i am losing my edge...

...to the rest of the blogging community. what a massive blagathon my life's been lately, and it's taken its toll on my dedication to kurtcouture. boooo, hissss, pffff. time to pull le finger out  and the best way for me to do that is just to reel off a few things that have inspired me of late. so here goes...


nicki minaj. new name in hiphop, pretty badass, collab with eminem. we'll see what happens.

mixtapemaestro.net

rachel evan wood. she used to go out with marilyn manson, she has red hair, she's been in supercool films. i've nicked this photo from nylon mag, if she's good enough for them, she's good enough for me.

nylonmag.com

an unlikely entry here, ashlee simpson. her music? ermmmm no. her fall out boy husband? na-ah. herrrrrrr hair? bingo. love the red, think it's the best colour she's had yet (but i suppose it can only get better after that emo-black-fringey disaster) but it's the cut that's the beaut here. in fact i decided i liked it that much that i finally went for the chop and got myself a nice sweepy fringe, yays.

hollywooddame.com

lots of female influence here, once again. although the new gucci by gucci for men aftershave advert with james franco might threaten to make an appearance in the not so distant future! (homer simpson saliva noises).

don't have much time at the mo, i promise i'll be back with more interesting things to say about myself very soon though (pah). i think things are looking up again in the world of the elven fiend. that's me by the way. but that's just my opinion...x

today's influence...

...sorry to bang on, but it's juliette lewis. this woman is just sex, massive girl crush on her.

so yea....could go on but i won't dudes! watch this space though, there absolutely WILL be more to come so deal with it. lewis. is. SICK AS FUCK...but that's just my opinion x

ladies night...

...so sometimes i blog about boys. but sometimes i blog about girls. today, i'm blogging about girls. but not ordinary girls. these girls won't do your dishes, these girls won't clean up your room, these girls won't do your laundry (beastie boys much?) but they will probably kick your ass into next week. i'm talking of the most memorable female characters in cinema, at least in my mind. memorable simply because they are sexy, violent and well  fucking cool.

was difficult narrowing the list down and these are in no particular order i'll have you know. but i think you'll agree i've chosen wisely. so here we have it...

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 ok now i'm aware that i have already dedicated a blog entry to this li'l lady before, but she's just so ridiculously and unbelievably cute that she deserves a second salute (oooh rhyming). she is of course none other than alabama wurley played by patricia arquette in the film 'true romance'. gorgeous and vulnerable who could forget the scene where she beats (and ultimately eliminates) the living crap out of james gandolfini - aka tony soprano - you go girl.

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this is my laptop wallpaper. has been for 6 months. the flipping of the bird was just the icing on the cake for me. i....love...her...

hey there blondie what'cha doing with that big ol' dangerous looking table leg? oh you're gonna kill me dead with it? argggghhhhhhhhh!!! so anyways this lady needs no introductions. she's beautiful, she's nails and she's got some serious beef. a classic tale of revenge, uma thurman's character from kill bill would make any man quake in his cowboy boots, so guys, think twice next time you consider a wedding rehearsal massacre, you could end up one sorry sausage. pussy wagon......fucker.

 

don't let those baby blues fool ya, beatrix kiddo will be all over your ass like a nun sandwich. hot!

speaking of kill bill, my next candidate features on kiddo's death list. from mermaid to one-eyed babe, darryl hannah's 'take-no-prisoners' mega bitch character elle driver just had to make my list too. it was the nurses uniform that did it (hmmm...fancy dress party idea?)

 

yea...wouldn't mess with her, love. brave, sexy as fuck and visually impaired, elle driver, complete with samurai sword, is a force to be reckoned with.

  

 next on my list of movie heroine's? well it wouldn't be a true list of cinema vixens without the lady who sets the standard for vicious beauty. step up angelina. i've actually chosen her character from girl interrupted though rather than something obvious like lara croft or mr and mrs smith. lisa rowe, totally insane (or totally sane depending on which way you look at society) has a very sexy quality about her. the scruffy clothes, the messy hair, the chain smoking. she's just cool as fuck. end of.

 

character: karen hill. movie: goodfellas. played by: lorraine brocco. quote: 'I know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun to hide. But I didn't. I gotta admit the truth. It turned me on' comments: say no more...

next up we have ginger rothstein from scorsese's ultra amaaaaaaazeeeeeen film casino. played by sharon stone i think it's quite obvious that i chose her for my list purely based on the fact that she looks absolutely bang-tidy in this role.

she's the gal you love to hate is ginger. she's such a bitch! lucky for her she's super sexy. i'm thinking of clamping her up in a vice in the basement, you know what i mean pals...

so who's next? gotta be............................................mallory knox. the legend that is. now a lot of people know i have a muhassive girl crush on juliette lewis. and it's so easy to see why if you've seen her in natural born killers! completely retarded but so sweet. not to mention psychotic and extremely dangerous. 'are you flirtin' with me?' dumb move guys, dumb move. perfection.

and last but not least we have elvira hancock. who? michelle pfeiffer's character in scarface. long-suffering wife to tony montana her character is only a minor role really, but what she delivers is indeed of major value. coke addiction aside, it's all...about...the dresses. oh my god the dresses. see for yourself...

want iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!!!! the hair too. and the super skinny look is also a winner (oh come on it's true)

so there you have it. i'm sure i'll think of more as soon as i enter this but hey ho, they'll be for a later date. cool women, cool clothes, cool violence. but that's just my opinion...x

£795 or £30...

