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what am i doing? what am i doing? July 13th, 2010
Oh yeah, that’s right I’m doing me, I’m living life right now. And that’s what I’m a do until it’s over, but it’s far from over. Bottles on me. Ok too much. Anyway forgetting Drake Drizzy Rogers for a minute, this is a quick-fire post to thank my friends at bilingual fashion and lifestyle magazine M:/P Magazine for the love and exposure they’ve afforded Capicú in their inaugural issue. Titled The Notebook of Creativity, the first issue is available on pre-order now, and is limited to 1,000 copies, so good luck getting your hands on one. And if you do want to read the full interview - and find out a bit more about the inspiration behind and aspirations in front of Capicú then click the link [part 2]. Thank you
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esa hevita esta enterita, tiene tremendo July 7th, 2010
Some like them big, some don’t, but you can’t deny the female derrière is certainly an object of fascination. From country to country - and more specifically culture to culture - they are seen as either a bonus or a bane. Think about the question “does my bum look big in this?”.. to some people that would be almost unanswerable, as the mind flits between the choice of lying through your teeth or inflicting untold insult, most probably to the person dearest to you. But to others, the desired response would be quite the reverse. I side with them. So it was to my great satisfaction that Taschen, one of the publishing houses I hold in highest regard - and one of the few I could say I’d be hard pushed to find a book of theirs that I wouldn’t be proud to display on my coffee table [bar a few notable exceptions] - opted to make back off the focus of one of their latest publications. Available in hardback, and with over 400 photographs sandwiched in between, The Big Butt Book was edited by Dian Hanson - who has previously turned her attentions and editorial abilities to such titles as The Big Book of Legs - and features an anthology of ass, tracking the relative appreciation and depreciation of the female posterior. Right up to the pinnacle of appreciation we experience today, as epitomised below. Wow. So that’s what Mos Def was talking about…
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skin deep? June 29th, 2010
You know when you see an image and it just stays with you. The subject could be anything, and the reason impossible to put your finger on. This happens to me more than your average, and the latest muse was Brazil-born life long model Isabeli Fontana - as shot by Terry Tsiolis. Digging deeper [to view the rest of the set and learn more about the inspiration behind the shoot] I found myself knee deep in an archive of erotic art. Now I’m all for the stuff - call it what you will - but when the particular website you find yourself on has a degenerative header of PHOTOGRAPHY/SEX/EROTIC/PORN and you’re flicking through in a spare 5 minutes at work, it can potentially do you more harm that good. Which sounds hugely overdramatic for a form of art. Nonetheless art it is, and over the centuries art has frequently courted controversy. So between the passing gaze of the creative director I did enjoy more than a fleeting glance at what the website had to offer, and whilst some of it was too long on the erotic [and short on the art] to post here, other images were every bit as captivating as black and white Isabeli Fontana on a desserted beach. The highlight of which is below…
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avalonia October 25th, 2009
On the whole I shy away from bar and restaurant reviews – more than anything for fear of being tarred with the same brush as the plethora of writers who shamelessly strive to post the newest, and supposedly hottest venues. However in this case I decided to make an exception. The Avalon isn’t especially new, nor is it necessarily hot through the eyes of genuine or wannabe trend spotters. It is however fantastic, and well worth a mention here.
I had been meaning to go for a while, and can say for sure that it was worth the wait. The décor is classical and quintessentially British – reminiscent of an opulent sporting lodge or old boys club – with all the characteristics you’d hope for in such a setting: butcher shop style white tiled walls - adorned with taxidermic trophies - and deep weathered chesterfield furnishings. One glance at the bar and my already high regard for The Avalon was compounded: Belvedere Vodka [Pure and Citrus], Appleton Estate [including a previously unseen 3L bottle], and Patrón [Añejo and Coffee]. It was by now plain to see that this was a venue after my own heart. The menu was equally inspired, with home made wild boar sausage rolls, and Wright Bros oysetrs the pick of the crop on the day I visited. If you find yourself south of the river, a visit to The Avalon would be well worth your while…
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llegó el frontú August 13th, 2009
20 days without a word, not even an explanation of my absence, and then a post about a fashion collaboration. It’s fair to say that doesn’t really cut the mustard. You deserve more, I know. So here it is, the explanation: I was on holiday with the fam. They say that the love of a family is life’s greatest blessing, and I’m inclined to agree. Hence the lack of attention Capicú has [or hasn't] received in recent weeks. A wise man once proposed that to love and feel loved is to feel the sun from both sides, and right now you and I are feeling the sun from one side only. So consider this an apology AND explanation for my disappearance, as if wiped off the face of this earth, and also a pledge to strive to continue to bring you the world’s finest design, music, fashion, life & style…
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bienvenido al castillo July 7th, 2009
Six months in and still Capicú rolls on, every bit as passionate and every bit as proud.
Regrets are few but forever felt, and I’d be lying to myself and everyone else if I was to claim I’d been as dedicated and attentive as I’d have liked to have been. That said there is a steady flow of you who share with me a common interest, and as long as that continues I’ll strive to put a product out there.
To mark the six month mile post, with a little help from my friends we have introduced a menu page to build a branded presence and make the site more interactive. Eyebrows were raised at the concept, and concerns voiced - with good reason - but the belief that Capicú needs this drove me on, against the advice of those who probably know best, and the domino was conceived and implemented.
Intrinsically linked to Capicú, the domino is the perfect symbol to represent the brand, and ultimately if the menu page is enough to stop you checking back then you probably shouldn’t be here in the first place. That said, feedback is always welcomed - whatever it may be - so message me if you feel strongly and I’ll see what we can do…
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WELCOME [to 2009] January 1st, 2009
The aim was always to have capicu.co.uk up and running today, and thanks to some [hard] work by a few individuals, and a personal resolution to stop talking about things and start doing them, here it is. In fact, the ORIGINAL plan was to go live on January 1st 2008 - but back then we didn’t have a name, domain, or concept defined. We now do, and this is the first of many posts and hopefully the start of something beautiful…
There are 2 questions that are continually and consistently asked about capicu.co.uk: what does it mean, and what is it for. The first one is in principle very simple, but requires more thought and postrationalisation - and a post of its own - before it is answered here. The second on the other hand really is straight forward: there are hundreds of weblogs out there - from the TheDieline to KanyeUniverseCity - each with pages and pages of the author’s perception of what is hot or not. The point of capicu.co.uk isn’t to rival those, or exist as just another blog in the ocean, but to be a unique platform for the greatest music, design, and fashion - new and old. Not a jack of all trades, but a master…
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coming soon… December 14th, 2008
capicú.co.uk
first post coming 1st January 2009…
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