#Brits Love Tea (trope) | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

harrysfolklore · 1 year

Note

secret girlfriend!yn sounds so exciting and alexa chung is definitely perfect for it

here it is !! this is suuuuper long and i had to dig in the internet to find pics but i hope you like it <33

if you want exclusive blurbs and tropes SUSCRIBE TO MY PATREON <3

ask me anything | masterlist | likes and reblogs are appreciated !

2012

liked by harrystyles, gemmastyles and 93 others

yourinstagram congratulations harry and the boys for the #1 album !! have you listened to take me home yet ? #proudestgirlfriendever

view all 12 comments

gemmastyles I’m so proud of my bro ❤️

annetwist My babies !

niallhoran Yooo I still can’t believe it

harrystyles Thank you for always supporting me, love :)

yourmom Good job Harry !

liked by onedirectionfan1, onedirectionfan2 and 528 others

onedirectionnews Harry leaving the Brit Awards tonight !

view all 108 comments

onedirectionfan1 my baby <3

onedirectionfan2 who are those girls ?

onedirectionfan3 repeat after me harry can have female friends that are not his girlfriends

2013

liked by harrystyles, yourinstagram and 193,937 others

nickgrimshaw About last night ! #TooManyMojitos #BestBuds

view all 37,87 comments

onedirectionfan1 look at harry !

kellyosbourne Best crew ❤️

onedirectionfan2 harry, nick, kelly and who’s the other girl ??

yourinstagram ❤️❤️

harrystyles Still hungover :(

onedirectionfan3 my baby having fun

liked by harrystyles, niallhoran and 208 others

yourinstagram my partner in crime 👯‍♀️

view all 53 comments

yourbestfriend i miss you !

annetwist ❤️❤️

nickgrimshaw Hollywood’s best kept secret does it again

harrystyles My head hurts, I need cuddles and an advil

liked by yourinstagram, ritaora and 1,097,837 others

harrystyles Thank you British Fashion Awards for having me x

view all 76,927 comments

harryfan1 HARRYYYYY

gemmastyles ❤️👀

harryfan2 why did he choose this pic?? anyway he’s so handsome

nickgrimshaw I see what you do

yourinstagram ❤️

harryfan3 look at him being a fashion icon

liked by annetwist, harrystyles and 218 others

yourinstagram we successfully dodged paparazzi and media at a crowded event again. we are pretty committed, aren’t we?

i love you and i’m proud of you ❤️ @harrystyles

view all 59 comments

annetwist And I’m proud of what you have, my babies !

niallhoran I love you mates

harrystyles I love you, thanks for being there

nickgrimshaw what if i sell y’all’s tea to TMZ

2015

liked by gemmastyles, glenne_c and 214 others

yourinstagram happy 21st my love ! thank for letting me be by your side and loving me the way you do, you’re an angel in disguise to all of us around you. can’t wait to celebrate you tonight ❤️

view all 53 comments

gemmastyles She’s beautiful and he’s.. there

caradelevingne tonight is going to be insane

annetwist My baby ❤️

harrystyles I love you, I’ll never say it enough.

nickgrimshaw That party you’re throwing better be good bc i’m flying out to LA just for it

liked by harryfan1, harryfan2 and 139,027 others

enews Harry Styles turns 21 with the A-list. Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, The Beckhams & more. Check the link in our bio to see who else was in attendance.

view all 18,927 comments

harryfan1 OMG !!

harryfan2 what if he’s dating gigi or kendall?

harryfan3 that brunette girl is always in the background but we don’t even know her name

harryfan4 i wish i was invited

liked by caradelevingne, yourinstagram and 3,029,637 others

harrystyles Thank you for the birthday wishes x

view all 78,927 comments

harryfan1 king of posting blurry pics

annetwist My baby ❤️

nickgrimshaw my lips are sealed… for now

↳ harryfan3 spill the tea about the party

yourinstagram ❤️

2016

liked by harryfan1, harryfan2 and 5,972 others

harryupdates Harry singing karaoke with a friend tonight ! Via nickgrimshaw

view all 985 comments

harryfan1 OMGGG

harryfan2 that looks a lot like gemma

harryfan3 oh to sing karaoke with harry

harryfan4 should we worry about this?

↳ harryfan5 nah i’m pretty sure that’s gemma

liked by annetwist, jefezoff and 207 others

yourinstagram we wish you a merry christmas and a happy new year 🥂

view all 55 comments

gemmastyles I miss you

nickgrimshaw thank you lads

↳ yourinstagram yeah not to you, you almost exposed us

↳ nickgrimshaw pls you’re dramatic

harrystyles Not to be corny but would you give me your heart next Christmas?

↳ yourinstagram HARRY THAT WAS SO BAD

2017

liked by yourinstagram, spaceykacey and 5,927,927 others

harrystyles It’s 2017.

view all 98,376 comments

harryfan1 HELLO HARRY??

gemmastyles ❤️

harryfan2 wait who is this

↳ harryfan3 gemma

nickgrimshaw Oh look at you

harryfan4 guys i don’t think that’s gemma

annetwist My babies ❤️

↳ harryfan2 her babies, that’s gemma

2018

liked by harryfan1, harryfan2 and 5,937 others

theharrytea okay so hear me out, harry and nick spent the day together today (we know that bc of this story) and then nick posted that tweet

i don’t want to jump into conclusions but what if harry is in a relationship????

view all 986 comments

harryfan1 OH

harryfan2 nah this is a reach

harryfan3 sometimes i feel like harry has a secret girlfriend or boyfriend because there’s no way this man has been single for 6 years now

harryfan4 this is either a confirmation or just a coincidence

2019

liked by harryfan1, harryfan2 and 6,927 others

harryupdates HARRY AT THE MET GALA AFTERPARTY !!!

view all 1,022 comments

harryfan1 AH OMGGGG

harryfan2 who’s the beret girl dancing with him

harryfan3 I WANT TO DANCE WITH HARRY TOO

harryfan4 beret girl is so lucky

harryfan5 did you see the other video where harry and beret girl are hugging?

harryfan6 isn’t beret girl gemma?

liked by harrystyles, yourinstagram and 1,698,837 others

iammarkronson Buddies. #MetBall

view all 73,927 comments

harryfan1 HARRYYYY

mileycyrus My angels 🤍

harryfan2 THERE’S BERET GIRL AGAIN

yourinstagram ❤️

harryfan3 harries are capable of hacking security cameras but can’t seem to find the identity of this beret girl that was cozy with harry the entire afterparty? 😭

↳ harryfan1 all i could i find is that apparently she has been seen with harry multiple times over the years

↳ harryfan2 WHO IS SHE

liked by gemmastyles, harrystyles and 218 others

yourinstagram beret girl had a blast at the met ball last night 🥳

view all 61 comments

glenne_c that’s my bestieeee

nickgrimshaw LMAO they caught you in 4K

↳ yourinstagram what do you mean, i’m just gemma styles 🥰

pillowpersonpp Beret girl is so iconic

harrystyles Love you, beret girl aka Gemma Styles x

gemmastyles My twin ❤️

2021

liked by harryfan1, harryfan2 and 297,837 others

celebrityleaks HARRY STYLES ENGAGED TO HIS LONGTERM GIRLFRIEND.