...in other words, genuine alexa mulberry bag or very good imitation from next? hmmm...tough call. unless, like me, you're skinted not minted and the 800 notes option is just not gonna fly. let me show you what i'm chatting about...

alexa. net-a-porter.com, £795

very similar alternative from next.com, £30

 definitely an excellent supplement  for the real thing. like caning multivitamins instead of eating fruit...but that's just my opinion. oh bollocks to it i want the alexa...x

and while i was at it...

...i also planned ahead for the autumn season and bought this delightful-if-slightly-overpriced-for-faux-fur-polyester coat from topshop! on credit of course. what? i'm from the buy-now-pay-later generation people!! 

anyway it was the cut and the pattern that swung it for me, the price is of little matter when you look good so there.

mine is actually the brown and black version of this but they didn't have it on the website. topshop.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

so what do we think? i think it's very daisy lowe. not to be worn with bare legs though (an outfit choice i reconsidered when i looked in the mirror before going out the other night, more julia roberts in pretty woman than daisy lowe know what i mean?)

i like autumn. i like not being disappointed when it rains, cos you just expect it in this season. i think it's the most romantic month. cold, but not too cold, so presenting the perfect opportunity to snuggle up outdoors without having to freeze your bag off. just gotta find a man first...i'm also thinking jacket potatoes with sausage casserole and good old staffordshire lobby, boom! and of course it's the perfect season for a new coat. got mine!

ah what else springs to mind when i think of autumn...pretty colours. red and brown leaves falling off the trees (didn't mean to rhyme just now but that's how i roll), fun times like halloween then bonfire night, then christmas round the corner and it's back to party time! 

summer was pretty shit for me really, so i'm thinking of that byrds song 'turn! turn! turn! to everything there is a season' and i'm really looking forward to what's round the corner. i have a good feeling about this autumn...but that's just my opinion...x

i'm sorry for being a lame-ass...

...cos it's been a while. how are you? boy i've been acting like a complete dooshbag lately. well actually that's a little harsh on myself, other people have been acting like complete dooshbags and i've simply been responding...which makes me a complete dooshbag i suppose. but anyways onwards and upwards cos the only way is up! baby! etc...

so what's been happening in my life well yesterday i purchased a new hat. a cream knitted bobble hat and it's just the cutest. toppers of course. let's see if i can find a web link...

jessica got it in green. she'd probably want me to state that she also bought it first and i copied. but i'm not going to...

found it. aint it a li'l treasure? topshop.com

i also recently acquired a skull-print scarf from miss selfridge.

ah skulls, the love saga continues. maybe a skull tattoo is on the cards? hmmm something to ponder...

oh yea and given my penchant for talking about broken hearts and clothes, i forgot to mention that i landed myself one of those job things. a real one this time, not a pretend one like my job at the pub. cool eh? but never to stray too far from my passion i saw this as the perfect opportunity for a new work wardrobe! the job is at a car dealership so i figured a smart but sexy dress code would be appropriate (since i'm aiding in the process of selling smart and sexy motors) right? wrong. my second day on the job and i was wearing a brand new rose print backless blouse with a black bandeau underneath with skinny-as-they-come black trousers and chanel shoes. sorry did i say chanel i meant new look. they have a chanel quality about them though i swear. a perfectly nice work outfit. or so i thought. i was approached by my manager at around 12.43pm and told that although there is not a dress code, something more conservative is to be worn. d'oh! so what did said person mean by conservative? because in my eyes i WAS dressed conservatively! and i heard the dreaded words that no one with a keen interest in style wants to hear, "just sort of black trousers and a white shirt". NNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

hahaha this'll be me!

so there you have it. £250 and a topshop store card later and i still don't have anything to wear for work. life's a bitch sometimes innit? but that's just my opinion...x

lover, you should've come over...

no really you should have. but you just couldn't face me could you? you won't be the tear that hangs inside my soul forever, but god damn i won't forget this...but that's just my opinion x

   


Looking out the door
I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners
Parading in a wake of sad relations
As their shoes fill up with water

Maybe I'm too young
To keep good love from going wrong
But tonight, you're on my mind so
You never know

Broken down and hungry for your love
With no way to feed it
Where are you tonight?
Child, you know how much I need it.
Too young to hold on
And too old to just break free and run

Sometimes a man gets carried away,
When he feels like he should be having his fun
Much too blind to see the damage he's done
Sometimes a man must awake to find that, really,
He has no-one...

So I'll wait for you... And I'll burn
Will I ever see your sweet return?
Oh, will I ever learn?
Oh, Lover, you should've come over
Cause it's not too late.

