>> I've had to physically sit on my hands to stop myself from uploading pictures from the ASOS S/S 12 press day. As per the unspoken laws of high street press days, nobody's really allowed to put up pictures before the pieces hit the stores for fear of competitors copying their designs. Except they're err…also… Continue reading All Black and Blue
Goooo….. Wabi Sabi
Wabi-sabi represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transcience. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete". Characteristics of the wabi-sabi aesthetic include assymetry, asperity, roughness or irregularity, simplicity, economy, austerity, modesty, intimacy and appreciation of the ingenuous integrity of natural objects and processes. Hand… Continue reading Goooo….. Wabi Sabi
LOVE LFW: Mary Puts the Metal in the Petal
I can't claim to have come up with the succinct phrasing of the title. Alex Fury of SHOWstudio, who works closely with Mary Katrantzou, wrote the press release for her S/S 12 show and ended with the following… "The result? Man meets machine meets Mother Earth. An army of petal, metal and print. True flower… Continue reading LOVE LFW: Mary Puts the Metal in the Petal
Sweet Thang
>> My head-to-toe-hit Topshop outfit this season was the knitted flares and matching lurex cardigan, deemed a hit because it took people by surprise when I pronounced it to be Topshop. Whilst Topshop excels at providing every need for our mix n' match whims and fancies (Kate Phelan quite rightly said "Topshop isn't there to tell you… Continue reading Sweet Thang