Credit crunch over!
Some story about billions in British investments being lost in the Icelandic banking crisis and the Dow Jones plummeting are the main stories on the cover of today's Guardian, but all is not lost in the global downturn just yet. Above the title, thus far more importantly, you will see: Be A Style Goddess - Kate Moss's 10 Golden Rules Of Fashion.
To save you the trouble of turning to page 18 in G2, here are those "golden rules", which I have helpfully annotated.
1. Do denim edgily
She's a model.
2. Make it look effortless
She's a model.
3. Go for quality
She's a model.
4. Be a dress-code rebel
She's a model.
5. Keep prints timeless
She's a model.
6. Wear it tight to the torso
She's a model.
7. Go for authenticity
She's a model.
8. Focus on clothes
She's a model.
9. Mix and mismatch
She's a model.
10. When in doubt, buy diamonds
She's a fucking model.
posted by Andrew Collins @ 9:45 AM
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I stopped reading the piece when I got to bit at the begining where the writer said that "most famous wardrobe in world" was Kate Moss' surely it's the one into Narnia, not sure I understand fashion...
I read that immediately before reading your blog. As one writer to another, that's very mean. Angela Buttolph has written a whole book on the topic for a mere £20. Now you've given the plot away NOBODY WILL BUY IT! Meanie.
Anna
ps: she's a model who fucks for diamonds?
Completely fatuous, isn't it?
Extreme vulgarity... who do the Guardian thinks buys their paper??
Actually, to the Guardian's credit, I am hooked on their financial writer Nils Pratley, whose Viewpoint column is now often promoted to the front page. His fingers must be crossed that the global credit crisis keeps going.
Does he still manage to be interesting? I've found that all the financial writers I used to read have become incredibly boring due to the fact that the news goes into some depth about virtually everything that's going on in the financial world, so there's nothing new for them to talk about. You end up with "ways to beat the credit crunch" which include such genius revelations as "spend less".
Amen to that.
Clare
Is it just me, or does anyone else now have a Kraftwerk song going through their head?
I find the viewpoint of Nils Pratley interesting. He's clear, readable and offers no advice on how to beat the credit crunch. Nobody, however, beats the New Yorker's James Surowiecki, of course, whose explanation of the banking crisis in last week's issue remains definitive if you have any trouble at all understanding all this. It's here.
Even for a 'piece' on fashion number 8 seems very weak.
And are you sure number 10 wasn't misplaced from a 'how to beat the credit crunch' article?
They'll be issuing a correction tomorrow.
"She's a fucking model."
Tut tut. You've been watching that Jamie Oliver again haven't you? Wash your mouth out young man!
Really, there's nowt to understand. Having had the misfortune to work with bankers and other financial types for a few years, I can exclusively reveal that there's no science, art or skill involved, just a bunch of greedy tossers having a laugh at our expense.
The financial markets are one big, completely unnecessary sham. Money is just bits of paper that we pass around, there is ultimately no need whatsoever for it to go up and down in value. But as soon as one greedy sod decided it should, everybody else had to as well. And then there was no going back.
Good lord, how utterly vacuous the guardian has become. I stopped reading it in 1987 and I jolly well won't be starting again now. Not unless Peaches Geldof becomes a politics or economics column writer, then I might.
Actually, buying diamonds or gold would be a good idea in these times of market meltdown. So I have to take back all I said and you, Sir, have missed the genius layout link between meltdown, ICEland (geddit) and buying diamonds in times of doubt. I think we both stand corrected there.
Off-topic, but I just heard you on Front Row talking about film titles that are unpronouncable - Se7en etc.
Firstly, about "What the bleep do we know!?" - one of the versions of the title I've seen is:
What tнe #$*! Dө ωΣ (k)πow!?
You were right about the answer being "#$*! all!". Whoever made that film clearly does know fuck all about quantum physics. It's the biggest pile of bollocks ever committed to celulloid!
Any, the other thing I was going to suggest is that you look up something called "1337", otherwise known as LEET, or Leetspeak. It's a form of geekspeak that replaces letters with similar looking numbers. It's quite common on a lot of forums. You could argue that Se7en is a form of leet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leet
...not to mention the frivolous giving away of a starbucks coffee. Dear oh dear. made of money, the guardian.
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