Archive and Renew

At the Pringle of Scotland A/W 11-12 show during London Fashion Week as I was exiting, I quickly glanced over the Central Saint Martins x Pringle Archive Project that was laid out at the entrance to the venue and knew instantly that it had to be blogged about.  Then I was stopped by the all-too-familiar… Continue reading Archive and Renew

I go quietly

I promise this is the last trickle of "When I was in Tokyo posts.." (I defy any fashion blogger to go there and NOT come back with two weeks' worth of bi-daily content).  In addition to discovering the completely unfamiliar, it also felt good to find out more about something that I was vaguely familiar… Continue reading I go quietly

Knit Tricks

>> Alright, I've gotten over my gut-pit reaction towards dapper gentlemen in prim n' proper attire at Pitti and have now sifted through my finds from the tradeshow.  Besides the star-lit guest designer events, the Pitti Uomo tradeshow itself is a cornucopia-shaped haven for menswear bloggers to cream themselves over perfectly tuned tailoring, innovative Japanese… Continue reading Knit Tricks

Creeping Florals

"Height without the pain" is my defence point about brothel creepers, the cult-to-mainstream shoe and their ability to pair up with just about anything – actually the more contradictary the better – anything light and frothy to take the weight of those heavy rubber soles.   With three pairs and counting in my 'stomping shoes'… Continue reading Creeping Florals