The Gentleman (According to Tom Ford)

1. You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you.

2. A gentleman today has to work. People who do not work are so boring and are usually bored. You have to be passionate, you have to be engaged and you have to be contributing to the world.

3. Manners are very important and actually knowing when things are appropriate. I always open doors for women, I carry their coat, I make sure that they're walking on the inside of the street. Stand up when people arrive at and leave the dinner table.

4. Don't be pretentious or racist or sexist or judge people by their background.

5. A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.

Seen here.



Easy Rider

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An award and some men...two of my favourite things.

The little sweety at SummerBaby has given this blog an award. You should all go there and check her out, because she's a gem and has a very gifted eye for photography and fashion icons. Do it NOW!!
So, I have to present my top 5 gorgeous men in film or TV. Having spent a great majority of my life lusting after men, I was able to compile this list in 0.0002 seconds. I only wish I could include, ummm, about 100 dudes.
Here we go.

Number 5:

Do not come between me and the Bourne trilogy. I can, and will watch the whole thing without a break. I can and will spend the rest of the day practising my karate and fantasising about Jason Bourne clobbering people, breaking arms, breaking codes, breaking through walls, breaking the FBI, breaking rules and generally being bloody manly.

Number 4.

Clint Eastwood in any of his spaghetti westerns. Doesn't say much, but a real man doesn't have to. He's quick on the draw, squints a lot and chain smokes. "Blondie! You son of a bitch!!!" What's not to love?

Number 3:

Luke Wilson in The Royal Tenenbaums. A beard and facial expressions which kill me every time.

"He had decided birds should not be kept in cages, fed Mordecai three sardines, and set him free."

Number 2:

Johnny Depp in Chocolat. Specifically for when he says: "I'll come 'round sometime... and get that squeak outta your door." Just... Just Stop. I think I've watched that line about 500 times.

Number 1:

Edgar Ramirez in Domino. I initially saw this film with my boyfriend at the time... and made one too many appreciative squeaks at the EPIC and GOB SMACKING FINENESS that is this dude, which resulted in bf sulking and me pausing and rewinding and rolling around on the floor in fits of sighs at how hot he is, for approximately 4 hours. There's one scene where 'Choco' mistakenly blows off the arm of one of their hostages. Before he does it, he takes a swig of coffee, blinks his eyes hard, shakes his hair out of his ponytail and then walks over and blows the guys arm half out the window. It's the 'shaking the hair out of ponytail' thing that emphatically does it for me.

The End.

I pass it on to Mara at Daughter of the Soho Riots.

Hivennn

Goldieoldiecharms

Sighs and Whispers

Fashion's Most Wanted

Beard Revue. Seriously; I would be a kid in a candy shop if I ever get to one of these things.

Amazing

He even bought his own ship!

Love Letter #6.

Listened to you yesterday love. It's been too long between drinks.

Take a little walk to the edge of town, go across the tracks

Where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom, as it shifts and cracks

Where secrets lie in the border fires, in the humming wires,

Hey man you know you're never coming back

Past the square, past the bridge, past the mills past the stacks

On a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man

In a dusty black coat with a red right hand.

Via the wonderful Beard Revue.

Love Letter # 4 (or 5?)

Bill Murray - this is an honest to blog marriage proposal.

I'm here for your daughter...

Edouard Plongeon.

Beardy.

No, it doesn't... but it does make you altogether more manly and desirable.

Love Letter # 3

Dear Simon Neil,

I see where you're going with this. You're trying to dissuade me from pursuing you. It wont work. I still adore you. Even blonde, you will always make me hyperventilate.

Huge pashes,

Rianna xoxo



I need this book...

Love Letter #2

Dear Devendra Banhart,
Hi!
It's rare that a girl finds a man who loves makeup as much as she does, and I feel that that alone justifies my 'desires' towards you. I'd like to take the opportunity to offer you my cheerleading/girlfriend/lover/muse/mother-of your-unborn-children services, should you ever need them. I understand that you will need to see my resume, so here are some of the attributes/qualities I believe I can bring to job:
1. Vast amounts of enthusiasm for most things in general.
2. Hair/makeup skilz.
3. Party tricks such as splits, cartwheels, fan dancing, impersonations, and I'm also quite good at heavy lifting.
4. I could definitely archive your maginificent jewellery collection and carry your stash of gems around in case of costume changes.
5. I find you so damn pretty that it would be unlikely that I'd ever be whingey or anything like that... and I have many years experience at answering phone calls, and making appointments from when I worked in my Dad's office, so I could totally sort that out for you as well so you have more time to just be hot and awesome.
So, like I said, I'd appreciate being informed should a position become available.
Yours,
Rianna. XOXO

A love letter.

