London is Changing. So says the user-generated art project overseen by Rebecca Ross from Central Saint Martins, who is using billboards in Holborn and Aldwych to communicate the impact that economic and political changes are having on this city. People have been sending in comments about the unaffordability aspect, the processes of gentrification and the… Continue reading The Upside to Despondency
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Get Yer Freak On
>> The last time I was in Limelight in London, I was necking overly-sweet WKD drinks, dancing to the Artful Dodger and thought my Miss Selfridge paisley polyester top was awesome. Who knew that more than a decade later, I’d be back inside this former nightclub, that’s yet to be converted into an arts centre, and be flung… Continue reading Get Yer Freak On
I’m England ‘Till I Die
It’s no secret that I’m into football. Specifically, Arsenal. I’m not into it to keep the boyfriend happy because he is also a hardcore football fan, but I’m into it because it’s a this perfect counterfoil to what I do in fashion. It’s where you can immerse yourself in a tribe-based culture that is ardent, addictive… Continue reading I’m England ‘Till I Die
One Sweet Thing
Out of the frosty temperatures (in the clothes as well as the weather?) of New York Fashion Week, yesterday comparatively speaking, London felt tropical. The same could be said for the clothes. Not tropical in theme but in that collectively, a trio of young female designers showing on the first day of London Fashion Week, doing their… Continue reading One Sweet Thing