What symmetry that as soon as I return from Tokyo, Tokyo would come to me through an incredible opportunity to see a Kansai Yamamoto show at the Victoria & Albert Museum as part of their Fashion in Motion event. Even more so that Yamamoto, whose name you'll probably know as the man, who dressed David… Continue reading The Basara Spirit
Category: London
Too Good
So much of what S/S 14 offered was about surface. Nothing wrong with that of course. There were some GREAT surfaces – printed, sequinned, feathered, texturised – a fetishisation of decoration almost. Towards the end of Paris Fashion Week, when our heads were filled with showgirls, tribal ferociousness and paintbrush strokes of art colliding with… Continue reading Too Good
Made for Walking
>> There's no real reason why I've not worn a pair of knee high boots (excepting photo shoots) since I had a pair of vintage ones in the ye olde days of Style Bubble. Remember when vintage stores made a killing flogging old slouchy boots, deluding many that they could wear them a la Sienna… Continue reading Made for Walking
I design, therefore I am
I always cry at least once during fashion month. Mostly because of exhaustion and crabbiness or because something disastrous happened (lost bank card, stolen phone, twisted ankle etc etc). Sometimes though you do get caught up in the moment of a collection and things genuinely move you. Simone Rocha did that. I'll probably blame the… Continue reading I design, therefore I am