When I got my first illustrated portrait of me sent through via email, I have to say, it was a bit weird. I kept getting convulsive visions of sick fan art on manga sites where the fans get a bit carried away and start distorting the thing they love so deeply. Not that anybody reading… Continue reading Birds on my Balcony and UFOs in the Sky
Category: Editorials
Are you a Betty?
I said I wasn't going to be stopping at all the GFW talk and it doesn't stop at the fashion design students. The journalism, marketing, promotion students and their final projects were on show and I have a few to talk up starting with Betty Magazine produced by Hannah Burgess and Charlotte Jacklin from UCA… Continue reading Are you a Betty?
To Graduates and Beyond
If you're up early enough, you might have already seen it. If you're not, then you might see it later. Or if you hate Metro and all that it stands for, you won't see it at all and you'll scorn me forever more. I'm writing this post beforehand so I haven't seen it yet but… Continue reading To Graduates and Beyond
The Sad Girl Who Counts Ads
You'd think at this point what with i-D going down to six issues a year, Mixte folding and plenty of rumours adrift, THAT dream that I mused about over a year ago would well and truly be dead. Yup, it's the 'I-Want-To-Start-A-Teen-Zine-Without-Any-Funds' dream. The one that ain't gonna happen for the time being because any… Continue reading The Sad Girl Who Counts Ads