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Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Veiled dig by Meghan and Harry's wedding florist about pushy 'emotional' brides... and society fixture's humble-brag about being just TOO skinny, darling: RICHARD EDEN'S DIARY
Having created the beautiful floral displays for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding reception, Willow Crossley should be enjoying her worldwide fame. Instead, the society florist has revealed that she is turning her back on weddings altogether – and she appears to blame pushy brides.
Vogue Arabia
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Vogue Arabia
Leo Costelloe's Subversive Delicate Jewellery is Not as Innocent as it Seems
There's something about a bow that defies expectation. At first glance, it is a soft, ornamental flourish – the final flounce on a dress, the giddy excess of childhood. But in Leo Costelloe's hands, it is anything but. Here, bows are cast in metal, caught mid-collapse, rigid and unrelenting. They hold their shape with a kind of defiant beauty, a contradiction that sits at the very core of Costelloe's work, where the delicate is made durable, the saccharine tinged with a little edge. This is not a bow as you know it. Costelloe's jewellery refuses to be boxed in. It's neither purely fashion nor strictly art. Instead, it hovers in the liminal space between adornment and object, personal talisman and cultural critique. Born in Canberra, Australia, far from any traditional fashion capital, Costelloe's upbringing, immersed in nature, shaped his sensitivity to form and fragility. While studying jewellery design in London at Central Saint Martins, Costelloe worked as a florist, a job that honed the instinct for arrangement and ephemerality. It was during this time that the multidisciplinary artist and jeweller began experimenting with the tension between sentimentality and subversion, laying the foundations for his quietly transgressive approach to craft. Soft-spoken, with a halo of shaggy ginger-blonde curls, Costelloe feels like a natural conduit for his creations. 'I've never really designed with a specific character or story in mind,' he explains. 'It's more about looking towards my own sensitivity to materials and aesthetics.' That sensitivity is razor-sharp. Costelloe takes familiar objects – from chain links to cutlery – and wrenches them from their usual contexts, forcing a fresh reconsideration. The mundane shifts into the unexpected. Everyday forks and spoons become ornamental accessories – table jewellery, if you will. Stripped of function and cast in silver, their distorted forms reject tradition, challenging passive femininity with a subtle sneer at domesticity. It's a fork, yes, but good luck trying to eat with it. Yet, in the right hands, these creations still hold tenderness – on the user's terms. Photo: Leo Costelloe At its core, Costelloe's practice is about self-actualisation through materiality – how the things we wear can shape us, transform us and help us assume new versions of ourselves. 'I like the idea of dressing up, of adornment as a way to assert identity,' Leo explains. The pieces are often described as 'femininely dark', though this is not about gender; it's about power in softness, steeliness in the fragile. The ribbons aren't quaint; they bind, they secure, they hold tight. 'Ribbons historically denote ideas around connection, fastening, joining and I like the idea that maybe my ribbons might inspire a sense of connection and community in other people.' Each piece is made by hand, forged from sheets and wire, ensuring that no two are exactly alike. 'I like to think of them as protective offerings,' Costelloe says. There is a talismanic quality to the work, an energy transfer from maker to wearer. The jewellery does not simply sit on the body; it embeds itself in the wearer's world, taking on new meanings over time. 'A small ring given by a lover can hold immense meaning, even if to others it's just an object.' That tension, between private significance and public subtlety, is one that Costelloe finds fascinating, particularly in the context of masculinity. Jewellery, once a marker of male status and power, is now shifting into a space of quiet, deeply personal expression. 'Leo's jewellery attracts those who seek meaning in what they wear. In a market flooded with mass production, clients gravitate towards designs with character pieces that feel personal and irreplaceable,' explains Leslie Milkie, merchandiser at Dover Street Market New York, where Costelloe's work is stocked. It's this pursuit of meaning, rather than trends, that anchors Costelloe's approach. 'The pieces happen to be on trend right now, but that's not why they exist,' offers the designer in his considered manner. 'I don't want to be part of something that will pass.' Looking forward, Costelloe's world is expanding. A fragrance is in the works, an olfactory extension to a carefully created universe. October will see an unveiling of a new body of sculptural works at Sadie Coles HQ in London, further pushing the boundaries between jewellery and object, adornment and art. Costelloe speaks of wanting to collaborate more, to explore jewellery on a larger scale without losing the intimacy of the handmade. But no matter where the work goes next, its essence remains the same: an exploration of sentiment, materiality and the subtle ways objects tether us to ourselves and to one another. 'If my jewellery could talk,' Costelloe muses, 'I'd want it to say that the people who wear it are special and safe.'
