songs about love and vanity

last night's sing-a-long at the electricity showrooms was funs funs funs as usual. it's always the same: at first no one wants to sing and just keeps drinking down courage so that by the time the party is nearly over the list of singers suddenly exlodes. same goes for the dancefloor when people pull out their best interpretation of 'push it' or shout-a-long song 'i would do anything for love'. i gave it my best shot performing carly simon's 'you're so vain' after an in-depth study of the song material at home. so is it about mick jagger or warren beatty? these and other questions belong to the riddles i wonder about. below are 2 fine examples of a-long-singers.

now this one, i love

excuse me, but just how amazing is this guy? i firmly believe he's the missing third member of the kills and obviously has the most amazing sense of working the (seemingly) unworkable. let's resume: a fuzzy-haired bright red sweater and a pink t-shirt underneath will look hot on a straight man if they're combined with a pair of black jeans and some sleek black boots. thrilling.

best date outfits

here's a couple more pictures from sunday night's ISSUE at the electricity showrooms. i wanted to take more photos, but then i just got too carried away dancing. HURRA!

we put art in your heart.

last night was the second edition of ISSUE, a new night happening monthly at the electricity showrooms in shoreditch. the theme was 'the art?' and interpretations ranged from an andy warholish bohemian look to a very eco-friendly recycling shopping bag fashion. the latter is probably not uninspired by my very favorite gareth pugh who was the first designer to turn trash bags into haute couture. if you're in london for the next issue stop by for a good dance and new chance to show your latest homemade outfit since the death of boombox.

gender (con)fusion

yesterday my friend fred and i went out despite him coughing and myself sneezing all the way. we did our best to pull our glamourous selves together and take it like men. after mediocre fun at For3ign (which normally is cool, just not during easter i guess) we stopped by a kebab place and bought some fries. we were the only ones in there but all 3 of the staff bothered to come on the scene and chat with us. of greatest interest seemed to be the fact that fred looks like a girl, yet he's a boy. "when you change?" the curious turkish kebab man asked and frankly the situation was beyond weird. fred gets confused for a girl so often it even says MISS fredrik on his bank card! this post is dedicated to the curious kebab man and his collegues. a little lesson on girls dressing like boys and boys dressing like, erm, boy george.








oh yeah - happy easter from me ;)

true or false

1) this beauty is from malaysia.
2) she's a big hip hop star in her country.
3) her name means 'flower that blooms in winter as long as you mean winter in australia' in english
4) she owns a a dress with a black and blue print.

just how good was your friday?

yesterday we ventured out on a good friday night and were possibly trying just a little too hard. after hopping in and out of 5 bars we had a couple of drinks at TRAILER TRASH which is usually a great hang out for fabulistas. sadly last night most of them seemed to use their friday to recover from thursday night/regain powers for saturday and sunday which are up for some cool parties.
my night became good fun later on at jazz bar but i didnt bring my camera which was nice for a change. i got to be "a normal person".
see below for some down to mars picture posing.

the token sunday post

so believe it or not but this weekend i decided to stay in and work on my essay, hopefully producing something worthy of a distinction (what the brits call an A). that means no parties, clubs, bars, alcohol, time-wasting until wednesday. of course i still have to take out the trash or purchase milk and canned soups from the local super market so i do cross people and sometimes cool ones. the gentleman below for example. very nice chap, and a gold-collar in my book is always worth displaying on glamcanyon. enjoy your sunday y'all.

ps: who can figure out the 4 lies in this post?

vamps and vampires

volstead on wednesday was something else, i can tell you. the minute we walked in, someone came shining a bright light into my face asking for my identification. i had none so i was asked for a finger print and a signature (see last photo). little later a performer started argueing with a lady from the audience and ripped her blouse. it took me a while to figure out that she, too, was a performer and is in fact the lady with the lovely stickers on her breasts. after witnessing several scenes that were to lead to promiscuous sex, a strange man bit my hand so hard i woke up with a bruise from it today. quite possibly one of the sexiest things one can wake up with.
the whole of the blood-sucking extravaganza is below.

where women are ladies and men are gentlemen

last night a trio of exquisite gentlemen brought a new night to london underground bohemia called Volstead Putsch at Volstead. dress code for the night was described as communist para-military, east-end agitator, black-tie bourgeoisie, weimar cabaret fairy, soho spiv, etc
below are some glamourous interpretations of it.

monday night we stay in and read a book (or maybe not)

i chose not to and look what i got myself into!
i got so drunk it took me a whole 24 hours to post these.
happy birthday to lyndell, the birthday girl with the meanest playback performance of i've never been to me






ps: the photography in this post is appalling, i had camera issues as one has them sometimes.

could you be any more italian?

this lovely italian gentleman partied with us at jazz bar recently, and i dragged him onto the street and in front of my camera when we all enjoyed a smoke out in the cold. allessandro is a fellow photographer actually for milan's party photo website number 1 called diedlastnight..

nights of splendor and decadence part 2

nights of splendor and decadence part 1

local uberfashionistas arman, daniel lismore and scottee hosted a fabulous masquerade last night at beach blanket babylon shoreditch called les princes de la ville. the crowd was sizzling and the athmosphere eclectic.


(this girl is hands down the absolute epitomy of glamour and style. for a woman it does not get much better than this. she said: "oh, this is just my daytime outfit.")

daytime street fashion by glamcanyon - not a good idea

have you ever noticed that street fashion gods such as the sartorialist and face hunter always manage to photograph their models in front of a clean and appealing background? one can only imagine what it takes to
1) chat up a stranger to get their picture taken in exchange for, well, nothing
2) convince them to stop doing what their doing and walk around with you until you finally come across a semi-decent background for the picture
3) get them to pose for you again and again until you have that one photo that doesn't look half-bad.
i do this at parties of course, where noone has anything to do other than pose for pictures and people usually have had a drink or two so they're more experimental in their posing, but day-time? 9 to 5? hard work. i suck at it as you can see below. no unusual pose, shabby background, tons of other people in the picture. i guess i better stick to party photos.

cracker your wardrobe - the new issue

hurra! my favorite street fashion magazine the cracker has come out with a new issue and guess who landed yet another cover? that's right. glamcanyon is gracing its pages with not only the front page but a few more inside featuring looks from new york and london.
grab a copy if you happen to stop by korea any time soon or just ask me, i can make few available. just answer this question: which is the only blog that can make you cooler just by reading it? the right answer will receive a free mag and my appreciation.

c'est bon c'est bon

the french just launched a new webzine called junkie magazine and i've contributed a fashion editorial and an interview with london band SOHODOLLS. if you don't read french you can still enjoy the pictures. have a look.

extracts from editorial Oh Mortimer
model + styling: ellie




SOHODOLLS in their rehearsal space in south london

we put the art in party

last saturday night's party was a monthly event called GET SOME. there's a theme every time and this time it was "get married" - and how convenient - someone actually did get married, namely the lovely Josh and Ivan.
i took the freedom to list some of the things you'll get at a get some party:

get started

get entangled

get your groove on

get drunk

get kissed

get entertained

get loud

get married

get chic

get charmed

get harassed

get out of the way


click here for all of last night's party goodness which started at blondie and jb's house and ended at a kebab shop.

lovers and friends

oh lovely lovely lovely. love was in the air last night when people celebrated the wedding of the darling couple josh and ivan. guests danced the night away and everyone looked delightful. later on we attended a Beyond Retro party at the macbeth which provided further vintage fabulous eye candies. i took lots of amazing party photos which will all go up tomorrow for your viewing pleasure. until then - enjoy some of last night's cutest looks or go to knicken to see some of the party action