Seeing and not seeing the shoe

The first invisi-heels should really be attributed to United Nude and then Marc Jacobs did some for his surreal-glam SS08 collection.  But Gareth Pugh took them to the next level for his Wizard of Oz inspired AW08-9 collection and made them super-platformed with chunky buckles adding a metal skater-like support at the bottom.  I like… Continue reading Seeing and not seeing the shoe

The long and short of it

When I was at uni, I went through a phase of wearing long draggy baggy things all in multiple layers in greys and blacks, topped off with scruff knee high Converse and a slouchy grey beanie.  This was my daily mooching around the library uniform which got the seal of approval from a fellow Japanese… Continue reading The long and short of it

Printed Matters

I do believe this is my first post about Aquascutum but I am only posting about the one item which had got me savouring for more.  One trench printed with what looks to be a 19th century Imperial British photograph in the AW08-9 collection is simply not enough.  I would have definitely preferred more. Now… Continue reading Printed Matters

PPQ Party

If I wasn’t coughing blood and sipping lemon and hot water yesterday whilst muddling through a backlog of emails back at work, I would have put on a party frock, donned my invite rosettes and rocked up to the PPQ show and then the after party later on.  This isn’t because I have a huge… Continue reading PPQ Party