Friday, 22 October 2010

Pete Doherty


Garrard, Asprey and Bulgari must be quaking in their Louboutin boots. The big jewellery news is that the nation’s favourite Babyshambles is doing a Jade Jagger, designing a range of luxury baubles in conjunction with Hannah Martin, late of Cartier. Given his street appeal, I’d have thought his collection, Albion Trinketry, would be perfect for Argos to add to the dazzling bling they offer from other latter-day Benvenuto Cellinis such as er, Justin Bieber, Lily Allen and Alesha Dixon, but it’s reported that the porky chops pork pie hat wearer’s gear is to sell exclusively through upmarket clothing chain, Joseph. Apparently, the muse for his collection is none other than Doherty himself, so expect vein (sic) urban junkies to be lining up in droves. There's said to be a selection of pins, cufflinks and the rest of the distressed dandy around town wardrobe staples but will he do spoon brooches? Whatever!  The good news is that if Pete works in tin foil, you’re unlikely to be mugged by some zonked-out smackhead fixing to flog it for a score at the nearest pawn shop.

Friday, 8 October 2010

Cheryl Cole


At 9.51 pm on Sunday, our queen of hearts made a decision that would affect us like no billions in Coalition cuts ever could. Now, 250,000 Facebookers are demanding ‘off with her head’ and death threats have been issued. Her crime? Putting two contestants through to the next round of a game show. Now, some may lambast X-Factor as orchestrated farce but, to Chezza - delirium, a side effect of malaria, possibly - it all feels real. Will promoting a hard-faced Machiavellian Madonnabe desperate to ‘be a legacy’ and some croaky wee anchovy who’d make an excellent lead in Mrs. Overall, The Musical (thanks to Marina O Loughlin for that apercu) prove more fatal than any mozzie’s bite? If the ambition of one modest wee soul with a big voice is really to be rewarded with a free one-way ticket to Harare, in Chezza’s shoes, I’d sod off to the States with SyCo. You what? Americans wouldn’t understand a single word? Better stay and tough it out, pet lamb. Cheryl Rocks? Not according to most of Scotland and all of Zimbabwe