>> It’s a whole load of firsts this year. For the first time in all of my thirty years, we didn’t do Christmas at my grandma’s house in Dollis Hill with our annual gathering of four different kinds of roast meats (our family is big enough that goose, duck, beef AND turkey are all on… Continue reading The Twelve Jumpers of Christmas Day
Category: Susie Styles
Body Parties
>> I’m still mining the process of packing/unpacking for posts. Plus, we’re nearing that Christmas downtime when all that matters is meat, chocolate and shit TV as opposed to catching up on blogs. I’m also not straying too far from that overwhelming feeling of looking back to look forward. Attempting to pack and unpack your… Continue reading Body Parties
Mauve Mistrust
>> “Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons. It always means that they have a history.” Oscar Wilde in The Picture of Dorian Gray I’m not going to be to the liking of Wilde’s character Lord Henry Wotton as… Continue reading Mauve Mistrust
Clocking It In
Once upon a time in amongst the rabbit warren of London designers holed up in various parts of East London, the word "brand" was a dirty word. Along with being "commercial" and making "wearable" clothes, to be seen being ambitious and wanting to build a brand were things that the abundantly creative London fashion scene… Continue reading Clocking It In