“Agender” is a word I’ve been pondering for a while now, spurred by Selfridges’ seasonal project, which kicked off last month, with a set of conceptual windows and in-store space designed by the brilliant Faye Toogood. From the perspective of Selfridges – a mainstream department store, Agender seeks to strip away conventional gender separation whereby women head… Continue reading Agendering
Category: London
Are you okay?
“Are you okay?” That’s not a question that’s not likely to appear on a garment, much less encased in resin-moulded buttons. In a twee-filled, jolly-ridden, ultra-polite Selvedge Fair, held at Bath’s American Museum, these buttons stood out. In fact, Minus Sun’s entire stall stood out. Then coincidences of coincidences, turns out designer Yuka Maeda worked… Continue reading Are you okay?
All Rise Aries
Click on Aries Fashion.com and you’ll find yourself in web 1.0 with an array of erm… ‘funky’ fashions. Click on AriesArise.com and you’re not quite sure whether you’ve happed on to a fashion label site or not as you’re met with an assemblage of Google Images randomness. Those in the know – and that number… Continue reading All Rise Aries
Love to Love You Baby
Somewhere in the beginning of the year, Christopher Kane quietly got himself a website. There’s a bio and a contact page – yesss, you go Kane, with your crazy web antics. Ok so it’s a bit sparse but it’s certainly a step up from being one of the most un-Google-able designers of our generation. The… Continue reading Love to Love You Baby