Who has a dressmaker? I sure as hell don’t. Nope, no Hong Kong tailors to whip up knock-off versions of designer pieces (yes they do do that…). There is the mothership who will mend my clothes and help me out when I’m bawling at the crusty old Singer machine but dressmaker she is not. There’s… Continue reading A Modern Dressmaking Tale
Category: Designers
In the town of Monnow…
How I managed to hold a decent conversation with someone in my illin‚Äô state during London Fashion Week, I haven‚Äôt a clue but at the Peter Jensen AW08-9 show, I found myself sitting next to a guy called Daniel Jenkins with whom I probably had the most intelligent and insightful pre-show chat ever (just to… Continue reading In the town of Monnow…
The Gauche and the Grotesque
I came across Scherer Gonzalez’ work first via Mahret at F&ART (aka German-fash bible…) but I had to have the name jogged out of me when I was thinking of suitable Met Costume Institute Ball alternative affair. Quite simply, Paul Scherer and Constanza Gonzalez’ designs show an atypical side to German fashion that rests in… Continue reading The Gauche and the Grotesque
Wearing a Broken Heart
I can now count five people who I know in person who can pull of party wigs and Carlos Santiago is one of them. He is the final of the three really REALLY young American designers who I got to know through Arts of Fashion and also roomed with at Hyeres (post holiday blues does… Continue reading Wearing a Broken Heart