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Lady Gaga takes style tips from Kate Middleton (either that or she's regretting the skull tattoo)
From all the people that Lady Gaga is likely to take style tips from, we'd probably say that Kate Middleton would be near the bottom of the list, along with John Major and Sabrina The Teenage Witch (we love Sabrina as much as the next person, but she was never cutting edge when it came to fashion).
Yet here's Lady Gaga at London Fashion Week channelling the Duchess of Cambridge in a floral headdress. A few hours earlier, Kate wore her classic flower band on the Solomon Islands - a gift she received from the village of Honiara.
Kate Middleton showed off her floral crown during her royal tour - and doesn't it look pretty?
Reuters
Lady Gaga's, however, looked like she'd Pritsticked a motorcycle helmet and rolled around in a meadow
WENN
And that night, Gaga decided to create her own version of the floral crown for Phillip Treacy's show, although it was somewhat more dramatic.
Wrapped around her entire head, Gaga was able to show London Fashion Week that not only does she not suffer from hay fever, but she has a really nice smelling face.
'I just really feel like there's something on my face'
WENN
The strange hat also served a purpose when it came to covering Lady Gaga's weirdest look yet - the massive cherub tattoo at the back of her skull.
If you're wondering why she chose that design - inked by Hollywood tattooist Mark Mahoney - it's the logo for her new perfume. Yes, she's quite literally a walking advertisement.
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Having spent the last 3 days in Devon and Cornwall selling Goose Island Fashion, Jewellery and accessories we have found the best way to keep the hunger away when your on the road is a traditional Cornish Pasty
THE CORNISH PASTY
It was once said that the Devil would never dare to cross the River Tamar into Cornwall for fear of ending up as a filling in a Cornish Pasty.
For centuries the Cornish have been filling their famous pasties with almost any ingredients that you would care to think of.
The traditional filling is, of course, beef and potato, usually with slices of onion and swede mixed in as well, but the humble pasty can also be found in a number of other guises.
Popular fillings down the years have included Egg and Bacon, Rabbit, Apples, Figs, Jam, and Egg and Currants. There is virtually no limit to what tasty filling you might find when you take a first bite into that delicious crunchy pastry!
Surprisingly, however, in a region where the sea plays such an important role in everyday life, fish has never been regarded as an appropriate pasty filling. In fact, the more superstitious among Cornish fishermen will refuse to take a pasty on board their boat when they set out to sea, in the belief that it will bring them bad luck.
The pasty originally evolved to meet the needs of tin mining, that other great, but now sadly declined, Cornish industry. A hearty meal wrapped in a pastry casing made for a very practical lunch (or "croust" , as they used to call it ) down in the dark and damp tunnels of the mine. Some mines even built huge ovens on the surface to keep the miner's pasties hot until it was time to eat.
Tradition has it that the original pasties contained meat and vegetables in one end and jam or fruit in the other end, in order to give the hard-working men 'two courses'. Cornish housewives also marked their husband's initials on the left-hand side of the pastry casing, in order to avoid confusion at lunchtime. This was particularly useful when a miner wished to save a 'corner' of his pasty until later, or if he wanted to leave a corner for one of the 'Knockers'. The Knockers were the mischievous 'little people' of the mines, who were believed by the miners to cause all manner of misfortune, unless they were placated with a small amount of food, after which they could prove to be a source of good luck.
Today there is still a great deal of debate among pasty-makers about exactly how a genuine pasty should be made. Many will tell you that a pasty can only be made with short pastry, while others will advocate rough puff as the ideal pastry. Some will claim that the ingredients must be mixed up inside the pastry, while others will swear that the fillings should be laid out in a particular order before the pasty is sealed. The issue that invites the most controversy involves the famous 'crimp', the wavy seam that holds the whole pasty together. Should the pasty be sealed across the top, or at the side?
History suggests that the crimp should be formed at the side, because the pasty has always been eaten by hand, and the side crimp is the most convenient way of holding onto your lunch while you take a big bite. Others may beg to differ! There are, fortunately, some facts that can be agreed upon by all pasty-makers. The meat should be chopped, the vegetables should always be sliced, and the ingredients must never be cooked before they are wrapped in the pastry. Each pasty must be baked completely from raw. It is this fact that makes the Cornish Pasty unique amongst similar foods from around the world.
Nobody knows for certain the true origins of the pasty, although it can be traced at least as far back as the middle ages. It is believed that Henry VIII's Queen, Jane Seymour, enjoyed a tasty pasty on several occasions. Over the years the pasty has spread across the country and around the world. Variations can be found in counties such as Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Cumberland, although it has been suggested that Cornish miners introduced the pasty to these places when they left Cornwall and moved up-country in search of work. Cornish emigrants also introduced the pasty onto the American continent. They are popular in parts of the United States, as well as in Argentina and Mexico.
Depending on where you go, pasties come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Until recently, a group of Young Farmers in Cornwall held the record for making the largest pasty known to man. The pasty, which was baked in 1985, took seven hours to make, and measured over 32 feet in length! Amazingly, their record was believed to be beaten in May 1999, when bakers in Falmouth made their own giant pasty during the town's first ever Pasty Festival.
