One of my favourite stores to browse slash research for young Japanese labels is Wall in Harajuku’s La Foret (part of the H.P. France boutique group in Japan), not least because it’s right by the entrance on the ground floor and because the staff are always so brilliantly dressed. On this last trip, the thing… Continue reading Invisible Colours
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Say Y.E.S.
For the last leg of my Asia tour (which yes, I realise makes me sound like I’m a has-been pop star milking it out in Far East), after a two year absence, I finally made it back to Hong Kong. Actually, “back to” makes it sound like I’m very familiar with the place. I’m not… Continue reading Say Y.E.S.
#YourRules
>> The last time I did a style swap experiment with somebody with entirely opposing personal style traits to my own, I wound up thoroughly miserable in plain grey cashmere, very ordinary jeans and … mother of all nonchalant slash supposedly chic scarf nightmares… a pashmina. I emerged, ever lucid about the things that I… Continue reading #YourRules
Fabric of India: Block Printing
One of the most popular Instagram posts I ever posted was a video of an artisan pressing a wooden block mould down on fabric to create a repeat print of a floral motif. A slow press of the wooden block mould in one hand and then a swift slap down of the other to properly… Continue reading Fabric of India: Block Printing