Bargain hunting season is in full swing with summer sales beginning and sample sales aplenty in London. Over the weekend, I saw a queue of Meadham Kirchhoff fangirls queuing ardently outside their studio at their one-in-one-out sample sale, and hordes of people kneeling at plastic boxes, rummaging through £5 House of Holland bargains. It’s a… Continue reading Sunday at the Oval
Category: Accessories
Soie Folle
>> Further to my announcement that Hermès and Style Bubble are inviting lucky folks to their London Silk Ball, I thought I’d put silken money where my mouth is and have a go at tying myself up into a gigantic decorative knot with the help of stacks of Hermès silk scarves in various sizes, silk twillys and their new sized… Continue reading Soie Folle
You shall go to the Hermès Silk Ball!
>> One of my personal pinnacles of last year was going to Lyon to witness how a Hermès silk scarf is created from start to finish. That was a mesmerising experience watching colourists, engravers, printers and finishers lavishing skill and love to produce those perfect carrés. This year I’ll be having an altogether different Hermès silk experience.… Continue reading You shall go to the Hermès Silk Ball!
Plastic Candy
It’s pretty blatant that I procure pieces of clothing in patterns and phases. There’s the dishevelled kimonos and dragons phase. There’s the Africana-esque patterns phase. There’s the anything-in-clear-PVC phase. There’s the baroque swirls ‘n’ curls vintage Versace phase. Without consciously thinkinga bout it, at any given point in time, my mind will naturally gravitate towards certain traits. For the… Continue reading Plastic Candy