>> Following my mammoth Port Eliot post, I thought I’d follow up with something short ‘n’ sweet. This is basically an excuse to post Jamie xx’s new All Under One Roof Raving track, which samples Mark Leckey’s 1999 all time awesome art short Fiorucci Made me Hardcore and an excerpt from the raving episode of… Continue reading Only for the Hardcore
Category: New Buys
Trees and Faces
Luke Brooks and Beth Postle are two painterly kindred spirits who have come together to take up residence at the Hackney Shop on 99 Morning Lane, shortly after friend and sister Jenny Postle and Sam Leutton’s label did the pop-up thing. You’ll be familiar with Luke from his Central Saint Martins MA collection, making a… Continue reading Trees and Faces
Grass is Greener
>> I generally dislike the designated style magazine list constructs of Hot/Not, In/Out and Steal/Splurge. The first two for the obvious reasons that they’re arbitrary page fillers that are designed to make whatever you have in possession in the Not or Out categories deemed inadequate or uncool. The last because inevitably the Steal option is… Continue reading Grass is Greener
Painterly Does It
From drawn out antics by girl empowered women to the possible slow wane of digital print, all things are pointing to the “hand” again. Or in luxury terms “les petites mains” tied up with the ideas of “savoir faire” – all of which are essential when justifying high end brands’ super high prices. It must… Continue reading Painterly Does It