The Instagram account @hardcore_decor celebrates the one thing that really matters in vintage porn – the decor. Follow the account to fall down a black hole of incredibly garish images of retro baby-makin’. Says the anonymous owner of the account; “The fun part is trying to crop enough to keep it titillating” – well isn’t that the truth!
Read more here: A chat with the anonymous archivist behind vintage smut celebration Hardcore Decor
We just came across Paris born Juliette Seydoux’s beautiful ‘We All Match’ drawings, the simplicity of the line drawings mixed with the darker statements make for witty pieces
Well, she’s done it again!
TTYA (aka Irene Agbontaen) has created a Taller Than Your Average range, this time for Long Tall Sally. And, just like the rest of the TTYA collection, this collaboration includes perfect basics for the long legged ladies among us. As well as a basic body and a relaxed tee, the LTS X TTYA range includes the perfect biker jacket, and the most exquisite blush-colured pieces you will ever see!
Check out our wish list for the upcoming winter months:
These pieces are the perfect fit for women over 5’9″, and great for layering up.
Peep the collection below then go buy, buy, BUY!
Summer is here people! And what better way could there be to enjoy the sunshine than with the laidback reggae sound of Hollie Cook’s second album?
Twice is the follow up to her self-titled 2011 album, which introduced Hollie as a one of the most exciting new female talents on the London music scene.
If you haven’t heard of her yet, she’s the daughter of Sex Pistols’ drummer Paul Cook and Culture Club backing singer Jeni Cook. Add into that mix her godfather – Boy George – and her childhood babysitter – David Bowie – and there’s little wonder that music runs deep in Hollie’s veins. Yet, hers is a truly original sound – a refreshing mix of tropical pop and dub, which combines to produce truly modern reggae… the perfect soundtrack for a British summer.
Twice was produced by the legendary Prince Fatty and kicks off with the tune Ari Up, a tribute to The Slits’ front woman Ari who died in 2010. Hollie provided backing vocals for the band when they re-formed in 2005 and has credited Ari as a mentor in her musical career.
The first single released from the album is Looking For Real Love; a soulful, but up-lifting reaction to losing a lover and learning to love yourself. It’s undoubtedly the ultimate Girl Power tune, and on repeat in my house:
So don your favourite tropical print, pour yourself a rum and sit back and enjoy the sunshine with Hollie’s dulcet tones…
We LOVE Jay Roeder’s Juicy posters; each one works as a piece of work alone, but put all 58 together and you have a series that brings pure joy to any Typography and Biggie fan’s heart!
Last night we headed over the The Edition Hotel with a PUSSY partner in crime Culita, for the launch of Taller Than Your Average.
Irene set up the brand in 2013 after years of struggling to find decent quality basics that actually fit her 5″11 body. And, boy am I glad she took matters in to her own hands. A few months since launching TTYA, ASOS have cottoned on to it’s brilliance and taken on the brand to stock on their website.
Last night saw the launch of said collaboration in the basement of The Edition, which came complete with alcoholic slush puppies that made us feel like we were back in our youth days. 
Tunes from females including Lil Kim, Beyonce and M.I.A. filled the room full of young, hot fashion kids who were too busy instagraming the amazing collection to twerk it out on the dance floor.
But a surprise live set from Delilah managed to pull the kids away from their phones for half an hour, until the club music set in and they took to the floor to Snapchat each other dancing.
Good music, and fun drinks aside, nothing could take away from the unbelievable success of one woman’s quest to make our (tall girls) lives easier.
TTYA’s clothing is affordable, good quality and perfectly tailored for us longer ladies. So if you are above 5″9, then take a minute to visit the site and purchase yourself some amazing staple pieces that actually fit
Does anyone actually like Valentines Day?
I’m yet to hear of one of my attached friends say that they are looking forward to spending money on over-priced restaurant food and cards with empty sentiments. Sure, being with the one you love on the 14th of Feb must be nice, but does anyone actually care?
5 years of spending V-Day alone, has been 5 years of total bliss when it comes to this fake-romance side of life, and here’s why:
1. I mean, really, you are your own Valentines by default.
2.You don’t have to share booze. A six-pack of beer means just that, a six-pack.
3. Same goes for food. You don’t have to put up with anyone touching your mac n’ cheese. Result!
4. If you want to bust a nut, you can do so in minutes, using only your hand. Plus you don’t have to go through the long drawn out process of dealing with someone else’s orgasm.
5. All that money you should be spending on a gift for your loved one? Hell, you can spend it on yourself!
(Culietta headpiece £50)
6. You don’t have to tell someone you love them when you don’t.
7. You don’t have to face the outside world if you don’t want to. In fact, you don’t even need to get dressed.
8. You can watch any film you like, and without someone making stupid comments throughout.
9. Or you can dance around your room while listening to your favourite tracks on blast (Hello Destiny’s Child, I’ve missed you!).
10. Instead of celebrating your love of someone else, you can celebrate the love you have for yourself, because let’s face it, that’s what you should be celebrating anyway.