TMZ, Daily Mail, The Sun and multiple news outlets have confirmed that Harry Styles has proposed to his longterm girlfriend YN.

The couple has been dating since 2012 but kept their relationship hidden from the media for almost 9 years.

This news have shocked his millions of fans across the globe, however, some of them claim to recognize his now fiancée from different videos and sightings over the years.

What are your thoughts?

Pictures of the couple from 2013 and 2015.

view all 31,982 comments

harryfan1 im completely shocked

harryfan2 like wtf harry had a girlfriend all this time and now they’re getting MARRIED??

harryfan3 remember how i said that he probably had a secret girlfriend? well..

harryfan4 WHAT THE FUCK??

harryfan5 i don’t believe this lol

liked by yourinstagram, mileycyrus and 10,826,836 others

harrystyles Fiancée x

view all 102,736 comments

harryfan1 WTFFFFF

selenagomez CONGRATULATIONS ❤️

harryfan2 i haven’t moved from my spot in almost an hour

harryfan3 BERET GIRL ???

nickgrimshaw god fucking finally

↳ harryfan4 NICK KNEW ALL THIS TIME

annetwist So proud of you my babies 👏🏻❤️

harryfan4 it all makes sense now, she has always been in the background on every important event on harry’s career, there’s even some sneaky pics on harry’s insta where you can see her. OH GOD HES INSANE

2022

liked by harryfan1, harryfan2 and 5,854 others

harryupdates “It’s not like I was intentionally hiding my relationship from the public eye. My relationship was private, very private, but it was never a secret. My fiancée has been by my side for every milestone of my career, right next to me or my family, never hidden away. So no, it wasn’t me keeping this low profile because I was ashamed like you suggest” - Harry on the Howard Stern Show

LINK TO THE BLURB ABOUT THE INTERVIEW

view all 963 comments

harryfan1 oh now im pissed

harryfan2 i hate howard fr

harryfan3 harry was about to split him in half

harryfan4 that was hard to watch

liked by harrystyles, annetwist and 250 others

yourinstagram can you help us keep this secret for 9 years again?

view all 63 comments

nickgrimshaw still crying

gemmastyles MY BABIES 🥹❤️

annetwist Mr & Mrs Styles 🥂👏🏻

anthonypham 🥺

harrystyles I love keeping secrets with you x

jefezoff Look how far you’ve come

taglist: @cucciolafaerie @eleanordaisy @sunflowersndpeaches @golden-hoax @alienorknight @daydreamingofmatilda @sunflowervolume66 @vanteguccir @ivyproblems @ayeshathestyles @stylesmygucci i @gimsaysay @rosaliedepp @dontworrysunflower @milfrrynation @manifestrry @iceebabies @harrystylesrecs s @pleasingrryyy @harianaswhore @leadmetogarden @abeanontoast @grapejuice-rry @vrittivsanghavi @msolbesg @tati813 @sad1esgf @ivegotparticulartaste @eviesaurusrex @itsgabbysblog @theekyliepage @gumballavocadoharry y @watermelonsugacry @be-with-me-so-happily @a-strange-familiar @reveriehs @musicforcinemas @harrybabyyyyyyy @tinydeskwriter @noooovaaaaa @tenaciousperfectionunknown @mxltifxnd0m @rach2602 @balletdancerry @b-reads-things @juiceboxrry @lomlolivia @itsgigikay @goldensstateofgrace

#harry styles fake instagram #harry styles imagine #harry styles fanfiction #harry styles blurb #harry styles one shot #harry styles writing #harry styles fic #harry styles au #harry styles fake social media #harry styles story #harry styles x reader #harry styles x you #harry styles headcanon #harry styles fic rec #harrysfolklore #harry styles fluff #harry styles instagram concept #1k #hsfolklore archive

2K notes · View notes

mignonricciardo · 2 years

Text

formula one drivers as romance tropes pt. 1

so... the thought of f1 drivers as romance tropes had me in an absolute chokehold so here is part 1. I'm thinking of exploring some of these scenarios more, so let me know if there are certain ones you'd be interested in reading!!

UPDATE: part 2 is here!

warnings: teeth-rotting fluff at times, mentions of death associated with Charles section (it made me so sad to write he really has been through so much), probably teeth-grinding typos as this is currently unedited

in summary: I am whipped

childhood love: Carlos Sainz

both of your dads were rally drivers back in the day

you practically grew up together, spending time together running around and watching the races

sometimes he would hold your hand during the races and you would hold his when either of your fathers were leading

he was your first kiss when you were 11 years old, and your dad had caught the two of you and told Carlos Sainz Sr. immediately

the two fathers were secretly wishing for this moment since you had been babies

once you got older and Carlos went off on his racing career, the two of you drifted some

you always kept up with him though, checking for his results and texting him good luck before major races

you even sent him a good luck text when he started his first race with Ferrari, attaching a picture of the two of you wearing baseball hats with the prancing horse and missing front teeth

even after all those years, the two of you still thought about each other and the feeling of your hands interlocked at races

Carlos Sr. was scheming after his son drunkenly admitted he missed you and the father invited your family out for the Spanish GP

your dad couldn't wait to catch up with his old friend and see a grown Carlos Jr., but it made you nervous

when the Ferrari driver saw you, he was suddenly a kid again

things picked up where they had left off so many years before, holding hands at races and sneaking kisses when no one was watching

workplace romance: George Russell

being a new face at Mercedes means there’s a lot of names he needs to learn and people he needs to meet

there is one face he can’t forget though

George's introduction to the marketing team left him speechless as he couldn't look away from you

he was kicking himself, yelling at himself to be professional, but he couldn't help but find his eyes trailing back to you

before he had officially joined the team, you were appointed as part of his personal team, managing some of his partnerships

after a push of confidence by some of his friends and some of your co-workers who had noticed his gaze, he finally got the courage to initiate things

he slyly asked you to dinner, swearing it was simply a business meeting

when you ran out of business to talk about, you found yourself glued to the table, deep in conversation with the brit

you had learned about his karting days and some of his struggles at Williams

you told him about uni and missing home, especially watching rom coms with your mom

he wouldn't let you take a cab back to your place despite your protest and drove you back to your town home

he walked you in and you offered him tea, and somehow he ended up staying late to watch a movie, with you falling asleep as the credits began rolling

and so it continued

George would absolutely gloat about himself when he finally locked you down, laughing about how his charms got you

because of his gloating and his "charm" you make him break it to Toto and the executive team about your relationship

forced proximity: Daniel Ricciardo

when your best friend marries daniel’s best friend, shenanigans and heavy flirtations follow

