My journey of learning how to be a “flâneur” or a “flâneuse” to use the correct French feminine noun, didn’t end on the rooftop garden of the Hermès building on rue de Fauborg Saint–Honoré but carried on into my own city. I’ll readily admit that there are layers upon layers of London that I’ve never had the… Continue reading Flânerie in London
Author: susie
Trackie Times
The plus points of being in a relationship with somebody who also works in fashion is that you can easily wile away an evening discussing the finer points of how lad culture has permeated fashion. Wait, did I say that was a plus point? It might be a bore for some, but Steve’s piece for i-D… Continue reading Trackie Times
Love for LES’
“I have another way. I want to create clothes for normal people with fantasies. I don’t create things for IT girls. It is my way.” It was challenging to visit Lesia Paramonova‘s showroom and try to speak to her about her trajectory, given the language barrier between us but the few precious sentences told me everything… Continue reading Love for LES’
Koryo-Saram
After less than two hours of arriving into Moscow proper, I had already met a designer I got quite excited about. I was introduced to Jenia Kim, designer of J. Kim, a fairly new Moscow-based label that is proposing clothes steeped in traditional Korean attire and tradition – not as odd a proposition as it would initially… Continue reading Koryo-Saram