Once Upon a Shoe

>> eBay crawling is a dangerous slippery slope.  eBay crawling at 3am in the morning when you’re awake with jet lag having just landed into New York leads you from looking at things that you actually wanted (search terms “Balenciaga runway”, “Junya Watanabe” and “John Galliano”) to looking at things you never knew you wanted… like… Continue reading Once Upon a Shoe

Big Sur-Ing

“It is not a peaceful environment to me at all.  It’s a fighting environment, not like England or Wales where you feel the peace of centuries and centuries of people tilling the soil.  It’s the most hostile place I’ve ever lived.  Oh, not the people, of course, they are the least hostile, but the land… Continue reading Big Sur-Ing

Californication

>> I’m back in my happy happy place in Los Angeles (and beyond) with a proper holiday that has involved several days of not using any data on my phone.  I literally just checked and no mega bytes have been notched up for over 24 hours, which is a novelty for me.  In addition there has been… Continue reading Californication

A Quiet Moment

>> If you follow my Instagram, you’ll know I’m haute couture-ing and that it’s thus far been an onslaught on the body.  Legs aching – from running to the Versace show plonking my bum on the seat to see slashed gowns stomp on 25,000 orchids.  Body Sweat – from sitting in Dior’s stained glass pointillist… Continue reading A Quiet Moment