Once upon a time in amongst the rabbit warren of London designers holed up in various parts of East London, the word "brand" was a dirty word. Along with being "commercial" and making "wearable" clothes, to be seen being ambitious and wanting to build a brand were things that the abundantly creative London fashion scene… Continue reading Clocking It In
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You Give Me Butterflies
>> I'm remember flicking through Heat Mag round-ups of celebrities spotted wearing Alexander McQueen's popular skull scarves like it was only yesterday. In fact, it wasn't yesterday. It was ten years ago that Alexander McQueen, as the company began their profitable journey to black, designated the human skull as a brand motif and placed it… Continue reading You Give Me Butterflies
Artist's Palette
>> Tokyo's sprawl of designer showrooms or "exhibitions" as they call them is the beast that keeps on giving. It's impossible to see every collection within a season without staying there for at least a month in Oct-Nov or in Mar-Apr. There's a must-see list though that I keep if I'm ever in Tokyo during… Continue reading Artist's Palette
A Different Kind of Slick
>> The expression on a well-to-do French couple's face yesterday as they walked into the almost unrecognisable interior of the Herm√®s store on 155 New Bond Street was priceless. They looked confused and befuddled as they surveyd the temporarily clinical white space designed by Studio Toogood, dotted with islands of repurposed red leather and built up layers… Continue reading A Different Kind of Slick