Following on from my dour-noted menswear/LC:M/fashion/life rant, I thought I'd make amends with something more chirpy. The point I was really trying to make re: all the "What man would wear this?" type comments, which dominate mainstream menswear discussions (especially on newspapers), is how joyless and patronising they are. Is it physically/spritiually getting in the… Continue reading What wo/man would wear this?
Category: London
Within Appeal
>> I know you've probably seen this plea on the Telegraph or Its Nice That and I don't normally promote Kickstarter campaigns unless they're really special so apologies in advance for the repetition but this does deserve the attention, I promise. Whilst Central Saint Martins' main fashion figurehead mantle belongs to Louise Wilson for sure,… Continue reading Within Appeal
Shine Bright!
"The sun is giving you energy and you are growing! Stretch your arms up, as far as they will go! Higher, taller, stronger… you're a proud sunflower!" You'd think I wouldn't be in a hurry to revisit the "You're a sunflower!" exercise that practically every year 7 student had to do in drama class… Continue reading Shine Bright!
Up the Nails!
It's been fifty years since The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was published and hundred years since suffragette Emily Wilding Davison was fatally injured during her protest for the cause of Votes for Women. Feminism rages on – in different guises and often clouded with irrelevant arguments about semantics by my shallow reckoning (dipping in and… Continue reading Up the Nails!