Winter Warmer

>> The question that has been popping up most frequently during the shows is “How are you staying warm?”  I don’t know whether everyone has experienced minus 15 wind chills.  Coming from mild and grey UK, I’ve certainly never done so.  I might have experienced it in Switzerland when I was about six and violently… Continue reading Winter Warmer

Mad for HAD

I shouldn’t really be pondering anything footie related this weekend.  The North London Derby between Arsenal and Tottenham yesterday was depression-inducing.  I’m therefore going to temporarily suspend my Gooner glum and divert my support for the team of House of HAD instead.  Cypriot knitwear designer Alexandra Hadjikyriacou created House of HAD after seeing the football… Continue reading Mad for HAD

Into the Chateau

>>I never “got” the allure of the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles until I had been given the time last weekend to properly roam its rooms, its vaguely haunted corridors and the outside cottages and bungalows.  And thanks to Mulberry, I styled up their S/S 15 pieces with my own clothes and also got to… Continue reading Into the Chateau

The Tide is High

Today my feet felt like they were going to snap off from the crunchy numbing cold.  Maybe it was down to the late afternoon spent trudging through icy Hyde Park and then standing in the tiers of the Emirates, urging Arsenal to “PRESSSSSSSS!”  As January rumbles around, I’ve needed to dress up up up in order to motivate myself… Continue reading The Tide is High