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FizzyT, February 16th, 2010
Holy Pancake!
Oh yes, it’s pancake day today. And for those who can be bothered to make that creamy concoction of flour, eggs, milk and maybe just a little splash of water (depending on your recipe), another, more important dilemma beckons. The thing is, are you a confirmed tosser, or do you prefer to take the easy option and just flip over? Oh, for the difficulties of Pancake Day. But spare a thought for whoever made this particular eggy delight. It’s seems that the Virgin Mary and Joseph have chosen this humble pancake on which to appear. Could you eat this pancake, knowing full well you could sell it for a small fortune on ebay? Or would you hold onto it knowing that thousands may visit to make a pilgrimage? Would it be wrong to squeeze lemon and sprinkle some sugar over the top? And if you ever manage to answer all of these questions, then would the darn thing have gone cold?
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FizzyT, February 15th, 2010
Even tastier?
‘What do I wear in bed? Why, Chanel No. 5′, of course, said Marilyn Monroe in one of her most famous quotes. Well, No.5 is about to get a lot tastier than poor old Marilyn. For years, I’ve been wondering why I start salivating when I see a packet of Pringles; why when after a rather heavy night I feel compelled to stick my finger in a jar of Marmite like a weeny baby and why a glass of wine or a beer almost invariably hits the spot on a Friday night.
Tasty?
The answer is Umami, a natural version of the more manufactured MSG and the Japanese word for savouriness. Naturally, it also occurs naturally, in all of those products you can’t get enough of, marmite being just one of them. Umami, also known as Taste 5, is naturally occurring in Waitrose for merely £2.99 a tube, cheaper even than my beloved marmite. It’s like a tongue curling stock flavour, savoury but not too salty; just like a pringle in fact! What would Mazza think? If she’d worn this version of No.5 to bed would she have been even tastier?
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FizzyT, February 15th, 2010
Simpson's T-shirt!
I guess when you’re Alexa Chung, there’s no such thing as a bad hair day. Just yet another (sigh) long legs day. No one’s going to notice if there’s a birds nest for a barnet when you’re that tall; another teeny skirt and a vintage t-shirt day is the worst it gets sartorially on planet Alexa.
Doh!
Take this t-shirt, that she’s wearing in her Vogue Diaries An old Homer Simpson t-shirt isn’t everyone’s idea of haute couture. But there’s something incredibly original and quirky about the way Alexa wears it, with the impossible tiny denim mini, big bag and clumpy old school shoes. American company StylinOnline have an enormous range of merchandising t-shirts, like this classic one here. Now if they only stocked incredibly long legs, you too could be Alexa for the day.
Tags: cartoon, Celebrity, Fashion, T-Shirts, vintage
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FizzyT, February 13th, 2010
Balloon man!
Well, seeing as how I can’t seem to track down Paulo’s own Men at Work t-shirt that I was looking at yesterday, I’ll just have to settle for one from his website. It’s a good quirky little number, rather like the man himself, and is an ideal casual, go with denim look. Vintage t-shirts are always being recycled in all sorts of ways, and this definitely has a vintage-y feel, but with a lot of staying power. I wonder if, post Brits, if Paulo will take off like his balloons!
Tags: music, Retro, t-shirt, vintage
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FizzyT, February 12th, 2010
Wow! Paulo!
I am rather partial to Scottish Italian singer Paolo Nutini. He’s very jolly and tuneful and has done the rounds of pub and club singing to get to where he is today, which gives him so much more deserved status than the X-Talent-Factor newbies. He seems to have gone the genuine pop route, I do feel so much more warm to him than to his manufactured contemporaries. Also, Paulo, cool t-shirt!! Down Under by Men at Work is one of the funniest pop songs ever, containg the most iconic line ever in ‘Where beer does flow and men chunder’ and has recently been in the news for having nabbed the flutey bit from an Australian folk song.
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FizzyT, February 11th, 2010
Shark attack!