Daniel was the best man and you were the maid of honor

it's a destination wedding, so you're spending a week with the wedding party

you're paired with Daniel for wedding activities, but somehow you end up near him for absolutely everything

breakfast? you bump into him in line before he sits at the table next to you

gym? he comes into the gym halfway through your run and somehow ends up in the sauna too

club? you're situated next to him in the cramped limo, the side of your thighs brushing his with every jostle

sunrise at the beach? you thought it'd be quiet and all to yourself, but as you trek over the dune, you see familiar curly hair sprawled across a towel as orange blossoms across the horizon

he'd pat the spot next to him when he saw you on the beach, and you thought he'd be talkative, but instead the two of you watched in silent awe as the sun bid good morning

something about this moment causes a shift in the way you see him, and suddenly you're grateful for the run-ins all week

he flirts with you throughout the week, laughing when you blush at his comments

when he finally sees you before the ceremony, he is speechless, complimenting you when you link arms

your newly-wed friends insisted on a dance together at their reception, and Daniel chose suit and tie by Justin Timberlake

he would catch the garter and you the bouquet...

sometimes wives tales are true

fake relationship: Lewis Hamilton

Lewis wants the pressure off his back, so he asks a mutual friend for some help

it started halfway through the 2021 season when the media would only talk about his rivalry with Max

the pressure was starting to get to him, so someone suggested that a relationship would focus the media on that instead of his performance constantly

you were friends, and he knew he could trust you, plus you were an enigma to the media with a low profile and private social media presence

it started as just a few "secret" outings for speculation

sometimes you went to a fancy dinner and he'd pull your chair out for you

or he'd be seen leaving a race with flowers in his hand

leading up to Abu Dhabi, he took you out to dinner more frequently, and you'd laugh when you saw the pictures the next day

following the end of the season, you worried about him, but decided to give him space

he called you a few days after the race, asking if he could pick you up and you agreed, excited to see him and hoping for a smile

he took you on a drive, never taking you somewhere public as you anticipated to be snapped by paparazzi or fans

ignoring this, you enjoyed yourself with him, finding ease in his gentle laughter

the cycle repeated of him calling you and going for a drive or a hike, and sometimes he'd hold your hand in the car and steady you on a rocky hike by gripping your hips

finally, when he kissed you as he dropped you off at your secluded home, you knew it was more than a publicity stunt

he smiled as you invited him in, laughing when you promised no paparazzi were waiting

second chance: Sebastian vettel

years have passed and people have changed

when you first dated Sebastian, he was the hottest driver in F1 coming off his first world championship with Red Bull

those days were wild, and the two of you were just kids trying to find your way in a massive world

there was a lot of pressure - from his team, the media, your parents

ultimately, things soured, and as Sebastian prepared to move on to Ferrari, you prepared to move on from the turbulent world of F1

it was mutual, but that didn't make the goodbye any easier

fast forward six years, and your new job had brought you into managing partnerships for McLaren

you had gotten away with avoiding the races, but you could only stay away for so long before the roar of engines called you back

your first race back, you had avoided being in the paddock as much as possible for fear of running into your former flame

things were not terrible between the two of you, but so much time had passed and people had changed that you only really spoke through happy birthday and happy holiday texts

by the time your third race rolled around, the inevitable happened

he saw you in the hospitality area, and he did a double-take because why didn't you tell him you were back in the world of F1

he waited to approach you, trying to sort his own feelings before he could speak, but when he saw you walking through the paddock, memories came flooding back to him

he found himself in front of you with an open jaw, unable to say much besides a gentle 'hi, what are you doing here?'

after multiple dinners and sneaky hotel visits of catching up and reminiscing of what he called the good old days, it was like nothing had changed

he admitted first that he had missed you all this time, but when you echoed his sentiment, he felt like he could breathe easy for the first time since you left

soulmates: Charles Leclerc

following Jules’ accident, Charles changes until Anthoine’s passing reminds him to live

you and Charles had been high school sweethearts

your families were friends, and you had known him growing up until things became romantic when you were both 15

it was a dream really, everything was too good to be true

when Jules passed, he shut down and pushed you away, and while you understood where he was coming from, you couldn't pretend it didn't still hurt

so you promised to still be there for him, and you promised to remain his friend, but Charles' walls closed off any romance that may have remained

when your mother called and told you of his father's passing, your heart sank for him - he was just a kid still and had lost two role models

you reached out to him, and when you saw him in the church, black covering his body, it was like nothing had changed

so you stood by his side, and even though it hurt to know those walls were only reenforced, you couldn't blame him

your hands found each other throughout the day, a source of strength in the face of everything

and so it went, with more frequent phone calls and check-ins, but never crossing that line

this time, one of your friends called you with news of Anthoine's accident, and you were calling Charles, leaving messages and texts before you even realized it

when he returned home, you were waiting at his door, and he dropped his bags when he saw you, tears falling when you wrapped him in your arms

after sharing his grief from over the years, he shared his newfound perspective on life, admitting that he wished he had never shut you out

tears were shed and kisses shared, lingering touches filling the spaces words couldn't

brother’s best friend: Lando Norris

your brother had been friends with the Quadrant team for a while, having known Lando and Max since their karting days

he had always seen you as his annoying twin sister, but Lando liked when you would join them when they all hung out

you could always put your brother in his place, and Lando and Max admired how you could sass him into shutting up when no one else could even phase him

when they were boys, the three of them would complain about homework and school, proclaiming they didn't care because they would be famous one day, but Lando secretly wanted to do well still

the younger versions of your brother and Max teased him when they found the two of you talking about your recently read books in the kitchen instead of bringing them the snacks you had promised more than 10 minutes before

you didn't see the two of them as often when you became teenagers, but you kept up with them via text and facetime

you saw more of the two drivers when you moved to London for uni, especially when Max moved in with Lando

your brother had joined Quadrant and it felt like you were kids again, except this time they didn't tease you and Lando when you were caught in the kitchen or living room talking about books or music or video games

instead, they secretly had hoped the two of you would finally see each other romantically, and sometimes they'd drop subtle comments to see whose ears or cheeks would turn red

it finally happened on a Twitch stream when the Quadrant crew was playing skribble.io

your name had appeared for your brother to draw, and Max promptly typed Lando's crush into the chat, leading the McLaren driver to turn red and jumbling his words as the the entire team teased him

once you heard about the moment, your own cheeks turned red

your brother ultimately was the one who pushed Lando into making a move, assuring him he would hurt him and his chances at a world championship if he ever broke your heart

#formula one imagine #daniel ricciardo imagine #lando norris imagine #carlos sainz imagine #charles leclerc imagine #sebastian vettel imagines #lewis hamilton imagines #george russell imagine #formula 1 imagine #f1 drivers

1K notes · View notes

princessfbi · 3 years

Note

8 & 64? :) only if it inspires you!