The pasty is, and always shall be associated with Cornwall. It holds a special place in Cornish culture and in the hearts of the Cornish people. For many people the pasty is the greatest symbol of Cornwall. When the Cornish Rugby team plays an important match, a giant Cornish pasty is symbolically hoisted over the bar before the start of the game. It is a tradition that dates back to 1908, and the original giant pasty is still used to this day.
While many inhabitants of Cornwall still like to bake their own, the pasty has risen to become big business in shops and supermarkets throughout the country. Nowadays, you can even dial-a-pasty straight to your door!
Any Cornish man or woman will tell you, however, that a true Cornish pasty can only be homebaked in the traditional way, and you will only experience the mouth-watering taste of a true Cornish pasty if you pay a visit to the county where it was created.
I'm writing this blog from Plymouth overlooking the harbour - its so pretty!
Today we visited two of our customers in Devon and the last appointment was in a stunning town called Kingsbridge with lots of individual clothes and jewellery shops. Kingsbridge is well known for its large selection of Fashion Boutiques.
Goose Island have many stockists of Goose Island products in the South West and tomorrow we're looking forward to visiting Penzance and St. Austell.
Just got back from our trip to Surrey where we have been showing our customers the new Goose Island AW collection. We stayed at The Oatlands Park Hotel in Weybridge which is rumoured to be haunted. The hotel was once a coaching house used by Henry VIII on his way to Hampton Court.
Our room was situated in the right wing where there is supposed to be a female Ghost!!
In the middle of the night we were both woken by a noise in the room as if someone was picking up a glass and banging it back on the table. We looked around the room but could see no evidence of anything falling just a cold chill in the air......
Maybe it was the ghost of Anne Boleyn - who knows.....
We
are still very busy at Goose
Island
preparing our new season's collection. Tomorrow we have our
first appointment to show the new collection and we're looking
forward to seeing our customers Rainbow
and Spoon
based in Oxford.
For
the next few days Peter and myself will be on the road visiting
customers - as this year we have decided not to partake in the Moda
and Pure show.
We
are leaving behind our beloved doggies Benji and Ollie who will be
staying with 'Auntie Sharon' who as many of you will know Sharon
works in our office taking care of all your orders.
Next
week we will be posting photos of our new collection..must go lots to
do...
Another beautiful day in Swansea and today at Goose Island we have had training on photoshop - it seemed to be really easy until I tried to do some editing on my own OMG! Its not as easy as I thought! Hopefully soon you will be seeing some wonderful images with text superimposed etc. well we'll give it a try - I was hoping to post an example here but I think that will have to wait until I'm more proficient ha ha!
Next week our sales team are all 'out on the road' visiting our customers with our new collection of ladies dresses, tops, skirts and tunics. We will also be showing Goose Island scarves and jewellery.
And of course not forgetting our ever popular shrug that we have available in over 30 colours.
Today we did our AW2012 photoshoot - although we have a small collection this season, its looking really good and we're all excited at Goose Island - we know that our customers are going to absolutely love the collection. It consists of dresses in jersey/lycra fabric in six different prints along with 2 very flattering style tops in six prints and also an easy to wear skirt in 6 different prints. We also have a lovely range of solid colour dresses, jackets, cardigans and shrugs plus lots more........
Next week we have our first appointments of the season to show the collection to our customers and we're confident that it will completely sell out by November.
As soon as we have the photographs back from the photographer we will be uploading them to the Goose Island Wholesale website.
Keep watching this space for more info!
Bye for now.......
Wednesday 8 August 2012
Hi again
Its only a few week until the Pure Show in London and this year the Pure Show has shifted its dates to the 19th -21st August due to the Olympic and Paralympic games. That way we'll be able to enjoy the Games and devote more time to all that the fashion capital has to offer.
This year Goose Island are NOT exhibiting at the Pure Show - we have decided to take a break away from the shows this year and spend time personally visiting our customers. It was a tough decision to make but decided that we will give it a try!
Therefore if any of our customers have not heard from us yet you will be getting a call to arrange an appointment. We are selling both in season and forward, so we will have the samples of our AW2012 range and also samples of our SS2013 range. Both include a fabulous selection of Dresses, Tops, skirts and trousers.
Our website hasn't been updated yet - but watch this space as very soon we'll be uploading the new images!
Its a horrible rainy day here in Swansea but our Goose Island Shop in Cowbridge is still very busy with all the customers coming to Cowbridge to see the Eisteddford. We have had visitors from all over the world enjoying the atmosphere.
The best selling line in our shop is still the shrug and with this weather its a perfect addition to an outfit as it can be used as a wrap to cover up on a chilly evening. So ladies if your near the Cowbridge area pop into Goose Island and pick up one of our lovely shrugs to give as a present or just to spoil yourself.
From all the people that Lady Gaga is likely to take style tips from, we'd probably say that Kate Middleton would be near the bottom of the list, along with John Major and Sabrina The Teenage Witch (we love Sabrina as much as the next person, but she was never cutting edge when it came to fashion).
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