>> The expression on a well-to-do French couple's face yesterday as they walked into the almost unrecognisable interior of the Herm√®s store on 155 New Bond Street was priceless. They looked confused and befuddled as they surveyd the temporarily clinical white space designed by Studio Toogood, dotted with islands of repurposed red leather and built up layers… Continue reading A Different Kind of Slick
Category: Shopping
Market Market Time
>> Five reasons to go down to Bermondsey next week – 1) It's the Dover Street Market Market sale, 2) it's the LEGENDARY Dover Street Market Market sale, 3) it's the LEGENDARY Dover Street Market Market sale where one can score marked-down CdG, Junya and all the awesome brands that Dover Street Market has brought… Continue reading Market Market Time
Seoulful
65 kg. I think that's some sort of personal best in returning luggage from a trip. I should have known that a combined voyage to Tokyo and Seoul would produce that sort of excess luggage damage. That said, whilst I am more than familiar with Tokyo's shopping delights, Seoul was an unknown quantity to me.… Continue reading Seoulful
Feeling Lonely
>> Never had I see so many bras on show than when I was in LA. Not in a lewd or overt way. But they just showed up under sheer t-shirts, peeking out from underneath button-front dresses and blouses and revealed themselves in ways, that I'd feel a bit self conscious about, if I was… Continue reading Feeling Lonely