Patchwork No Brainer

>> This has got to be the biggest super no brainer of collaborations I’ve done in recent times.  Liberty London?  Check.  Art Nouveau design turned into one of Liberty’s most iconic prints?  Check.  The brightest of colours deliberately pitted against one another?  Check.  And bag shapes that are either a) roomy and functional enough to… Continue reading Patchwork No Brainer

Ambushed

After all the lush haute-ness of couture shows, my last stop in Paris was in Ambush’s showroom where unexpected bling meets the grounds of Palais Royal.  As streetwear’s convergence with high fashion shows no signs of abating, this Japanese jewellery label, created by rapper Verbal and his wife Yoon, finds itself in a niche of… Continue reading Ambushed

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