I know someone who looks just like Johnnie Boden, it’s quite uncanny and I often wonder if they were separated at birth. You would want to know if you were related to Johnnie B, wouldn’t you; I mean a lifetime’s supply of cheerful happy clothes sure would come in handy and no mistake.
One thing that Boden get right nearly every time is their range of boys’ clobber. They manage to create clothes that are sartorially acceptable to parents and cool for kids at the same time. This, I may tell you, is no mean feat. Also, they are pretty durable and can take a fair hammering, a particularly necessary qualification of you are to compete for the attentions of mums who don’t want to keep replacing their kids’ wrecked clothes. This is one of my favourite t-shirts from their current boys’ range, nice bold colours and a bit of humour. Good old Johnnie.
Tags: boys, Fashion, T-Shirts
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FizzyT, February 10th, 2010
Say it with flowers!
Oh no! Valentine’s Day is truly only a heartbeat away! Whatever should one get for a loved one, or in my case my mum who always expects a thoughtful and caring gift (I did say expects….not gets). Well, there are still many options available, even if you have totally forgotten the most hyped of feast days. Whilst our heart shaped cushions may be just the thing for your loved one, flowers are always a fail-safe option…… make sure they’re not too naff though. A bunch from the petrol station can send the wrong message and totally backfire; thinking you can get away with cheap trash is worse than not thinking at all! Alternatively, you could take the love of your life out for a meal….even though the sight of 30 other couples trying not to dribble their spaghetti might be a tad offputting. I rather like the idea of buying a map and sticking pins in the places you have been together or drawing a heart and bunging it romantically on a mug. There is still time to redeem yourself, but hurry you haven’t got long! There’s a lot riding on this…
Tags: Mugs, Personalised, personalised gifts
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FizzyT, February 9th, 2010
Dolly
Whilst I do love most of the t-shirts by hot Brit designer Christopher Kane, I have to admit, this one does rather give me the heebie jeebies. It’s not just the price tag, which standing at £194.13 is pretty scary in itself, but it’s the fact that the dolly seems to have possessed the whole t-shirt that’s more exorcist than exhibitionist. Also, that jaggedy collar the she is wearing makes it look as though her head’s been cut off and I’m sure she’s staring right at me. Gulp!
Spider
More my scene is this sparkly little number from Juicy Couture. A nice little cap sleeve t-shirt that’s a good length and very versatile in a day to evening kind of way. At £97.00 it’s still not cheap, but at least it won’t bite your head off.
Tags: diamante, Fashion, T-Shirts
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FizzyT, February 8th, 2010
Stroppy Dorothy!
What is it with the Wizard of Oz at the moment, is it having a bit of a resurgence? Firstly there’s that wonderfully ironic comment by the bad army guy out of Avatar when he tells them about their impossible mission in the land of well, not quite Oz, and now this! How did Auntie Em get it all so horribly wrong? I like this t-shirt from Gittees it’s quite witty and is one you have to read and let sink in. Oh well, poor old Dorothy is getting a bit fed up I would imagine, what with all those munchkins to chase up the yellow brick road, she could probably do with a change.
Tags: funny, humour, T-Shirts
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FizzyT, February 7th, 2010
Red Nose Chic
I was having a wee flick through Vogue’s Street Chic section, something I often find more inspiring than their proper grown up photoshoots if I’m honest, when I saw a hint of t-shirt peeking out at me from underneath fashion student Lu Hough’s rather lovely Luella jacket (by the way, I am puzzled as to whether the “Hough” rhymes with rough or cough?). Stylish girl that she so obviously is, she very cleverly works a Stella McCartney Red Nose Day t-shirt into her ensemble, giving it a little flash of colour and an enviably kitsch element.
Red Nose Style
This is a great way of recycling all of those not quite so current t-shirts that might otherwise find a use as dusters, and creating a unique outfit. Although if I remember rightly, these t-shirts were highly sought after at the time, so they might be worth a bob or two on ebay. Judging by this, Lu Hough will go far, in which case I might one day find out how to pronounce her name!
Tags: charity t-shirts, Fashion, T-Shirts
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