It's been fifty years since The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was published and hundred years since suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was fatally injured during her protest for the cause of Votes for Women. Feminism rages on – in different guises and often clouded with irrelevant arguments about semantics by my shallow reckoning (dipping in and… Continue reading Up the Nails!
Tulle Shells
It's a week of following up, catching up and hunting down as I dip in and out of some of the fantastic menswear collections on show at LC:M, head down to the colleges to see more graduates as well as sniffing out leads for Paris before I head over there the haute couture shows. Like… Continue reading Tulle Shells
Atmospherics in the Head
I'm not one to base a post on celebrity endorsements. I actually don't think I've ever really posted a picture on the blog that does the whole "Isn't this brand great because xxx wore it…" thing. Bj√∂rk however is one particular exception. Especially when she picks out a Royal College of Art graduate, two weeks… Continue reading Atmospherics in the Head
Pretty Rêve
I’ve had nothing but postcode gamble on my mind lately as I restart my search for casa Lau slash Salter. Pushed out of E5/E8/E9, I’m now venturing further out towards E17/E10/E11, lands beyond my comfort zone of familiarity but apparently bursting with “up-and-coming” vibes and “bags of potential”, to use some odious phrases of estate… Continue reading Pretty Rêve