>> You can have your studded shoes and bags because I got me a new Valentino potentially-festishisable item to covet. Last night as part of Pitti Uomo, Valentino once again showed their S/S 13 menswear collection in the beautiful Boboli Gardens. If last season Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli's take on the uniform was… Continue reading Kicks from Italy
Category: Shoes
The Shuffle
It seems two of my favourite spots in London are fire-breathing mythical birds. The first is The Phoenix Cinema, a veritable jewel of a screening room in the otherwise mild and dull area of East Finchley. The second is The Phoenix Garden, a not-so-secret community garden tucked away behind Shaftesbury Avenue in the heart of town.… Continue reading The Shuffle
Heeless in the Making
I'm backdating again as I rewind to my trip to Tokyo (even though I'm currently in Shanghai, and then Beijing, my last leg of my trip) where I had another encounter with shoe designer Noritaka Tatehana. I thought nothing could top his kindness of allowing me to try on a few pairs of his shoes… Continue reading Heeless in the Making
Lost Civilisations
I've finally crawled out of popular cultural hibernation and caught up with the gratuitous ball of fun that is Game of Thrones. It's a lot of boobs and blood but it's beautifully produced, well-shot boobs and blood, so apparently that makes it ok. Therefore when Anastasia Radevich's new shoe collection popped up in my inbox,… Continue reading Lost Civilisations