>> Why wear just one or two colours when you can shove seven plus into one outfit? That's really the only thought process behind this image onslaught, triggered by bits and bobs of the following… …Christopher Kane's S/S 12 resort collection which then led to the acquisition of a vintage Louis Feraud slip dress from… Continue reading Seven Colours
Category: Susie Styles
White Filler
>> This is a late bit of filler but I think my slightly sterile lab coat-inspired outfit that I wore on the last day of this fashion month, was merely a straightforward reaction to the themes of protection and 21st century armour that prevailed for the A/W 12-3 season. Pulling up an enlarged collar or… Continue reading White Filler
Me, Me, Me
>> I've given myself precisely five minutes to post this in between stuffing a sandwich in my face, filing for Dazed and steaming my dress. It's a multi-handed, multi-Firefox-tab kind of a day even though it is the final day of fashion MONTH (no, not a week, not two weeks – whole month). I've been… Continue reading Me, Me, Me
Turning Japanese
>> On a day that began with abstracted Japanese kimono silks grace Dries Van Noten's A/W 12-3 collection and ended with seductive Samurai ninjas at Mugler, my vintage kimono from Merchant Archive felt like an appropriate rag to be gallivanting around Paris in. Even if it did get the tourists and children pointing. I do… Continue reading Turning Japanese