OhDearism - Part 2

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Travel: The Rasta House, Salento, Colombia

by Rosie Cowling on May 1, 2013 • No Comments

Banging on the window to get the attention of the driver, we drag our backpacks off the bus onto a bridge four miles downhill from Salento, a small cowboy town in the Colombian department of Quindio. We’re at ‘Camping Monteroca’, a campground offering ‘exotic lodgings’ in a nature reserve on... Read More...

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Style: Iris van Herpen x United Nude exhibition

by Amanda Blake on Feb 21, 2013 • No Comments

Looking to do something different this week? Indulge your fashionable/cultural side and get yourself down to the Iris van Herpen x United Nude exhibition at their flagship Covent Garden store until February 26th. The exhibition offers the chance to see a collection of seven designs together with a life size hologram displaying one of the... Read More...

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Style: LFW Loves Technology

by Natalie Lasance on Feb 19, 2013 • No Comments

Today London Fashion Week draws to a close and it was not only the clothes that drew the world’s gaze, but the innovative use of technology and social media. Brands including Topshop and Burberry embraced cutting-edge technologies and showed why London is one of the most forward-thinking and exciting fashion capitals in the world. Building... Read More...

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Style: London Fashion Week AW13: Fashion Scout’s “Ones To Watch” and the Zeynep Tosun AW13 Show

by Caner Daywood on Feb 18, 2013 • No Comments

February. Forget Valentine’s Day cringe hype – this month is all about the other three little words – LONDON FASHION WEEK. No need to bring chocolates or presents just make sure you are immaculately attired in your vision of “fashion” and definitely equipped with an iPhone, camera, cigarettes and that ubiquitous fashion ‘blue steel’ glare... Read More...

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Travel: Cartagena, Colombia

by Rosie Cowling on Feb 9, 2013 • No Comments

Cartagena at sunset, between Getsamani and the Old City. Image: Alan Chant This 12-month Panamerican adventure has been full of surprises; birdwatching is now an active hobby (the birds of Central and South America are beguiling). I’ve learnt things about myself; I can actually survive without exfoliator but am unswervingly intolerant of certain nationals (can’t... Read More...

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Style: English National Ballet x Vivienne Westwood

by Natalie Lasance on Jan 24, 2013 • No Comments

When Tamara Rojo was appointed the Artistic Director of the English National Ballet, she expressed a desire to revitalise ballet: bringing it to a wider audience and positioning the art-form at the forefront of modern culture. As part of this campaign, she has chosen to rebrand the ballet company for 2013, collaborating with Vivienne Westwood and creative... Read More...

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Blog: Dryathlon – an attempt

by Nadia Ramoul on Jan 20, 2013 • No Comments

In these dark post-Christmas days there is little to rejoice over. We hunch beneath layers of drab jumpers wheezing and damning our once festive paunches. Our skin becomes pallid and drawn as we swear that come the first of Januarywe will treat our ailing bodies with a tad more respect. Days with only chocolate seashells... Read More...

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Style: ZDDZ London – SS13

by Caner Daywood on Jan 17, 2013 • No Comments

Hot label alert! ZDDZ London. First things first, before even writing this article as soon as I saw the word ZDDZ I went to the BF, “How would you say ZDDZ?” and the bf (who works in wealth communications and is very corporate) said “Obviously like a bee, ZzzzDDzzzZ.” Scroll to me looking bemused at... Read More...

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Society: Freedom of Speech Debate – Insult me if you dare.

by Stephanie Parkes on Jan 13, 2013 • No Comments

Imagine living in a society where you can be arrested for insulting a religion or where you could be ridiculed and hated for opposing a political party. It’s difficult to believe that the difference between this reality and ours is a small thing called freedom of speech, but are we really as free as we’re... Read More...

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Society: How Hobbits will survive 6°C climate change

by Damien Clarkson on Jan 7, 2013 • No Comments

I recently watched the film ‘The Hobbit’ and the thought struck me that it might be nice to live in their fictional home ‘The Shire’. Don’t get me wrong, I love a stroll through London Fields or a trip to Chatsworth market as much as the next East London dude. But despite the organic veg... Read More...

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Blog: Why Nice Guys Finish Last

by Natalie Lasance on Jan 6, 2013 • No Comments

“Hello, I’m a Nice Guy and I don’t understand why girls won’t go out with me. I’m sweet, kind and respectful. I’m also completely homophobic, sexist, racist and a bit creepy. And I also think all women except my mum are sluts and whores but seriously, why won’t girls let me touch their boobies?” Yes ladies... Read More...

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Style: Dior Unveils Spring 2013 Campaign

by Natalie Lasance on Jan 4, 2013 • No Comments

Following on from his triumphant first two collections for Dior, Raf Simons has unveiled his first campaign for the label for Spring 2013. Making a marked departure from his predecessor’s love of extravagance and ceremony, Simons has dialed the tone way down, in line with his vision of the modern Dior woman. The setting for the campaign... Read More...

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Style: 2012 – A Year in Fashion

by Natalie Lasance on Jan 2, 2013 • No Comments

2012 has been quite a year for the team at OhDearism, I got married and moved to Australia, Rosie quit her job and went to South America with her lovely boyfriend, Damien started up his own company Social Chic and Nadia has been working away starting a career in social media. As we all look... Read More...