Neal Street in Covent Garden is turning into a a bit of a one-stop-drop for mid-priced shoes and trainers and the newest addition to the cluster that includes Office, Terra Plana, Sole, Birkenstock, Offspring etc hails from Sweden. KoS talked up Vagabond a few weeks ago and I came across it when I was in… Continue reading The Neal Stree Shoe Row Expands
Category: Shopping
Closer to being Blessed
BLESS just about sums up the enigmatic yet practical general nature of German fashion design. I’ve been a fan since I saw their bedsheets printed with a sleeping couple on them and was even more of a confirmed fan when I saw their retrospective exhibition at Rotterdam last year. For the Hint Mag shop, they… Continue reading Closer to being Blessed
The White Shirt gets the Revamp (Guys look here!)
Devoting some posts to the few men who read this blog so bear with me. Or if you’re loved up, then do pass it on. Walking into Topman isn’t a pretty sight. If the faux nu-rave window display complete with propped up neon tubes highlighting the poorly styled mannequins, clad in neon-super-tight-cutting-off-circulation-to-the-downstairs-area skinny jeans and… Continue reading The White Shirt gets the Revamp (Guys look here!)
Lacroix Alive on Screen
Back in April, at Hy√®res, I attended a conference entitled ‘Profitable, you said?’, discussing the ways of stayng profitable in the fashion industry, and one of the speakers was Christian Lacroix, who has endured the test of time in the fashion business precisely because he has shrewdly taken on projects other than his couture and… Continue reading Lacroix Alive on Screen