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Coming Soon: Wig Wednesday by CLIC Sargent.
Heads up everyone! On the 21st or May it's Wig Wednesday! One big special day when people across the UK will be donning a wig to raise vital funds for children and young people all over with cancer.
So who are CLIC Sargent?
CLIC Sargent is the UKâs leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families. They provide clinical, practical, financial and emotional support to help people cope with cancer and get the most out of life. Basically they are heroes and have help so many people across the land which is why we're giving them as much support as possible!
How can you get involved?
Well! To get stuck in your can Sign up online or contact the Wig Wednesday team on 08451 212 492 for more information....
Happy 70th Birthday! 10 Things You [Probably] Didn't Know About…George Lucas
Love Star Wars? Indiana Jones? Labyrinth? American Graffiti? or The Land Before Time? Well! You certainly have one man to thank for all of these! Whether it be directing or producing, George Lucas as been a huge part of some of our favourite and the most iconic films ever!
Yep without the mighty George Lucas we would never have imagined a galaxy full of Jedi, Sith, stormtroopers, droids, Wookiees, Ewoks and AT-ATs. We would never have re-enacted outrunning a big boulder while trying to swipe a Golden Fertility Idol. Heck, without Lucas weâd never have known the power of the Force! Can you imagine that?
Yep the big man himself is turning a cool 70 today which has just given us another reason so get digging into the weird and wonderful world of the Internets and sniff out some cool and perhaps lesser known facts about the man himself. Oh how we spoil you!
Take a peep below at some of the things we've discovered about our movie hero....
1. He was a camera operator in the Rolling Stones 1967 concert film Gimme Shelter.
2. Lucas is a major collector of the American illustrator and painter Norman Rockwell. A collection of 57 Rockwell paintings and drawings owned by Lucas and fellow Rockwell collector and film director Steven Spielberg were displayed at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Moomin' Marvellous! xoxo
As with any great book, it all starts with the creator - and this is no exception! The creator of The Moomins, Tove Jansson - a swedish artist, illustrator, a comic geek started something amazing in 1945 - which to this day is still very much in our hearts! Nowadays, Tove Jansson is the most translated Finnish author of all time; her works can be read in over 30 languages. As well as Moomins, she wrote about other subjects, too, concentrating more and more on adult books in her later years.
Over the 50(ish) years of Moomin-ness - it has definitely earned its place in the golden library, that's for sure! 9 books were released...picture books, comic strips and TV adaptations....impressive huh? Oh, they also have their very own theme park, but they don't like to brag! Moomin World sounds like the kinda place miserable people go to become happy. The park's aim is to implement Moomin philosophy: family unity, non-violence, friendliness, environmental awareness, safety and adventure, as well as values promoting parenting. We recently discovered Moomin World, and can definitely say - if we ever joined a cult...then it would be one full of awesome Moomins.
Whilst dreaming of a land far, far away (Finland) we can only imagine such awesomeness under one 'roof', however - we like to think TruffleTowers has a lot to offer too. From Moomins t-shirts, to Moomin gifts, we really do have something for everyone.
SPOTTED Laura Whitmore Wears Our Ladies We're All Mad Here Alice In Wonderland T-Shirt
This girl loves her t-shirts and she sure loves a TruffleShuffle special it seems! :-)The lovely Laura Whitmore has been spotted once again in a TruffleShuffle.com EXCLUSIVE! Proudly sporting our fab and super retro Ladies We're All Mad Here Alice In Wonderland T-Shirt on her MTV News show and shared on her Instagram. Take a peep!
This vintage style and oh-so quirky Alice In Wonderland Classic tee simply flew off the shelves shortly after this but is now back in stock in all sizes! Hurrah! Be sure to snap yours up today for only £19.99 only at TruffleShuffle.co.uk
Don't worry chaps, we wouldn't want you to miss out on this childhood classic of a tee so we have something for you too, oh and girls, now the sunshine is finally here, perhaps the vest might be an option for your Summer Wardrobe!
Time Flies! Top Gun First Premiered Today 28 Years Ago!
Okay okay, NOW we're starting to feel old :( But hey! There's still plenty of reasons to be both happy and proud about growing up at the time we did, we live that fact every single day with our huge collection retro inspired tshirts and gifts that just have us re-living the best childhood years ever....sooooo we're not too worried now.
Alas! As spine-tingling, mind blowing, heart pounding as it is to believe, 80s icon and total movie masterpiece Top Gun is turning a whopping 28 years old today. Eeeep!
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Since hitting the silver screen for the first time back on the 12th of May 1986 at it's premiere in New York, it's had a home in all of our movie collections and has inspired some of or bestselling t-shirts EVER and many a stag weekend too. :)
To celebrate in style, we thought we would put together some of our top reasons that Top Gun is just so cool including some of our favourite scenes, quotes and pictures to have your nostalgia taste buds tinging.
So let's try and answer one simple question...Why is Top Gun just so cool? Well!!
Go Go Power Rangers....Film!
Big news retro fans! Movie powerhouse Lionsgate and LA based private investment firm Saban Brands who launched "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" TV series more than 20 years ago will be partnering up as they do battle, donning the spandex and creating an all new live-action Power Rangers movie!
Pretty much a dream for any 90s kid!
Like so many retro icons in recent years such as Transformers, TMNT and Spider-man, they're looking to re-launch and revitalize the brand and characters into the modern age in spectacular big screen feature film fashion!
The dynamic teenage crime-fighting team was first launched in way back in 1993 (21 years ago! eeeep) as a live action TV series and has since kept a strong global fan base.
