Ulyana Sergeenko

Caroline's Mode

Perusing street style blogs is almost always fun, but for a vintage loving girl, like myself, finding a picture of someone who looks like they've stepped straight out of the past is always exciting. One lady who can almost always be relied upon to do that is Russian fashion designer Ulyana Sergeenko.

Mr Newton via Harper's Bazaar

When Ulyana Sergeenko aired her début collection in 2011 she acquired an almost instantaneous reputation for effortlessly combining classic elegance with modern style. Her recent S/S 2012 collection (I say recent I'm sure any self respecting fashion blogger would consider posting about it now shamefully late!) continues this legacy.

Frankie Magazine

She also has her own blog: http://ulyanasergeenko.com/

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy

As a big fan of The Mighty Boosh and Noel Fielding I was eagerly anticipating the release of his new show. When I sat down to watch the show, I admit, I really wanted to like it, and thankfully I found I did. As the ending credits rolled the overruling emotion I felt was confusion, even for a seasoned Mighty Boosh viewer the show takes a while to get your head around. Those talking about the show's unconventionality have tended to focus on wacky scenarios and crazy characters but it also defies the format of most sketch comedy shows. The show has a loose plot-line which focuses around Noel and his life in a tree house with an anteater for a butler, a robotic version of Andy Warhol for a cleaner, and the trendy girl who lives next door.

These scenes were actually some of my favourite parts of the show. Unlike your conventional sketch show which has lots of quick fire sketches, each a few minutes long, Luxury Comedy featured what would probably be better described as four short stories interwoven through the main plot-line. I loved the character Daran C'ash the inventor of the colouring in pencil, who cuts a dashing figure in his tails, and Renny and Gavikson's psychedelic cooking show. There were some bits which I thought did go on for too long, Raymond Boombox the New York cop, and Dondylion, for example. 

Visually the show is amazing, a mix of animation and film, you'd expect nothing less from Noel Fielding. Nigel Coan, who supplied lots of the animation for the Boosh directed and and animated the show does a brilliant job of bringing Noel's imaginary world to life. 

As a Kasabian fan I was really looking forward to hearing the music Sergio Pizzorno's had written for the show. Unfortunately, it didn't play a large role in the first episode. Apparently the second episode is going to feature a lot more of it. So that's something to look forward to!

Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy is not The Mighty Boosh, although fans should look out for a cameo from the moon, it's stranger and more colourful and a great show in its own right. My only criticism of the show was that some of the sketches ran too long and started to drag. I'm looking forward to the next episode. I can't wait to see what it will hold, and really that could be just about anything.

For anyone who hasn't seen it here's a trailer for the series.

                                 

All pictures taken from https://www.e4.com/luxury/pictures-characters.html