I went into the China: Through the Looking Glass exhibition at the Met last week whilst in New York with fairly low expectations, because I had pre-show suspicions that the theme had been shoe-horned in to appeal to tourists (lowered still by the lukewarm-ish reviews of the show). Of course though, my own cultural background… Continue reading Through the Chinese Looking Glass
Category: Beautiful People
Grab Your Coat Love, You've Pulled
“I did not know that when I first met you, we would go on to tell such a story,” said Olivier Saillard, as he raised a glass to his star collaborator Tilda Swinton at a beautiful Tuscan dinner last night held in a 12th century former convent where Gallileo’s daughter once lived. The story Saillard… Continue reading Grab Your Coat Love, You've Pulled
Hooded Up
I’ve had a few of the conversations with other journalists – that they don’t “get” Hood by Air and then I go on to defend HBA – staunchly in fact. It might surprise a few of you that me in my pastel candy la-la-land corner will want to be going gun ho for a brand… Continue reading Hooded Up
Out of Towners
I experienced rain in Los Angeles for the first time. Like actual heavy-ish rain. Looking out at the drizzly skies felt weirdly appropriate though as we were standing in the ballroom of the Four Seasons, quaffing tea, chomping on cucumber sandwiches at the annual BAFTA tea party on Saturday. It was an odd place to… Continue reading Out of Towners