Grosgrain, that wonderful closely woven ribbed silk just gets me everytime. I can’ resist the stuff. It’s luxurious without being delicate and flimsy. The slight sheen it gives is attractively subtle and the texture is also very tactile. My senses elevate me towards grosgrain as soon as there’s a hint of it in a store.… Continue reading I can’t get enough of grosgrain….
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I would like to BLESS you all with BLESS products
When Desire Heiss and Ines Kaag from Germany came together in 1993 to form their conceptual fashion label BLESS (debut in 1996) – little did they know they would be having a retrospective over a decade later. Their label is about taking fashion and redefining what are the ‘norms’ or perhaps disposing of the ‘norms’… Continue reading I would like to BLESS you all with BLESS products
Your First Fashion Moment
There was an article from the Times UK a while back noting fashion epiphanies – the moment when you realised fashion would be a significant part of your life. This is Lily Cole’s: From the age of six, I was into crimping and backcombing my hair, tearing up my tights and raiding market stalls. My… Continue reading Your First Fashion Moment
Just creep the hell out of me why don't you?
There is nothing that scares me more than that haunting image of Myra Hindley, one half other of the Moors Murderers who along with Ian Brady, tortured and killed 6 young people in the sixties. One particular viral media that got sent into our inboxes features Kate Moss and Pete Doherty as the Moors Murderers… Continue reading Just creep the hell out of me why don't you?