Playing the craftsmanship card. Fetishising skill. Rose-tinted nostalgia of tradition. Call it what you want but after the recent Dhaka factory disaster in Bangladesh, there has never been a more pertinent time to attempt to follow the trails of how our garments are made, from the originating fibres to finished garment on the rail. It’s… Continue reading The Paris-Edimbourg Knitwear Trail
Category: Travel
Perked Up
Clothes that allow me to do impromtu star jumps on the streets generally make me happy. You'd think there be heaps of clothing in this ilk but when you bring delicate embroidery, crystal embellishments, heavy beading, body-conscious silhouettes, strict tailoring and non-stretch fabrics into the fold (i.e. that would be 75% of my wardrobe…), that… Continue reading Perked Up
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
Taking in Bath
I'll be the first to admit that Style Bubble is woefully inadequate when it comes to writing about fashion going on in areas outside of London in the UK. I'm painfully not well-travelled in my own country and the joke still goes that the only time I leave the confines of the M25 is when… Continue reading Taking in Bath