>>I never “got” the allure of the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles until I had been given the time last weekend to properly roam its rooms, its vaguely haunted corridors and the outside cottages and bungalows. And thanks to Mulberry, I styled up their S/S 15 pieces with my own clothes and also got to… Continue reading Into the Chateau
More's the Pitti
Florence, it’s been too long. Two seasons away from Pitti Uomo and I’ve relished roaming the maze-like tradeshow finding significant bits and bobs that don’t necessarily fall into the fast and furious pace of FASH-ON during say ready to wear womenswear weeks. I know I know. I’m sounding like a broken record harping on about longevity… Continue reading More's the Pitti
Grab Your Coat Love, You've Pulled
“I did not know that when I first met you, we would go on to tell such a story,” said Olivier Saillard, as he raised a glass to his star collaborator Tilda Swinton at a beautiful Tuscan dinner last night held in a 12th century former convent where Gallileo’s daughter once lived. The story Saillard… Continue reading Grab Your Coat Love, You've Pulled
Hooded Up
I’ve had a few of the conversations with other journalists – that they don’t “get” Hood by Air and then I go on to defend HBA – staunchly in fact. It might surprise a few of you that me in my pastel candy la-la-land corner will want to be going gun ho for a brand… Continue reading Hooded Up