Ilona and I

>> I emerged from a cosy West Village apartment in New York, in minus 5 weather back in January, bare-legged but skipping because I had had the honour and pleasure of meeting and working with Ilona Royce Smithkin, better known as one of Ari Cohen’s tenacious and colourful characters on his Advanced Style blog.  She’s also… Continue reading Ilona and I

We Can Fly!

Did somebody at Disney HQ get wind of the fact that I'm a not-so-closet Disney fanatic?  Indeed, did the Blue Fairy, Merryweather, Flora and Fauna and Fairy Godmother combined, decide to grant me my one true wish after weeks of fashion-show vaulting?  Affirmative to both as I've just returned from a weekend of magic, courtesy… Continue reading We Can Fly!

& Other View

The phones have been ringing non-stop.  The rails have been emptied.  Sizes are out.  The Regent Street branch of & Other Stories cannot wait for stock replenishment day fast enough (it's a Tuesday by the way, if you've been out of luck with styles/sizes).  Suffice to say, it's been a successful first week of opening… Continue reading & Other View

Relaunch Noted

>> The four day celebration at H&M's relaunched six-floor Oxford Circus flagship store isn't quite over yet but for my part, I just wanted to check in with a few of my own added footnotes. 1) I haven't done a design collaboration with H&M as some people mistakenly said on Twitter.  I've just styled the… Continue reading Relaunch Noted