Fast Cruise

I did say there would be a bit of a Dior glut on the blog what with my late late posting of the spring-is-sprung couture collection, my messing around with S/S 13 RTW and now this; a trip to Monaco over the weekend to go over to see the cruise 2014 collection, the first time in… Continue reading Fast Cruise

Hermès Silk Road

I blame the heightened sense of emotions on airplanes, but when  I watched Hearts and Crafts: The People that Make Hermès, directed by Frédéric Laffont and Isabelle Dupuy-Chavanat, on an Air France flight last year, I was positively moved to tears.  Ok, that was perhaps a pathetic step too far, but it was such a great short… Continue reading Hermès Silk Road

Two-Wit-Two-Wit-Two-Woo-ed

>> I'm thoroughly convinced that if everybody on this planet watched the video above, depicting a world record number of dancing mascots in Japan, that we would achieve something akin to world peace.  Or something like that.  There can only be pure positivity begotten from watching bulbous bears, turnips, and hamburger moving in-step with each… Continue reading Two-Wit-Two-Wit-Two-Woo-ed

Garden of Growth

"A passion for flowers inherited from my mother meant that I was at my happiest among plants and flower-beds.  My predilection influenced even my reading and, apart from those few books which made their mark on my whole childhood, my chief delight was to learn by heart the names and descriptions of flowers in the… Continue reading Garden of Growth