I like black. I like shiny. I like shiny black. Wet-look black in the right hands is superb and with fabrics like PE, latex and PVC being taken hold of not just by designer but by the high street, the results by and large have been A-ok. It’s the sort of aesthetic that would take… Continue reading There’s something wrong with this shiny black…
Category: Trends
Out with the rave, in with the Joy
A conscious effort to finally put the nail in the coffin of the term ‘nu-rave’? Perhaps. The band, Klaxons that have unfortunately been tagged as the mascot of this style/music/social phase have said they themselves are perplexed that NME have promulgated the term and have described it as a ‘joke that got out of hand’. … Continue reading Out with the rave, in with the Joy
Silicone Valley
There’s a whole lot of plastique going on here but it’s not the luscious patent shoes or oversized bag my attention is drawn towards. It’s the Paule Ka skirt which seems to be made out of a transparent latex and is a bit of a stunner. A reader very kindly sent me this image and… Continue reading Silicone Valley
Reiss-a-lot
Don’t ask me why after a few too many dirty martinis and a disgustingly overt hunger for McDonalds Fillet o’ Fish burger, I still stopped at the Reiss store in Covent Garden to take these pictures. It just struck me that increasingly, I have been developing a bit of a hankering for some Reiss things. … Continue reading Reiss-a-lot