Annelouisekershaw365
I’m Anne Louise Kershaw a freelance writer; Music Editor of Blankpages and Manchester's Finest & I write for Guardian Northerner and Clash Magazine amongst others . I'm Senior Editorial & Designer for Carel Press.
This is my blog where I write about music, theatre, fashion, arts & culture, gender & equality. Every time I blog I post a picture because i'm obsessed with my camera.
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Recent Posts
- Exclusive interview with Skin from Skunk Anansie
- Twitter: Procrastination, productivity and pain
- The drawbacks of Twitter bitching
- The Accrington Pals, Royal Exchange Manchester. Bitter, brutal and beautiful!
- Rats’ Tales at Manchester’s Royal Exchange Theatre
- The Country Wife at the Royal Exchange
- I interview Shell Zenner – The godmother of new music
- Bringing classical music out of the concert hall and into the art world!
- I discuss ‘Madchester’ with Dave Haslam
- Blank Media Collective Projector Series
Tag Archives: Fashion
Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer collection in Selfridges – not fast fashion, but trashy/clashy style!
Ooh I do love a bit of Vivienne Westwood. Very much like Alexander McQueen’s designs in ethic, Vivienne Westwood’s are ultimately, at their core, a little bit scruffy. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know – exquisite tailoring, beautiful bold pattern, supreme … Continue reading
69 – Vintage isn’t all about timeless elegance you know
69/296 Today the sun was shining and I felt like spring. Still basking in recent Vintage Village Market success, I jaunted off to the charity shops simply knowing I was going to come back with bags loaded. Such optimism usually … Continue reading
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Tagged Book of Blood, Fashion, Lykke Li, Macnaughtons of Pitlochry, Trashy, Vicki Feaver, Vintage, Vintage Village, Wounded Rhymes, Youth Novels
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63 – The joy of vintage
63/302 I love clothes, make-up and wearing totally ridiculous over the top things. It’s a fun and creative way to express a mood, contribute towards an atmosphere or create a character for the day/evening. I really believe that almost anyone … Continue reading
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Tagged Bees, Build A Rocket Boys!, Charity Shops, Elbow, Fashion, Gallaghers, Joy, Vintage, Vintage Village
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53 – From London Fashion Week to the High Street to Me
53/312 London Fashion Week is already a distant memory, gone in a haze of goodie bags and blisters (for those in the know) and fash mag spreads and insider tweets (for us saddos not in the know). What seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged Beetlejuice, Boy George, Cadbury's Flake, Fashion, Florence, From Blossoms, Li-Young Lee, London Fashion Week, Magazines, Paris, Prince, Vienna, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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45 – Alexander McQueen’s Savage Beauty
45/320 Today I saw a picture preview (courtesy of the BBC) of some of Alexander McQueen’s fantastic designs soon to be displayed at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Organized by The Costume Institute, around 100 items are to make … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fashion
Tagged Alexander McQueen, Art, BBC, Central St Martins College of Art, Depeche Mode, Electronica, Exhibition, Fashion, Feathers, Gaisha, Gary Numan, Gimp, Life by the Drop, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Savage Beauty, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Thomas P Campbell, Wuthering Heights
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8 – Nude, buff and fawn… HELP! Fashion action must be taken
Fashion action must be taken 8/357 Having not ordered anything for myself online since before Christmas (apart from a replacement pedometer as my other cracked and fell off which doesn’t count as it’s healthy and non-luxurious), I decided to browse … Continue reading
