Go East! (But go West first…)

Ok, so us non-US ppl don’t have manic Black Friday sales where people are setting up tents and queuing up around the block, waiting for stores to open with their ultra-slashed prices.  But the always-wicked, always-fantastico Fashion East sale has arrived and will be on through the weekend.  Go forth and get LFW-designer merry…. and… Continue reading Go East! (But go West first…)

A bit of French, a bit of Marangoni for the night

I’m busy in the most hellish of ways these days but Saturday will see hairdressers showcasing fashion and art in East London in a weird but hopefully wicked amalgamated event, that I’m definitely hopping along to.  Hair and Jerome. a decadent and avant garde hairdressers in Spitalfields is collaborating with artist Elie Menard for this… Continue reading A bit of French, a bit of Marangoni for the night

Pick a fresh daisy

I think the big round of CONGRATUALATIONS to Marios Schwab for winning the Swiss Textile Award goes without saying.  I could have gunned for any of the designers in the final really but it is true that Marios Schwab SS08 collection demonstrated not only technical finesse and intelligent ideas backing it all up, but above… Continue reading Pick a fresh daisy

Delicate Winner

It’s fashion competition time and whilst we await the results of Swiss Textile Awards with Gareth Pugh, Marios Schwab, Ann Sofie Back, Ute Ploier, Bless and Felipe Oliveira Baptista battling it out tonight for 100,000 Euros, the biggest fashion competition launched by Mango has its first winner.  The finalists were Txell Miras (Spain), Clara Leskovar… Continue reading Delicate Winner