Dreaming. I’m going to say it in a small voice. We don’t get to do enough of that D word in fashion these days. Celine/Balenciaga-isms, faux-minimalism and the all important bottom line sums up the bulk of the mainstream fashion landscape. Sure there’s quirkiness, there’s modernism and of coursethere’s an abundant of choice. But few… Continue reading Dream Away in Dries
Category: Art
Second Floor Antics
In between missing a flight, buying another one, switching up from LFW to MFW, I somehow managed to drop by Chanel’s new exhibition “Second Floor” at the Saatchi Gallery. On the second floor of the gallery, is a beautiful series of painterly photographs by Sam Taylor-Johnson, who went up that famous mirrored staircase to the… Continue reading Second Floor Antics
100% Engaged
Nearly five days and three separate half hour conversations with different editors later and I’m still sort of pondering the Opening Ceremony one act play, 100% Lost Cott, which took place last Sunday evening in a brilliantly conceived reverse set in the Metropolitan Opera House. The play, directed by Spike Jonze and co-written with Jonah… Continue reading 100% Engaged
Welcome to the Garden Party
For all the NYFW talk about performance as an alternative to the traditional fashion show (Gareth Pugh, Opening Ceremony’s play – I’m still thinking it out before I post, and best of all, Olivier Saillard’s Models Never Talk performance piece), we forget that Thom Browne is a dab hand at creating mesmerising mise-en-scenes, where you… Continue reading Welcome to the Garden Party