Hospital AU + Star Crossed Lovers

Imma cheat a little but here we go.

First Lines:

The Brits were kind of snobs but in like... a really polite, well-meaning kind of way. They were both fascinated and appalled that Buck hailed from the great disappointingt state, Pennsylvania. They drank tea instead of coffee. They talked about the dullness of their houses in the country but missed them when they were in the city. And the breakfast?

Buck didn't know what they had against cereal and toast but apparently it was something deeply personal.

But they meant well and the family and doctors he was working with cared deeply for the soldiers that came into the grand estate turned officers' hospital.

Premise:

It's 1942 and the world is tired of the World War that came after the war that was supposed to end all wars. Buck wanted nothing more than to join in the fight but his injured leg kept him from the frontlines. Instead, he was sent to England to provide much needed medical aid as a nurse with Chimney. While there Buck gets called to help with a patient. An American soldier who was recovering from losing his sight and wouldn't speak to anyone.

Eddie is... shut down and isolating himself from anyone including the bubbly nurse who has no idea what it's like out there. Haunted by nightmares with no reprieve from the darkness after an explosion very may have taken his sight, Eddie isn't interested in what the weather is like or or whatever was happening in the book the upper class snobs had in their stupid library. But soon Eddie learns that despite appearances, Buck comes with his own nightmares.

They find solace from the darkness with each other and soon the light comes back into Eddie's vision. The first thing he sees is Buck and he's... beautiful. Eddie had been stuck in this godforsaken war for too long but Buck? Buck was like that first summer before the world went to shit. Buck's smile was like the sun on his skin instead of mud, sweat, and blood. Buck was a whisper in the night when Eddie felt alone and broken. Buck is...

Buck saves him.

And then Eddie gets called back to the front.

Additional Notes:

Eddie writes when he can but sometimes letter get lost

Eddie tells Buck about Paris and what it must look like during Christmas

Buck tells Eddie nothing beats Christmas in the Midwest

Eddie claims Christmas in Texas is superior

They agree to dream of seeing if Christmas in Paris beats out either when this damn war is over

Then at some point the letters stop

And Buck hears that Eddie's unit was ambushed and he was MIA assumed KIA

Buck continues in his duties but it's like a part of him is gone

When the war ends he doesn't know what to do because he doesn't have a home to go back to

He and Chimney meet up with Bobby and Hen and Maddie but they can all tell Buck's a little broken

He tries to hide it

But come Christmas time Buck decides to follow up on the promise he made with Eddie and gets a ticket to Paris

He spends most of his time seeing the sights and trying not to remember the harsh memories

He meets up with some friends he made in England

It's beautiful but he feels like he sees Eddie everywhere

Maybe it was a mistake to come

Then on Christmas Eve, Buck sees Paris in snow and he knows Eddie would love it

He does but Eddie thinks it's better with Buck

SURPRISE Eddie survived but when he was able to get back to the hospital estate in England, Buck was already gone and he'd been trying to track Buck down ever since

He had a feeling or a hope really that Buck would come like they promised

Buck's crying and they embrace in the snow

Send me two (2) tropes from this list + a ship and I’ll describe how I’d combine them in the same story.

#evan 'buck' buckley #Eddie Diaz #Buddie #Buddie fic #ask game #becominglionhearted #answered #WW2 AU #Hospital AU #Star crossed lovers #I cheated but I do what I want #my fic writing

43 notes · View notes

wearevillaneve · 4 years

Text

Luke Jennings Spills the Tea on how “Codename: Villanelle” became “Killing Eve.”

(photo: Nick Fallowfield-Cooper )

Last week, Luke Jennings, the journalist and writer whose Codename: Villanelle Kindle novella’s spawned the BBCAmerica television hit, Killing Eve, joined a Zoom chat with the Killing Eve Facebook Group to field questions about his creation and colorful characters. Near the end (fast forward to the 1:13 mark) of the chat, Jennings was asked by one of the moderators, how Codename: Villanelle morphed into the radically different name of Killing Eve. “What happened for ages, Phoebe and I and the producers just talked about Villanelle. That was what we called the project.”

“When BBCAmerica commissioned it they said two things: ‘Eve has to be an American in the TV series. The Brits can have the psychopath. She can be a British actress, but we have to have an American actress as Eve because ‘Eve is good. Eve must be an American.’

The second thing they said is ‘Eve’s name must be in the title. It must be something with “Eve.”

None of us had considered that. Phoebe and I had two days to come up with a title and we literally went though every single kind of combination of things that you could do with the name Eve.

Eventually, on the second morning I just wrote down the words, ‘Killing Eve’ and I sent it to Phoebe.

I said, “I have no idea what this means, but what do you think?”

She said, “Yeah, I don’t know what it means either, but it’s right.”

“That’s how it came about. What “Killing Eve” actually means people have all kinds of theories, but Phoebe and I just thought it sounded right.” And there you have it from the man himself. The fandom can and has debated, analyzed, theorized and waxes poetic on what the “Killing” in Killing Eve actually means. Is it the metamorphosis of the nice, normal and boringly heterosexual Eve Polastri, into the not-so-nice, abnormal, slightly murderous and not as straight as she thought she was Eve Polastri, who emerges with the hots for a blonde assassin with delicate features and developing a kink for knives and crushing the ribs of old women?

Or is Killing Eve simply the best idea Jennings could come up over 48 hrs and it sounded catchy when you say it out loud?

There are laboriously elaborate master plans that spool out over time and succeed beyond the designer’s wildest dreams. Then, there’s those happy accidents when your back is against the wall and you just have to pull something out of your ass and hope its presentable. This is a case of the latter, not the former. Jennings is incredibly lucky to be one of the select few writers who not only get a work of fiction brought to life by talented people like Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodina and too many other writers, directors, technicians, and actors to mention as well as producer Sally Woodward-Gentle and former AMC president, Sarah Barnett. He had the inspiration, but it’s a collaboration that brought it to creation. More than a few authors have been public with their displeasure with how their works turned out in the jump from the written word to the lens of the camera, but unlike Stephen King, Alan Moore, John Grisham or Anne Rice, Jennings isn’t going to raise hell over the drastic changes made to Codename: Villanelle. It’s a clunky, cliched title, and BBCAmerica chose to make the protagonist the agent instead of the assassin. We can argue if that was really the right way to go, but from the results, the show itself doesn’t seem to have suffered from the asinine assertion by some suits that because Eve is the “good” one, it is mandated her name goes in the title, because she’s the “hero.”

