Reading WWD the other day at a show, the word 'masstige' was impressed upon me over and over again making me think of the repugnant way it sounds (I say skin disease, Meenal Mistry says it also sounds like a physiotherapy massage treatment…) but also the oxymoronic qualities of such a word that makes it… Continue reading What is the Level
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Get Mystical
I said it was a witchy 70s trip on Twitter when I came out of the Topshop Unique show and I wasn't far off even after much thinking and picture browsing. At that point, the 70s tract that is slowly emerging from the season hadn't been totally set in yet and whilst Marc Jacobs took… Continue reading Get Mystical
Boxed In
So I've never been asked to bring photo I.D. to a show before (to be fair, any photo I.D. that I have wouldn't help me anyway seeing as they were taken an age ago…) and for Acne's first official on-schedule show at London Fashion Week I was thinking it was going to be a blown… Continue reading Boxed In
“More, More, More – how do you like THAT?” Part I
Louise Gray kicked London Fashion Week off for me with its 'More More More'-ness – just to clarify, the More, More, More isn't just about loud prints or crazy colours/shapes though this post might beg to differ. The more, more, more that I need to post about includes the likes of Christopher Kane, Richard Nicoll,… Continue reading “More, More, More – how do you like THAT?” Part I