If there’s one thing I love almost as much as music and
fashion it’s dinosaurs. I bloody love dinosaurs. In fact it’s quite surprising
that it’s taken this long for them to infiltrate my blog! But in light of the
discovery of Qianzhousauras sinensis –
or Pinocchio Rex as he has been nicknamed – I decided to let dinosaurs
have a moment.
The skeleton of this 66-million-year-old tyrannosaur has been dug
up in China and identified by scientists at Edinburgh University. It is smaller
and more muscular than its better known big brother but has a much longer
snout, hence the nickname. Two long-nosed juveniles have previously been found
but it was unclear whether the long snout was a transient feature that grew out as the
species matured, so the discovery of the adult Pinocchio is a pretty big deal.
Dinosaurs have infiltrated just about every aspect of popular culture, and why wouldn't they? Dinosaurs, in my professional opinion, are awesome. My childhood was filled with them – dinosaur toys, dinosaur films, trips to the natural history museum – and it is my suspicion that just about any child who saw Jurassic Park in the cinema is equally as smitten.
So how, you may wonder, am I going to make my love of dinosaurs relevant to Rock & Runway? Well first up is a little dino-inspired fashion. All too often it is the children that get the best of the dino fashion but occasionally they make an appearance on the runway. My favourite such moment was Giles spring/summer 2010 collection. Remember this bag? Oh how I wanted one of those bad boys.
Dinosaurs have infiltrated just about every aspect of popular culture, and why wouldn't they? Dinosaurs, in my professional opinion, are awesome. My childhood was filled with them – dinosaur toys, dinosaur films, trips to the natural history museum – and it is my suspicion that just about any child who saw Jurassic Park in the cinema is equally as smitten.
So how, you may wonder, am I going to make my love of dinosaurs relevant to Rock & Runway? Well first up is a little dino-inspired fashion. All too often it is the children that get the best of the dino fashion but occasionally they make an appearance on the runway. My favourite such moment was Giles spring/summer 2010 collection. Remember this bag? Oh how I wanted one of those bad boys.
Dinosaur t-shirts are never too hard to find. My beloved
Jurassic Park one (see above) came from Universal Studios in Florida – Jurassic Park ride
anyone?! – but I also have my eye on this one from the Natural History museum.
On the music front I have two options. First up is Dinosaur Pile-Up with Peninsula, from their second album Nature Nurture. If you don't remember me mentioning them before you can read my reviews here. Second is the incredible Jurassic Park theme by John Williams. I defy any child of the 80s/90s to listen to this and not get a little bit emotional…. It might seem a bit unorthodox featuring classical music on a blog dedicated to rock music but dinosaurs are bad-ass and, frankly, classical music doesn’t get much more rock 'n' roll than this.
Read more about the discovery of Pinocchio Rex here.
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