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...Cult T-shirt brand Cactus Plant Flea Market has hand-drawn smiley face print T-shirts, with four eyes instead of two, as well as one-off smiley face sweatshirts to celebrate Kanye West’s new album Ye ....
...After pudding of honeycomb cake there’s a talk by Charlie de Vors of the conservation team....
...For all of Charlie Porter’s reviews from the A/W18 menswear shows see ft.com/style Follow @FTStyle on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first....
...A pink cardigan had yellow dots and a smiley face on the back. Pink with yellow: yes, correct — it was based on Mr Blobby. In London right now, rave culture is resurgent....
...Read all of Charlie Porter’s SS18 menswear reviews at ft.com/fashion Photographs: Catwalking.com...
...Read all of Charlie Porter’s SS18 menswear reviews at ft.com/fashion Photographs: Catwalking...
...Tell us about it in the comments below Photographs by Charlie Bibby...
...Smiley Culture’s musing on the racial unrest in 1950s London, recorded by the dancehall MC for the 1986 movie Absolute Beginners, is the most unlikely vocal version. Davis remained restless....
...Andy Warhol’s vintage ceramic cookie jars — “Policeman”, “Smiley Pig” — stand in gleaming, grinning rows....
...And so it was here for spring/summer 2015, with smiley face sweaters, tailoring with a Moschino take on soda packaging, and the house name written loud all over pretty much any garment you care to mention...
...A US highlight was a half-hour interview on PBS with Charlie Rose....
...asks Charlie Bibby, the FT’s photographer, his normally smiley demeanour replaced by the look of someone whose gut is threatening to revolt. A few minutes go by....
...… Some Luck, by Jane Smiley, Mantle, RRP£18.99/Knopf, RRP$26.95 Smiley’s epic about a farming family’s efforts to adapt to changing times is the first in a trilogy spanning 100 years....
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