"I don't like fashion but I like you," wrote an 11 year old Margo from Belgium in a fan letter addressed to Paul Smith, one of many that the veteran designer and professional creative bounder receives on a day to day basis. That's pretty much the crux of what makes Paul Smith, as a person,… Continue reading Hello, my name is Paul Smith
Category: Art
Italian New Wave
>> There was a lot of well-publicised and concerned effort this past Milan Fashion Week in September to ensure that the "young guns" of fashion in Milan were being heard. Look, Georgio Armani has lent his venue out to Stella Jean for her show to support her work! Look, Marco de Vincenzo is probably, possibly,… Continue reading Italian New Wave
The Basara Spirit
What symmetry that as soon as I return from Tokyo, Tokyo would come to me through an incredible opportunity to see a Kansai Yamamoto show at the Victoria & Albert Museum as part of their Fashion in Motion event. Even more so that Yamamoto, whose name you'll probably know as the man, who dressed David… Continue reading The Basara Spirit
You've been Disco-ed
>> State the bleedin’ obvious why don’t you, Susie. Disco Nail? Why, it’s a veritable mecca for nail art enthusiasts. Except I’m slow and wasn’t in the know until this trip to Tokyo that Nagisa Kaneko aka “Nagi” and her Disco Nail salon in Shibuya take nail art to a whole new outer-stratospheric level, that I… Continue reading You've been Disco-ed