Squares and Stripes

On the most part (ok…bar the Celia Birtwell collection), Topshop don’t make a HUGE deal about their designer collaborations, unlike H&M.  Sophia Kokosalaki, Peter Jensen, Jens Laugesen, Emma Cook and quite a few others have done collections for Topshop and it just sort of quietly sits there on the rails of the boutique section in… Continue reading Squares and Stripes

Belt Up your Bags

The first time I encountered Ting London was not in a boutique or through a fashion magazine but actually in Sketch, a chi-chi kind of London restaurant/bar where all the cushions are made by Ting London out of seat belt material.  These are the ‘it’ items of the cushion world and seem to be everywhere. … Continue reading Belt Up your Bags

"I like your sleeves. They're real big."

These sleeves just about redefine my conception of what big sleeves are.  These aren’t bad 80’s prom dress poofy sleeves.  They’re not twee little puff sleeves on Victoriana shirts.  These are disc shaped sleeves that unashamedly jut out, a nod to the 15th century sillhouette mashed up with Dynasty-style shoulder pads which reflects the title… Continue reading "I like your sleeves. They're real big."