How I managed to hold a decent conversation with someone in my illin‚Äô state during London Fashion Week, I haven‚Äôt a clue but at the Peter Jensen AW08-9 show, I found myself sitting next to a guy called Daniel Jenkins with whom I probably had the most intelligent and insightful pre-show chat ever (just to… Continue reading In the town of Monnow…
The Gauche and the Grotesque
I came across Scherer Gonzalez’ work first via Mahret at F&ART (aka German-fash bible…) but I had to have the name jogged out of me when I was thinking of suitable Met Costume Institute Ball alternative affair. Quite simply, Paul Scherer and Constanza Gonzalez’ designs show an atypical side to German fashion that rests in… Continue reading The Gauche and the Grotesque
Seeing in Twos…
Seeing different labels in a similar palette really makes me want things even more. This will probably sound like something quite basic and juvenile… ‘Oooh look at all the pretty colours that match… oooh, me wants!’. But I guess when you have a mix of denim colours, grurple, greys and a dose of navy (aka… Continue reading Seeing in Twos…
Recyling Ruffles for Ruffs
Just to prove that no one can RUFF-fle my feathers, when a random commentor left a string of nasty comments on quite an old crusty post (why do that if noone is reading the post… pointless? Yes…) that went along the lines of ‘That’s so ugly and so are you!’, it reminded me that yes,… Continue reading Recyling Ruffles for Ruffs