I’m not sure how it escaped me but after perusing over the latest ever-bulging London Fashion Week schedule, eye-spy with my little eye, Charles Anastase is now going to be showing in London this season. Anastase seems to set the perfect example of Channel hopping as a designer. He was born in London but educated… Continue reading A new home for Anastase
Category: History
More lavish affairs?
During a week when a every couture show is being described as a ‘lavish affair’ (bar Givenchy though…thank you Riccardo Tisci for showing us that couture isn’t just about whimsy-led fantasy costumes), it’s hard not to have your jaw dropping and eyes popping out from all the lush images (especially looking at HQ’s… *drools*). Then… Continue reading More lavish affairs?
Ruff Ruff!
I’m always interested in the revival and re-interpretation of historical costume. I mean beyond the oft recycled decades of the 20th century. I mean even further back than the other often-referenced epoch, Victorians. Much further back. Let’s take it all the way back to Elizabethan times like this girl on Facehunter and her lace neck… Continue reading Ruff Ruff!
Go dolls, go go go!
The small but decent New York Fashion Now exhibition at the V&A didn’t really shed much light in terms of insight for me but I did get some good eyefuls of outfits which I will post either on an external page or on Flickr. The one thing I found fascinating was this video clip of… Continue reading Go dolls, go go go!