Dear Ray Lamontagne,

Your beard drives me insane (rhyming - makes it more heartfelt). In fact, I have a sneaking suspicion that if we were ever to meet, I would have to try incredibly hard not to do something really creepy (like, say, stroke your beard). I would never actually do that (unless you begged me to), but I'm just saying that I would definintely want to. Where was I going with this? That's right...

Last night you were in my dreams again. You make such regular appearances its like the flipping "Ray Lamontagne Half-Hour" or something. I was just wondering if next time you might, ummm, stay a little longer? Like, all night? I'm really very pleasant company (especially when I'm unconscious) and I'd do my best to entertain you with witty banter and massages reading aloud.

You sure are something to see, Ray! And, Dad always said to me (often in exasperation) "You are a job for a man on a horse, not a monkey on a stick" and, well,  I think you might be a 'man on a horse'!!!

Basically, all I want to do is sit on your lap and make you laugh for awhile - surely that's not the worst offer you've ever been made??

Much love,

Rianna xoxo

Pirate.

If anyone stumbles across this dude - he's mine.

Lust for Litter.

I've been a crazed Litter fan for a couple of years now, so it was with great awe that I discovered they are now doing Litter Man. Generally, I loath jewels on men.... mostly because I've never seen a gem-wearing man who, in my eyes, pulled the look off sufficiently. They always look try-hard/creepy/bogan (extreme generalization, I know, but, a doll's gotta speak the truth, right?) The exception, in my opinion, is Giancarlo Giametti, who wears a stack of bracelets with a nonchalant, piss-elegance that makes me weep.

THIS is different, and its actually with a sorrowful, little heart that I even speak of their greatness on this humble blog, as I've been keeping them as one of my most awesome secrets. Right up there with my extensive plans for world domination...

Isn't this gorgeous? It's so masculine, with inflections of Americana (Easy Rider etc etc), and I just adore them!!

I LOVE LITTERRRRRRRR!!!!! I also love men, but thats another post entirely.

Exactly.

via The Conflict Between Patience and Yearning

Jack "hotter than you" Johnson

I was just rolling round on the floor in front of the box practicing my tricks (better way to kick-off a Sunday, anyone?), and discovered a number of things in quick succession:
A) Mr. Jack Johnson has a new single out.
B) IT'S REALLY VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY GOOD!!!!
C) The filmclip is REALLY, TERRIBLY AWESOME!!
D) The aforementioned Mr Johnson appears to have released his inner lumberjack in a visual celebration of all we, the writing team at this blog, hold dear: ripped bod, hairy chest, scraggly beard and general aura of 'mighty-fineness'.
The man can sing and surf!! He also looks like he could knock-up a shack, catch fish, wrestle tigers, command lightning etc etc.
The Last Doll Standing: recruiting the world's most gifted men to the cause of the Lumberjack - one bedraggled surfer/musician/rugby player at a time. Don't call us, we'll call you.

Chabal Bear.

My Chabal obsession knows no bounds. I had to physically harass and intimidate Mel to watch this when I put it on Facebook (her reticence with Chabal is perplexing and upsetting to say the least) but she did agree that it was AWESOME and we tried to find a Chabal Bear for purchase - but they dont exist in real life. Someone should do something about that because it would make women the world over VERY happy indeed.
WATCH THIS!!

Paul Dempsey

Hi! Lets talk about Paul Dempsey.

HE'S HOT YEAH!!!!

Ahem. He's also written the best freaking solo album I'ver heard since this one. And before that there was Bon Iver (obviously) and before that nothing quite so awesome as hearing beloved for the first time way back when.
I cant stop playing young Paul's offering "Everything Is True", and I honestly would struggle to pick a favourite song... which I dont have to do because I dont have a gun to my head or anything but just saying that if I did have a gun to my head, I would struggle to pick one...
I just wanna.....
Anyway - get the album.