THE GLORIFIED £ SHOP

THE GLORIFIED £ SHOP
17 – 23 SEPTEMBER | 11AM TO 7PM DAILY
Downstairs @ MAIDEN |188 Shoreditch High Street London E1 6HU
0207 998 0185 | info@maidenshop.com | WWW.MAIDENSHOP.COM




During London Fashion Week The Glorified £ Shop will be taking over the basement of Shoreditch’s favourite store MAIDEN. London legend and music editor of i-D Magazine Princess Julia has assembled a vintage “A Team” consisting of Josh Quinton, Hannah Hooper, Felicity Hayward and Lilee Cathcart who have searched far and wide to source a breathtaking array of original and specialist vintage pieces to entice and amuse one and all.
Clothing, shoes and accessories from 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, 90’s and 00’s have been especially selected for this unique house of design. The Glorified £ Shop is an ideal opportunity to source and be inspired by styles and looks of by gone eras.

Princess Julia said “The interest in retro and recycled style has never been more inspiring; by mixing the traditional with the radical- the trad with the rad- style icons of London have never been more vibrant and varied. At The Glorified £ Shop we hope to reveal the secrets of developing personal style with a twist and with prices starting from £1 they’ll be something to suit budgets big and small”.

Each day we will be having an in-store ‘happening’
*Friday September 17th Acclaimed performance artist Scottee will be performing a concept piece every 15 minutes. Times to be confirmed.
*Vintage Hair Dresser Sami Knight will be dressing hair. £15.00 for a new you!
*Jeanette, (James Main) style icon and owner of Jeanette’s store will be conducting catwalk lessons in store!
More events will be announced soon....






From the Friday 17th September for one week only The Glorified £ Shop!
Opening Soiree Thursday 16th September 6 till 8pm with an after party at Fun City, George & Dragon, 2-4 Hackney Road. 8-12 midnight!


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2011 CALENDARS

In the spirit of being planned and organised we've already ordered our calendars for 2011. He's a sneak peak at some of what will be on offer. They will hit our shelves at the beginning of November.

THIS SEPTEMBER WILL BLOW YOU AWAY

For two reasons this September is going to a good month for fans of the sadly departed Isabella Blow.

Reason 1
Thames and Hudson will publish this sumptuous coffee table book full of pictures that capture her outrageous looks, style and charm. There will also be contributions by many of Isabella's friends.... Manolo Blahnik, Paul Smith, Philip Treacy....







Reason 2
Detmar Blow will publish this memoir about his life with Isabella.




Both books promise to showcase very different sides of the intriguing creature that was Isabella Blow and I cannot wait to have them on the shelves at Maiden.

TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY?

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? (Hamlet, V.i)

This skull light is incredible and when Matyas held it reminded me of this scene from Hamlet.



Get your very own Yorick/skull light at Maiden for just £65!

SCRIMSHAW

Just received another delivery of these amazing melamine trays. It features a fantastic image of a whale which is based on the scrimshaw art which was practiced by sailors out at sea on whaling ships many years ago. Something about the whale reminds me of school trips to Natural History Museum and this gigantic live sized model of a blue whale on display.



Unfortunately that memory also made me remember the awful packed lunch we were forced to eat at gunpoint on the lawns outside the museum (spam sandwiches on white bread all round). Anyway.... I found this video clip of what must be a retired CDT teacher explaining how to make your own scrimshaw pieces



We also have dinner plates too! the tray and the plates are available in store and on our online shop www.maidenshop.com

WE LOVE THESE CARICATURES

I've fell in love with this Tina Turner caricature the moment I laid eyes on it.



Love the way Elvis's hair spells out his name



Cher looks very Modigliani!




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DO GENTLEMEN PREFER BONES?

Putting up our new Marilyn Monroe wall sticker yesterday was quite a surreal experience. It came in seven pieces, so I was at the top of a ladder shouting down "hand me the left eyebrow", "hand me the beauty spot" etc etc.

I then found this image that was part of an advertising campaign in Brazil to promote some kind of yoghurt called Fit Light Dairy?!



As part of the same campaign they also did a "tribute" to Sharon Stone....



I'm not sure what the message is here. Is it supposed to be funny? Apparently the tag line for adverts is translated as "Forget about it. Men's preference will never change. Fit Light Yogurt" ????

