Two of my tweets last Thursday afternoon might seem completely unrelated to some but in my head, I’ve since been trying to connect them. I congratulated Grace Wales Bonner upon winning the LVMH Prize, marking the third successive British-based winner of this prestigious and necessary funding. Two minutes later upon reading about the shooting of Labour… Continue reading Remaining Hopeful
Category: Designers
For Raf-Addicts and Gosha-Heads
The excitement in the run-up to this particular edition of Pitti Uomo was palpable. The line-up of designer projects at Pitti have always been impressive but perhaps it was the combination of a) one of the most significant menswear designers to have emerged in the last twenty years and b) potentially one that will follow… Continue reading For Raf-Addicts and Gosha-Heads
Hey Mickey!
The blog has been back burning for a bit. With some good reason (some inexplicable ones) that will be revealed further down the line and in the interim there were a few comments that cried out “Where are your outfits? What’s all this serious guff you’re writing about?” Someone’s general wish is my command. I… Continue reading Hey Mickey!
Tea Drinking Punks at Gucci
When Alessandro Michele presented that first menswear collection under what were tension-filled and uncertain circumstances back in January last year, reportedly it was the British press who were cheering the hardest when it came to the finale. They were natural cheerleaders for the rejection of Gucci’s conventional gloss and the two fingers up at what was the… Continue reading Tea Drinking Punks at Gucci