Tags Archives: 2011

The First Chanel Boutique: A Short Film by Karl Lagerfeld

Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute

Let’s Snoop around the former French Riviera home of Coco Chanel

Today I thought we could make a quick stop at Villa Pausa on the French Riviera, the former

Paris Fashion Week for Dummies (VIDEO)

You didn’t expect Paris fashion week to go by without MessyNessy getting in on the action,

Begging for Chanel

This video you’re about to see was filmed on one the most luxurious shopping streets of

DIY Paper Bag Clutch begs the question, “isn’t that just an old paper bag?”

So, let me bring you up to date quickly. Clutch bags are a thing and leather bags that look like

Food P*rn vs Street Style

Just a bit of fun today– I was a little bored staying indoors out of the rain yesterday and ended

6 Things that Didn’t Offend me @ Coachella and 10 Things that Did

There’s nothing wrong with dabbling in the bohemian lifestyle, I’m a bit of a dabbler

Parisians vs. New Yorkers: Vintage Spring Street Style

Let’s start with the New Yorkers, photographed by Alfred Eisenstaedt– most famous for

COCO CHANEL WAS DEFINITELY A NAZI

That’s quite a statement isn’t it? You may have heard rumblings about this back in

VIDEO: Street Style for Dummies at the Chanel show

  As promised, MessyNessy woke up at an ungodly hour for fashion (10AM) to bring you all the

VIDEO: Street Style Blogging for Dummies

…. Ever wondered what it takes to be a street style blogger? MessyNessy resorted to some

Today’s Special: Monday Night Mess

Busy Monday? Thought so. Tuck into my totally unstructured, messy Monday night blog especially for

A Good, Hard Look at 2011

According to Google, Rebecca Black was more important than anything else in 2011

2011: How the World Searched You are looking at this year’s official 10 fastest-rising global

When I was a Dumb Kid, I Wanted to Be a Disney Princess/ Mermaid

I come across so many strange things on my blogging quests these days that I’m worried my

The Man who makes the Neon Signs

In a dark and forgotten storage room of Clifton’s cafeteria in downtown Los Angeles, a neon

Living in the Village at the End of the World

Welcome to Niaqornat, Northwest Greenland. Population: 59. Dogs outnumber people in this surreal

25 Swimsuits & Bikinis for Girls who aren’t into wearing Dental Floss

Pick a bathing suit this summer that allows you to go back to being a kid again when the only thing

My Favorite Humans of New York

Appropriately, his name was Dandy Wellington. There’s an exciting photographer on the

Living in the Art Deco Ruins of the Grande Hotel, Africa

When it opened its doors in 1955, the Grande Hotel in Beira, colonial Mozambique was touted as the

Wine after 100 Years in a Cellar

Do you know where the oldest classified wine region is in Europe? (Don’t worry, I

So in Dubai, the number of Abandoned Luxury Cars lying around is kind of a Problem

Some cities have a litter problem, some suffer from high crime rates and others might have a lack

Live Vicariously in Paris

What good is an iPhone if it can’t take you to Paris?! Or an iPad that can’t take  you

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol XXII)

1. Oreo Pancakes Entirely vegan recipe found on the Minimalist Baker   2. Then & Now Gifs

Human Doll Cloning is So Hot right now in Japan

Here is a 3D printed doll, cloned from a real human’s head, that you can never unsee. She has

That time the Paris Mosque helped Jews escape the Nazis by giving them Muslim IDs

Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to

A Letter of Rejection to Andy Warhol c.1956

One of his artworks is counted amongst the top 10 most expensive paintings ever sold ($100 million

The Town that is Literally Living Under a Rock

People choose to live in some pretty baffling places, like those towns sitting at the base of

Preserved Moments of Historical Sass (Vol.3)

sassy: adjective \ˈsa-sē\ impudent, lively, spirited, vigorous, distinctively smart and

Letters from Montmartre: Receive Beautiful Notes from a Parisian Stranger

After I finish telling you about this, I’m going to write a letter to someone; with a pen,

The Paris Time Capsule Apartment

A Parisian apartment left untouched for over 70 years was discovered in the quartier of Pigalle a

The Bond Villain’s Lair: Skyfall’s Abandoned Island

Nearly forty years after people, the Japanese island of Hashima is lifeless, sagging and absolutely

Seaside Ghost Town: The Abandoned Millionaire’s Resort

St. Tropez, Miami Beach, the Bahamas; imagine if the world’s most glamorous seaside resorts

30 years ago, you could buy a Lifetime, Unlimited First-class Travel pass with American Airlines. Now they’re Regretting it.

The Golden Ticket worth every penny… Imagine without hesitating, you could fly to Paris, just

How Sex Scenes in Film/ TV really Work

Ah, sex scenes. Those precious few minutes of a film (or HBO series) when parents decide to walk

UNCOVERED: The Haunting ‘Human Zoo’ of Paris

In the furthest corner of the Vincennes woods of Paris, lies the remains of what was once a public

The Reality of Celebrity Photoshop: Before and After

How many images do you think you’ve looked at so far today and without realizing the

Farewell Sarkozy: A Look Back in Pictures

Love him or hate him, Sarkozy was undeniably a pretty entertaining President. Let’s take a

Made in China: European Clone Towns

Taking counterfeiting to a whole new level… Paris in China In the outskirts of Shanghai

The Town that spent 25 Years Underwater

This is Villa Epecuen, an old tourist town south of Buenos Aires that spent a quarter of a century

If You’re Strange Like Me, This Could Interest You…

There are a few things about me that could be perceived by some as a little off. For example, I

What Model Poses would look like in Real Life

“Poses” is the project of spanish artist, Yolanda Dominguez, whose work I’ve been

Meet the Coolest Mayor in the World

Meet Jon Gnarr, mayor of Reykjavik, Iceland’s largest (and coolest) city. Photo by Aleksander

THE POISONED PARADISE ISLAND

America’s Radiation Victims We all know that America conducted nuclear bomb testing during

What Happens When You Play With Natural Beauty: Before and After

When ‘Tweeking’ Goes Too Far Has anyone else noticed Kim Kardashian is starting to look