CTV News
21-05-2025
- Health
- CTV News
Sending flowers to those in need
Atlantic Watch Florist Neville MacKay shares what types of flowers you can send to a loved one when they are sick.
Yahoo
17-05-2025
- Yahoo
Silhouettes at country park represent road victims
A poignant temporary memorial has been installed at a country park for visitors who want to remember those who lost their lives or were injured in road crashes. The display at Irchester Country Park includes 32 silhouettes, representing the number of people killed on Northamptonshire's roads in 2024. There are also doves and flags to represent those who received serious or minor injuries. The police officer who came up with the idea lost her own mother in a collision in 2013. PC Emilie Bunkall's mum Julie died in 2013 on the A6 near Burton Latimer. An inquest heard it was likely the woman driving the other car had some kind of blackout. PC Bunkall thought at the time she would be unable to carry on her policing career following the death, but continued because her mother was "incredibly proud of my traffic role". As well as the silhouettes, the display at Irchester, that was created with the help of PC Bunkall's sister, contains 243 doves that represent someone who sustained a serious injury. There are also 1,360 county flags, signifying those who received minor injuries. It took more than eight hours over two days to install the objects alongside floral bouquets provided by a Northampton florist. It is the fourth year PC Bunkall has arranged a memorial. She said the reaction from victims' relatives to last year's display at Abington Park in Northampton was "very emotional". She said: "I wonder each year whether the display is still impactful. However, while we were setting up the display, we had lots of positive interactions with the public - many of whom didn't realise the numbers involved. "One teenager walked past and said 'that's a lot of people!'" The memorial will be in place for a fortnight and relatives can collect the silhouette representing their loved one from PC Bunkall after the display has been removed. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X. Road safety truck named after crash victim Petition launched after six road deaths in a decade Woman blacked-out in fatal collision Northamptonshire Police Roadpeace
BBC News
17-05-2025
- BBC News
Silhouettes at Irchester Country Park represent road victims
A poignant temporary memorial has been installed at a country park for visitors who want to remember those who lost their lives or were injured in road display at Irchester Country Park includes 32 silhouettes, representing the number of people killed on Northamptonshire's roads in are also doves and flags to represent those who received serious or minor police officer who came up with the idea lost her own mother in a collision in 2013. PC Emilie Bunkall's mum Julie died in 2013 on the A6 near Burton inquest heard it was likely the woman driving the other car had some kind of Bunkall thought at the time she would be unable to carry on her policing career following the death, but continued because her mother was "incredibly proud of my traffic role". As well as the silhouettes, the display at Irchester, that was created with the help of PC Bunkall's sister, contains 243 doves that represent someone who sustained a serious are also 1,360 county flags, signifying those who received minor took more than eight hours over two days to install the objects alongside floral bouquets provided by a Northampton florist. It is the fourth year PC Bunkall has arranged a memorial. She said the reaction from victims' relatives to last year's display at Abington Park in Northampton was "very emotional".She said: "I wonder each year whether the display is still impactful. However, while we were setting up the display, we had lots of positive interactions with the public - many of whom didn't realise the numbers involved."One teenager walked past and said 'that's a lot of people!'"The memorial will be in place for a fortnight and relatives can collect the silhouette representing their loved one from PC Bunkall after the display has been removed. Follow Northamptonshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
