“Agender” is a word I’ve been pondering for a while now, spurred by Selfridges’ seasonal project, which kicked off last month, with a set of conceptual windows and in-store space designed by the brilliant Faye Toogood. From the perspective of Selfridges – a mainstream department store, Agender seeks to strip away conventional gender separation whereby women head… Continue reading Agendering
Author: susie
The Art of being a Flâneur
“This stroller spots the novel in the humdrum, the unseen in the deja vu, the faraway in the local. The flâneur gathers and gleans like a bee among flowers.” Pierre Alexis Dumas in the introduction to the latest S/S 15 issue of the in-house magazine Le Monde D’Hermès Flâneur. It’s a French word that has… Continue reading The Art of being a Flâneur
Old, New, Borrowed and Blue Swagger
>> When I was tasked to customise the new Coach Swagger bag as part of their #WhatsYourSwagger campaign, I did have to think long and hard. I’m sadly not a person who is naturally imbued with “swagger”. In fact, I had to Urban Dictionary search the word just to clarify its meaning. Thankfully the bag’s… Continue reading Old, New, Borrowed and Blue Swagger
Coaching Creatures
Furry pastel fluffiness is not what I expected when I went to see at Stuart Vevers’ second proper collection for Coach. Nor did I expect to see little cartoon critters popping up all over the place, thanks to an all-encompassing collaboration with LA cult artist Gary Baseman. As girls clomped past in metallic clogs backgrounded by… Continue reading Coaching Creatures