Keep your ‘lectric eye on me babePut your ray gun to my headPress your space face close to mine, loveFreak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah! David Bowie’s lyrics of Moonage Daydream provides the perfect lyric prism in which to view the latest Dior show. It’s why it was one of the tracks used in the Bowie… Continue reading Moonage Daydream
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Ghosts of a Collector's Past
>> I hit many firsts last week and over the weekend as I’ve been reporting on menswear shows for Dazed Digital. Some of the firsts were good, some not so good. Despite my typing abilities being thoroughly spent, it’s hard not give props to some of those firsts that really gave me the chills. Givenchy menswear for… Continue reading Ghosts of a Collector's Past
Trapped Flora
>> Techno sartorial. That was how Kris van Assche summed up his latest A/W 15-6 collection for Dior Homme as traditional menswear codes greeted the 21st century. The leitmotif of the collection were these badges of dried flowers – shiny and trapped in plastic and clustered in sets of three on the lapels of tuxedo jackets… Continue reading Trapped Flora
Raf Woz Here
>> Nostalgia can be a dangerous thing in fashion. Look back with rose-tinted goggles at your peril as you fall deep into a pit of thinking that thoughts like, “Those were the good old days”, and you might miss what’s passing you by in the present. There’s a trick to looking back into the past in… Continue reading Raf Woz Here