Whilst luxury brands are buoyant and many people are fast realising that cheapie Primark frocks have their consequences and are moving into a slower and more expensive way of buying into fashion, on the flipside, there seems to be a ‘tendance’ for the cheap and a bit of tackiness. I don’t mean dresses constructed out… Continue reading A bit of cheap…
Pleasing the mother…
The mothership has never made too many demands on the way I dress. Ever since I wrecked the bathroom tie-dying t-shirts at the age of 12 and ruined her trousers by customising them with ribbon (I THOUGHT they were ‘spares’…*blush*), she probably knew there was never going to be any other way but the experimental… Continue reading Pleasing the mother…
The D’oh moment….
I’m wearing a Dunce Cap as of today for the rest of the weekend because I’m thinking I’ve made quite the silly fashion boo-boo. Two years ago, I bought an Alexander McQueen satin cape at a sample sale and proceeded to be rather chuffed with my Hitchcock heroine-esque purchase. Except the other day, I dug… Continue reading The D’oh moment….
The Fruits of the Baekeland family…
To say that the Tom Kalin film Savage Grace (based on the book by Natalie Robbins and Steven M.L. Aronson) is harrowing would be an understatement. Not exactly sure what compelled me to see a film about mother-son incest and timeless decadence last night but the one good thing that came out of this film… Continue reading The Fruits of the Baekeland family…