Eve is nobody’s hero.

But does it really matter? Jennings created something more than a variation on the old spy game trope. He created the basis for a global sensation that has inspired art, prose, video and a worldwide fandom that didn’t even exist four years ago. He revived the careers of Oh and Shaw and set Comer on a path to superstardom. As accomplishments go, that’s not too shabby.

Killing Eve has eclipsed the success of its source material, but if not for the active imagination of one British dance critic, you wouldn’t be reading this because I never would have written it.

“You’re never going to love everything you see, but it takes 200 people to make a TV series and one person to write a novel, so it’s a very different kind of animal.” Jennings said in an interview with The National News.

“There comes a point when you simply have to let go and let the TV series become what it’s going to become.”

#Killing Eve #Luke Jennings #bbc america #bbc killing eve #Phoebe Waller-Bridge #codename villanelle #name of the game #ke analysis

19 notes · View notes

the-wandering-whumper · 6 years

Note

A different Brit here, that ask confused the crap out of me and me being crap at geography, I honest thought that Yeehaw land was a place and now I feel like a right numpty. My bad.😶If it helps, and anybody wants their own back, I have an American friend that likes to call me and my other British friends Teatea heads as in titty heads, although the jokes on him really because I find tea absolutely revolting. (So I guess that's my tat for today, a poorly whumpee spilling tea all over the floor)

😂 😂 😂 this ask just made my day. Thank you, Nonny. And I love the trope!

#tat #whump words

24 notes · View notes

kidulthoodreviews-blog · 5 years

Text

Shaun of the Dead (Edgar Wright, 2004)

Shaun of the Dead is much more than just your average horror spoof: this is a genuinely funny, well-made horror comedy with an introspective, relatable British spin.

Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead presents us with the everyman character of Shaun (Simon Pegg). Living out his repetitive life of complacently; going to the same shop every morning, working his mundane job, and ending his day at the bottom of a pint glass. However, things began to change quickly, little to Shaun’s hilariously delayed realisation, with a zombie apocalypse brewing around him. Alongside his flatmate, best mate, and only mate, Ed (Nick Frost), Shaun devises his master plan: to rescue his mother, win back his girlfriend, and head to The Winchester, ‘to have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this all to blow over’.

Upon revisiting this film in my adult years, it became apparent that I had previously viewed this film from a passive perspective, taking the film at face value and simply enjoying it for the great fun it is; a fantastic experience in itself. Shaun of the Deadcan be interpreted to carry a sub-textual critique of modern British society. Shaun already lives in a world of where the people have been zombified; where lifeless commuters head to work in their dull, repetitive jobs, where people are slaves to technology, mindlessly living through their televisions, phones and gaming consoles, living their life on autopilot. This world is a reflection of Shaun himself; he says he wants to make change in his life, yet he does nothing about it. It takes the literal onslaught of the undead to pull him out of the metaphorical zombified state he had been existing in for years. The visual comedy of seeing this apocalypse unfolding around Shaun as he continues his mundane life so nonchalantly is captivatingly amusing. He is blissfully unaware of the fact his fellow community members are becoming more than just figurative zombies. It takes a vinyl-throwing, mug-smashing fight to the death against zombies for Shaun and Ed to realise that something is not be right; mulling over the incident over a cup of tea and a cornetto whilst splattered with blood, as is a normal British Sunday. This sends a message drawing back to these modern societal issues, demonstrating that we are have been conditioned to be oblivious to our own zombification, like robots becoming aware of their artificial, automated existence.

Relatability is a constant in Shaun of the Dead . When the face of Channel Four’s, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, appears on the screen reporting the carnage, it feels like this could all be happening around the corner; proving that small details can make big impacts. The Britishness of the humour instantly identifiable, from self-deprecating jokes to offensive banter, Shaun of the Dead embodies the humour in the lived experienced of working - class Britain. Its comedic parodying of horror film conventions is witty and memorable. In the build up to Shaun and Ed discovering they are in the wake of Armageddon, they are in their local pub sipping their pints of lager after last orders. The lights are dim, the music stopped, and in a hushed voice, Ed is telling the tales of the enigmatic people around the bar. The atmosphere becomes mysterious and our attention focused. Ed concludes by noting that life could be worse and that it’s not the end of the world, which is followed by a timely loud bang on the window, with the silhouette of a zombie scratching at the glass, along with the familiar moan of the undead. The atmospheric tension is at its climax, we wait in anticipation to how our protagonists will react; will the scene continue on its intense, dramatic path? Nope. Instead, they innocently laugh and presume he’s just a fellow binge drinking Brit at the end of a night out. This hilarious presumption of theirs continues on their walk home, as they presume a zombie mauling a man’s neck to be a drunk couple getting too frisky, and become involved in a hilarious drunken sing off with a zombie, whom they assume simply to be extremely drunk and bad singer. British culture and stereotypes are also scoured, from binge drinking, such as in the scene above, to relatable scenarios, such as the British etiquette of not interrupting someone mid-sentence. Shaun, of course, takes this to a new height when he’s too polite to interrupt a female admirer of his, even though there are apocalyptic events occurring in the background.

Edgar Wright’s love of horror movies shines through in this outstandingly British horror comedy. As said by Edgar himself; “it is essentially a horror comedy more than a spoof, because the comedy is funny and the horror is horrible” (E. Wright quoted in Tribute.ca, 2004). All of the tropes you’d expect to find in a zombie horror movie are woven into the narrative, in perfect combination with comedy, an introspective subtext, and a masterclass in filmmaking. If you’re a fan of horror, watch it, if you’re a fan of comedy, watch it… if you’re British, watch it; this is cult classic that has stood strong in the test of time.

REFERENCES

Tribute.ca. (2004). EDGAR WRIGHT - SHAUN OF THE DEAD Interview (2004). [online] Available at: https://www.tribute.ca/interviews/edgar-wright-shaun-of-the-dead/director/9316/ [Accessed 6 Jan. 2019].

Shaun of the Dead . (2004). [DVD] Directed by E. Wright. United Kingdom: StudioCanal, Working Title Films.

#shaun of the dead #edgar wright #film review #kidulthood

2 notes · View notes

inspectorspacetimerevisited · 3 months

Text

Only the Inspector would think to use hot tea in a device

designed to defeat the Sergeant’s plot, all because of the supercharging effects of tannins that made the latter’s minions docile.

#Inspector Spacetime #Brits Love Tea (trope)#Brits Love Tea #the Inspector (character)#only the Inspector #would think to use #hot tea #a cuppa #in a device #designed to defeat #the Sergeant (character)#the Sergeant's plot #supercharging effects #tannins #tannins in tea #rendered the Sergeant's minions docile

0 notes

easyfoodnetwork · 4 years

Text

The Ultimate Guide to Fruity, Milky, and Other Exciting Specialty Drinks

What to get in the drinks aisle of an international grocery store? Consider these.

