London Craft Week was an opportunity for me to get my backpack on, go to parts of London unbeknownst to me and learn about things outside of, but not wholly disconnected from the fashion realm. Eschewing press days and product launches, where I’m given a well-rehearsed press spiel, I decided to go probe around an… Continue reading Getting Hands On
Category: Art
The Beauty of Machina
Whilst everyone was poring over whose dress lit up (literally) the red carpet or who out sci-fied each other with their latex limbs, cut-away hemlines and metallic arm guards at the Met Gala on Monday, I was eager to see what the consensus was of the Manus x Machina exhibition, the latest headline exhibition at… Continue reading The Beauty of Machina
Bearing Up in Seoul
Away from Zaha Hadid’s globular UFO-shaped Dongdaemun Design Plaza, where Seoul Fashion Week was held a fortnight ago, lies Minju Kim’s studio, hidden in a warren of traditional Korean houses in the tourist-driven but still charming Bukchon Hanok Village. I somehow managed to escape here during my jam-packed schedule during SFW to catch up with Kim. … Continue reading Bearing Up in Seoul
New Beautiful Chaos
By now, you will have heard the resoundingly positive and effusive verdict on Dover Street Market London‘s move to Haymarket after it has hosted a friends and family opening last Friday. Any previous doubts of a moving from Dover Street Market’s original Dover Street location to a stretch of road that is mainly known as a thoroughfare… Continue reading New Beautiful Chaos