I like saying the word Onagono…not because it’s ethical or anything!

Over the weekend, I explored a facet of fashion that I hadn‚Äôt before touched ever.  A facet of fashion that supposedly we are all meant to be very much aware of, in these troubled times.  It‚Äôs ethical fashion of course.  I‚Äôm not about to get preachy (to the person who used to lecture me about… Continue reading I like saying the word Onagono…not because it’s ethical or anything!

The D Skirt

It has never occurred to me NOT to layer skirts over other skirts or over/under dresses.  Perhaps my first impressionable images of skirts were in illustrated rhyme books where it was clearly visible that girls wore petticoats under their dresses.  Whatever the origins of the multi-skirted habit, with the multitude of skirts that I have,… Continue reading The D Skirt

Ashley’s Azure Blue

My office isn’t exactly a hotbed of fashionable inspiration as we are all restricted by that dubious dress code of ‘smart casual’ (the most ridiculous of oxymorons if ever there was one….).  However, I find inspiration at the oddest of times and when I strode in yesterday, five minutes late, and plonked my stuff down,… Continue reading Ashley’s Azure Blue

True Romance

I’m not entirely sure if this is Rita Saardi’s absolute latest collection but in any case ‘Private Garden’ perfectly articulates how romance should be done.  Not with vulgar frothiness or obviously fake embellishment but with a natural ease about it that results in something both organic and dreamy looking. Saardi, a Swedish designer with Lebanese… Continue reading True Romance