This morning I have been researching traditional circus strongmen. The reason? Very soon, Tabitha's will be unleashing the first of what will be two dashing old school strong men- new to the team!!We have a shoot planned for this sunday based on a local farm- Matt and Grace will be modelling Prison Blues jeans for Vintage Home and Wear for a new advertising campaign for them, and then for good measure we are sneaking in a snakey shoot aswell while we have the photographer on location, so we can get some nice profile shots so we can showcase Matt on the team pages of our official website, and also at the same time, as an exchange for modelling services, Kim from Vintage Home and Wear will be measuring our boy up for his strongman suit. We are very excited about it as have sourced a fabulous vintage leopard print faux fur jacket to customise for the job!
So a fun and busy day planned, but now we are worried that the fresh batch of snow being dumped on us this week will cause the shoot to be called off because not only is it too cold to take the snakes outside but it is also too cold for even the manliest of men to be outside in just a wife beater!
While researching the fashions of the traditional strongmen I came across a really useful blog with some interesting history on the profiles of a number of well known stongmen of yesteryear. If you're interested, check out http://www.oldtimestrongman.com/. This website is actually a bodybuilding resource about the use of vintage training techniques, but the blog has all the info on the greats, and its a generally interesting website!
Now while I have the chance I want to talk about the afore mentioned Prison Blues jeans- Kim is currently one of only 4 shops in the UK that stock these jeans and for any of you budding rockabillys and vintage junkies out there- you need to get along to the shop and try a pair on- these work jeans are hand made by actual prison inmates in a facility in Oregon USA and they are becoming renowned for being "the toughest jeans in the West!" though in Europe they are quickly becoming popular fashionwear. The vintage 40's style unisex style stocked at Kims shop www.vintagehomeandwear.com The Old Chemist Shop on Mill Rd Cambridge (UK) are brill (not to mention very rock'n'roll), and whenever the shoot happens we will stick some of the pictures up for you to have a look at.The Cambs and Herts Herp and Bug Meet was a giggle last night. We meet on the first sunday night of each month in the Zebra pub on maids Causeway, Cambridge for a gossip on all things reptile, bug and rodent related, most people usuall bring exotic animals, artefacts and items of interest along and anyone is welcome to join in. There we no snakes present last night, but I did take along Tabithas lastest shed skin which measures 10'8" and is very fat! Also present were some fancy mice with short fleecy fur, sandfish (type of desert lizard), a bald rat, giant centipede and one lady had a few tarantulas for sale. I also introduced a copy of animals and men, the publication by the Centre for Fortean Zoology- lots of good articles about mysteries of nature, mosnters, myths and extinct (or not?) species.
If you're interested in the bug meet, check out the facebook group at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=117367202272&ref=ts
And if you want to learn more about cryptozoology and the CFZ visit: http://www.cfz.org.uk/
Here's reminding all you cold-blooded folks to keep warm in this yukky weather, and crank the thermostats up!
Grace and all at Tabitha's Snakes and Ladies x
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