As per usual during fashion month, things have gone a bit hush hush here because I’m moonlighting elsewhere with words, words and more words. I’m worded out. I can’t use nouns like “convey” and “evoke” for a good while after this month. Therefore… time for a spot of fun. American fun to be specific. At the… Continue reading Prom in Paris
Category: Designers
Layers of Gucci
Last Saturday, I did my usual Milan Fashion Week Montenapoleone scout, bouncing from store to store and then finding sanity inside the pistachio-hued Pasticceria Marchesi, where nothing bad could possibly happen. Inside the Gucci store, a woman in her mid forties was trying on a deliciously pink quilted coat from the current cruise collection. I… Continue reading Layers of Gucci
Be in my Girl Gang
There’s much to say about the gangs of Milan’s heavyweights that have made the first two days of MFW (Gucci !!! Prada !!!) such a treat for the eyes. But as per usual, I like to take my good sweet time, mulling over shows and so I wanted to take the opportunity to applaud the younger… Continue reading Be in my Girl Gang
Wait and See
“In this section you will find silhouettes, which consist of a hand-tufted pair of jeans and a hand-tufted denim skirt. Tufting is a technique widely used in the making of rugs and other upholstery. To hand tuft enough material big enough to make a pair of jeans, can take a team of two people, almost… Continue reading Wait and See