Icon. Iconoclasts. These are huge words to be throwing around. They’re also words used liberally often for effect in fashion, rather than to pertain to their true meaning. Louis Vuitton however doesn’t shirk away from the weight of the words. Their Monogram, created in 1896 by Georges Vuitton (son of Louis) IS an icon in… Continue reading Monogram Remixed
Sore Today, Strong Tomorrow
I’m generally not the biggest fan of motivational quotes. You know, the sort that flood social media updates and get people nodding along and saying “Wow, so true!”. Can people’s complex, multi-layered and situational problems be uplifted and solved with a a snappy, cliche-ridden (and often nonsensical) statement written in a cool Sans Serif font, accompanied by a… Continue reading Sore Today, Strong Tomorrow
Giles goes Georgian
>> How to be in two places at once? That is a question that I’m grappling with frequently these days as fashion’s powers that be like to throw people in far-flung places on the same day. Long time Style Bubble readers will know that I generally don’t like getting in contributors or photographers in to… Continue reading Giles goes Georgian
Oil Slick
>> From the time when my second sister and I were born to when we were ten (basically about the time when we stopped looking cute and started to creep into awkward tween/teen territory), my two aunties in Hong Kong would send us lots of matching frocks in different colourways because fanciful childrens clothes in Hong Kong… Continue reading Oil Slick