>> Ever since I worked with Smythson on a few guest posts on their blog and visited their factory in Wiltshire to get some Style Bubble stationery made up using all the manual techniques that make onlookers go "Oooh how quaint and awesome!", their leather trinkets and notebooks have slowly crept into my life not… Continue reading 125 Years of Smythson
The Other World
You might have wandered past the former bStore shop on Kingly Street (previously on Savile Row) and wondered where a) bStore has gone and b) what the hell is Other, the new name. The answer is that bStore as a brand producing its own clothing is no more but bStore, the iconic store co-founded by… Continue reading The Other World
Gracing us with her Presence
Grace Coddington's unexpected elevated status of everyone's favourite fashion heroine was inevitable as soon as the R.J. Cutler film The September Issue had spread its gospel. Previously the flame-haired creative director of American Vogue went about her business in a quiet fashion and now she is stopped everywhere she goes. She has become the "good… Continue reading Gracing us with her Presence
Miu Miu Memory
"It's a vision of what's happening in the world right now with women. On videos and TV all of the women look fake. I wanted to show this plasticized vision, but filtered through classic pieces and sticking to tradition." So said Miuccia Prada to Style.com after her A/W 07-8 show, which used fabrics to express… Continue reading Miu Miu Memory