It’s hard not to draw a poetic parallel between Dover Street Market’s biannual New Beginning process when the store is replenished and redone and Nicolas Ghesquière’s now infamous “Today is a new day. A big day.” statement typed out on a letter, which was given out at his inaugural Louis Vuitton show in Paris. Dover Street Market’s New Beginning and… Continue reading Louis Vuitton's New Day at Dover Street Market
Category: Beautiful People
Coming to Fruition
Sammy and Val fusing all of the elements that have make Fruition, the store an interesting concept Fruition. I’m pretty sure that’s one of my top ten most overused words in speech and in writing. It is after all an uplifting word that neatly sums up the process of design, development and final product and in on… Continue reading Coming to Fruition
Port Eliot Returns
From seventeen paying punters at Port Eliot’s first ever edition back in 2003, the festival has grown exponentially. You felt that growth at this year’s festival, which returned after a one year hiatus to give the grounds of Port Eliot in St Germans, Cornwall a rest. There seemed to be “more” of everything – more… Continue reading Port Eliot Returns
Sculptor of Cloth
With most fashion exhibitions that I’ve been to, I normally have a modicum of knowledge of what I’m about to see. In some cases, I’m anticipating the examples of work of a certain designer be it Jean Paul Gaultier, Prada or Paul Poiret of what I’m going to see. That wasn’t the case with Charles… Continue reading Sculptor of Cloth