❤ Happy V-Day ladies! ❤
Obey Clothing has collaborated with an equally respected graffiti legend, Cope 2 on a range of clothing that includes some nice pieces for us ladies…
The collection is available through Obey Clothing, and throws a spotlight on Cope 2’s 30+ years as one of the biggest legends in the game.
Peep the collection:
A big box of fun landed in the offices yesterday, and in that box were the new Jeremy Scott for ADIDAS jackets. While they divided opinion in the team, we were taken!
Peep them here to make up your own mind:
Badgalriri, has dropped her new Autumn/Winter range for River Island and we thought y’all might want to see it. Her first drop sold out pretty instantly, so if you want to get your hands on any of the new stuff, you better be quick!!
Peep the collection below:
We all know Marks and Spencer is the best place for undergarments (in fact it’s the only place), but to be honest, we have never spent much time looking at their clothes in general. That is until today, when we came across their new Autumn/Winter 2013 collection.
It’s the perfect mix between grown up grunge and understated glamour, which fits nicely with us 20-40 year olds who are too young for the regular M&S stuff and too old for Forever 21. We’re head-over-heels in love with the leather skirts and tartan pieces. Bring on the cold weather!
Make Your Move is an campaign from Missoula’s Intervention in Action Project, a group of community organizations dedicated to ending sexual violence.
These adverts highlight sexual assault awareness by using menacing slogans with twist endings that show that any of us are capable of intervening in uncomfortable situations.
Instead of reminding women not to endanger themselves (which should be obvious), they are reminding people to step in when if they witness a potentially dangerous situation.
Says Missoula’s Intervention in Action Project:
Our campaign’s goals are to: 1) Engage men and women as allies to prevent sexual violence by increasing awareness and education about the dynamics of sexual violence and 2) Encourage bystanders to foster healthy non-violent relationships and interrupt attitudes, language and actions that support sexual violence.
Check out another eye-catching campaign by Sexual Assault Voices here.
Debenhams new summer 2013 campaign features a diverse range of ‘real’ people, including plus sized models, a 69-year-old and an amputee.
“I loved seeing the way that clothes emboldened each woman and man and being on a shoot where no two models were the same,” said Caryn Franklin, who worked on the project with Debenhams.
“I never underestimate the power of great clothes to bolster self-esteem, or the impact of imagery that celebrates difference.”
“Our customers are not the same shape or size so our latest look book celebrates this diversity,” said Ed Watson, director of PR at Debenhams.
“Hopefully these shots will be a step, albeit a small one, towards more people feeling more comfortable about their bodies.”
The simplicity of these adverts deserve a minute of appreciation. Just because she doesn’t say no, doesn’t means she’s said yes. Unfortunately situations like this are all too common. If you have, or know anyone who has been affected by sexual assault click here.
Before we get in to this, let’s get one thing straight… This is not a feature about online dating, if you want to know about finding “The One “online then sign yourself up to match.com, or e-harmony (or Tinder if you just want a fuck). No, this is about dating online; I’m talking about going through your friend’s profile and picking out future husbands, I’m talking about instant messaging some boy you met three years ago and building up a relationship, I’m talking about living out your life on-line so your ex-man feels shitty that he dumped you and stomped on your heart (the utter bastard).
It’s a totally different world to the one our ‘rents grew up in. Gone are the days of meeting your prospective partner at a dance, and him walking you home with only the possibility of a hand-hold. Gone are the long walks, love letters and months of whispering sweet nothings to each other until you finally give in to a kiss. Now, it seems that if we want to meet a guy without picking up a weirdo at a bar, we’ve got to get ourselves online and promote, promote, promote! Think of it like job-hunting; searching for hours, uploading flattering images on Facebook and making sure your tweets are witty, flirty, but not desperate.
A couple Saturday nights ago I was sat in my pyjama’s with a BFF of mine, Amy. We were doing what most 20-something girls do when there’s not much on telly; searching though each other’s friends on Facebook and stating who we’d do, wouldn’t do, and who we’d have to get paid to do…
One of Amy’s friends (let’s call him Brummie Boy) caught my eye straight away and I declared “Yes, yes, OH HELL YES!” when we stumbled on a photo of him, which of course led Amy to tell me his whole sexual history (he’s single but still fucking his ex in case you’re interested). This got me thinking, how many times have I been sat with friends doing this, and they’ve asked about cute boys in my friend list? Too many, that’s how many… If you’re not loved up, or playing the field then perhaps the best way of meeting a prospective is to trawl through your friend’s friends and suggest a cupid-like hook-up.
