>> The weather is flip-flopping about, undecided between spring and summer. Enter the non-wooly looking, unexpected placement of Merino wool in spring summer collections, as exemplified by House of Holland’s wave-fuelled pieces. Their presence is prompted in part by pirate radio waves, the rooted beginnings of Mike Skinner’s breakthrough album Original Pirate Material (which titled… Continue reading Wave On
Category: Designers
Right Hyères, Right Now
The last time I was at Hyères was exactly a decade ago. Back then on the blog 1.0 I enthused and gushed about this annual celebration of grassroots fashion and creativity, nestled in the Robert Mallet-Stevens designed Villa Noailles. It was the novelty of seeing seeds of young graduates in fashion and photography flourish quietly… Continue reading Right Hyères, Right Now
Into Another Garden with Chanel
There’s talking about Chanel haute couture. There’s seeing it from afar on Style.com (rest in peace…). There’s going to the shows, and being swept away by the set, the music and the magic of it up close in the showroom. Then there’s the ateliers, seeing the custom made forms of the couture clients and… Continue reading Into Another Garden with Chanel
Spring Snow Sprung
>> The cherry blossoms are trying to pop out but snow still fell. Perfect opportunity then to break out with one of the key “long-life” pieces from Coach’s SS18 show, which was the weirdly weather appropriate shearling jacket inlaid with that iconic square face on the back as part of the wider Keith Haring collaboration that… Continue reading Spring Snow Sprung