I’ve always found joy in the little things in life — the smell of a new book, blank stationery, and a small soft drink carton waiting for me in the fridge. I never outgrew these joys, and I invested in my soft drink passion especially. I know, I know, there is a common trope about millennials who infantilize themselves because society won’t let them buy houses and save money, and I agree! But the quest for gourmet soda is particularly exciting. The reward? A salve at the end of the day.

As my journey in life takes me to more and more international grocery stores, I’ve ventured farther into the beverage aisles, and when the cool air of the fridge hits my face, I edge closer to the fluorescent light and reach toward the cold carton, bottle, or can of a new or familiar joy. Sure, you can always get something alcoholic, but for those of us who don’t want to exacerbate our GERD (hello, 30s), are addicted to sugar, or don’t want to spend more than $5, there is the wonderful world of speciality soft drinks. First, some general tips:

1) Find an international grocery store or immigrant-owned bodega

Chances are you won’t find specialty sodas and juices at Target or Walmart unless they’re manufactured by an American brand. Look up Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Middle Eastern, Mexican, and Chinese grocery stores (or any other kind!) in your area. While you’re there, pick up some pantry staples and make sure you’re respectful of the other shoppers. If you live by an immigrant-owned bodega, take a closer look at their shelves.

2) Don’t be a coward

Just because you can’t read the language on the packaging of a drink, and just because you’ve never had it before, doesn’t mean it’s a mystery of the vast unknown. Be brave! You could end up discovering your holy grail drink! And if you hate it, that’s also okay. It’s not going to cost you much to find out. If you’re really curious, though, there’s sometimes an import sticker that states what it is in English.

3) Look for the beverages in the fridge and on the shelves

There are instances when those working the stores haven’t had the time to fill up the fridge. Be mindful of stacked cartons or bottles around the store, where potential new favorites could be hiding out. Other kinds of drinks will be placed not in the fridges but on dry shelves in the interior of the store.

4) Once you find a favorite, take a picture of the packaging

Be sure to take a picture of something you really liked for future visits and file it into a folder on your phone — it’ll help you repurchase your favorites and also prevent any mix-ups between similarly shaped or designed bottles.

The ones to know:

Here are very few of my personal favorites, split into the categories of “fruity” and “milky.” Fruity drinks are evergreen, but especially appropriate for the times when you want the feeling of summer. Milky drinks are a little more substantial, better suited for the days when you’re craving something closer to a dessert.

Fruity

Suntory honey lemon

My holy grail of fruity drinks. I have only had the luck of having this once in my life, and I have been searching for it ever since. Achieving the perfect balance of sweet and sour, it feels familiar (because it’s honey and lemon) but also completely new because it doesn’t remind you of that familiar cold/flu combo. Like all excellent soft drinks, it has a sophistication from the first to the last sip.

Taisun winter melon drink

Winter melon (aka white gourd) is popular in Taiwan and has got to be the best double agent of all time. In its raw form, it tastes pretty neutral, which makes it well-suited as a savory vegetable dish. Once you add sugar to its juices, though, it transforms, giving off burnt caramel notes that makes it the most dessert-like fruit drink maybe ever. It’s in my top five of all time. I have consumed plenty of Taisun cans, and I hereby encourage everyone to try my regular boba order (winter melon tea with salty foam) if it’s your first time.

Suntory Gokuri grapefruit

Again with another heavyweight, Suntory offers us Gokuri. As well as having the sexiest packaging (aluminum tinned bottles, generous girth, amazing colors and design), it also is the best citrus soda. Its grapefruit and cassis an orange flavors are clear winners, and the peach flavor is also good (though I usually prefer a non-carbonated peach).

Rubicon

Sing it with me now: lychee, mango, guava, passionfruit. If my childhood were a table, these four would be its legs. Though these drinks are common in the U.K., they’re a little harder to come by in NYC, where I’m located now. Somewhere in between juice and lassi, Rubicon’s drinks are sweet, thick in consistency, and truly a delight to all those who have an affinity for — yes — lychee, mango, guava, and passionfruit. Get them anywhere you can, most likely at a South Asian grocery store, and for the love of god, don’t buy the sparkling versions.

San Pellegrino prickly pear and orange

The blood orange flavor of these foil-wrapped cans gets a lot of airtime with soft drink enthusiasts, but o-ho! Let me tell you about the rare and best flavor of San Pellegrino. Prickly pear, also known as nopal, is a cactus that can be used in savory cooking but also eaten as a fruit. This flavor sets itself apart from other San Pellegrino varieties in that it doesn’t taste as artificial, which is hard to achieve with carbonated sodas.

Bruce Cost jasmine green tea ginger ale

I never really understood the love for ginger ale until I tried Bruce Cost’s. With other ginger ales, the ginger is too strong, or the sugar too sweet to counteract the ginger, but the beauty of Bruce Cost’s ginger ale is that it’s infused with flavors that you wouldn’t think would work — and yet they do. Jasmine green tea is amazing all by itself, but with the ginger ale flavor, it’s a perfect union.

Ikea elderflower drink/Belvoir elderflower presse or cordial

Elderflower is popular around northwestern and central Europe, and has a distinctly elegant taste that is a heavy-hitter by itself and with cocktails. If your store has a specialty shelf dedicated to the friends across the pond, you may have some luck in finding Belvoir, an elderflower cordial popular with us Brits. If not, perhaps you can scoop a carton or bottle of “Dryk Flader” next time you’re at Ikea trying to satisfy your meatball craving.

Suanmeitang (Chinese sour plum juice)

If, like me, your only experience of plum juice is to fix some… uh… bowel issues, then I understand the hesitation with trying suanmeitang. But this is an all-around winner: a sweet, sour, and very slightly salty plum juice, in an adorable bottle, that, yes, helps with digestion — because bowel movement is important! Grow up! You can likely find suanmeitang at most Chinese grocery stores.

Milky

Vitasoy black sesame

If you’ve ever been to HMart or an East Asian supermarket, you might have seen these cartons in a variety of colors to denote different flavors. But nothing reigns more supreme than the black sesame flavor: A milky backdrop complements the nuttiness of the black sesame and makes for a great drinkable dessert.

Marusan Hojicha milk tea

Milk tea is tea leaves steeped in milk in various combinations. You have oolong, darjeeling, and other forms (which I encourage you to try if you haven’t), but hojicha is my personal favorite. Hojicha is the more elegant sister of matcha: Whereas matcha leans more fresh and grassy, hojicha is the roasted version, and provides a deeper and earthier flavor. I recommend finding hojicha leaves and having them for hot tea (or finding sachets for a hojicha instant latte), but if you want a soothing cold version, hojicha milk tea in the carton is unbeatable. Marusan’s uses soy milk, which helps with any lactose intolerance.

