Only at an Antoni & Alison presention would rows of kitchen paper rolls (emptied) adorned with bits of printed paper alongside silk dresses, make complete and utter sense. Only in the world of Antoni Burakowski and Alison Roberts do the words "The kitchen paper roll is our girl this season!" Blue Peter presenters of past and… Continue reading Kitchen Roll Couture
Category: Susie Styles
Vogue Fest Second
After the inaugural Vogue Festival organised by British Vogue had ended last year, people were already asking when the dates for the next one had been set, such was the success of that first fesival, which I reviewed here. It has been a year for Cond√© Nast to expand their scope beyond publishing magazines – a… Continue reading Vogue Fest Second
Heroic
>> Key, statement or show piece – that's the sort of language that peppers fash-journo speak when it comes to describing that one item of clothing which is decreed more special than the others because of its visual appeal. You can add "hero piece" to that pile of jargon. I've annoyingly taken to calling this… Continue reading Heroic
Bondi Knit Wit
Whenever i think of Bondi in Sydney, I don't necessarily think of its current incarnation of upmarket shops, chi-chi restaurants and babes and dudes galore. I think of a place, which Australian design legend Jenny Kee describes in her autobiography A Big Life, where people felt a spiritual connection to the place because of its… Continue reading Bondi Knit Wit