Posts Tagged ‘fashion’
Thank God For The Prince Of Wales
Otherwise our country would be littered with vainglorious, egotistical self-monuments to architects – individuals like Richard Rogers who persist in the delusion that they know best.
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A Cluster Of Carbuncles
Prince Charles speaks with wisdom, discretion and for the conscience of the Nation. Those who understand the unique place that the monarchy holds in British society know that he speaks for a Britishness that transcends politics, fashion and the vicissitudes of architecture. To use their own, pretentious expression, architects create our “built environment”, the very space in which we live our lives. What other profession charged with such a grave responsibility has failed so miserably over the last century? Where is the great architecture of the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and up to date? I can think of none but I can make you lists of the eyesores, slums and ludicrous mistakes that scar our towns and cities.
Thank God for the Prince of Wales! To the architects, the planners, those lawyers and judges who know no respect, I say take them to the Tower! Let them languish there until their own mistakes have crumbled into dust. Then we might give them another go. Until then let’s stick with the proven classics of design. Innovation and experiment may be valid in modern art but in architecture there can be no equivalent of Damian Hirst or Tracy Emin. They may thrive in private view but not in public. No thank you!
Sex And The City
I Don't Think Much Of Yours
The sight of these four pitifully deluded women on the sofa today promoting their new film…..eurrghh! It has to be one of the most embarrassing things I have seen. I saw the much-more-gorgeous-than-them Susanna Reid interviewing these hags on BBC Breakfast this morning. I had to switch over urgently it was so excruciating.
The expression “mutton dressed as lamb” isn’t quite right. It’s more like “sad fifty-something dressed as bad taste hooker”. In fact, I thought the Bradford hookers also being interviewed today were much better looking.
How can these four preposterous women display themselves in such gaudy, tacky, cringeworthy fashion – fashion? Do they think those ridiculous shoes, those absurd hairdos, those undignified dresses have any appeal at all?
This is about as far away from sexy as you can get. It’s almost enough to make me start looking at boys!
Size 0 – The Politically Incorrect Truth
Alexandra Shulman, editor of Vogue, has accused leading fashion designers of ignoring concerns about size zero models.
Poor, Pitiful Girl!
See here.
The uncomfortable truth is that all these designers are either homosexual or entirely submerged in the “gay” culture that infects their industry. They aren’t interested in designing for beautiful women. They want pretty boys.
The vast majority of us have a healthy interest in beautiful women in beautiful clothes. These trivial but talented individuals are out of step, out of time and out of any more excuses. They are responsible for too much misery and suffering. The modern prevalence of anorexia and bulimia is almost entirely down to these brightly coloured, beautifully tailored, perverted fools.
It is time that wiser minds with far better taste prevailed. Do what you want to do in the privacy of your own homes but leave our young women’s minds alone and turn your talent in a positive direction.
A Real Woman
2nd January 2012
Recently I have been subject to a vicious hate campaign in which this post has been circulated around the internet to support the false allegation that I am homophobic.
Therefore, and as I wrote it two and half years ago, I have carefully reviewed every word.
I stand by it 100%. It says very clearly “Do what you want to do in the privacy of your own homes” and that is precisely my position. I would defend the rights of all consenting adults to whatever sexual activity they want to indulge in with other consenting adults.
I can understand that the phrases “culture that infects” and “perverted fools” may upset some but this article was not written to be politically correct. It was written to be provocative and to highlight the abuse that some gay men in positions of power are inflicting on vulnerable young women. Homosexuality is a perversion from the norm and gay culture has been allowed virtually to extinguish heterosexual influence in the fashion industry.
That anyone should choose to twist and distort my words in support of their vile allegations must say a lot about their motives and integrity. I believe that their conduct is in fact far worse than that which they falsely accuse me of. They are liars and dishonest, scheming perpetrators of a hate crime. They seek to pervert the cause of gay rights for their own selfish ends.
Peter Reynolds 