In the last few years Instagram has started to grow larger and larger, with over a third of all social media users now using the photographic social media app. With new features such as Stories and Live, which allow for less permanent social updates, people have been flocking to the…
The only prison drama that has made wearing orange jumpsuits look good, is back for another season this June and excitement and expectation levels could not be higher. Following what was a harrowing end to last season we see the Litchfield inmates fight back against the establishment and their conditions,…
The world of fashion is not a land of gossip, but one of class and style. There is no room for error, flamboyance is mandatory, accurate is just a common word and second place doesn’t exist. In a famous fashion statement, the American designer Calvin Klein stated that People who…
We all know that saying. It is a pretty famous idiom that has universal meaning. Germans use the “rosa-rote Brille” and Spanish speakers the “gafas de color rosa,” although for the French it is the “pink life” or “la vie en rose.” But what does it really mean? Sure, the general audience would interpret seeing…
I can’t remember the first time I started writing. But I remember taking up such hobby because of one thing: Love. When I was 12 I pen pal-d (a service by the post office back then before the internet) a girl in Israel and another in Portugal. The idea was you buy…
In the late 1700’s a new trend in eyewear emerged on to the British fashion scene. For a gentleman of the upper classes who required a corrective lens, but wanted a less invasive option than spectacles, the monocle was a perfect and stylish solution. Made famous by characters such as…
Bifocal lenses are now a common type of spectacle that you can purchase if you have a combination of short and long sightedness and require glasses for both. They consist of two lenses moulded together. The top half of the lens is for short sightedness, allowing people to be able to see items…
In September of this year, quirky, geek-chic American sitcom The Big Bang Theory will be celebrating 10 years of entertainment. Sometimes called the ‘Friends’ replacement show because of it’s light-hearted humor and the fact it is on E4 every evening, the comedy features four super-intelligent scientists and their friends. The…
Samuel L Jackson is one of the best known names in Hollywood, having starred in over 150 different film & television projects. Some of the star’s most iconic works include: Goodfellas in 1990, Pulp Fiction in 1994, the Star Wars franchise and most recently Django Unchained. Born in Washington DC in 1948,…
I remember a time when sporting big rounded bottle-top spectacles would make you, as an individual, nothing but a victim of verbal abuse. However, nowadays people strive to achieve the nerdy look. Even individuals with perfect eyesight have begun sporting spectacles on a daily basis. Hipster-ism has been promoting the look…