It’s no secret that women have been turning to menswear. By that, I don’t mean the odd mens shirt or Gap boy’s trousers but investing and buying into designer menswear, regardless of the sizing. Be it dandified looks appropriated to fit women bodies a la SJ Weston or women “sparring” off with guys outside the… Continue reading Blurred Lines
Category: Designers
Pearlessence
>> A few weeks I caught up with Nicholas Kirkwood on set of his new film “Pearlessence” directed by Marie Schuller, to celebrate his signature Casati Pearl pump. It struck me then how far Kirkwood has come on since I was a little young un’ blogging about his editorial sky high wedges back in 2006. Shoe… Continue reading Pearlessence
Esprit Dior Tokyo Part Two
Part two of my Dior Tokyo experience and into the vast Ryogkoku Kokugikan Sumo Stadium we go. I can’t communicate how vast the scale was. Dior venues under Raf Simons’ tenure have been lavish, ornate but never vast on this level. It felt like the “biggest” Dior show I had been to because of the… Continue reading Esprit Dior Tokyo Part Two
Esprit Dior Tokyo Part 1
I was going to be longwinded about recapping my brief trip to Tokyo for Dior and do it all in one big hella long post. Despite having only spent two days in the city, it warrants more. We experienced Dior’s history and Japan’s tradition by day and then Raf Simons’s vision of the future for… Continue reading Esprit Dior Tokyo Part 1