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DECOGIRL

NEVER TOO OLD TO ROCK & ROLL! LONDON, UK

About Me

I'VE BEEN AN INTERIOR DESIGNER, GRAPHIC DESIGNER, GREETINGS CARD DESIGNER, DRESSMAKER, PHOTOGRAPHER, ILLUSTRATOR, SHOP MANAGER, MYSTERY SHOPPER, COLLEGE LECTURER AND ANTIQUE DEALER. I'VE WORKED FOR INDEPENDANTS, GIANTS, THE GOVERNMENT, CHARITIES, ADVERTISING AGENCIES & LOTS OF BASTARDS. FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS I'VE BEEN...

Decogirl...I BUY AND SELL VINTAGE COSTUME JEWELLERY & ACCESSORIES: ART DECO. 1960's & 70's. BAKELITE. LEA STEIN. RHINESONE.

Check out my DECOGIRL website here!

My Interests


LIVE MUSIC IN INTIMATE VENUES. PHOTOGRAPHY. MAN RAY. GEORGE HURRELL. CECIL BEATON. CARTIER-BRESSON. READING. ART. HOCKNEY. SCHIELE. BRAQUE. BANKSY (in the days before he turned himself into the very thing he always claimed to despise). DESIGN. BREUER. JACOBSEN. STARCK. ENTERTAINING. MYSTERIES. PEOPLE WATCHING. PARIS FLEA MARKETS. PERE LACHAISE CEMETARY. THE SOUTH OF FRANCE. THE VENICE GUGGENHEIM. MILANO (MY ONCE SECOND HOME). TOP OF THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING AT NIGHT. SECRET PLACES IN LONDON. FLAPPERS. THE 1920's. THE 1960's. BIBA. 20th CENTURY ARCHITECTURE. VISITING NEW YORK!

I'd like to meet:



INTERESTING PEOPLE...ANYONE WHO LOVES JEWELLERY THAT GETS THEM NOTICED!... ANYONE WHO SHARES THE SAME INTERESTS OR TASTE IN MUSIC.

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Music:

BEN CHRISTOPHERS
NICK DRAKE
MICAH P HINSON
TOM McRAE
BAT FOR LASHES
JEFF BUCKLEY
BOB DYLAN
RADIOHEAD
JOHN LEE HOOKER
JOHN MARTYN
RACHAEL YAMAGATA
STEVE REYNOLDS
NINA SIMONE
PATTI SMITH
PAUL WELLER
THE DOORS
ROLLING STONES
KINKS

All time favorite Albums:-

PINK MOON
ASTRAL WEEKS
MY BEAUTIFUL DEMON

also a special mention for the utterly, utterly brilliant...
SERAFINA STEER
myspace.com/drumstreetsefa

brilliant songwriter with a voice as smooth as a chocolate river...

MARTIN BRADFORD-GAGO
myspace.com/martinbradfordgago

and of COURSE!...

LITTLE B
myspace.com/musicbylittleb

Movies:


DEADWING
myspace.com/deadwing

THE 4TH DIMENSION
myspace.com/4thdmovie

Television:

DON'T WATCH MUCH

Books:

FAVORITE BOOKS INCLUDE MY LOVELY OLD BOOK OF CECIL BEATON'S PHOTOGRAPHY. CLASSICS LIKE THE MAGUS, THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, BRIGHTON ROCK. ANY GOOD NOVEL WHICH EXPLORES RELATIONSHIPS. MY ARCHIVE OF JEWELLERY & ART DECO BOOKS

Above:- Nancy Cunard by Cecil Beaton

Heroes:

OR EVEN HEROINES...

ISADORA DUNCAN
JOSEPHINE BAKER
MARCHESA CASATI
JANIS JOPLIN
MARIANNE FAITHFULL...
CHEERS TO YOU ALL GALS!...



My Blog

DISNEYLAND PRES TRIP

My weekend to the Disneyland Resort Paris more than lived up to expectation! After meeting the Head of Publicity for Disney Destinations, we boarded the Eurostar from the new St Pancras station t...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:02:00 PST

IM ABOUT TO ENTER THE TWILIGHT ZONE...IN PARIS!

DISNEYLAND Resort Paris have a new attraction for 2008...The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror! Based upon the tv show The Twilight Zone, the attraction is themed to resemble the fictional Hollywood Tower...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:11:00 PST

IS THAT SANTA COMING DOWN THE CHIMNEY?

An excerpt from 'Letters to Cyprus' (a journal I write to my mother-in -law in Cyprus) 21st July Hertfordshire yesterday morning and there's a massive pile of soot all over the floor around the ingle...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:17:00 PST

YEY! DECOGIRL GOODIES IN MAG FEATURE!

Art Deco compacts from my website  www.decogirl.co.uk will be featured in the August issue of the   BBC Homes & Antiques magazine (out July 5th)! ...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:27:00 PST

ARE YOU A SERIAL BULLETIN POSTER?...

I'm sick to death of serial bulletin posters! Over the last couple of months I've deleted as many friends as I've added because I'm fed up with the dozens of repeat  messages a day banging on abo...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 12:52:00 PST

CRAIG DAVID AS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD IT!

Craig David - no I can't say I've ever been a fan but on Sunday I went to a gig at the Horn in St Albans and met Martin Bradford-Gago, a brilliant musician with a voice smoother than a Green &...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:45:00 PST

ANOTHER DECO HOUSE WANTED FOR FILMING

Having just sorted out one such request I've been asked by the Producers of Channel 4's Grand Designs if I know anyone with an 'amazing' Art Deco interior to their home who may be interested in partic...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:17:00 PST

I WAS NEARLY ON TV BUT...

I was contacted by a TV Production Company This week asking me if I would be interested in having my house featured in a new series for Style TV - a magazine style format  featuring new desi...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 12:17:00 PST

I'VE BEEN TURNED DOWN BY RICHIE HAVENS...

A month or so ago I put in a friend request to Richie Havens, one of my favorite live musicians. I have great respect for him and have been to see him live every year at the Jazz Café for the past 7 y...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 03:05:00 PST

'DOES MY BUM LOOK BIG IN THIS?

I was messing about searching for something for one of my myspace friends when I found the reason us girls are always asking 'Does my bum look big in this?' Well here's the answer... ...The avera...
Posted by DECOGIRL on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:40:00 PST