Conversations about the New

At Pitti Uomo in Florence, you almost get battered with brands that constantly talk up their “timeless”, “classic” and “well-crafted” credentials.  It’s evident everywhere you go in many of the tradeshow’s booths and on the men that stalk around Fortezza Basso.  Therefore when Thomas Tait was deep in discussion with Pitti over a year and a half ago to be… Continue reading Conversations about the New

Hey Boy, Hey Girl

When I went in to see Chanel’s press day a few months ago, they asked me with a vaguely tentative tone, what I thought of their new “Girl” bag, introduced for S/S 15 and championed by Karl Lagerfeld.  It’s certainly a bag that inspires a “Love it/hate it” reaction judging by the comments on Purse Forum… Continue reading Hey Boy, Hey Girl

Unburdened

LC:M has been and gone in a flurry of essential pieces, “wardrobes” for reality and perhaps a dose of predictability that seems vital in order for businesses to kick on.  There was one big exception though.  At Fashion East’s Menswear Installations, which was previously a house of cacophony where four or five designers converge to… Continue reading Unburdened