In the BBC sketch show Twenty Twelve, a mockumentary following the organisation of the 2012 Olympics in London, the character Kay Hope Bullmore heads up Sustainability in the fictional Olympica Deliverance Commission team. Then Fi Healey comes in as Head of Legacy. Nobody knows what exactly is the difference between sustainability and legacy and so an… Continue reading Maison Madness
Category: History
Shopped-Out
>> You’re going to have to endure some sentimental mush as I’m deep in the process of packing up six years worth of belongings (plus the remnants from my flat before this current one, where Style Bubble first began) and inadvertently stumble upon things that send me on mad Google Image searches. Today, it was a… Continue reading Shopped-Out
The Basara Spirit
What symmetry that as soon as I return from Tokyo, Tokyo would come to me through an incredible opportunity to see a Kansai Yamamoto show at the Victoria & Albert Museum as part of their Fashion in Motion event. Even more so that Yamamoto, whose name you'll probably know as the man, who dressed David… Continue reading The Basara Spirit
Hat Jinx
"It is a moment, an expression. My philosophy of fashion is humour, jokes and games. I make my own rules,‚Äù said one of the last grand doyennes of fashion, Anna Piaggi in 1978 in an interview with WWD. As Milan Fashion Week, drew to a close, you wondered where the humour, jokes and games were. … Continue reading Hat Jinx