"Introversion ‚Äì along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness ‚Äì is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living under the Extrovert Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are. Extroversion is an enormously… Continue reading White Out Part II
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An Italian Lesson
Where Pitti Immagine has excelled in the past few years is bringing in guest designers and giving them a complete freedom to do as they please, with full access to a whole host of sumptuous spaces that the city of Florence offers in whatever format they choose. Some rock the boat, some tow the line… Continue reading An Italian Lesson
Muse Attacks
When you've been inspired by women that traverse between the likes of Gertrude Stein, Cindy Sherman, Mink Stole, Sissy Spacek, Jodie Foster, Shelley Duval and characters such as Fanny (from Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander) and Candice-Marie (from Mike Leigh's Nuts in May), it's be difficult to sum up a body of work into a… Continue reading Muse Attacks
Winging It Dazed Style
It's difficult to review Dazed & Confused's 20th anniversary book and the accompanying exhibition at Somerset House that has just opened without getting personal. It didn't occur to me just how personal until I started walking through the exhibition at Somerset House, where countless impactful images – some familiar, some not so familiar – were… Continue reading Winging It Dazed Style