Trudging around the Pitti Uomo tradeshow, I often feel like an errant five year old being let loose in the grown-up’s area as I take in a blur of ties, suits, brogues and yet more suits. There are limitations to the ways in which I admire a three piece suit, a lovely bit of tweed or a… Continue reading Yii’s Kiddyland
Category: Art
Pleated Dreams
At Graduate Fashion Week, I came across a stand for Ciment Pleating. They claim to be the oldest pleating firm (established in 1925) and one of the few remaining in the UK and they just so happen to be based in Potters Bar, not ten miles from where I grew up. People who are savvy… Continue reading Pleated Dreams
Moschino Fashematics
>> Back in February last year, I wrote a profile of Jeremy Scott in lieu of his debut for Moschino for Style.com’s print issue. It was a result of some close following of Scott, observing him at work as well as interviewing him in depth. The one thing that I will always remember from that… Continue reading Moschino Fashematics
Unburdened
LC:M has been and gone in a flurry of essential pieces, “wardrobes” for reality and perhaps a dose of predictability that seems vital in order for businesses to kick on. There was one big exception though. At Fashion East’s Menswear Installations, which was previously a house of cacophony where four or five designers converge to… Continue reading Unburdened