The lengthy weekend is right here and I’m prepared for it. Time to kick-back, watch a few of my favorite TV exhibits and control the Peak Goose state of affairs within the park ( three {couples} on a comparatively small pond and a whole lot of honking!). After I’m venturing additional afield, I’ll make sure to seize a neat cardigan, a tote bag for all my bits and items and my oh-so treasured journey card.
At a current design truthful, I ran into Anna Kreeger the founding father of M Hulot an unbiased, sustainable equipment firm. She launched me to Hilda (above), a beautiful Italian leather-based shopper bag that may be remodeled into an A-shaped silhouette (with hidden clips that pull the perimeters of the bag in to scale back the scale of the opening. Scroll all the way down to see) so as to add additional safety. ‘I needed to create a semi-structured form and so I labored with an unlined, medium weight, pure leather-based, which strikes and slouches,’ Anna defined. ‘ I like carrying a bag by the seize handles and giving it slightly swing as I stroll. In fact, I’ve included a crossbody strap for versatility!’ Good one.
The pink wool cardigan above is from Elwin Studio. Picture courtesy of M Hulot.
New fashion icon on the block… The Residence (on Netflix) is a murder-mystery set within the White Home (I’ll say no extra). The newest sequence from producer, screenwriter and creator of Gray’s Anatomy, Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte, Shonda Rhimes. Detective and star of the present, Cordelia Cupp, performed brilliantly by Emmy-winning Uzo Aduba, has ‘a repute for fixing unsolvable crimes’ and is named upon to research the dying of the White Home’s chief usher. Detective Cupp is massive into bird-watching, carries binoculars wherever she goes and wears a tweed hacking jacket, truthful isle tank prime and wide-leg trousers. I like her fashion. This whodunnit comedy is my new comfort-watch and it’s actually good enjoyable.
We’re nonetheless working our approach via the second sequence of Severance (Apple TV+) and Bridget Christie’s meno-comedy The Change ( Channel 4); each are getting trippier and trippier. Subsequent on my record, Seth Rogan’s The Studio (Apple TV+) has obtained glorious opinions – the massive draw for me is Catherine O’Hara, who I’ve missed since Schitt’s Creek!
When you haven’t seen it, The Outrun is now on Netflix. This was my favorite movie final 12 months and it isn’t a comfort-watch. That includes an impressive efficiency from Saoirse Ronan ( she is going to win an Oscar in the future, quickly); and the good Saskia Reeves performs her mum. The Salt Path is because of be launched in cinemas on the finish of the month. If the film trailer is something to go by, Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs each give glorious performances and are completely forged as married couple Raynor and Moth Winn. The pair lose their dwelling, days after discovering Moth (the husband) has been recognized with a terminal, neurological sickness and impulsively determine to stroll the 630-mile South West Coast Path. Primarily based on the best-selling memoir by Raynor Winn (as really helpful by TNMA) the story charts the couple’s outstanding journey alongside the coast, throughout tough terrain and thru stormy climate situations. (Please go away your ideas within the feedback field, in case you’ve seen it already).
There are nonetheless a number of days left to catch the very good Noah Davis retrospective on the Barbican (ends 11 Might 2025). The late American artist (1983 – 2015) died of a uncommon type of most cancers, at 32. Lovely, figurative work discover Black life in his area people, from scenes on the swimming pool to social commentary. Believing that artwork was for everybody, Davis collectively together with his spouse, the sculptor Karon Davis, co-founded the Underground Museum an arts and cultural centre, to provide free entry to all within the Arlington Heights neighbourhood of Los Angeles. It’s a strong, extremely poignant retrospective. Extremely really helpful.
Noah Davis at work, Los Angeles, 2009 Courtesy Patrick O’Brien-Smith
I’m trying ahead to the opening of the V&A East Storehouse in Stratford on 31 Might 2025. The ginormous warehouse-style, purpose-built public area spans 4 ranges and is designed to provide entry to the V&A’s huge archives. Exploring why gadgets are collected, how they’re cared for, conserved and displayed – it’s going to be like a dwell model of Secrets and techniques of the Museum. The V&A can also be launching the Order an Object expertise, the place guests can e-book prematurely to view any object (on the V&A East Storehouse) with a member of workers, free of charge. I ponder how lengthy it should take for an additional have a look at David Bowie’s jumpsuit…
And eventually, a HUGE thanks to everybody who attended TNMA: LIVE! I nonetheless can’t fairly imagine we did it. What a pleasure to fulfill so lots of you in particular person, particularly those that have adopted That’s Not My Age for years. I owe an enormous quantity of gratitude to our glorious hosts, the Vogue and Textile Museum, the good panellists, my colleague Helen and good mates Ruth and Hat who helped out on the day. Thanks a lot in your assist. I’ll be sharing extra photos and highlights quickly, so keep tuned.
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