I can now count five people who I know in person who can pull of party wigs and Carlos Santiago is one of them. He is the final of the three really REALLY young American designers who I got to know through Arts of Fashion and also roomed with at Hyeres (post holiday blues does… Continue reading Wearing a Broken Heart
Splat in the Park
The sun is glorious but it’s apparently not here to stay very long so I have been trying to catch most of it and soak it up as much as possible. I’ll admit that my flat is a poky hovel of a hole where outfits just don’t really shine that well but hopefully in a… Continue reading Splat in the Park
Exotique stuff
And so the ‘random books’ accumulation is going very nicely as I’m constantly raiding my local Black Gull Books for treasures and this one is no exception. A Taschen reprint of ‘Exotique’ magazine, the magazine of ‘femmes, fiction and future fashion’…aka a fetish mag that popped up in the years 1955-1959. Ok, so people in… Continue reading Exotique stuff
Shrooming it…
No, this isn’t a post about memories of Amsterdam and well…other unsavoury nights… but actually a girl who has a natural high and doesn’t need the help from illegal substances. Amy Sarabi, the 2nd of my fellow American roomies at Hyeres might be a name that some of you recognise if you follow the goings… Continue reading Shrooming it…