Marx is trendy, official.  I was thrilled to read in the “going up” bit of yesterdays Sunday Times Style supplement, along with Ruebens Apples ( a cross between pink lady and cox), recession shopping  All Saints home, and purple boots, sales of Karl Marx Das Kapital are soaring.

You heard it hear 1st many moons ago, but if Style says – it must be a la mode.

Moi and Karl

The last time I wore a jumpsuit was in the 1980s, to Elizabeth Eslers’ birthday party where we went to see Sootie “live”. My passion for fashion and natural inclination towards celebrity began at an early age, since I remember making my poor mum trawl around the shops to find some leather dye to match my party shoes to the jumpsuit just in case Mathew Corbett invited me up on stage.

One of 2008s key looks will be the jumpsuit as reported by Vogue, The Sunday Times Style supplement, Grazia and me. I am a little unsettled by this. Not sure adults should wear jumpsuits unless they’re a forensic scientist or a skydiver /human cannon ball. I wish to focus on another key trend this year, not the clutch bag, not The Macintosh (raincoat not computer), but having its’ turn on the catwalk, fashion fast-forward – it’s communication theory. Hurrah and Hurraz.

It’s written on the wind
It’s everywhere I go
So if you really love theory
Come on and let it show
You know I love theory, I always will
My mind’s made up by the way that I feel
There’s no beginning, there’ll be no end
‘Cause on theory you can depend la la la la repeat x’s 10.

In the month where I’ve been contacted by someone who described themselves as a discourse consultant and have been doing tricksy things with reflexivity in one of my chapters, I’m happy to commune, communication theory is having its’ day.
Check out the great blog by Grant McCracken (thanks to Mr Mustoe for alerting me to this). The inspired Anthony Mayfield has been discussing communication revolutions and Ian Delaney draws on some of the greats such as Marx & Althusser. My favourite find on this is a brand agency who are recruiting for a semiotician ( true!) with 5-8 years experience. Genius. “I am a practiced decoder of cultural signifiers, and am used to applying the trichotomy of the sign and syntagmatic dimensions in a fast paced environment”. So my style tip for a day through to evening look is slip a copy of Das Kapital under your arm, team with a copy of “For Marxs” by Althusser and you’re good to go.

Very briefly – I have an iPod Touch now. It rocks.

Also thanks to my technical consultant at oneidea.co.uk for their help migrating thinking is the new black to its’ own domain finally. You rock too.