A comment on the Port Eliot post asked "Why dont we have festivals with fashion designers, and floral headwear and knitting gangs in the US?!" To add to the chagrin of this commentor, I omitted another important component that would fit nicely in this summary and that was a doll tea party. A fashion designer's… Continue reading Doll Face
Category: History
Port Eliot Take Two
It's been difficult to take myself offline over the past six years of running Style Bubble. This means not using the laptop, not checking emails and resisting the urge to blog. Port Eliot Festival is therefore one of the few opportunities where I've been able to well and truly go offline. It may only be… Continue reading Port Eliot Take Two
Logo-a-Gogo
I find it a little funny that my most vivid (not to be confused with earliest) memories of fashion from my childhood and teen years revolved around the logo. Did you have a Sweater Shop or a United Colours of Benetton sweatshirt on at primary school? If you did, you were automatically in a gang… Continue reading Logo-a-Gogo
Bidding Games
If you're visiting the UK and happen to be flicking around the BBC during the daytime, anyone would think that we're a nation of people who love finding out how much our pre-owned crap is worth at auction. I can't deny it. My lips do indeed moisten at the thought of something surpassing its expected… Continue reading Bidding Games