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Category Archives: Thoughts

The artist with an appetite for colour

July 11, 2016by harrietbottom 1 Comment

An interview with Margrethe Odgaard. Imagine a rural Scandinavian farmhouse with a dreaming, dark-haired girl lazing in long grass. Without a TV in the house and far from popular culture, her […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Investigating the ‘vintage look’

April 3, 2016by harrietbottom 1 Comment

I launched an Epigram survey for one week to discover what motivates Bristol students to wear second hand and vintage clothing. It revealed that most Bristol students buy their second […]

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Creations, Fashion, Interviews, Styling, Thoughts

Colour in a ‘techno-scientific world’

February 23, 2016by harrietbottom 3 Comments

Between March and October, 2015, Christina Mackie’s nine-metre-high silk nets hung in Tate Britain’s Duveen Gallery. The pastel, soft fabric trickled down into pools of dense, crystallised dye, whilst a […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Exhibitions, Philosophy, Thoughts

Weekend Guide- Edinburgh

January 27, 2016by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Planning trip to Edinburgh during the winter months? I visited in late January and here’s my list of havens for a blustery weekend in the city. PLACES EDINBURGH CASTLE EH1 2NG £16.50, open 9.30am-5pm ARTHUR’S […]

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Thoughts, Travel

WARNING- explicit knickers

January 26, 2016by harrietbottom Leave a comment

KEEP OFF THE LAWN UNDERWEAR Sexy, hilarious and well worth a fiver. Handcrafted by students Lallie Georgiades Doyle and Abbie Martin. For Helicon Magazine I asked the girls to chat about their […]

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Aesthetics, Designer Interviews, Fashion, Interviews, Thoughts

Clio Peppiatt designs for the modern digital woman

December 12, 2015by harrietbottom 1 Comment

Clio Peppiatt started her own label in 2014 and she’s built up a reputation for her kitsch designs, fast. So fast that she was chosen to speak on a panel discussing careers in fashion by ASOS […]

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Aesthetics, Designer Interviews, Fashion, Interviews, Thoughts

Photographs from the jungle

September 8, 2015by harrietbottom 1 Comment

Photographs from my trip to South Luangwa Park, Zambia in late August. Hope you enjoyed the pictures, all taken on a Nikon D810 and a Fuji film x100s.  xoxo

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Aesthetics, Art, Thoughts, Travel

Weekend Guide- Budapest

August 18, 2015by harrietbottom Leave a comment

Notes on Budapest from my visit in July and an interview with owner of SCHATZI boutique Budapest. Swim- Széchenyi Thermal Bath Széchenyi is the largest, natural thermal bath in Europe. The sunny yellow, […]

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Designer Interviews, Fashion, Interviews, Thoughts, Travel

How to make a lavender garland in 4 easy steps

August 14, 2015by harrietbottom 1 Comment

What you’ll need. approximately 30 picked lavender stems cut to 20cm. 10 smaller, thinner lavender stems cut to 15cm. a pair of scissors. a ball of string. Approximate time to make, […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Crafts, Creations, Fashion, Thoughts

Lily Cole, the gift economy & fashion for good

August 11, 2015by harrietbottom Leave a comment

A model and actress with the right attitude. There’s no doubt that Lily Cole is an iconic beauty, a red-headed tribute to the Pre-Raphaelite era. I could write an article […]

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Artist Interviews, Fashion, Philosophy, Thoughts, Writer Interviews

Is your experience of colour different to your colour vision?

April 12, 2015by harrietbottom 7 Comments

Take #thatdress… If one person sees blue and black in the photograph and another sees white and gold, can they both be right with their colour experience? I’m sitting here […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Artist Interviews, Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts

Plato and philosophical progress

November 12, 2014by harrietbottom Leave a comment

…Is ancient philosophy still relevant in 21st-century life? Why didn’t Plato know that slavery was wrong…?  As part of Bristol’s Festival of ideas, Rebecca was invited to the Watershed to […]

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Interviews, Philosophy, Thoughts, Writer Interviews

The Hybrid Flower-Girls

January 27, 2014by harrietbottom 1 Comment

Christian Dior Haute Couture, fall 2010 collection. John Galliano studied a parrot tulip flower for hours on end to examine how the light moved across the petals. This transpires to […]

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Aesthetics, Art, Fashion, Thoughts

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Floral crafts ready to become love letters 💌📮
A tangle of brambles, ferns and gorse bushes
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@b.scott732 has always loved collecting words. But when she found herself remote working in an abandoned ‘80s office building, during Lockdown, she discovered an especially fitting descriptor. One that spiralled into an analogue photography project, capturing ‘the mood of the time’.
Today’s research project. I am in #cottagecore #farmcore heaven.
Crafting season
Dream @zazi.vintage coats
Sunday nostalgia in the form of old @tate postcards 🎨#HowardHodgkin #tatemodern
Will miss this place 📦🗝
“Listen deeply and choose optimism”
This time last year 🇯🇵
a summer escape
For months now, @Shoshibuya has been painting the daily sunrise / sunset over the front page of The New York Times newspaper. What does it mean?
Wearing fancy things in the wilderness 🐾
A series of lilac and lime green
A pic of Mona Lisa on the tube to trick you into reading my new article on active and electric travel for @ecoage 🛹⚡️🚲⚡️🚍⚡️🛴

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