In recent months I’ve not been using Facebook much in general, one because it seems that everyone on there is simply promoting a load of shit I don’t care about, and two because I’m a self-confessed Instgram junkie. But something happened a couple of weeks ago that has made me now check Facebook every third second of my day…
It was a cold, lonely Tuesday night and I was sat at home watching my cat chew on her tail. Suddenly, I received a notification on my phone saying I had a friend request from some
boy I didn’t know. Convinced it was a random spam account I left it, until boredom and curiosity got the better of me… As soon as I clicked on his profile I realised not only did I know him, but I’ve also done him. Over summer I was in New York and got inebriated with a friend of mine in a local Brooklyn bar. That night ended back in Manhattan, in an apartment, in a bed with a boy. I left early without remembering his name (I was sure it was Adam), and headed back in to Brooklyn to crack on with my day. I must admit that I liked this boy a lot; he was hot, and funny and nice, but seen as I was leaving a few days later I thought there was not much point in going for breakfast with the kid. Now, here I was almost 5 months later, on the other side of the world and the one-night-stand had found me online and wanted to be my friend (surely a marriage proposal is next right?!). What has ensued has been daily messages, ranging from sex talk to genuine kindness and eager to get to know one another. Suddenly I’ve become one of those girls that checks Facebook religiously and never, ever closes the tab on her browser just incase on-night-stand boy has sent me something.
There is something to be said for the wonderful accessibility that the Internet brings us. It used to be that a one-night-stand was just that – one night. Now, if you do try to be that mysterious woman who leaves a man begging for more, he can just go online and direct message you (while simultaneously whacking one out to your photos). But is that a good thing? What about if you don’t want to ever hear from that freak who made you do weird things to him?
Last year I started dating (and by dating I mean having regular sex) with a guy I met in a bar. The sex was great, he wasn’t. Quickly I had an odd-ball obsessive on my hands who would not leave me alone. All was fine and well for the first month, until I realized that even if I wanted to get him out of my life, he would make damn sure that he’d be staying in it… Although I deleted and blocked him on Facebook, there were regular ‘likes’ on my Instagram photos, and replies to any tweet I dare send. He could see everything I was doing on a day-to-day basis and began acting like he was part of my life. Scary.
The amount of personal stuff I disclose on social media means that anyone can learn everything about me, and visa-versa. If I want to see what (or who) my ex-man is doing, all I need to do is type his name in Google and get on to his twitter. I have made a conscious effort to never look at ex’s profiles, after a four year relationship ended horrifically and the boy I loved began posting photos of him and his (many) girls on Facebook. Nights were spent trawling through his feed learning that some of the girls overlapped in to our relationship. Years of love went down like a sack of shit as I learnt more and more of his infidelities. Friends of mine thought this was a good thing (“See, it shows you that he’s an arsehole!”) and perhaps it was, however I can’t help that feel ignorance is bliss. It used to
be that you would break up and not contact each other than perhaps a phone call now and again. You could live a peaceful existence pretending that your ex was spending his time crying alone, regretting ever leaving you. Now, you scroll through photos on Instagram to try to get your mind of the break-up, only to be confronted with images of your boy at strip clubs, on dates and generally looking like he’s never even known you.
When thinking about writing this piece, it seemed obvious that the best place to start was on Facebook its self. I posted a status asking people to get in touch with any experiences they’ve had with such matters. I was inundated with girls (and boys) messaging me about their dating experiences on the World Wide Web. The main thing that seems to be occurring is people being dumped on-line (excuse me?!) and finding out about affairs through twitter or tumblr. Friends, friends of friends and even strangers have told me stories of how their ex-partners have sent them online messages explaining that it’s not working out. One girl even mentioned that her man tweeted at her saying “I’m sorry. It’s over. #breakup”. Come on now! What kind of world is it that people think that’s acceptable??
Oh, and let’s not forget the poor souls that think everything is fine and dandy in their lives until they receive an e-mail, or direct message from someone who’s been shagging their man. Unfortunately, I’ve been a shoulder to cry on for far too many friends who have found out about affairs when the mistress has decided to take matters online.
There is no denying that with the way social media is going, it is so much easier to find out about extracurricular activity, and in turn, for said adulterer to not face up to the consequences and having a face-to face chat. But there seem to be plus sides too, many of my friends have got to know their partners (and hence fall for them more) by stalking them. If you have an interest, you can join Facebook groups or search hash tags and find a ton of men who share some common ground. Plus, if you do like guy you can always check him out online and if he’s single then you’ve got the green light! So maybe social media is the new speed-dating for people that are too busy to actually go out and meet anyone? Maybe the future consists of “Roses are Red…” tweets and marriage proposals though instant messaging? And maybe that’s ok? I, for one am happy for any romantic gesture, be it on or off-line. So, when my future baby daddy asks for my hand in marriage via Twitter, I’ll be sure to re-tweet it for you all to see…
Check out our argument with about the girl here – Lola Vs Hells: Cher Lloyd
No matter what we’re doing, or what time of day it is, we’re pretty much only thinking of two things; sex or food. Nothing more. we don’t see the point of thinking about much else really so we regularly check Food Porn Daily, to fulfil our sordid need of images of delicious looking food. The great thing about this website is that it is just photos of food, with simple tag-lines that explain what the dishes are. All you need to do is click through the images and drool.
