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Meet the Flying Cholitas, the Women who Wrestle in their Petticoats

Fashion and wrestling are two things you wouldn’t expect to be put in the ring together, but in Bolivia, they make fierce opponents– or should I say, allies? The elaborate but uniquely sartorial outfits worn by the indigenous women throughout the Andean highlands of Bolivia have captured the eye of many a traveler, myself included. They…

Meet the Islington Twins, Double the Dapper

If you happened to have lived in North London at any point between the early 1970s to this day, around the Islington & Highbury tube station specifically, there’s a good chance you might have seen these dapper chaps, Chet and Joe Okonkwo, a.k.a, the “Islington Twins”. Lead image (c) Janette Beckman For almost a decade in the…

We can now Hang Out in Jimi Hendrix’s 1960s London Flat

Number 23 Brook Street in Mayfair of London, is the only officially recognised Hendrix residence in the world. And for the past 13 years, it’s been used as an administrative office. Updated from an article originally posted in 2014 following an announcement of plans to restore the Hendrix residence. Coincidentally located next door to the…

Inside Sophia Loren’s Roman Villa, 1964

I don’t think Sophia Loren gets enough credit as a 20th century screen icon. Her curves and beauty could certainly rival that of Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot, not to mention her career and lifestyle choices. While Monroe’s and Bardot’s talents were questionable outside of their looks, Sophia won 50 awards during her career including an…

In the Parlour with Cecil Beaton

His name was familiar to me, but I’ll admit that before this post, I didn’t know much about Cecil Beaton. If I’m honest, it was actually his 18th century English manor I fell in love with, Reddish House; the conservatory to be specific. A conservatory or sun parlour if you will, is just the sort of thing…

That time President George H. W. Bush Escaped Cannibals

In WW2 nine airmen escaped from their planes after being shot down during bombing raids on a tiny island 700 miles south of Tokyo. Eight of these men were captured, tortured, beheaded and eaten. The 9th man was George H. W. Bush, the only one who survived. I came across a particularly astounding insert on Wikipedia…

The Year in MessyNessyChic’s Muses to Inspire you into 2016

Here are five things I’m hoping to do before the stroke of midnight. Dance to the song of 2015 that made my heart skip a beat when I first heard it. Cook the naughtiest thing I drooled over on the internet this year. Choose a favourite photo taken in 2015, print it out and put it in a…

The Memoirs of a Model in 1960s Paris

Anyone that saw the September Issue will know who Grace Coddington is and probably fell in love with her just like I did. The Vogue Creative Director has penned a memoir, simply titled Grace, and it hits stores this November. In an excerpt published by Vogue online, Grace talks about her early modeling career when…

Meet Slavik, the Homeless Ukranian Fashion Icon

As men’s Fashion Week is upon us and once again the fashion capitals fill up with the well-dressed elite, I would like to remind everyone that style isn’t synonymous with snobbery by introducing you to a homeless man so creative, the whole world is his runway. Meet Slavik, Ukraine’s most fashionable citizen. He once wandered around the city…

The Grandmothers Graffiti Gang

So you think your grandparents aren’t “street” enough? Too set in their ways to get down with the kids? Meet the granny graffiti gang of Lisbon, Portugal, pioneered by an unusual initiative giving graffiti workshops to senior citizens. LATA 65 (lata means “can” in Portuguese) is an urban art workshop that teaches the basics of street…

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