Anyone who knows me will know my fear of two things: rodents and cheese. Of course, when it’s a furry white mouse attached to this memorable shawl from the Gareth Pugh SS08 collection, all is well. It isn’t me confronting my biggest fear. It’s me at the Mandi Lennard SS08 press preview day which was… Continue reading A lot of ‘Phoaaar’ and ‘Rooaar’
Category: Art
Whistles: Given the Lula Touch
It’s interesting how a magazine can carve out such a distinctive aesthetic that a brand would covet and be inspired by that magazine enough to give themselves a make-over. That’s exactly what has happened with Lula and the British mid-range label Whistles. I was wondering a while back what a Whistles advert was doing in… Continue reading Whistles: Given the Lula Touch
Liselotte Love
My initial disgust and sheer disappointed at the H&M’s 2007 designer collaboration with Roberto Cavalli hasn’t yet placated despite a blog pointing out that the collection is not as odious as one might think, after seeing some sneak peak fitting pictures and the ad campaign. I’m yet to be convinced but if anything is going… Continue reading Liselotte Love
Showtime!
In terms of show venues, it is the unfortunately the case that the ‘bigger’ the designer, they can afford to be more extravagant/lavish/decadent with the show venue. Just think what some of the smaller names could do to really push the vision of their collections with a sky high show budget. I’m personally disagree with… Continue reading Showtime!