About our lives

Posted on Thursday, October 13th, 2011 by Vivienne

 After the Gold Label show in Paris I went to Sicily.
Although this site is about my ideas – mostly outside of fashion – I think it’s good to include every now and again bits of my private life to give a more rounded picture of what I’m doing. So here is an idea of my trip to Sicily in a postcard to Leonard Peltier. Our friends are what our lives are about and news of a friend’s death touched one of us whilst we were there. 

                                                                                  
Dear Leonard,
As you know I am always thinking of you. I just took a short holiday with Andreas and Ben. The towns are all untouched Baroque architecture and ruins going back to before the birth of ancient Greece and a large Greek amphitheatre (Syracuse was a Greek colony but larger than Athens) and a modern cathedral – a kind of enormous star shaped cone built because of a ceramic plaque of a Madonna who cried real tears for 3 weeks in 1948.
Great to swim and then feel the sun on your skin. The weather is still sun and blue sky in the longest Indian summer. Some people are lucky! But this is not really our world anymore. We can’t keep doing this, living like this much longer because of climate change and my real luxury is to stay at home and read.
But on the way to the airport we went up Etna and it was erupting. We got the best in our ¼ hour. Rarely so dramatic. Black lava hills. A big experience.
You must tell me exactly what happened re why they put you in the hole and then transferred you. It is very important. Do it now. I will tell you why next time I write. I got your letter and will reply.

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  1. Thank you for sharing this with us Vivienne, I think it is important for us to have occasional insights as to what you are up to because we can learn from what you show us, once a teacher always a teacher!
    Thank you!

    Sam x

    Comment by Sam Varnham on 13/10/2011 at 3:18 pm

  2. I just wanted to take this opportunity to say first of all how amazing the Gold Label show was, I’d been talking with Kyle for some time before he found out he was going to be playing and I must say that I am immensely proud! I think his music fitted the collection perfectly!
    Secondly, I hope you enjoyed your trip and, to echo Sam, it’s nice to see what you get up to in your spare time!

    Thanks for the post as always Vivienne,

    James x

    Comment by James Emmett on 13/10/2011 at 6:52 pm

  3. Hi Vivienne,

    I will echo Sam & James and thank you again for your post and pictures! It looks and sounds like you had a lovely trip. I also wanted you to know that I did write a brief letter of support to Leonard recently and a letter to the director of prisons urging him to consider moving Leonard closer to home as you had asked. I hope these letters will help in some small way. I also wear my “Leonard Peltier is Innocent” pin constantly, and I explain his case to anyone who asks me about him.
    Thanks again for sharing this post, and all of your other posts with us!

    Best Regards,
    Jeffrey Jordan

    Comment by Jeffrey Jordan on 14/10/2011 at 12:22 am

  4. I’ve become facinated with the Leonard Peltier case of recent, and I’ve started to educate myself about the facts and have begun to watch a documentary about his life.
    I want to also get a pin like Jeffrey and explain to everyone I know about how we can all act together to sort this injustice out.
    I actually can’t believe that in 2011, something is still overlooked by the F.B.I and other American officials, it actually really infuriates me but I know getting angry doesn’t help the situation at all, so Art and peaceful protest is definitely the way forward.
    Sam x

    Comment by Sam Varnham on 14/10/2011 at 11:50 am

  5. Sam,

    The Peltier pin is included in the pin set that is sold at World’s End, and there are also a couple of badges for Leonard included in the badge sets that they sell. You can call them up and have them send them if you cannot get there in person, which is what I did since I live in the US. They also have a couple of Leonard Peltier t-shirts available at World’s End. I hope this is helpful, Sam! I have also become very interested in his case, and people really need to spread the word and gets the facts out.

    Take care,
    Jeffrey Jordan

    Comment by Jeffrey Jordan on 14/10/2011 at 4:21 pm

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    Comment by Benia on 13/12/2011 at 1:03 pm

  7. Dear C.K.

    please see my replies (perhaps the first landed in SPAM folder?).
    Best,
    B.

    Comment by Benia on 21/12/2011 at 12:32 pm