Lonely is the room the bed is made
The open window lets the rain in
Burning in the corner is the only one
Who dreams he had you with him
My body turns and yearns for a sleep
That won't ever come
It's never over,
My kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder
It's never over,
all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her...
It's never over,
All my blood for the sweetness of her laughter...
It's never over,
She's a tear that hangs inside my soul forever...

But maybe I'm just too young to keep good love
From going wrong
Oh... lover you should've come over...

Yes, and I feel too young to hold on
I'm much too old to break free and run
Too deaf, dumb, and blind
To see the damage I've done
Sweet lover, you should've come over
Oh, love, well I'll wait for you
Lover, you should've come over
'Cause it's not too late.

a courtney love/hate story...

...so yea. i kind of love/hate courtney love. on one hand i suspect she might have had something to do with the death of my idol and the inspiration behind this blog, kurt cobain. on the other...well...she's just fucking cool. terribly shallow i know but i'm a sucker for a crazy lady with shit hot style. yes, she has got it wrong a few times, but haven't we all? i hate to be the one to say it but she gave a HOLE (geddit?) new meaning to 'heroin chic'. literally. the big skagrat.

miss havisham? whatcourtneyworetoday.com

so anyway i woke up this morning to hole's 'celebrity skin' (my trusty alarm tone for the last three months or so) and wondered why i hadn't yet written a contradictory blog entry about the legend that is love. i really don't know whether to champion or lampoon her (oooh lampoon, an ace word but one that i rarely find the opportunity to use in a sentence). i go through phases. i hate her when i remind myself that she used to go out with my number one celebrity crush, the devastatingly beautiful edward norton. i love her when i think about her fierce independence and her ability to stick two fingers up to...well, everyone.

having just recently had my heart ripped out, splattered up the wall, ran over by a, oh i don't know let's say for arguments sake a dark blue bmw t-reg estate, then eaten by wolves, i have to say i admire her 'independent woman' act at the moment. she would never put up with this shit! so i guess for the time being i'm in a pro-coutney phase. but enough drama, let's have a look at a few pictures so you can see exunkly what i mean, yes? cool.

i loved this photoshoot for uk elle. and those god damn mother fucking shoes! i need them in my life right now! elle magazine 2008.

quite possibly my favourite picture of love. ever. amen. ever. us vogue.

well it wouldn't be a complete blog entry about the c-dog without a boob shot! cute shorts. whatcourtneyworetoday.com

sorry this is a li'l blurry but yes, that's right, this is a photo of love with the tragic jeff buckley! apparently they had a few dates, the girl done good. whatcourtneyworetoday.com

well i'm a big fan of falsies so this shot gets my approval. whatcourtneyworetoday.com

another shot from the elle shoot. elle magazine 2008

irrelevant but sooo cute! superstarcouples.com

i think you get the idea. courtney love, weird yet wonderful (i think?) and forever able to make an impact on music, fashion and grunge culture. no matter if you love her or hate her. but that's just my opinion...x

this sums me up...

her skin is white cloth,
and she's all sewn apart
and she has many colored pins
sticking out of her heart.

she has many different zombies
who are deeply in her trance.
she even has a zombie
who was originally from france.

but she knows she has a curse on her,

a curse she cannot win.

for if someone gets
too close to her, the pins stick farther in

 poem by my idol tim burton

but that's just my opinion...x

the fabulous life of...

...french girls. they eat cheese, they smoke, they drink, and they're fabulous. lucky! i do all of these things but it's not the same. i doubt if i have the effortless dexterity to pull it off, i'm far too scruffy and loud.

here are some of the more famous frenchies around...

left: model/actress and daughter of jane birkin, lou doillon

right: doillon smoking. courtesy of easy fashion paris

left: harry potter star, clemence poesy. courtesy of nylon magazine

right: poesy in french vogue

marion cotillard. stylefrizz.com

left: audrey tautou. entertainment weekly magazine.

right: tautou as Coco Chanel

tres magnifique! mais c'est juste mon avis...x

just a li'l something...

...from the resort 2010 ready-to-wear collection by marc jacobs. this dress caught my eye because it reminds me of the dress julia roberts wears as vivian in pretty woman. you know the one i mean. the one she wears to the polo match where she tells that nosy woman "oh i'm not trying to land him, i'm just using him for sex".

so anyways, here's the marc jacobs number coming in at an unknown price (so i'm guessing it's expensive)

sorry it's not very big but here's the link to the page so you can see it properly

http://www.marcjacobs.com/#/en-us/marcjacobscollection/women/resort10/readytowear?lookId=32

and here is the vivian version, i'm not sure who the designer is though. i'm sure i could find out if i did some digging...

nice hat too

in fact here are a few others from the marc jacobs collection that have a similar brown/white polka dot theme. nice summer numbers!

now all i need is a polo match to attend and a rich man to buy the outfit. i wonder if there is a rags to riches story waiting to happen for me? who knows. but for now i'm actually quite happy with the rags. but that's just my opinion...x