It is only in the recent years due to credit being given out freely and personal debt at an all-time high that therapy for shopaholics is now available. But in an exhibition at Liverpool’s Walker Art Gallery, we discover that shopaholicism existed all the way back in the 1910’s. Emily Tinne was born in 1886… Continue reading The Secret World of an Edwardian Shopaholic
Category: History
Sleeping Decades
I think just about everyone one of us has seen beauty editorials where they like to revisit the past and present the ‘looks’ of the decades before us and we have ingrained into our minds the epitome of the look of each decade. Still, it’s nice to see more interesting interpretations so here’s the latest… Continue reading Sleeping Decades
Your First Fashion Moment
There was an article from the Times UK a while back noting fashion epiphanies – the moment when you realised fashion would be a significant part of your life. This is Lily Cole’s: From the age of six, I was into crimping and backcombing my hair, tearing up my tights and raiding market stalls. My… Continue reading Your First Fashion Moment
The Last Couture House of Britain
Whenever I hear the word ‘couture’, I immediately think of Dior, Chanel, Lacroix – an age-old artform stemming from Paris. But this year marks the 60th anniversary of Hardy Amies who opened his couture house on the famed Savile Row in London in 1946 and remains the last true couture house in Britian. He was… Continue reading The Last Couture House of Britain