I vastly prefer lookbook images to catwalk images as a designer can really inject ‘something more’ about their vision for their collection whereas catwalk images seem to all merge into one after looking at one too many blank, staring walking model. Quite often, I end up loving a collection more when I see the lookbook… Continue reading Urban Fairy
Month: November 2007
An Ode to the Beloved
That’s it – it’s been found. I will procure it with a beaming smug face. It will stay with me. It will travel with me. I will wear it to death. It will be my unopinionated, unbiased best friend. I will pass it on to whoever wants my rags when I leave this world. It’s… Continue reading An Ode to the Beloved
The Print Reminder
There will be another LFW loss for next season and as I was browsing through the Fashion East sample sale yesterday, it struck me that the cluster of labels that were hanging on the rails were like a nucleus London fashion collective, each designer contributing completely different things to the scene but it seems right… Continue reading The Print Reminder
Success on the Other Side
Though London is known as a breeding ground for new labels and provides good a starting point for a fashion graduate, that’s not to guarantee that any degree commercial of success will come your way. Johanna Ho, from Hong Kong, graduated from Central St Martin’s and her collection was marked as a standout collection by… Continue reading Success on the Other Side