The Man who Shot the Sixties (and burned most of his work)

“That’s the sort of turd David Bailey is”, says Duffy remembering David Bailey being ‘absolutely useless’ as they watched Duffy burning most of his life’s work in the back yard of his family home. If you want a candid, no-frills account of the legendary 1960s photography scene, revisit it through the eyes and words of…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LVII)

1. A 1970s Shrink-wrapped Time Capsule Apartment Discover the touching story behind this extraordinary shrink-wrapped 1970s apartment in Spitalfields, London, found on AnOtherMag 2. Portrait of a Señorita, 1924 Portrait of a woman dressed in clothing typical of Lagartera in Toledo, Spain, August 1924, found on National Geographic Found. 3. August…

But Have you Drank Wine from a Volcanic Vineyard?

I’ll see your Vintage Bordeaux and raise you a glass from a volcanic vineyard. If aliens are out there somewhere and they happen to enjoy the occasional bottle of wine, this could be what their vineyards would look like. But alas, this is just plain ol’ planet earth being totally and completely awesome again. We’re…

For Sale: Get your very own Hollywood Movie Playground for $7.5 million

Here’s a fool-proof plan for making it in the movie industry– and all you need is just $7.5 million! New on the Californian property market is a fully-equipped, ready-to-go movie ranch complete with elaborate background sets for all your blockbuster film-making needs. The Blue Cloud movie ranch facilities have already taken a supporting role in…

Guinness Meets the Sapeurs of Congo

Three years ago, I wrote a little article exploring the sapeurs, a subculture of extraordinarily dressed dandies from the Congo. I can safely say it is one of a handful of articles I wrote in the beginning that really launched my blog, helping my readership to grow to numbers I could never have imagined. The story…

Literally the Best Shop on the Internet: Shoppe

Here at Messy Nessy Chic– that includes you, dear reader– we are a curious bunch aren’t we? Always looking for the authentic and the unique, the homemade and the well-travelled things of this earth. And when we decide to bring an object into our homes, it damn well better have a good story. In short,…

The Day the Shorts got Shorter

After this most deepest and darkest of winters (aren’t they always), what I’m more than ready for the sort of weather that just makes you want to burst out of the house and run the streets in short shorts. This is basically what is happening in these photographs I fished out of the LIFE archives… With LIFE’s…

Ace Hotel: The Rising Hilton of Hipster Accommodation

Comparing them to the Hilton hotel chain is probably going against everything they stand for, but you see I’m kinda hoping this flourishing collection of hotels, “held together by an affinity for the soulful,” takes over the world! So here’s a few things you should know about ACE, the self-proclaimed friendly hotel… 1. They’ve just…

The Queen of Rock ‘n Roll, 1969

Tina Turner rocks the stage at the Lake Amador Gold Rush Festival of 1969, when an estimated 40,000 people flocked to the small Californian county and its surrounding hills from all over the country to experience love, peace and rock n roll… Steve Rudzinkski submitted these photographs he took in 1969 to Merced Music: “I was in…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. LVI)

1. A House Truck “House truck at the tui community” is sadly all the information we get on this awesome old automobile, found on Flickr. UPDATE! Thanks to the awesome power of the internet, our article was brought to the attention of a certain Anna Lakeman, from the rural Tui commune in New Zealand. She…