David Downtown, Europe’s leading fashion illustrator will be presenting a retrospective of his work at the London College of Fashion which will include all his Paris Couture Show coverage and previously unseen drawings of women like Erin O’Connor and Linda Evangelista. This is really fashion illustration at its most elegant and purist level, which even… Continue reading Couture on Paper
Author: susie
A.P.C. to go big and (bad?)
Only a few days after my A.P.C. related post comes another. According to vogue.co.uk, A.P.C. is to show at New York Fashion Week in September. I’m not really all that happy about this piece of news. Somehow I like the fact that A.P.C. is a niche casualwear label and that it’s ethos was never to… Continue reading A.P.C. to go big and (bad?)
Is Fly really all that Fly?
I’m in a bit of a quandry at the moment as to whether to fork over $45 for the Fly dvd. Fly is basically the first fashion magazine on DVD. When I heard about it a while back, I nearly did hand over the cash but then reasoned with myself: ‘Hold up…that’s £25 for a… Continue reading Is Fly really all that Fly?
Because cotton in the UK is rubbish…..
….London label PPQ, famed for their skinny jeans has joined forces with Cotton USA for a line of pencil skirts in the most juicy colours!. Available in royal blue, sky blue, pillarbox red and bottle green and priced at £90 each. I do have a penchant for PPQ denim because the fit is really good… Continue reading Because cotton in the UK is rubbish…..