Bling!!

Apparently, dear reader, they are only making 1,500 of these Napapijri gold puffa jackets!! And you can only buy them in Napapijri stores. So we should be safe - but I thought I'd better warn you just in case...

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On Yer Bike!!

I'm perplexed, dear reader. Try as I might, I can't understand WHY I'm so annoyed by the Paris bike rental scheme Vélib. Why does the whole thing irritate me so? There's no logical explanation. The dear Mrs. LOG suggested that it might be a reaction to a deep-seated fear that, one day, someone is going to make me get on one and I will have to do some real exercise. She may have a point. Whatever. Although I never felt this way about in-line skating (remember when THAT was fashionable?). Anyway, amazingly even without my backing, Vélib is a huge success. In less than a month, we've gone from crowds of people standing looking puzzled by the bike station just by Rhino75 Towers to a severe Vélib shortage. It's almost impossible to get your hands on one at the weekend, even if you wanted to. Which I don't. Why, it'll soon be easier to get a cab than a bike. Yet, I can't shake the feeling that the whole thing's a huge con, that we're all being taken in somehow, although I don't know in what way or even by whom. I remain convinced that it's the start of a very slippery slope. Harrumph.

Rhino à la mode

For yes, it is indeed that time of year again. The Paris ready-to-wear shows. How fabulous. And guess what? Thin is IN. Who'd have guessed? Not just common-or-garden slim, mind you, but really, really, really thin. So thin you fall over. Hopefully. Now, of course, the important thing to remember with fashion is that you're always looking ahead. Ah yes, it's SO not about what's happening NOW, it's about what is going to be a sizzling (my italics) look for spring/summer 2007. And, call me Nostradamus, but I predict thin will be "in" BIG time. And black. Very similar to last year. BUT - wait for it - with a belt. That's right, belted thin. That's the twist. Possibly with a bag. Or not. Express yourself, have a little fun with it. Now, dear reader, being really, really thin is a bit beyond Rhino75's means. Big bones and all. But don't imagine for a second that I'm not pulling my weight this fashion week. I have forsworn solid food for the duration of the shows, am wearing sunglasses indoors and drinking champagne for breakfast before wobbling all over the place as I do "the walk" all the way to work. I know I make it look easy but it's actually very, VERY hard work. Just look at the pic on the right. Elizabeth Hurley, my own private fashion muse, is quite obviously panicking about her lack of belt. Even she can't always get it right, you see. We'll both be glad when it's over.