TTSS: a notebook on life.
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Sneak-peek: more tschüss! prints and a new design
It’s fair to say we’ve been rather busy here at Tinker-Tailor; we’re just about to update our Etsy shop with four new blouses featuring one-of-a-kind print combinations and the first tschüss! dress – exciting times! We can also share with you that we’re likely to be joining forces with The Vintage Event once again (not 100% confirmed…
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Splendid: a celebration of Berlin’s magnificence
Sometimes, life needs a little underground glamour sprinkled upon it; a dash of dandy, a pinch of the paranormal; all served with smatterings of bubbling-beneath-the-surface culture. That’s exactly what Berlin-based creative duo Mark and Heike are injecting into our worlds – via their new artfully-created online zine, Splendid Berlin. We elegantly and exclusively document Berlin art, culture…
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Introducing tschüss!
It was a cold January day strolling through the Marais in Paris when our label tschüss! first came to life. This was four years ago, when a vintage blouse bought within the architectural district inspired big things. Fast forward to May 2013, excusing the procrastination, if you will, and tschüss! – a line of handmade one-of-a-kind blouses,…
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What I want most
Yes, this is a unabashed materialistic post, but having just clapped eyes on Preen by Thornton Bregazzi’s pre-fall frocks, I’m quite literally salivating. Is it wrong to will on *winter? I think not. *Update: the second dress – my favourite – is from the spring summer collection. I shall want no more!
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Finding peace
Peace can exist only in the present moment. It is ridiculous to say “Wait until I finish this, then I will be free to live in peace.” What is “this”? A diploma, a job, a house, the payment of a debt? If you think that way, peace will never come. There is always another “this”…
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This weekend: The Vintage Event double whammy
Rumoured to be the warmest days of the year so far*, this weekend brings more than just sunshine – it sees the return of The Vintage Event on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, it’s Pratts and Payne in Streatham who play host to stall-after-stall of vintage clothing, accessories and more (from 12 – 5…
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It ain’t all about eggs
Thank you Easter Bunny, for a gift that’s become the soundtrack to my weekend.
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For shits and giggles
“I’m on a whisky diet. I’ve lost three days already.” – Tommy Cooper
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In the nick of time
I’ve been wanting to see Juergen Teller’s Woo! exhibition for longer than I can remember. I finally made my way over there last Saturday, on the show’s penultimate day. When I got there I was greeted with a larger-than-life, quite literally in-your-face shot of Vivienne Westwood’s vagina (of which I’ve spared you the evidence). Despite this slightly…
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A look to love
Socks & stilettos. Need we say more?
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“A copper. How do ya like that, boys? A copper.”
In a bid to keep the weight off after being ill, and of course, to keep fit, one of the things I’ve found myself partaking in lately is a ‘lunchtime’ run. It enforces me out of the office, to step away from the computer screen for at least half an hour twice weekly – which…
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Breakfast of champions
Yesterday I took to the kitchen to recreate M1lk’s/Salad Days, Offal Nights Kurdish Baked Eggs. Daunting though the task felt – thanks to a gazillion ingredients and it being something entirely new – the complicated-seeming recipe was not only super-easy to make, but utterly delicious too. I heartily recommend swapping your fried favourites for these…
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Hey lovers, Hey haters
May today bring you sunshine, smiles and togetherness. Happy Valentine’s Day, tinkers x
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“Sometimes love isn’t firecrackers, sometimes love just comes softly”
The focus of my recent admiration has been well and truly honed in on one brand and hush now, don’t tell anyone, please, but it’s a wedding brand – The Lane. It’s their mixture of well-chosen photography that you can relate to, plus words that simply charm my inner hippie to the ground. I very…
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To new beginnings
This post happens to feature one of many firsts: the first of the year; the first published (or at least, written) from my phone; and the first created using wifi – and at that, intermittent wifi from the sandy shores of Palolem Beach, Goa. It’s my fifth night here and I could confidently say that…
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Love to one and all
It’d be fair to say that the last couple of weeks have been testing. I’m hesitant to say “rough” but little things known as ‘challenges’ have come thick and fast. Perhaps it’s my own fault for being too quick to say that 2012 has been good to me. I’m hoping that yesterday sees the end…
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