The ever-lovely and on-the-ball Diane Pernet got there before me but I don’t mind being a posty-copy-cat especially when it concerns Sandra Backlund’s AW08-9 collection in a palette that is a bit bruised and quite a bit darker. If you read the story behind the collection ‘Last Breath Bruises’, it does make it all the… Continue reading The Need to Bribe Backlund…
Category: Designers
The story of Bo…
I always get a little intrigued/suspicious when I hear about designers with a VERY specific person in mind, so specfic, this person becomes a character that manifests inside the designer’s head and literally becomes the heartbeat and soul of the collection. However, Sarah Elbo has many stories to tell and they all revolve around a… Continue reading The story of Bo…
The New Theatre de la Mode
Some of you may be familiar with the Theatre de la Mode concept that came out in post-war Paris where couturiers designed outfits for 1:3 scale mannequins made out of wire because fabric was scarce at the time. And so, the concept comes around again in the new millennium as a new label Theatre de… Continue reading The New Theatre de la Mode
The Many Strands of Nova Dando
People often accuse me of having an ‘editorial’ way of dressing. I mean that in the negative sense of the word, the way Hadley Freeman defines it, in that it means ‘totally unwearable, bordering on ridiculous’. So a collection created by a stylist by nature was certainly going to strike an impression on me. Nova… Continue reading The Many Strands of Nova Dando