More Love for Louise

First, I mess up the blog on Typepad and now I give you blurry pics. Just call me Calamity Blogging Jane.  Despite my own poor images and the relative flatness of catwalk images (full video here…), I do want to convince people that Louise Amstrup’s AW08-9 collection, the first she showed at ON|OFF this season,… Continue reading More Love for Louise

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Crhee is the Word

It’s a lie I tell you if people are spreading malicious rumours that Susie Bubble doesn’t know a thing about ‘less is more’.  It’s a heinous fallacy I tells ya!    Ok I may decry too much and I’ll admit that my tastes aren’t necessarily pre-disposed to ‘less is more’.  However that doesn‚Äôt mean I… Continue reading Crhee is the Word

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The Return of the Cook

Is it a bit weird that I beamed to myself when I saw that Emma Cook was back on the schedule at London Fashion Week?  After two seasons of presenting a lookbook collection because of pregnancy, Emma Cook returned to the catwalks with a collection that was far more impactful than her previous two collections… Continue reading The Return of the Cook

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Cha-cha Chalayan

H Chalayan probably affords Hussein Chalayan the pleasure of creating the masterpiece shows and collections that he does for his mainline collection but that doesn’t mean his diffusion line is any less of an achievement.  Not only do I get tons of wear out of H Chalayan pieces (a yellow button down shirt-skirt with an… Continue reading Cha-cha Chalayan

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