Some of you have been pointing it out and on this occasion of a press mention, I really was taken by surprise. Yup, in Style Bubble along with other deserving bloggers – Garance, Rumi, Jane and Arabelle (such is the fame in their names that I need use last names…) got mentioned in the latest… Continue reading The Vogue Lutens Reminder
Category: History
Life in Plastic is Fantastic
>>Representing everything that I could never be; Californian, blonde, deeply tanned, blue-eyed with the ability to look amazing in pale blue and bright yellow at the same time – my very own 1971 repro Malibu Barbie! Courtesy of the Barbie @ Dover Street Market launch today. I'm coveting the pleated yellow accordian ensemble more than… Continue reading Life in Plastic is Fantastic
Reviving Rodier
Some of you may have seen the Cognoscenti Choices article in The Times T2 a couple of weeks ago in which Alice Olins 'spots three tribal trends'…. also containing three words that strike fear in my very heart…spotting, tribal and trends. No article online but the general gist is one that you've all seen/read 1000… Continue reading Reviving Rodier
Reverse That Knit
It's odd how this blog makes quite round-about connections. I discovered knitwear designer/artist Liz Collins (she is reponsible for something called the Knitting Nation Manifesto… inpsiring stuff…) when I was rooting around in an old Doc Martens collaboration project. Then it turns out she reads the blog and that lo and behold after almost five… Continue reading Reverse That Knit