NAS X FILA

Nas & Fila team up again to bring us this delightful range. Not to big on the Filas normally but the almost 'Dunk' shape and tongue makes the range something that could grow on me. It seems like yesterday that it was casual to catch your mates rockin Fila's....Is it to late for them to catch up with recent Nike and Vans sneaker fever?..

Nas flexin the 09 kicks!

Collection Colabs summer 2009

Crooks & Castles X Billabong:
Towel, Flip Flops and Trunks!
Strange colab....but were liking the level of C&C quality artwork as usual!
LRG X Courvoisier: Jacket! Gangster!

Lego Master Pieces!

Sir Stephen Hawking and Mario!

....Personal top 2 in my 'Lego sculptures' Google search this morning! Big Props to who ever came up with these! As a youngster i was more in to crazy shit... like making a Lego fortress or the highest tower i could build with every piece i owned.... you know..that kinda stuff

TUSKAH

Armand Basi. YES! Chinese Democracy. NO!

Just as I was starting to not give a shit about fashion, (the churned out trends, the air kissing, the fact that the londonpaper seems to think that Peaches Geldoff, Lily Allen and Kimberley Stewart are somehow style icons...) Marcus Lupfer decided to put the faith back into me.

Now, I know I'm two months behind in finding his designs for Armand Basi One s/s 2009; I've been spending most of my time sprawled out on a floor surrounded by Red Stripe cans and k-holed individuals, and when in that situation one tends not to bother doing much else..

ANYWAY, so as I was finding some inspiration for a project, I stumbled across these bad-boys: Armand Basi One Spring/Summer 2009

Armand Basi has always been one of my favorite brands and I love Marcus's mix of sheer fabrics, colour block and mish-mash-but-intricate tailoring.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I've just listened to Chinese Democracy- not happy Guns, not happy at all.

I know nothing could ever top Appetite.., Lies or the Use Your Illusion albums, and of course the new lineup sucks dick like a Soho whore. BUT I was expecting a little more than this.

Techno/industrial/alt. rock is not my thing at all- stick to what you're good at or don't bother.

I am one of the biggest fans of the original line-up; I listen to pretty much their whole back catalogue on a daily basis- Rocket Queen is my theme tune for fucks sake!

All in all, the album is a big disappointment.

 It'll still sell loads though, due to it's anticipation. I can't believe Axl spent over $12 million on the production and recording- err, where did that actually go? Down the drain, clearly.

After a very LONG holiday....

The Spyglass Team are back!

We've been a bit too slack, laying too low, not really keeping our ears and eyes open to the delights, wonders and joys of the creative world around us.

Unfortunately, being a student on a time-demanding fashion course has been sucking the life out of me. I know the guys have been ridiculously busy as well...

BUT HEY, all change from now on.

We'll be on the blog as often as possible, keeping up to date with our views on the fashion, music and art worlds, as well as our views on current social and political issues.

So hold tight and keep your eye on the Spyglass.

Love, Goldie xx

A New Mouse Life

This just pretty much proves these two need help.....



Watch and LISTEN to the whole thing- pretty self-explanatory. 

I don't even know what to write.

Pure CRACK. 

Literally.

Goldie xx

Shit.......we be livin in the ghetto!!!!

Ok.....so I'm guessing anyone who's anyone in this country knows we are currently facing a problem in our society with kids or youts pickin up guns and knives and killing at will. This isn't a new thing, violence with the youth in this country has been going on for yeeeeeeears, whether you wanna look at brixton in the nineties.......or the whole of south London for that matter or the "gunchester" era, which made Moss Side so infamous. So why is it in summer 2008, channel 4 decides to show something other than Big Brother, and dares to cross the dangerous territory of Kids with guns and knives. You'd think the reason for them doing this is to find a solution to this madness......you'd be wrong, the only thing that they've managed to acheive is the lasting feeling that every young male, usually of ethnic background, that hangs around in a group of friends is a "gang" member. Now, I'm not saying this shit doesn't happen, and I feel for all the parents that have lost their kids to this sort of thing, I really do.....But if this isn't media hype I don't know what is. Once again the olders are pointing acussing fingers at the youngers when this problem clearly lies with the government not giving these kids any sense of worth, and nothing to do in their communinty. You can police London 24/7, with 500,000 more officers on duty, but it ain't gonna solve the problem, it just creates more problems, more unrest in the community, and puts the police in a bad light by families saying their kids are being targeted because of their appearance.

After watching this program I've realised I tick every box for a potential gun or knife carrier.............. I'm young, Mixed Race, I've lived on an council estate for 13 years, I'm from a single parent family, I went to a state school, and I hang around in a group that does the er....."urban" thing. Why didn't I pick up a knife or a gun or get into that side of life when I was younger? Well when I got home from school, I either had sport to play, a martial art to learn, or drama to perform, all of which were run by the council, so they were either free or dirt cheap per session. Maybe if kids had more shit like that to occupy them, we wouldn't be in this situation............although don't always believe the hype you read in the papers!

If your interested in this shit, channel 4 are carrying on this season, and feel free to watch Cherie Blair (or is it Cherie Booth now?) waffling on about how much she cares.........sigh

Peace......Kons