I didn’t plan on writing anything about my trip to Moscow given that it was so brief I really thought I was going to literally go in, do my talks (one public one at the department store Tsvetnoy and one as part of Conde Nast Russia’s Digital Day) and then fly back without seeing much… Continue reading Moscow Snapshot
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Moscow Moment
>> Yesterday when I landed into Moscow, I had a minor (ok, major) scare where I was sitting in customs in the airport wondering whether I’d be allowed into the country because I thought I had lost my passport. So far, so very dramatic and Russian. Fast forward more than 24 hours and I’m in… Continue reading Moscow Moment
Long Way Home for Joe Richards
Sometimes it feels like you’re typing on autopilot when you’re doing bios of young London designers. “xxx studied at Central Saint Martins/LCF/RCA and then interned at xxx, xxx and xxx in Paris, and subsequently cut their teeth at xxx before deciding to launch their label”. I’m going to sound like a cheesy Chinese sage but leaves… Continue reading Long Way Home for Joe Richards
The Art of being a Flâneur
“This stroller spots the novel in the humdrum, the unseen in the deja vu, the faraway in the local. The flâneur gathers and gleans like a bee among flowers.” Pierre Alexis Dumas in the introduction to the latest S/S 15 issue of the in-house magazine Le Monde D’Hermès Flâneur. It’s a French word that has… Continue reading The Art of being a Flâneur