Back in February at the preview event for the Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations exhibition mounted by the Met Museum with the help of Conde Nast and Amazon, I did say that I was intrigued enough by how the physical conversation part of the exhibition would take place, to catch the exhibition in New York… Continue reading A Possible Conversation
Category: History
A Trip Down King’s Road
"After the war and the austerity years, the means to control how you were seen were newly available to the young. And so was the ability to distinguish yourself visually from your parents. From the Teddy Boys in the Fifties to the Mods and Rockers who took over, and on to the mini-skirted dollybirds of… Continue reading A Trip Down King’s Road
Hysterics
>> When I talked about the rise and fall and rise again of logo-mania, I forgot to mention my own slightly reckless and ever-so-obsessive fetish with the logos that hailed from Japan. Hysteric Glamour and Super Lovers were a duo of brands that crept into the wardrobe of my later teen years, due to shops like… Continue reading Hysterics
Etiquette Compared
>> I didn't plan for an Olympics-related post to pop up on the day of the London 2012 opening ceremony but this one is merely a passing comment rather than anything that's actually relevant to the feverish fervour for the extravaganza that is supposedly going to be unveiled tonight. I couldn't resist the way Nike… Continue reading Etiquette Compared