, that's better as I have 4 assignments including a dissertation due for Feb 13th (its a Friday!) and its a lorra lorra work!

But i will re post a new poster soon. I'm also gonna post pics of the art in process so you can see the stages of my collection. I'm totally excited as all my fabric came through the other day...including some gold lame...woooo!

I just bought Grace Jones new album, and I have to say after 19 years of waiting (I had good taste as a child) it does not disappoint. William's Blood, the new single, is fucking fantastic. We <3 grace. Oh and come to her gig in January as well! Only UK tour - unbelievable!


Grace in Paint


love love love x

ISSF Fashion Show

The International Scottish Student Festival is on Saturday 6th Dec! From 2-3 there will be a fabulous fashion show including designs by the one and only Disco Dolly!

It will be in Glasgow City Centre at the Central College (Allen Glen's Campus) so come along!

Scotcampus Magazine November 08

Just got a copy of this months Scotcampus!



We did the styling and photography. Thanks again to Suzanne for modeling for us...what a pleasure!



digital edition:
www.scotcampus.com/nov08 (page 6-9)

paper edition: if you live in Scotland grab a free copy at hmv, borders, urban outfitters...

MWAH xxxx

OBAMA!!! :-D

speechless

Kate Moss

I'm not the biggest Kate Moss fan. But just found this pic I ripped out a mag like 4 years ago and its amazing...

HOT

Dark Glamour photoshoot

New photoshoot as of October and will be featured in Scotcampus magazine!!

Thank you Suzanne for being a wonderful model!

Boxfresh vs. Disco Dolly - Tshirt design competition

Boxfresh is giving designers the chance to submit their entries for a new tshirt.

I submitted my CMYK print face design:



VOTE FOR ME HERE

Copy this link below:
http://www.youvsboxfresh.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=45257

xxx

New Illustrations - Disco Dolly Designs

New Illustrations for Disco Dolly







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Spec Savers Spectacular

I found some amazing glasses and frames in some thrift stores in Edinburgh last weekend. Black/clear fade ray-bans, 1970s circle frames and 1950s cats eye specs!

I couldn't help but try them all on!

The mourning of polaroid

A collective tear was wept at the news that Polaroid would stop producing the instant film that made them so popular (who evens owns a digital Polaroid camera?!?).

So before I left the States, I bought up a load of packs of film at Walgreens and B&H...for like $10 for a 10 pack (!) ... BUT the other day when I was 3 pics into my 10 pack I clicked the shutter and...nothing...the battery went flat!

I had two options. Open the pack ruin the film and put a new one in or save it and open it in a protective dark room and use them with my brownie box cam. I desparately tried for the latter, but unfortunately light got in and I had 7 undeveloped exposed slides.

I decided to mess around a wee bit and mashed the emulsion in a bunch to make shapes and pictures. Unfortunately it turned out pretty shit. So I did illustrations on them.

The End. Enjoy.







xx

Disco Dolly Illustrations

Some of my illustrations from August/September for Disco Dolly Designs









xxx

ONE Magazine Issue 6: Out Now

I'm in this Issue 6 of ONE Magazine! It's free and is distributed in LOADS of cafes and shops...get one NOW!



xxx

Shaved me head!

Shaved my hair this weekend. Short back 'n sides...loooong on top!



Think I might cut it closer and higher...numbero uno!

xxx

Katy Perry Sucks

I normally don't like saying negative things about people, I just like spreading the love really...but I just read a SPOT ON review of that silly girl Katie Perry's latest album.

"Despite the deceptively 'edgy'title, this albums message is clear: playing a lesbian is ok to get a guy but gender stereotypes are not to be fucked with. - and that means real guys can't possibly be gay. In short, the backlash against feminism now has a soundtrack - and its using effeminate men as its flogging whip.
Two of the most offensive tracks are annoyingly the catchiest, and as such are singles. Case A is a chart topping 'I kissed a girl'. Perry's bar-sexual ode does nothing to validate homosexual experimentation, but is merely an affirmation of her heterosexuality, "just to try it, hope my boyfriend don't mind it". Girls are 'magical' but not fuckable. She kissed a girl and liked it because it gave her man a hard on.
Case B is the emo-bashing 'Ur So Gay'. That's gay as in synonymous with being skinny, wearing eye make up and having a small penis, the remedy for which is to hang yourself with an H&M scarf. The ideal of manly men and girly girls is pushed in a watered down version throughout, negated by tragic puns (see "you're not a man, you're a mannequin"). These antiquated ideals are all set to a backdrop of recycles Kelly Clarkson demos and Avril Lavigne off-cuts. Never mind boycotting mayonnaise, take Katy Perry off your shopping list."

- Bob Henderson

Here is a much better version - Thanks Max!

Gareth Pugh Dress - Uber Safety Conscious

I am loving me some Gareth Pugh at the moment. His features in I-D and Pop this issue are excellent and one dress sticks in my mind ... safety pin heaven.





... poor interns their fingers must be blood covered stumps by now! However, what was up with Agyness Deyns hair?

P.s. This dress is amazing too...



Thanks to style.com and Marcio Madeira for the photos...go to http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/F2008RTW-PUGH

Edinburgh International Festival Fireworks!

The grand finale to the Edinburgh International Festival is of course the Fireworks Concert, performed by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra. This year was absolutely breathtaking...beautiful music, spectacular night and fantastic fireworks!



This firworks waterfall was absolutely AMAZING! I have never seen anything like it.