Black Nerds Network

Constructive Buying

2009-11-07T10:29:00.012Z

On Monday we spent the day buying stock for Constructive Lives

Jet Set Masala at the EK pop up shop

S/S 2010

We got distracted and peep these beauties
Christopher Kane Shoes

Dominic Jones Jewellery

Ladurée London

2009-11-05T08:17:00.010Z

Soon to rival our cupcake addiction is the delicate Ladurée Macaroons. BnnGirls popped into their Burlington Arcade shop and was easily transported to a Parisian tea salon with their French staff and ostentatious decor. Our favorite flavors were Pistachio and Praline can't wait to try them all.

A Clean Cut

2009-10-31T10:50:00.006Z

We were horrified when we saw this chopped in half fox as we waited for the train at Dalston Kingsland Station.

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CALYPSO The Mighty Sparrow Tee

2009-10-28T16:58:00.006Z

Loving these Mens T Shirt of the The Mighty Sparrow from A child of the jago 10 Great Eastern Street, London .

The Affordable Vintage Fashion Fair

2009-10-26T16:57:00.013Z

The Affordable Vintage Fashion Fair hit London yesterday and we were there bright and early to get those bargains. The best value for money was £15 a kilo where you could get shirts, dresses and skirts which were then weighed.

Here is some of our favorite finds

These ring combs were the best, this was all we used when we were younger and still do now!

These are a bit rusty but I think we were mostly seduced by the packaging

Love these small brooches which were a £1 each

b.vikki vintage

2009-10-24T12:13:00.011+01:00

We got a very lovely email from b.vikki vintage who immediately caught our eye with her take on vintage fashion from a black perspective.

The b.vikki vintage blog features:

Vintage advertising campaigns and fashion editorials from Black/African-American publications in the 1950s & 1960s!

Vintage video clips and found photographs featuring people of color!
Product descriptions and pictures of vintage pieces for sale at the b.vikki vintage etsy.com shop!

About b.vikki vintage
Rebecca Victoria O'Neal is a 22-year-old, African-American young woman from Chicago with gigantic curly hair, and an affinity for books, knitting, and antique malls. Her love for vintage silhouettes, Mad Men, traditional pop music and standards, and Doris Day movies led her to create b.vikki vintage - in the hopes of sharing her love for decades past.

Vintage Greyhound ads

Coco Cola

Avon Calling

Loving these styes from her shop
Pastel color-block shirt dress/day dress with full skirt

Ketchup and mustard house dress / play dress $12.00

Grove

2009-10-15T21:17:00.006+01:00

This is a picture of a beautiful sunset in Ladbroke Grove taken on Monday

Simply Eartha

2009-10-15T09:02:00.007+01:00

Hamburg, 1950 via facebook friend André S. Belcher-El

Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks

♥ Paris ♥

2009-10-14T14:58:00.015+01:00

We spent a lovely day in Paris yesterday with family thanks to the £59 return and engrossed ourselves in being a typical tourist and doing all the sights. We took the Eurostar from the brand new St Pancras Station, and arrived in Paris in no time at all.

Pockets won't strech to LV then head to Tati

The Eiffel Tower in all its glory

little break big difference

PPQ Black Girls Rock

2009-10-09T17:43:00.012+01:00

at the PPQ S/S fashion show

Following on from ID Pretty Young Things issue PPQ bring an all black models line up at their recent show for London Fashion Week.

Chanel Iman, Jourdan Dunn, Arlenis Sosa & Sessilee Lopez

Percy Parker of PPQ "It’s not something we really considered. We just wanted to find the most beautiful models and those were the best ones."

Cornrow head wrap Nubian style

Socks and sandals

The Show

Backstage at PPQ: hair and make up

Beyond The Chintz Eley Kishimoto S/S 10

2009-10-09T11:23:00.010+01:00

We went to the Eley Kishimoto S/S 10 collection Beyond The Chintz.

A clashing of visual references in the home environment; a predilection for old value co-exists with modern commodity. The quiet madness of this chaotic affection surrounds the inhabitants, observed but not questioned the closed door.

The catwalk came alive with their signature bold prints which always reflect their textile background.
Our pictures were really rubbish so here are pictures from London Fashion Week website

This print reminds us of the embroidery piece which we saw at The Spitialfields City Farm last year

Loving the slouchy socks chunky strappy sandals

Clash of angles and chintz

Also checkout their pop up shop at 8 Kingly St Soho, which holds their current collection, flash pieces and sample sale downstairs.

