All sorts of title word play related to David Bowie will be coming at you over the course of the year given the mega exciting style retrospective coming up at the Victoria & Albert Museum, but this post title specifically refers to a book that extensively documents London's underground club scene from 1976 to 1984.… Continue reading We Can Be Heroes
Category: Books
Pleats Please Indepth
Tis the season for coffee table tomes flying out of Amazon and bookstores and especially for fashion books. The Alexander McQueen tribute book epidemic alone could weigh heavily on postmen the world over – three books (none sanctioned by McQueen thesmelves) is a tad excessive no? So often you come up with glorified picture books… Continue reading Pleats Please Indepth
Gracing us with her Presence
Grace Coddington's unexpected elevated status of everyone's favourite fashion heroine was inevitable as soon as the R.J. Cutler film The September Issue had spread its gospel. Previously the flame-haired creative director of American Vogue went about her business in a quiet fashion and now she is stopped everywhere she goes. She has become the "good… Continue reading Gracing us with her Presence
The Paradise
I no longer have to feel all guilty and faddy duddy about posting about period dramas now that shows like Downton Abbey have left a veritable cultural sweep of success around the world. Did I mention that during NYFW in September, the question that I got asked about the most was how does season two… Continue reading The Paradise