As a fashion journalist, when you attend a two-day beast of an event drawn out to the extent of say, Nike’s Innovation Summit, you often wonder why it is that mega maisons can’t immerse you into a similar level of technical nous. I’ve come close, scratching at factories, ateliers and studios but it’s not really… Continue reading The Personalisation of Sport
Category: Designers
Bearing Up in Seoul
Away from Zaha Hadid’s globular UFO-shaped Dongdaemun Design Plaza, where Seoul Fashion Week was held a fortnight ago, lies Minju Kim’s studio, hidden in a warren of traditional Korean houses in the tourist-driven but still charming Bukchon Hanok Village. I somehow managed to escape here during my jam-packed schedule during SFW to catch up with Kim. … Continue reading Bearing Up in Seoul
Gucci IRL
Whilst I’ve been out in Seoul and now Hong Kong, I’ve become that annoying girl welding a giant phone and Face Timeing unnecessarily on the go, because a normal phonecall doesn’t suffice anymore. In addition to being able to see and speak to the boy, it’s also nice to check up on the physical state of the house. You… Continue reading Gucci IRL
New Beautiful Chaos
By now, you will have heard the resoundingly positive and effusive verdict on Dover Street Market London‘s move to Haymarket after it has hosted a friends and family opening last Friday. Any previous doubts of a moving from Dover Street Market’s original Dover Street location to a stretch of road that is mainly known as a thoroughfare… Continue reading New Beautiful Chaos