Appliqué

2009-10-09T10:29:00.018+01:00

Appliqué
Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work.

So following on from Do you like my Angles in print I decided to experiment in appliquéd leather. Here are the results which can be worn as a statement necklace or attached to a vest.

BNN does London Fashion Week

2009-10-08T18:16:00.008+01:00

So we went to London Fashion Week to buy stock for the shop.

........ok we did quite a bit of drinking but it helps us get through the stands.

Charity begins at home

2009-10-08T18:01:00.005+01:00

We are so addicted to going to our local charity shop and its begining to become a weekly must stop on our way to the shop.

We picked up this gem and the best thing it only cost 50p

Look what landed on my back>>>>>

2009-10-08T17:43:00.005+01:00

While BnnGirls was in BlackNerds garden this creature decided to land on are back we flicked that bitch off lucky for it we didn't kill it.

iPod Earphones Pendant

2009-09-17T12:23:00.011+01:00

Love this pendant from Oye Modern designed by Australian artist Nathan Thomas

The same size as the real thing, they are just like your iPod earphones. Those white earphones are everywhere, but you’ll be the only one with these sterling silver ones.

Also liking these

Pencil shaving necklace by Vic Mason

Zip-it necklace by Cynics

All available from Oye Modern

LUXIRARE Killer Clothes + Fine Cuisine

2009-09-16T12:56:00.003+01:00

LUXIRARE is the ultimate Blog Porn.

Fashion and Food done in some of the most imaginative and inventive ways.

Memorabilia

Bento Box

Cocktail Jello shots

Cana of Galilee

2009-09-15T16:11:00.013+01:00

Picked up this beautiful bag at my local charity shop maybe donated by a Irish Catholic from there trip to the Holy Land.

Water into Wine
On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine was gone, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no more wine.""Dear woman, why do you involve me?" Jesus replied, "My time has not yet come." His mother said to the servants, "Do whatever he tells you."......

This, the first of his miraculous signs, Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee. He thus revealed his glory, and his disciples put their faith in him. (John 2:1-11)

Bag Age Concern

Ashish A/W 2009

More finds

Jewellery
Red Age Concern Harlesden
Navy & Gold from Dalston Car boot sale

Vandalised Vintage

2009-09-15T10:33:00.005+01:00

Love these Tea cups from reworked vintage china from Trixie Delicious which brings out the Nerd in us.

Trixie Delicious New Zealand Etsy Shop

Norma Bar's Negative Space

2009-09-14T12:33:00.006+01:00

More work from illustrator Noma Bar and her use of negative space

Margaret Thatcher

The Big Squeeze: piece for an article on the oil gains to be made from Iraq

Gun Crime

Get Noma Bar's book Negative Space here

Beneath The Surface

2009-09-14T11:12:00.011+01:00

The Black Heritage season at the V&A is now on and runs between now and the end of November.

Illustration by Noma Bar

Interesting events to look out for:

Saturday 28 November

-Design and construct a miniature front room inspired by the artist and curator Michael McMillan’s West Indian Front Room.

Sunday 29 November

– Afro Hair: A Talk and Workshop with Sandra Gittens, Course Director of Programmes, Further Education at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts.

– The History of Carnival, dir. Clarence Thompson OBE, 2008, (U)
Take a journey across time and space to the days of slavery, African Kings and Queens, playing Mas and the essence of Carnival in modern-day Britain amidst the making and beating of the steel pan.

For full list of events click

She Does It Well>>>Shingai Shoniwa

2009-09-14T10:40:00.005+01:00

Custom made by Top Shop for Shingai Shoniwa at the V Festival

PILAR

2009-09-14T10:15:00.004+01:00

Beautiful fashion and accessories by Trinidadian designer Anya Ayoung-Chee via Au Courant

PILAR is a clothing line designed by Anya Ayoung-Chee for women with eclectic style and a desire to be individual. The line offers strong sexy pieces that can be mixed and matched into your wardrobe and dressed up or down for any occasion

PILAR on Facebook

Black Nerds V Nigella Lawson Cookie Cutters

2009-09-14T09:32:00.005+01:00

Nigella Lawson cookie cutters from Constructive Lives

kaleidoscope

2009-08-21T15:20:00.010+01:00

A tube-shaped optical instrument that is rotated to produce a succession of symmetrical designs by means of mirrors reflecting the constantly changing patterns made by bits of coloured glass at one end of the tube.

Views from our kaleidoscope currently on sale at our shop Constructive Lives for £30.

Below pictures courtesy of BlackNerds and his tattoo's