>> The knitwear fixation continues. There was hesitation to include these two beauties in my Twelve Christmas Jumpers line-up and rightly so. Last night, after doing battle with a particularly juicy bird (no euphemism intended) and a pomegranate, I’m afraid these two Sonia Rykiel pieces have emerged worse for wear. Before juices went flying around… Continue reading Reine du Tricot
Felt Tip Penned
>> The feeling of putting a thick permanent black marker pen to paper and making that squeaky foam to fibre sound is a satisfying one. I’d imagine then that Beth Postle, this year’s graduate of Central Saint Martins BA menswear design and print, had a riot with her collection of chunky black markers when coming… Continue reading Felt Tip Penned
The Twelve Jumpers of Christmas Day
>> It’s a whole load of firsts this year. For the first time in all of my thirty years, we didn’t do Christmas at my grandma’s house in Dollis Hill with our annual gathering of four different kinds of roast meats (our family is big enough that goose, duck, beef AND turkey are all on… Continue reading The Twelve Jumpers of Christmas Day
Body Parties
>> I’m still mining the process of packing/unpacking for posts. Plus, we’re nearing that Christmas downtime when all that matters is meat, chocolate and shit TV as opposed to catching up on blogs. I’m also not straying too far from that overwhelming feeling of looking back to look forward. Attempting to pack and unpack your… Continue reading Body Parties