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The Sassy List: Calypso Rose
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June 10th, 2009Girls On Top, The Sassy List, Want. Need. Must Have.
Not only does Calypso have the coolest name in the whole wide world, she’s created quite possibly the coolest prod in the whole wide world too – the Clippy bag.
This is the super-cute pink, pimped up version that I absolutely WANT. NEED. MUST HAVE.
Isn’t it awesome? Calypso designed the original so she could display her collection of Polaroid photographs in bag-form, except lots and lots of people stopped her in the street wanting to know where it was from. So, she put 250 bags into production. She customised a large bag with a sign saying ‘stop me and buy one’ and hired a stall on the Portobello Road, London. She sold all the bags in the first month – that minxes, makes her a rockstar. Fact.
While I continue to drool over my new favourite thing – seriously, look at it, it’s pretty x 100, isn’t it? – meet the lady behind the label and get totally inspired by her Sassy List – it’s a good one, minxes!
Calypso’s Sassy List
Phrase/saying: “Life’s a whirl for a Clippy girl…”

Make-up item: Rosie Jane Cheek gloss, makes you look super healthy and radiant and you can use it on your lips.
Current obsession(s): Twittering/clippy/pretty Tea Cups. The ones from Undergrowth Design are more Tease than Teas (check out the cups with legs)/My vegetable garden – I have potatoes, beans, lettuce and courgettes all growing in my tiny garden – I shall be self-sufficient for about a week.
Magazine: One of my best friends writes for Grazia and she is excellent at keeping me up-to-date with celeb land.
Designer: Alexander McQueen, the McQueen diffusion range is definitely worth checking out as it is affordable (just) and it gives you an excuse to marvel at all the fabulous Selfridges promotions that are happening at the moment.

Nail colour: Essie Flirty Fuchsia, paint each toe with a different florescent colour for pretty Summer feet – make sure each foot matches.

Website: mine! Tee hee www.clippylondon.com (shameless plug)

Jewellery: eclectic eccentricity – My boyfriend, aka Sailor Jim, bought me the one with the anchor – each piece is different and quirky, and won’t break the bank…
Book: Life of Pi, persevere with the first couple of chapters and then you’re hooked…
Film: Once – the most romantic and beautiful film with music from Glen Hansard.

Shoe shop: KG – I love a super high heel, who cares if I tower above my boyfriend, I NEED these!
City: New York – love Greenwich village and having a nail bar on every street corner keeps a girl feeling sleek and chic. Patricia Field is a destination shop and Grand Central Station’s Oyster bar is sensational.
Food: I can’t walk past a Ping Pong without grabbing some Dim Sum (should be a line from a Lily Allen song?)
Music: I saw Elbow at Latitude festival last year and have just ordered their CD with the BBC orchestra.
Hang out space: Lucky Voice Karaoke or bowling at All Star Lanes. The lanes are shorter than the average bowling lane so there is more chance of me actually hitting something. Last time I went we played with James Cordon (well he was on the lane next door…same thing.)
Holiday destination: Keeping it British, this year Sailor Jim and I went up the Brecon canal on a barge – its not just for OAP’s, promise, there are moody teenage boys with their parents too! Totally relaxing and beautiful.
Must-have travel item: A Clippy jumbo washbag, Carry pictures of my two favourite bunnies wherever I go. Also need lots of space for all that nail varnish…
TV series: Desperate Housewives, every episode makes me laugh and cry just a little and I quite fancy the plumber.
Boy crush: Robert Downey Junior (boys NO! give me a real man)
Girl crush: Audrey Tautou , stylish, beautiful, French…sigh.
Activities: Lindy Hopping, still need a bit of practice but it’s a fantastic excuse to put on a poodle skirt and twirl on the dance floor…
Now head over to Clippy for all the goodness, ‘k?!
2 Responses to “The Sassy List: Calypso Rose”
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Love this! I loved the film Once too so reading that made me an instant fan. Those glosses and bags look divine! Thanks for posting this and sharing them with us.
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lisa
I know, I know! I am totally in heart with that pink-trimmed bag – isn’t it genius?!
