When man discovered flint and the human race entered the Stone Age, I expect he never suspected that one day the humble axe would be turned into a hairdryer. Designer, Jean-Baptiste Fastrez has fused the tool of the modern man with he of millennia ago to challenge the status quo of hair styling. With a series of interchangeable wooden handles handmade [...]

Occasionally I’ll find myself wandering aimlessly in the supermarket, cruising up each aisle with a basket slung across my arm; without purpose, method or care, subconsciously singing along mentally to the piped musak (and the occasional supermarket jingle) and looking at all the pretty colours. Yesterday was no exception. Either that or I was having a mild [...]

“You say I only hear what I want to,” sang Lisa Loeb. Well get your statement plastic glasses on, prance around in an empty room with random bed heads against the wall and listen to this. Lobe Wonder is allowing countless women with torn or damaged earlobes to throw off the shackles of their affliction and [...]

Any discerning gentleman knows that a decent shave can separate the men from the boys. Likewise, any cross-dresser will attest the same: stubble can be the telltale difference between a bloke in a dress and a ladyboy. While five o’clock shadow can be sexy after hours, at 8am it gives the impression that one hasn’t bothered, or [...]

You are not the sort of person who wants to wear Lycra inappropriately. In fact, some of your best friends have never worn Lycra and feel uncomfortable in its presence. You are chic, yes, but you also like to cycle. And having made your position clear about the Lycra, let’s be perfectly frank, you want to cycle [...]

I’ve heard the term “backpacking” pandered around before—a new phenomenon apparently all the rage with the Contiki set—however, the idea of strapping all my worldly possessions to my dorsal, sharing sleeping quarters with hormone-charged and alcohol-fuelled strangers and doing things the Lonely Planet way is not my idea of a holiday. Blergh. Apparently, this … [...]

Are you enjoying the lead-up to the Royal Wedding? Of course you are! Who wouldn’t love the spectacle of two normal people in lurve who just want to tie the knot with a simple ceremony in front of their closest friends? Do they have to invite some people they’ve never met? Sure. Do they have to [...]

The Japanese are known for their creativity when it comes to wacky inventions. Why, my drawers are littered with cool contraptions from my last visit to Tokyo where I spent hours and piles of money in their ¥100 stores buying tonnes of useful yet useless objects. I have a novel lid opener that is shaped like [...]

In these modern times, it’s often more difficult to find someone who doesn’t have a tattoo than one who does. Gone are the days when a full sleeve of ink meant that you would be restricted to driving a truck or fixing someone’s electricity, now a tattoo is an accessoire de riguer. Alas, beauty fades [...]

Too posh to use sandpaper-like loo roll for your behind? Well, enter Waitrose—Britain’s upper middle-class supermarket/pick-up joint—and their cashmere toilet paper. Carla Smith, buyer for Waitrose, said: “Cashmere provides that stamp of quality to any fashion garment from a designer suit to the finest luxury knitwear. It’s indulgent, it’s stylish and it’s helping provide that [...]