Yakult probiotic drink

A legend, an icon. Nothing can replace the tangy sweetness of this watery liquid. She mainstreamed and we still love her. Does she actually help with good gut bacteria? Do we care either way?

T.Grand Assam milk tea

Assam tea is produced in Assam, India, and it’s a pretty singular black tea flavor. It tastes a little bit like fragrant burnt sugar or earthy caramel. Adding milk nestles that flavor into your palate and imparts an astounding flavor somewhere between creamy and fruity, floral and nutty. It has crisp notes, much like oolong, but the taste itself is rounded out. I prefer T.Grand’s version, partly because of its “My Way My Life My Milk Tea” caption on the cartons (damn straight!), but UCC has Assam milk tea too.

Bikkle yogurt drink

For those who need a little more of Yakult, and the tiny bottles simply don’t hit, we have Bikkle’s yogurt drink. Much like Calpis, it’s a yogurt drink that tastes less like lactose and more like a kind of sugar that does something to the pleasure center of the brain. It has a better taste and consistency than Calpis, and does not give me a tummy ache, so it’s a win all-around.

• Get Yourself a Specialty Soda, as a Treat [E]

from Eater - All https://ift.tt/3fh1oJh https://ift.tt/2XfgsB8

What to get in the drinks aisle of an international grocery store? Consider these.

1) Find an international grocery store or immigrant-owned bodega

2) Don’t be a coward

3) Look for the beverages in the fridge and on the shelves

4) Once you find a favorite, take a picture of the packaging

The ones to know:

Fruity

Suntory honey lemon

Taisun winter melon drink

Suntory Gokuri grapefruit

Rubicon

San Pellegrino prickly pear and orange

Bruce Cost jasmine green tea ginger ale

Ikea elderflower drink/Belvoir elderflower presse or cordial

Suanmeitang (Chinese sour plum juice)

Milky

Vitasoy black sesame

Marusan Hojicha milk tea

Yakult probiotic drink

A legend, an icon. Nothing can replace the tangy sweetness of this watery liquid. She mainstreamed and we still love her. Does she actually help with good gut bacteria? Do we care either way?

T.Grand Assam milk tea

Bikkle yogurt drink

• Get Yourself a Specialty Soda, as a Treat [E]

from Eater - All https://ift.tt/3fh1oJh via Blogger https://ift.tt/3fgFS7A

#Blogger #cooking #Eater #food #recipes

0 notes

funakounasoul · 6 years

Text

My Personal 10 Fave Webcomics I Read in 2017

So there was this post making the rounds from Vice (yeah I know) about some "journalist's" top 10 comics from 2017 that instantly boiled down to "there were no good comics". The comic community - mainstream and indie alike - were furious. My reaction was to make my own list. I read when I could since I have my own stuff that I was working on, but I read some neat webcomics this year. Some were started this year while most have been going on for a while and are still in-progress. So, below the cut, I shall share my top 10 (in no particular order):

Slightly Damned by Chu - I’ve actually been reading this one since 2007 (Leigh introduced me to it) BUT we both started a major re-read this year, especially since a major event was going on for a while. This one bases itself around the classic “Angel vs Devil” trope, but does twist it around and also includes other races that are caught in the middle. It’s got its hilarious moments but then gives you such mood whiplashes that you better be strapped onto your chair when you read this or your head will fly.

Missing Monday by Elle Skinner - I TECHNICALLY picked this one up late 2016 (so I may as well count it as a 2017 fave, especially as the story got REAL interesting in this past year!)...though little known fact - I was commissioned by the creator to draw the main couple back in 2014, and that’s where the interest began~ This one is a low fantasy, wlw tale involving time/dimensional traveling and some bargaining with dubious creatures~

Nwain: The Night Who Wandered Dream by Terrana Cliff - This one’s really unique. It’s an animated comic (not a Flash comic, but like, each panel is a bit of a storyboarded-style animation). But what really caught my attention was the curious cast of characters. From the eponymous, quick-witted knight from another time, to the cute robot mouse and (currently) a wild cast of contestants from various lands...Their personalities are so colorful and...well..animated!

Radio Silence by Vanessa Stefaniuk - I love music, so I was instantly attracted to this comic. It’s a slice of life, kinda dramatic at times tale of a British rock band that’s trying to make it big, the trials and tribulations involving such things. Something unique about this one is that the band’s songs are legit composed by a relative of the creator, so whenever you see lyrics with music notes...it’s a proper composition. And also major props to Vanessa for doing SO MUCH research on the locations involved in the story. It’s fictionalized, but despite being Canadian, it really feels like it’s a story being told by Brits (and a Scottish lass and a German guy)!

Heroic Shenanigans by Haley Martin - This one shows off where superhero kids go to train and also socialize in a summer camp-like setting. It’s silly but it’s got a little something underneath it all...agendas and questions and whatnot. But overall, a fun tale of three kids coming of age, so to speak.

Magi Soldat by Star Sumiaki - You like anime? Especially the anime of the 80s and 90s? Magical girls and technology? Then you should check this comic out (that is also read AND paged like a manga, so definitely pay attention to those page arrows!). Earth’s in danger, and it’s up to some unlikely “chosen ones” to learn how to use their new powers and save mankind! And yes, hilarity ensues. (And why, yes, that IS Miko in one of the most recent updates~)

Lavender Tea by Joichi - If you have known me for a period of time, you know I tend to lean more toward wlw and/or female-centric stories in general. This one, which focuses on two boys, actually caught my attention! It’s cute, fluffy, it’s SO unlike the typical BL stuff that tends to make me go elsewhere. Just a simple tale about two boys, and one already has a crush on the other (as far as I know from what I’ve read so far).

Junk Hyenas Diner by Chu - Yes, another one by Chu! I found this one just this year and it’s another great read. Much simpler than Slightly Damned, and it’s a B&W comic, but who cares? It’s still got Chu’s brand of funny. This one is a sci-fi-ish series of random events that take place around a diner run by some mutant hyenas and their robot friend.

MoonSlayer by Mónica N. Galván - R-RATING WARNING FOR THIS ONE. It’s a high fantasy tale of a girl who is trying to write her own destiny because her original one is a terrible one (like, REALLY terrible, not just run-of-the-mill stuff like crappy parents). I haven’t been able to catch up in the latter half of this year, but the story that I’ve read so far has been SO captivating, especially seeing how this girl grows up with so different influences in her life.

