A few days ago I was reminiscing how eight or seven years ago, I was meekly emailing Mandi Lennard to ask to and see a Roksanda Ilincic show, whose ruffles, volumes and draping back then was more freeform and raw in comparison to today’s sleek colour-blocked silhouettes. That “Look, how far they’ve come…” feeling was further exacerbated… Continue reading Reshift
Category: London
Back Catalogue
>> Short term memory is a bit of epidemic in fashion. Labels coming and going all the time, the mounting heap of collections and the basic cycle of things going in and out. There’s a chasm of difference between the time when I first started going to London Fashion Week back in 2006 and what… Continue reading Back Catalogue
Havin' a Ball
>> I’ve had a range of creative answers come through people, as to why they should attend the Hermès Silk Ball in London on 26th June and you’ve got one more day to keep them coming. Hermès has been keeping me in the loop and I wanted to share a few more details with you –… Continue reading Havin' a Ball
MA 2014
I’ve not been able to get to as many student shows this year because of the book aka a never ending peaking and troughing graph of writer’s block. Central Saint Martins’ BA, Middlesex, Westminser and all the shows at Graduate Fashion Week have had to be seen via Catwalking. Boo hiss. I’ve also had to lighten… Continue reading MA 2014