Girls with guns

I stumbled across these great images during some picture research this week- they're part of a series of pictures by photographer Rachel Papo, who followed groups of Israeli teenage girls conscripted into the Israel Defence Force. Israel is the only country in the world that has mandatory military service for women, enlisting women into military service from the age of 18.

You can see more images here: http://www.serialno3817131.com

"Can you fill me in?"

Just found this CD buried deep in storage. It's probably worth quite a lot now. As like an ashtray or to be hung up in the garden to scare the birds away. 

"Heatwave"

We were really feeling this song in the office today. So good!

Grand Trunk Road

Nice Shirt friend and all-around cool guy James Graley is currently touring India & Pakistan filming a documentary based on food found along the Grand Trunk Road- one of the oldest routes through the Indian subcontinent. We've been keeping track of his journey on a Tumblr James has set up for the project and he is encountering some amazing-looking people and scenes- check it out!

Some select pics we've enjoyed:

Keep track of James here: http://gtrd2012.tumblr.com

Production Diaries: Number 1

Presenting the first (and maybe the last?) in a regular feature where the Nice Shirt Blog delves deep into the murky and  interesting world of commercial production, through the lens of Executive Producer Richard Martin. Think of him as the nicer yet just as charming version of Roger Sterling of Nice Shirt, if Nice Shirt were Mad Men in what is quite a dubious comparison.

"One of many rabbits I've pulled out of my hat. I can also pull hairs out of my nose."

"River Ebro, Spain - our production designer, Pirra, sitting in for a line-up. Gruelling work."

carréducker by Tareq Kubaisi

On Tareq's reel now is this short film he directed for bespoke shoemaker carréducker. As if watching a a pair of fine leather bespoke boots being crafted wasn't fascinating enough, Tareq's film looks at the collaboration between the shoemaker and tattooist Saira Hunjan. 

Saira is known as the girl with the golden needle, tattooing for ten years with a two year waiting list to go under her needle (if that's what you call it?) Her work with carréducker sees her tattoo directly onto the leather, creating intricate designs influenced by her main inspirations: "death, beauty and goddesses". The range is exclusively by commission. If you want to ask the price, etc etc etc.