Diane, A Shaded View on Fashion

Quentin Crisp- his life and his morning routine

Oscar Wilde quote to live by

"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." Oscar Wilde

Today on www.astrologyandbeyond.com

H&M DAA Fashion Against Aids

t-shirts designed for this project by Cyndi Lauper, Dangerous Muse, Dita Von Teese, Estelle, Katharine Hamnett, Katy Perry, Moby, N.E.R.D, Robyn, Roisin Murphy, Tokio Hotel, Yelle and Yoko Ono.

DAA

ART AGAINST KNIVES - MON 4th & TUE 5th MAY

Dear Shaded Viewers,

On August 28th Oliver Hemsley, a 20-year old fashion student at Central Saint Martins was stabbed repeatedly by a 15-year old assailant in an unprovoked attack outside the George & Dragon in Shoreditch.

Clinically dead upon arrival at the hospital, Oli was resuscitated then spent months on a life support and with a severed spinal cord he is  paralysed from the neck down and will never walk again. His friends set up www.artagainstknives.com and are organising a 2 day event : an exhibition on the 4th of May in Shoreditch Town Hall and an auction party at Shoreditch House on the 5th in order to raise funds for Oli and also raise awareness. If you would like to join in by either donating an item for the auction or attending  please see www.artagainstknives.com or contact Oli's friend Katy Dawe .

Later,

Diane

If your going to Berlin you can forget about using a credit card

Dear Shaded Viewers,

We discovered that even restos in Berlin do not accept credit or debit cards. Maybe that is their secret to economic success. It is a good thing to know in advance because there are not that many cash machines either.

Later,

Diane

Cherry Blossoms and WABI SABI

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Cherry blossoms are trying to come out but I doubt that they will be in full flower before I leave Japan.

Akiko Hamaoka

My friend, the designer Kei Kagami (will show you more of his work very soon) had this to say about cherry blossoms: "When we talk about a Japanese sense of beauty it is called WABI SABI, we often quote cherry blossoms. When is the most beautiful time for cherry blossoms? We Japanese say that the moment when a petal comes off from the flower, of course it is beautiful when it is in full bloom, but when the petals come off we feel another kind of beauty, something mental in life. The petals only live for one week a year, the tree lives just for that." Kei Kagami.

Later,

Diane

Tycoon Tosh and how the police think he's a bicycle thief....

Dear Shaded Viewers,

Seems the police do not understand that Toshio Nakanishi aka Tycoon Tosh likes to decorate his own bike, they think that he's a bicycle thief....

Later,

Diane

Advertising Wanted - never saw this before

A 15 year olds thoughts on Victoria Abril

Dear Shaded Viewers,

You will need to listen very closely to hear this one. I met with the filmmaker Benjamin Seroussi yesterday to talk about his future proposals for ASVOFF 2. I was telling him about the mini performance that Victoria Abril did for the press at the John Galliano show and he told me how when he was 15 his parents would not let him see the Almodovar film Kika so he assumed that Kika was a porno film. When a journalist asked him on the street about Victoria Abril , he told the following story.

Later,

Diane

P.S.

For pure spectacle the Galliano show produced by Alexandre de Betak was unsurpassed. You can watch it on Galliano's website. It's too bad that Alexandre does not believe in fashion films, he would make the most spectacular director.

Andre J stikes a pose for Designers against AIDS!

Directed by Jozef Deville and Javier Barcala

Production assistant: Mark Douglas

Make-up/hair stylist: Vasko Todorof