Crying at the office is just tragic on all kinds of levels. You can’t weep openly like you would in the privacy of your own home. You can escape to the toilets for a while and sob silently and not for too long as people will suspect that you’ve gone off to cry. It’s embarrassing… Continue reading My kind of pick-me-up
Category: Rants and Raves
Dressed-Up on the Up
Cathy Horyn made a comment on the overall mood of the collections at London Fashion Week being decadent, over-the-top and dramatic. Is it the spirit of the current ‘Age of Couture’ exhibition at the V&A (I’ve yet to go but will report laden with pics!)? Is it paying a respect to fashion originals like Isabella… Continue reading Dressed-Up on the Up
Fringe Leather Rash
The leather-dress hunt ramapge continues and for something that is looking to be a short-lived one-season trend, judging from the SS08 shows, the high street options are being churned out faster than ever. H&M, M&S and Zara all being in the game, with probably the others to follow. For me, those dresses all seem to… Continue reading Fringe Leather Rash
The Unreachable point where ‘Ugly Works’
Despite a show that has had WWD, Vogue.co.uk and Style.com anticipation, surprisingly it has been difficult getting hold of the pictures from the Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony presentation and I still haven’t seen the complete collection. Papermag have a selection here and from them, I sort of suspect that the big style sites may… Continue reading The Unreachable point where ‘Ugly Works’