Bargain hunting season is in full swing with summer sales beginning and sample sales aplenty in London. Over the weekend, I saw a queue of Meadham Kirchhoff fangirls queuing ardently outside their studio at their one-in-one-out sample sale, and hordes of people kneeling at plastic boxes, rummaging through £5 House of Holland bargains. It’s a… Continue reading Sunday at the Oval
Author: susie
A Room Full of Yokos
And so it begins. The possibility that resort/cruise/spring collections could come together and sprout another fashion week in London. What were collections previously presented as cookbooks have now begun to emerge as shows and presentations. Roland Mouret showed his resort salon-style yesterday inside his store, and Peter Jensen followed up with a static presentation in… Continue reading A Room Full of Yokos
All Drawn Out Again
When I got an email about a collaboration between Phoebe Lettice and Illustrated People at first glance, I was thinking “Oh good! More female-skewed drawn out antics to beef up a round-up post!” I didn’t know who either Phoebe Lettice or Illustrated People was. A quick Google search and seeing the resulting cookbook images pop… Continue reading All Drawn Out Again
Soie Folle
>> Further to my announcement that Hermès and Style Bubble are inviting lucky folks to their London Silk Ball, I thought I’d put silken money where my mouth is and have a go at tying myself up into a gigantic decorative knot with the help of stacks of Hermès silk scarves in various sizes, silk twillys and their new sized… Continue reading Soie Folle