1. Is this internal marketing video the most embarrassing thing Microsoft has ever done? [Via BuzzFeed]

2. Sylvia Farago seems like a cool lady. Anyone with a collection of Metallic shirts and hefty book collection is good by me.

3. Female video game characters reimagined in high-end fashion.

4. “It is fatal to wear a hat,” and more advice on how to look good in photos by none other than the Hon. Nancy Mitford.

5. “I want pure colours, melting clouds, accurately drawn details, a sunburst above a receding road with the light reflected in furrows and ruts, after rain. And no girls.”

What the cover of Lolita should have looked like, and how it has ended up looking.