Whilst laboriously translating a French CV into English for a friend, I felt impelled to look up old Style.com pictures to find Olivier Theyskens last SS02 collection for his own label. The rest of the story of course you know as without sufficient financial backing, the label went bust and he then took up the… Continue reading Dead canary anyone?
Category: Designers
Light Bending
My year 9 physics project was about the refraction of light and how it split into pretty colours of the rainbow. Of course my physics teacher had a real cow at me for extending the deadline on the project so much that I could not have possibly explored light refraction to the extent that Swedish… Continue reading Light Bending
Day makes a Friend of Preen
Day Birger et Mikkelsen is one of those labels that I would happily imagine myself wearing when I reach a certain age (and a certain income!) and I’m wafting about in my own non-rented house, throwing tasteful dinner parties and swanning down Sloane Street to the Day store looking serene and suitably chic. Actually… Continue reading Day makes a Friend of Preen
Hmmm…this is actually… quite good?
I’m not sure how avid/enthusiastic people here are about shows like Project Runway or the UK equivalent Project Catwalk. I must confess to be a tad addicted when they are on but what about the results? The winners who get a huge fanfare at the last episode of the season? What happens beyond that? I… Continue reading Hmmm…this is actually… quite good?