Just going to say it like it is. It’s not really fashion month for me if I don’t get to see Comme des Garcons. If ever there was a fashion show that requires physical presence to really understand every facet behind a 2D catwalk image, then this is it (not least because Rei Kawakubo doesn’t… Continue reading Touched by Blue Velvet
Category: Film
Moschino Fashematics
>> Back in February last year, I wrote a profile of Jeremy Scott in lieu of his debut for Moschino for Style.com’s print issue. It was a result of some close following of Scott, observing him at work as well as interviewing him in depth. The one thing that I will always remember from that… Continue reading Moschino Fashematics
Through the Chinese Looking Glass
I went into the China: Through the Looking Glass exhibition at the Met last week whilst in New York with fairly low expectations, because I had pre-show suspicions that the theme had been shoe-horned in to appeal to tourists (lowered still by the lukewarm-ish reviews of the show). Of course though, my own cultural background… Continue reading Through the Chinese Looking Glass
Grappling with the True Cost
There’s a hypocrisy in my wardrobe and in the very nature of what I do for a living that is sometimes difficult to reconcile, when wanting to contribute to Fashion Revolution Day, the ongoing movement that commemorates what happened at Rana Plaza two years ago. On the one hand, I imagine a utopia where every… Continue reading Grappling with the True Cost