Apologies if this is a bit chronologically out of sync. During shows, the blog and I exist on an alternative time zone, ruled by deadlines. I’m writing up for Dazed Digital and BBC (can only be read from outside the UK), if you’re up for perusing more formal reports on all things fashion week. In this realm… Continue reading The Coach Gang
Category: History
Kodak Moment
Opening Ceremony do a lot of cool things. In fact, sometimes they can be overwhelming in their endeavour for cool with their numerous collaborations, “x” ridden collections, parties, events and projects. But the fact of the matter is, you do come away from 95% of it all going, “Wow that’s pretty cool.” And then you… Continue reading Kodak Moment
Dream Away
>> Marc Chagall. His journey from St Petersburg to Paris. The Birthday. The Promenade. The Marriage. Love. Valentino’s latest S/S 15 haute couture collection is about as indulgently themed as you can get. It’s quite a feat to dedicate a collection to something as monumental and universal as LOVE and neither Maria Grazia Chiuri nor Pierpaolo Piccioli shy away… Continue reading Dream Away
Flower Bombing
In the S/S 12 issue of Bon Magazine, writer Anja Aronowsky Cronberg investigated the origins of what appear to be “African” textiles. Specifically the brightly coloured wax prints that can be found everywhere from markets in Ghana to Dalston in London and even my local shop in Seven Sisters, where they’re made up into the… Continue reading Flower Bombing