I shed a little tear when I passed by Shop at Maison Bertaux the other week, at the pink paisley wallpaper and the shut up doors. It almost made me want to return to my naive teenage "Down with the corporate fat cats" ranting days, in protest to what looked to be a rising-rents-must-move-on situation.… Continue reading Madame Says…
Category: History
Stand by Tee
Feel awed by your intern? I do – Kat George aka Style Lines sits besides me at Dazed and is giving me a hand on bits and bobs whilst feeding me information about all things cool and Melbourne (where she is from…). One such Melbournian tidbit is Alpha60, a Melbourne-based label, who with the power… Continue reading Stand by Tee
You seem so far away, Dior
I’m not a ‘J’Adore Dior’ gal…. not the perfume…just the brand itself. Of course, there’s much to admire about the artistry of this Paris haute couture house, but I tend to find the clothes, the shows quite alienating and a little far-removed from my own fashionscape. Something to coo over on a various blogs/forums as… Continue reading You seem so far away, Dior
Oh Coco…
I know I know, it’s hokey, a little bit kitsch and a bit on the twee side of things…. but I’ll happily lap it up seeing as every biography of Coco Chanel has had me hooked and I for one cannot wait for the slew of films that revolve around various parts of her life… Continue reading Oh Coco…