Hermès Silk Road

I blame the heightened sense of emotions on airplanes, but when  I watched Hearts and Crafts: The People that Make Hermès, directed by Frédéric Laffont and Isabelle Dupuy-Chavanat, on an Air France flight last year, I was positively moved to tears.  Ok, that was perhaps a pathetic step too far, but it was such a great short… Continue reading Hermès Silk Road

BITE Me

My one and only jaunt to Monaco was a literal washout this weekend with an uncharacteristic torrential downpour on Saturday.  That didn't dampen the spirits of what was an incredible Dior Cruise show by Raf Simons, which I will post about soon, but I did chortle at the fact that ironically London is beginning to… Continue reading BITE Me

Versus Rebooted

"This is a new Versus.  it's for you guys‚Ķ" said Donatella repeatedly on the Google+ Hangout to celebrate the launch of #newversus and J.W. Anderson's collaboration with Versus, where I a) lost my Hangout virginity and b) got lost in fascination of New York's rabbit warren Google offices.  The "you guys" she was referring to… Continue reading Versus Rebooted

Oh Vara!

>> There are too many instances of me extolling the various pleasures of Salvatore Ferragamo's Vara shoe.  Put Ferragamo in the search bar and ye shall find many oldy-woldy Style Bubble pics back in the days when I favoured a knee high sock and talked about wardrobes requiring cogs.  I still think everyone's basics or… Continue reading Oh Vara!