Where I laugh style in the face

I do so love the Plumo catalogue.

The Plumo catalogue is a beautiful item designed for those lucky people with a spare £45 about their person to spend on a single ornamental padlock.


I love the way it plays with language, forcing us to question over and again our understanding of the meaning of 'original'.

"Classic telephone:
Original 1970s phone, immaculately refurbished and fitted
with brand new original mouldings, cord and UK socket."

I admit to being a little perplexed by the 'I do' and 'I don't' necklaces. Perhaps these charming items are aimed at couples in difficult relationships, which veer from lifelong commitment on one day to a desire to pierce the other's skull through the eye with a diamond ring on another day, depending perhaps upon whether the beloved has remembered to get the bread or has left a ring around the bath.

There are plenty of opportunities to look like a batty old lady in the Plumo catalogue, and you can cement this impression further by snapping up some fake birds in wire cages at which you can coo affectionately whenever you are receiving visitors.


Among the clothing on offer is this lovely dress, at £329, that "turns into at least 20 different glamorous or casual outfits" - all of them beige, weird, and capable of making you look like a pregnant woman who wrapped a sheet around herself in a moment of insanity.



Do sit back and enjoy the film.

Cocoon Dress from Plumo Mailorder on Vimeo.