>> A familiar conversation crops up whenever I’m shopping with Phil Oh from Street Peeper, aka my male counterpart, who shares my love of pastel cuteness, cartoonish prints and kawaii themes in our clothes. With advancement into his thirties and a desire to be taken seriously by society on his mind, he’ll cautiously ask me,… Continue reading Cutie Conduit
Category: Susie Styles
Garden Party
I didn’t make it to Coachella. In fact, I’ve never been and I’m sort of resigned to never going. Approximately 326 emails with Festival Fashion in the subject line have been demoted into the clogged-up Promotions folder. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the physical elements of “festival fashion” are utterly beyond me. Around ten hours from now, I’ll… Continue reading Garden Party
Trying on Savage Beauty for Size
The other day, when I saw a PR from Alexander McQueen, he told me he had just returned from holiday to recuperate from what had been an intensely mammoth month for the brand. The A/W 15-6 show in Paris was quickly followed up by the spectacular opening of Savage Beauty at the Victoria & Albert Museum and… Continue reading Trying on Savage Beauty for Size
Love for LES’
“I have another way. I want to create clothes for normal people with fantasies. I don’t create things for IT girls. It is my way.” It was challenging to visit Lesia Paramonova‘s showroom and try to speak to her about her trajectory, given the language barrier between us but the few precious sentences told me everything… Continue reading Love for LES’