• Ian McLagan in Rave magazine April 1967

    Updated: 2011-06-29 20:25:52
    : BLOG BOOK LABEL CONTACT Ian McLagan in Rave magazine April 1967 Wednesday , Jun 29th , 2011 Categories : 60s A piece on mod fashions in new Mojo special MOJO 60s affords the opportunity to run scans of an interview with Ian Mac” McLagan from the April 1967 edition of pop magazine . Rave Mac and his fellow Small Faces had just escaped Don Arden’s clutches and signed to Andrew Loog Oldham’s Immediate Records . They were set on the path to legendary status with the imminent release of Here Come The Nice , though the interview’s innocence over monetary matters was later juxtaposed with the grim reality of yet more music biz . chicanery The group were to endure three decades of legal wrangling by which time the benighted and blighted Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane were dead before they or

  • Who is new Inter coach Gian Piero Gasperini?

    Updated: 2011-06-29 01:20:50
    It is the question on the lips of many football fans around the world. Why would the 2010 European champions recruit an unknown as coach? Inter would argue he is not a nobody having guided Genoa to decent success in Serie A but the fact he was sacked by the mid-table side in November is not particularly aupiscous.

  • Spain’s growing appetite for success

    Updated: 2011-06-27 16:34:09
    Spain’s victory in the European Under-21 championships on Saturday provided further evidence that the Iberian nation’s pre-eminence in the world of soccer may continue for some time yet.

  • ‘Great Captain’ looks to inspire River Plate troops

    Updated: 2011-06-25 01:35:53
    Daniel Passarella, known as the “great captain” as a player and now president of Argentina's River Plate, has been training with his squad to try to help them avoid relegation for the first time in the club's history.

  • Velez Sarsfield’s claim to being Argentina’s sixth big club

    Updated: 2011-06-14 15:55:40
    Velez Sarsfield won their eighth Argentine crown on Sunday and must now surely be considered among the country's 'big' clubs.

  • Visual feast from Demob + Modern Classics

    Updated: 2011-06-13 18:08:45
    : BLOG BOOK LABEL CONTACT Visual feast from Demob Modern Classics Monday , Jun 13th , 2011 Categories : 10s 80s 90s Boutiques Fashion design Tailoring Vintage reproductions Thanks to THE LOOK follower Salv Macasil for sending us this visual feast : images of five key pieces of clothing from the historically important London boutiques Demob and Modern Classics In very good condition , the garments convey many stories about the development of the particularly British aesthetic which thrives today at Will Brown’s Old Town Clothing Demob’s most popular design was the much emulated plaid-lined , hooded checker-cab strip anorak , notably worn by Paul Weller in the promo clip for The Style Council’s 1984 hit Shout To The . Top The nurse’s dress” and the F.C . El Classico shirt were acquired at

  • The unbearable lightness of being – or how a thin piece of synthetic cloth can become a lead weight

    Updated: 2011-06-09 22:19:10
    Playing for one of Argentina's top clubs carries a heavy responsibility..and a weighty shirt, as relegation-threatened River Plate are finding out.

  • Marc Bolan’s Mr Freedom jacket at Christie’s

    Updated: 2011-06-08 14:34:25
    : BLOG BOOK LABEL CONTACT Marc Bolan’s Mr Freedom jacket at Christie’s Wednesday , Jun 8th , 2011 Categories : 00s 70s Boutiques This rocking Mr Freedom jacket , worn by Marc Bolan in Born To Boogie , features in Christie’s next popular culture entertainment auction , to be held next Tuesday June 14 in South . Kensington The mint green jacket with black art” silk lining has a 5,000-£7,000 . estimate It is embellished with black sequin musical note and diamante treble clef motifs on the collar , sleeves and front . Across the back Rooty Toot is emblazoned in . beading Bolan wears it on a few occasions in the film , here in the rocking section of  Children Of The : Revolution Details of all the lots in the auction here Roger Klein , said June 8, 2011 2:46 pm Cool find Plus , both Elton and

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