FAYE DUNAWAY EATS AN EGG

By a curious coincidence I was flicking through a lovely old biography of Faye Dunaway on the same day that I received an e mail from the divine Sybil Rouge which contained a link to this video of Faye chowing down on a hard boiled egg.



This seriously bizarre yet captivating footage is actually a commercial for the Japanese department store Parco. It was made by Kazumi Kurigami, you can check out his youtube channel here , there are some really amazing old commercials on there.

My favourite has to be this one for Knorr soup starring Sylvester Stallone! I love how camp Sly is when he claps his hands together and mouths "bravo" to the kids he's directing....

SHITE FOOD = GREAT TEA TOWEL

Maiden took delivery of these genius tea towels the other day. I love the way the design takes an affectionate swipe at the fundamental lack of any nutritional value in a lot of British "cuisine".



The deep fried Mars bar repulses me and I can't think of anything I would rather eat less. I nearly fell off my chair when I saw this video of Delia Smith making a Mars bar "special".



The ingredients are 1 Mars bar and 1/2 lb of fat?????????

Tea Towels are now available from our online shop too! Click here to buy one

HEROINE CHIC

When I was feeling a little demotivated last week my friend Jamie told me that whenever he needs to get proactive he looks at pictures of Mary Portas and finds that helps him. So I did and it worked.

These images of such a dynamic and inspirational person soon got me out of my mini slump.

They conjured up a vision of Mary hands on hips, ten huge bangles on each arm, sleeves rolled up, towering over me in a high heeled shoe boot, telling me to get with the program.




During my frantic search for Portas pics I discovered that Mary has now developed an exciting series of retail masterclasses aimed at owners of small independent shops (like Maiden). Developed in conjunction with Skillsmart Retail the Mary Portas Guide to Successful Retailing will give a unique insight into improving independent retail businesses and includes Mary’s advice on essential elements like visual merchandising, marketing, buying, finance and the all-important vision for the store.



Basically I think Mary Portas should be running the country.

I ♥ MYSELF T SHIRTS

I took inspiration from the P.I.X and asked my icons to model the I ♥ MYSELF t shirts.




Thanks to Susanne Aichele for these pictures. As well as being able to style sadly departed icons via the medium of photoshop Susanne is also a video director, producer and editor. If you look carefully at her showreel you may see me in various guises!

ALL EYES ARE ON THE PIES

My friend Marika today became the first person I actually know to be on the front page of a newspaper. The Muswell Hill Journal covered her pie making class and slapped her on the front (right beneath the unrelated headline MYSTERY GUNFIRE TERRIFIES TV STAR)!

You can get further info about Marika's Kitchen and book pie making classes here. Next one is on 5th September.

Here's some pics from the last class. I WANNA GO!




You can view the full set here

Before Marika launched her cookery school she was lead singer of the fabulous power suit wearing electro band Hotel Motel. Check her out in action

KEITH HARING X GRACE JONES

Whilst selecting new Keith Haring wall sticker designs to order for the shop I stumbled across this picture of Haring and Grace Jones which I think is great. He is painting her body for this scene in the film Vamp,




More Keith Haring wall stickers will be winging their way to Maiden very shortly...

We also have a great range of Haring greetings cards arriving soon too!

DIANE PERNET X CATHERINE BABA

Last night when I got home my flatmate Martina was interviewing Diane Pernet on Skype. I couldn't see Diane because her camera was intentionally switched off but she sounded amazing. Later on my friend Stanley told us about an interview that Diane did with Catherine Baba. We checked it out on youtube and I was enthralled. I'd never heard of Catherine before, but I am now a huge fan. This interview is amazing. Loving the white turban, sunglasses and fur coat (in summer).

PRINCESS JULIA X AMANDA LEAR

I bumped into the always delightful Princess Julia the other night and in her inimitable style she recounted the telephone conversation she'd just had with Amanda Lear. Julia was interviewing her for i -D and the image of the two of them gossiping away on the phone made me weak at the knees. Can't wait to read the interview as Amanda is such a fascinating character.

Here's my favourite clip of Amanda in action



Also watch out for further news of an exciting project that Julia might be collaborating with Maiden on!