Cut Flowers

I’ve jumped from one H&M collaboration with a lot of noise and PR brou-ha to one that will probably pass by with little fanfare.  I’ve long been a fan of H&M’s Design Awards capsule collections, not just because they’re less stressful than the big starry ones with theIR smash ’n’ grab tactics and queue rules,… Continue reading Cut Flowers

Some Kind of Shangri-La

Metallics.  Iridescence.  Sheeny shinyness.  Layers.  These are the components that make up the outfit equivalent of Shangri-La for me.  The main facilitator?  A Miu Miu jacket from the current A/W 14-5 collection, looking all delicious and tempting in-stores and online, stuffed with pastels, parkas and plastic brilliance.   How did I get it?  I was very honoured to be… Continue reading Some Kind of Shangri-La

Cool Pool Days

In between a six month period between the time when I was tagged innocuously by designers Miu Niku in this cute little illustration on Instagram above wearing their A/W 14-5 collection and the present day, sisters Nikita and Tina Sutradhar from Mumbai, India won the surprise EUR100,000 special prize given by LVMH.  They stood in… Continue reading Cool Pool Days