Spotted this in Grazia and loved the idea – we’ve got loads of Kimonos instore right now – £45!
Monthly Archives: February 2012
ORNAMENTAL CONIFER
h NICO / Ornamental Conifer Interview Part 1 – beginnings Intro Para about the jackets at Blitz Starting with a love of typography and sign painting rather than the trend for graffiti etc at the time Nico graduted from Middlesex Uni where he had been placed to prove himself and avoid a prison sentence. When […]
VINTAGE HASSELHOFF
Similar to when David Hasselhoff took down the Berlin Wall single-handed, the fences obstructing Brick Lane are finally away. Newly re-branded Tarmac Lane is now pedestrian friendly once again! The Hoff has been quoted saying ‘I don’t really remember much about Berlin to be honest but this is great news I do love a stroll […]
UNDERCOVER ALMOND
Detective Almond (alias) is now patrolling the beat here. He describes himself as a maverick who doesn’t play by the rules and he likes his port with lemonade.
St JOHNS BREAD & WINE
Apparently I’m last to the table on this one but St Johns Bread and Wine do breakfast, and alongside porridge and prunes and honey on toast they have what they describe as ‘the Bacon Sandwich of your nocturnal fantasies.‘ The bacon’s smokey and crispy, the bread’s seared but still doughy inside and there’s loads of […]
"Now let me take a trip down memory lane"
ILLUSTRATED PEOPLE
Jake and Morgan from Illustrated People came in and did some filming this week – here’s what they got: BLITZ x ILLUSTRATED from Morgan benjamin on Vimeo. Big thanks to Jake and the team at Illustrated – http://www.illustratedpeople.com
VALENTINE’S SHMALENTINE’S
We are not known for being a particularly over sentimental or twee store, so it’s only fitting we should have some super-rad Valentine’s cards with pictures of Frankenstein, dinosaurs and pugs on. Beats some awful schmaltz from Clinton’s any day of the week. All cards are digital prints by Rebekah Shirley on handmade & dyed paper.
STUPID CUPID Part 2
Our quest to find the perfect Valentine’s gifts for all our customers continued instore this afternoon. Today’s couple I like to think of as the ’90s Rave Kidz (see the all important use of the letter Z. It means nothing if you use the simple S). Part Hacienda throw-back, part urban b-boy, part Fresh Prince […]
STUPID CUPID
For those in a lovely, warm and fuzzy relationship, the yearly dilemma of how to celebrate Valentine’s day is looming on the horizon. Do you spend it at the cinema, not actually talking or interacting with each other, being forced to watch a predictably dry rom-com (vom), something which you would never dream of watching, […]
