There’s talking about Chanel haute couture. There’s seeing it from afar on Style.com (rest in peace…). There’s going to the shows, and being swept away by the set, the music and the magic of it up close in the showroom. Then there’s the ateliers, seeing the custom made forms of the couture clients and… Continue reading Into Another Garden with Chanel
Spring Snow Sprung
>> The cherry blossoms are trying to pop out but snow still fell. Perfect opportunity then to break out with one of the key “long-life” pieces from Coach’s SS18 show, which was the weirdly weather appropriate shearling jacket inlaid with that iconic square face on the back as part of the wider Keith Haring collaboration that… Continue reading Spring Snow Sprung
Valentino’s Grandeur and Levity
There are few instances at fashion shows, where you get to clasp your hand at your breast, audibly sigh and murmur noises of satisfaction without looking like a complete lunatic. Thankfully at Valentino’s latest S/S 18 haute couture show, I wasn’t the only one. To my right were a group of American clients, ready to… Continue reading Valentino’s Grandeur and Levity
“It’s just a bit of fun!”
It has been bubbling up to a boil in industry circles for a while now. When will a Weinstein-gate equivalent for the fashion industry burst forward, implicating photography greats Bruce Weber and Mario Testino in allegations of sexual abuse on shoots towards male models. It was in the pipeline for so long that at one point,… Continue reading “It’s just a bit of fun!”