Vatican Assassins by MJ Massey - Literally read this one just last week and caught up THAT fast. It’s got demon hunters (see why I got interested so fast? lol) but with a Catholic theme - the hunters work for the Vatican, and pray to saints for battle blessings and the like. They are also mostly a bunch of teenagers, so it’s got teenager problems and conflicts alongside the demon hunting plot, which gives it a bit of a relatable touch since most anyone has experienced, in some way or another, some typical teenager issues.

....And that’s it for this year’s list. I still have quite a bit of a list to go through. I definitely didn’t get to all the titles I wanted to read....so I hope to start reading more titles in 2018! Maybe my list will grow! Also, you definitely should check these out, and maybe make your own lists, even if you’re just a reader. We love hearing recommendations!

#webcomics #recommendations

1 note · View note

instantdeerlover · 4 years

Text

The Ultimate Guide to Fruity, Milky, and Other Exciting Specialty Drinks added to Google Docs

The Ultimate Guide to Fruity, Milky, and Other Exciting Specialty Drinks

Unsure what to get in the drinks aisle of an international grocery store? Consider these.

1) Find an international grocery store or immigrant-owned bodega

2) Don’t be a coward

3) Look for the beverages in the fridge and on the shelves

4) Once you find a favorite, take a picture of the packaging

The ones to know:

Fruity

Suntory honey lemon

Taisun winter melon drink

Suntory Gokuri grapefruit

Rubicon

San Pellegrino prickly pear and orange

Bruce Cost jasmine green tea ginger ale

Ikea elderflower drink/Belvoir elderflower presse or cordial

Suanmeitang (Chinese sour plum juice)

Milky

Vitasoy black sesame

Marusan Hojicha milk tea

Yakult probiotic drink

A legend, an icon. Nothing can replace the tangy sweetness of this watery liquid. She mainstreamed and we still love her. Does she actually help with good gut bacteria? Do we care either way?

T.Grand Assam milk tea

Bikkle yogurt drink

• Get Yourself a Specialty Soda, as a Treat [E]

via Eater - All https://www.eater.com/21347271/best-specialty-drinks-sodas-international-suntory-honey-lemon-yakult

Created July 31, 2020 at 11:26PM /huong sen View Google Doc Nhà hàng Hương Sen chuyên buffet hải sản cao cấp✅ Tổ chức tiệc cưới✅ Hội nghị, hội thảo✅ Tiệc lưu động✅ Sự kiện mang tầm cỡ quốc gia 52 Phố Miếu Đầm, Mễ Trì, Nam Từ Liêm, Hà Nội http://huongsen.vn/ 0904988999 http://huongsen.vn/to-chuc-tiec-hoi-nghi/ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xa6sRugRZk4MDSyctcqusGYBv1lXYkrF

0 notes

lindyhunt · 6 years

Text

Meet the Man Redefining the Classic Mulberry Look

It’s a 10°C February day in London, and Johnny Coca is freezing. So much so that the bearded, silver-hoop-wearing Spaniard is kitted out in a Mackage puffer jacket when I meet him at Spencer House, the site for his Spring 2018 see-now-buy-now show the following day.

A quick tour of the 18th-century townhouse built for the first Earl Spencer (an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales) puts one in mind of British aristocracy, formal tea parties and elaborate china and crystal place settings at dinner, which seems apt for a brand steeped in ye olde British charm. But when I return the next day for the show, I’m guided right through the mansion and out the back doors, past a pink wall dressed in roses, hydrangeas and tulips and into a stark circular space awash in millennial pink and covered in mirrors, reflections of the showgoers bouncing off them every which way.

Divine colours and angles – A few weeks ago some of our YR3 students were help set up Mulberry’s SS18 retail experience at LFW ‘Beyond Heritage’ . . . #visualmerchandising #vm #fashion #FBBM #fbbm18 #fashionbuying #studylondon

A post shared by FBBM (@fashionbuying_ravensbourne) on Mar 22, 2018 at 12:51am PDT

This paradox between old-world sophistication and youthful eccentricity is an accurate description of Mulberry’s new outlook with Coca at the helm. With stints at Céline, Bally and Louis Vuitton behind him, the designer—who took over at Mulberry in 2015—brings an intuitive understanding of form, structure and construction to the house, as well as a playful and iconoclastic perspective.

“When I arrived at the company, I began thinking about the best way to drive and change the direction of Mulberry,” says Coca. “Culturally speaking, [the Brits] are really proper. There’s a classicism to the culture, with the Queen, the tailoring, the tea time.… But at the same time, it’s very funny because you also have the opposite. They’re breaking all the rules. They can be more eccentric, they can be more rock, they can be punkish, they can play with colours…with tattoos. So my idea was to take these two different directions and try to merge everything.”

It’s easier to subvert tropes when you’re looking at them from the outside, claims Coca, and considering his background (born in Seville, educated in Paris), he is primed to bring an outsider’s decidedly non-British sensibility to the brand. “I think it’s interesting—because I’m not from here and I look at things in a different way,” he muses. “What’s evident for a British person is not the same as for someone outside. I love all the tartan, the check, the Victorian, the history. So perhaps I’m more extreme in the references than someone for whom they’re normal. It gives me more room to twist and to play and have fun.”

A strong element of fun certainly resonates throughout this collection. Imagine a kooky, off-kilter garden party with attendees in organza Edwardian dresses, oversized suits, flouncy blouses and ruffled skirts—all in hues ranging from muted pastels to earthy neutrals to blinding brights.

Beyond Heritage: Twenty-first century Mulberry is quintessentially and uniquely British, combining the best of the old with the thrill of the new. ⠀ .⠀ Our #SS18 collection is available to shop now through the link in bio. ⠀ .⠀ #BeyondHeritage #LFW #MulberryEngland

A post shared by Mulberry (@mulberryengland) on Feb 18, 2018 at 7:48am PST

“Johnny has pushed us toward fabulous colours and more structured designs,” Nick Towe, Mulberry’s head of group quality, told his audience later at one of the workshops organized by the brand over the course of the weekend at London Fashion Week. The house has begun using more chrome-tanned leather, rather than vegetable-tanned leather, says Towe, “because it’s fantastic for colour; it holds its colour. And what does Johnny love? Colours.”

He “really threw some curveballs,” joked Towe, but curveballs are what you need when you’re trying to reinvent a classic house like Mulberry. And Coca threw another when he enlisted Lotta Volkova, the avant-garde 34-year-old Russian known for her work with Vetements and Balenciaga, to style Mulberry’s shows.

“I think you have to be really extreme in your choices if you want to radically change the direction of a brand,” says Coca. “But at the same time, I think it’s really important to keep the heritage as a reference in terms of craft, in terms of spirit. You can’t be extremely different if you don’t have a strong DNA—your base, where you come from, where you are.”

It’s a tightrope, but Johnny Coca’s walking it just fine.

0 notes