>> I've had numerous conversations with women who readily admit to stashing away boxes of ribbons, buttons, old bits of stationery, fabric scraps and any other bits and pieces that might come useful on a "rainy day" when we might suddenly take to a spot of customising, decoupage or collage scrapbooking. The truth is those… Continue reading Bookish Charm
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Style Feed
>> "I joined the fashion blogging party in 2006, awkwardly shuffling my feet with a cup of punch. Over the years the party may have become increasingly busy, but the simultaneously good and bad thing about blogging is that everybody is invited. The blogs we have selected here represent the best of who is at… Continue reading Style Feed
The Eye Has to Travel
Prior to watching the documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel, directed by her granddaugher-in-law Lisa Immordino Vreeland, I had re-read Diana Vreeland's autobiography DV and re-flicked through the coffee table book of the same title (also compiled by Lisa Immordino) as well as Vreeland's authored picture-based volume on the quality of Allure. The… Continue reading The Eye Has to Travel
Kill the Night
>> I loves me a bit of novelty fashion printed paraphernalia and Phillip Lim's foray into comic books is definitely a keeper (I'll even keep it in its plastic wrapper for potential future collectability). If Phillip Lim's A/W 12-3 sparsely cool collection didn't obviously read "superhero" or "comic books" in its aesthetic, he has turned out… Continue reading Kill the Night