Basically, Snog sells frozen yogurt in London’s SoHo. If we go a bit further, however, we see that it’s another smart brand that has realised what retail is all about nowadays: hooking people with an involving and over-the-top shopping experience based on product + concept – or the other way around . Check their website, it’s as refreshing as the store concept, and follow Snog on Twitter: @ifancyasnog.
Photos: SinK
London’s # 1 summer drink for cool chicks: PIMM’S & LEMONADE.
RECIPE:
-> Mix all ingredients together in a large glass pitcher. Serve chilled or over ice, but it’s better chilled.
Thanks to Marilia Baby! A cool chick indeed. Mwahh :-**
Music festivals are as part of the summer in Europe as sunburnt cheeks. From late May to early October all bands and djs that matter have gigs booked at some open air party from Croatia to Scotland. There’s a festival fever in the air.
The pink press is in charge of the celebrity gossips, their (mis)behaviour, excesses, flirting and so on; Vogue picks the best festival looks (we’re used to see stylish chicks in Hunter wellies, especially in England, where summer can be very wet); the shops carry out “festival sales”; the brands work on another creative action to reach the young high-standard and desired audience that is not worried about money once they’ve crossed the main entrance. There’s even a festival-specialised store in London called Marsh-mellow that sells from tickets to tents.
Festivals are the perfect opportunity for trend hunting, style shooting, meeting people, misbehaving, celebrating life-love-friends, dressing up and getting wasted (!). Take a look at our selection of Lovebox’s colour pictures and get the feeling!
Photos by SinK and Antony Price.
Last Saturday and Sunday London had its Lovebox weekender at Victoria Park. The 9th edition (SinK’s first) had sun and rain and sun and rain – in this order – and the Brit restless party spirit that we love so much. Nobody in this world parties like them!!
Two big stages for big and not so big names (Duran Duran, N*E*R*D aka Pharrell Williams, Friendly Fires, Groove Armada, etc.), three amazing electronic instalations by secretsundaze; Disco Bloodbath/ Horse Meat Disco; and a Rizla into-the-woods space with Xpress-2, Diplo, Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, Dan Black, etc. Long queues to get in and a lovely disco and funky house vibe. Amusement park and a Mexico area playing live band and mariachis, with folk Mexican characters and José Cuervo free hats. Coming out from the speakers basically (and thanks God for that!) nu disco, old disco and all kinds of deep funky soulful beats.
Happiness on the dancefloor is no longer a trend; it’s real. All in all, it’s all about feel-good music and having fun, playing around, put your fluo make up on, your wellies and do the d.a.n.c.e.!
In this first coverage, gorgeous black & white photos by Nick Ensing. Enlarge for proper appreciation!
Disco and vinyls: what a lovely way to boogie! 
Visit Nick’s website: www.nickensing.com. Book and exhibition coming up. Cheers, Nick!
And the once boring souvenir t-shirts were added touches of the new trend.
SinK‘s back from an European summer tour loaded with pictures and news about what’s HOT and what’s NOT at the old continent. You’re the lucky ones because we got LOTS, LOTS and LOTS of cool stuff . And we’re desperate to share, kids.
To kick off, let’s talk about fashion.
The hottest trend for this summer is undoubtely the FLUO thing. Looking back at the ravers from the 80′s, cheering up this dull momentum, the bright colours are the face of the sunny season.
Everything is fluo, every shop is selling fluo, everyone’s wearing at least one single piece of glowing stuff. It’s cool, it’s fun, it’s irreverent. Dare to wear!
Photos: SinK with ninja skills. Or you think it’s easy (or legal) to take photos in Topshop or American Apparel, hum?
(except Madge’s, by José Sánchez)
People around the world are getting together to celebrate M.J.’s legacy. What a lovely way to mourn.
San Francisco, California, yesterday:
Liverpool Street Station, London, this afternoon:
And last but definitely not least, Billie Jean, by the Londoner crowd. Goose bumps!:
Lots of people gathered some minutes ago at Liverpool Street Station, in London, for a massive moonwalk. The action, however, didn’t happen cos, according to our mate Thais Glittah, “people would be crushed”. Instead, they danced Thriller and Billie Jean. Amazing! Thanks to Glittah for the real time broadcasting. Ar-ra-sou!
Photo: Thais Glittah
In advance of an exhibition of Wedding Dresses in 2011, Victoria & Albert Museum, in London, is creating a database of photographs of clothes worn for weddings from all cultures between 1840 and the present. The database will provide a rich
record and help people date their own photographs.
To ensure a useful historical record is built, all entries should provide the year of the event and the names of the bride and groom or partners. Anyone can participate.
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