In my latest Bubble and Speak (seriously…the name still tickles me…) column for Business of Fashion, I profiled the French-born, London-based designer Faustine Steinmetz who is about to hit us with a new wave of trompe l'oeil. Pah! New wave of trompe l'oeil indeed… Haven't we mined every trick of the eye there is in fashion?… Continue reading Woven Goods
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Lost in the Woods
On my one and only visit to Moscow, Russia, I felt I had only scratched the surface of its fashion underbelly, discovering that the designers who were supposedly at the top of the designer hierachy there aren't necessarily the most interesting ones. I think I'm due another visit just to meet younger fledglings such as… Continue reading Lost in the Woods
Make a Scene
>> It's been over fifteen years since French Connection told everyone to basically go FCUK themselves, in the age of laddish mad fer it tactics, and since then have shirked away from such controversy and given itself several rebranding uplift. Remember the I am Man / I am Woman campaign, cleverly conceived by agency Fallon two years ago?… Continue reading Make a Scene
Ilona and I
>> I emerged from a cosy West Village apartment in New York, in minus 5 weather back in January, bare-legged but skipping because I had had the honour and pleasure of meeting and working with Ilona Royce Smithkin, better known as one of Ari Cohen’s tenacious and colourful characters on his Advanced Style blog. She’s also… Continue reading Ilona and I