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!

Super Stripey World

I've long talked up the visual wonder that is Patternity, not merely as a blog, but as a real resource.  Who knows how many photographers, designers, stylists and creatives have been clicking away at their exhaustive archive, trying to make sense out of Anna Murray and Grace Winteringham's unique eye in finding patterns everywhere from… Continue reading Super Stripey World

Relaunch Noted

>> The four day celebration at H&M's relaunched six-floor Oxford Circus flagship store isn't quite over yet but for my part, I just wanted to check in with a few of my own added footnotes. 1) I haven't done a design collaboration with H&M as some people mistakenly said on Twitter.  I've just styled the… Continue reading Relaunch Noted

Toga in the House

>> I was just going to write about this S/S 13 Toga top, which I bought as a personal order and bang on about how the clear-miniscule-bead encrusted bows running up the sleeves, summed up the gaffer-taped, roughed-up prettiness, which shows like Christopher Kane promoted for spring summer.        Then I saw that the… Continue reading Toga in the House