The New Gucci Girl

Who is the Gucci girl?  Under Tom Ford, you knew who she was.  She had powerful allure and either you wanted to be her or at the very least,  you commended her bravado.  Under Frida Giannini, she was a bit elusive.  Did you ever know her in real life?  Or was she just constantly trussed up… Continue reading The New Gucci Girl

The Upside to Despondency

London is Changing.  So says the user-generated art project overseen by Rebecca Ross from Central Saint Martins, who is using billboards in Holborn and Aldwych to communicate the impact that economic and political changes are having on this city.  People have been sending in comments about the unaffordability aspect, the processes of gentrification and the… Continue reading The Upside to Despondency

One Sweet Thing

Out of the frosty temperatures (in the clothes as well as the weather?) of New York Fashion Week, yesterday comparatively speaking, London felt tropical.  The same could be said for the clothes.  Not tropical in theme but in that collectively, a trio of young female designers showing on the first day of London Fashion Week, doing their… Continue reading One Sweet Thing

All Rise MBMJ Army

Our Future.  Solidarity.  Unity.  Suffragette.  Choice.  These words punctuated Katie Hillier and Luella Bartley’s latest collection for Marc by Marc Jaocbs and despite the fact that they were tapping into the youthful energy of protest rather than any specific political oeuvre, it was hard not to think about the way this dynamic duo has set… Continue reading All Rise MBMJ Army