Fast Steps

“It’s not an ‘if” but a ‘will.”  That’s what I said about my steely determination to get Dior’s A/W 14-5 (although inspired by their S/S 14 couture show) ready to wear embellished trainers on my feet.  Thanks to the peeps at Dior, I got to try on all five styles in a ridiculously decadent session… Continue reading Fast Steps

Sunday at the Oval

Bargain hunting season is in full swing with summer sales beginning and sample sales aplenty in London.  Over the weekend, I saw a queue of Meadham Kirchhoff fangirls queuing ardently outside their studio at their one-in-one-out sample sale, and hordes of people kneeling at plastic boxes, rummaging through £5 House of Holland bargains.  It’s a… Continue reading Sunday at the Oval

Ottopi Has Landed!

Meet Ottopi. He has moon shaped eyes and is a playful little thing. He’s from planet MJ and has landed on planet earth to go run away with a circus, wrecking imaginative havoc wherever he goes. Ottopi has been conjured up by Korean designer Minju Kim, who successfully collaborated with H&M when she won their… Continue reading Ottopi Has Landed!

Plastic Candy

It’s pretty blatant that I procure pieces of clothing in patterns and phases.  There’s the dishevelled kimonos and dragons phase.  There’s the Africana-esque patterns phase.  There’s the anything-in-clear-PVC phase.  There’s the baroque swirls ‘n’ curls vintage Versace phase.  Without consciously thinkinga bout it, at any given point in time, my mind will naturally gravitate towards certain traits.  For the… Continue reading Plastic Candy