The Many Strands of Nova Dando

People often accuse me of having an ‘editorial’ way of dressing.  I mean that in the negative sense of the word, the way Hadley Freeman defines it, in that it means ‘totally unwearable, bordering on ridiculous’.  So a collection created by a stylist by nature was certainly going to strike an impression on me.  Nova… Continue reading The Many Strands of Nova Dando

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Rolling with the Grey Marl

I should have just let the grey marl YSL cocktail dress fantasy remain exactly that; a fantasy locked inside an ad featuring Kate Moss.  Instead, I surfed on over to the USA YSL e-commerce site (quite frightening at the pace designers are all launching these…) and found faced with a $2000 pricetag for the dress… Continue reading Rolling with the Grey Marl

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Cho is Thriving

I hadn’t a single clue what Thrive, an LA-based label was all about until recently and I understand it’s a design collective that is supposed to be an incubator for fresh designers to contribute to the collections.  My interest in Thrive only got piqued by the fact that they have chosen to allow Benjamin Cho… Continue reading Cho is Thriving

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Snow Ninja

As we speak, the snow has melted and the skies are once again blue but it doesn’t mean that the snow ninja didn’t have to come out in force because Urban Nomads are quite feeble and a little bit of snowfall can be quite frightening.  So a Snow Ninja armour collective came out to play,… Continue reading Snow Ninja