It's been fifty years since The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was published and hundred years since suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was fatally injured during her protest for the cause of Votes for Women. Feminism rages on – in different guises and often clouded with irrelevant arguments about semantics by my shallow reckoning (dipping in and… Continue reading Up the Nails!
Category: Art
Fifty Shades of Gold
If ever there was a day for a pick-me-up, today would be it. The source of my ire and misery? A fallen through house purchase, the Game of Thrones-esque mind tricks of estate agents and solicitors and worse of all, having to go back to the beginning and start this joyful process all over again.… Continue reading Fifty Shades of Gold
Nestling Into House of Hackney
Whilst there's still ongoing speculation as to which luxury brand (Prada? Louis Vuitton? Ralph Lauren? Who spins these rumours anyway…?) is moving into Shoreditch next, completing the area's thorough de-edgification process, why don't we turn our attention to the people that can stake a characterful claim to the area? Fashion-led-interiors slash interiors-led-fashion brand House of Hackney,… Continue reading Nestling Into House of Hackney
Graduate Fashion Week: The Other Type Of Round Up
After two years of not being able to cover it, I've dived straight into Graduate Fashion Week with the kind of rabid gusto that means I've spent the last few days trekking down to Earls Court, soaking up portfolios, judging collections to be put forth to the Gala show tonight and taking one too many… Continue reading Graduate Fashion Week: The Other Type Of Round Up