My trip to Florence for Pitti Immagine really was on the Itty side this season. The fret over London Collections Menswear overlapping with Pitti Uomo/W' turned out to be an timetable managed non-entity. The good folks at Pitti managed to ram five shows into the course of one day plus an afterparty or two. The… Continue reading Mile High Market
Category: Travel
From One Eye to Another
>> It's often quite difficult to argue my case when I insist that I'm actually "hard at work", earning an honest living (debatable, right?) and contributing to the good of society. Especially on days like this, when I'm in New York, sitting in a quaint apartment in Chelsea with a wonderful ninety-two year old character… Continue reading From One Eye to Another
Yoox x Me
>> When Tommy Ton sends you emails at 4am in the morning with the succinct sentence "Balenciaga F/W 10 trousers. Yoox. NOW!" and you spring up in panic and pounce on to the computer, only to discover that the trousers in question have sold out, which then puts you in a dour mood for the… Continue reading Yoox x Me
Pleats Please Indepth
Tis the season for coffee table tomes flying out of Amazon and bookstores and especially for fashion books. The Alexander McQueen tribute book epidemic alone could weigh heavily on postmen the world over – three books (none sanctioned by McQueen thesmelves) is a tad excessive no? So often you come up with glorified picture books… Continue reading Pleats Please Indepth