When Alessandro Michele presented that first menswear collection under what were tension-filled and uncertain circumstances back in January last year, reportedly it was the British press who were cheering the hardest when it came to the finale. They were natural cheerleaders for the rejection of Gucci’s conventional gloss and the two fingers up at what was the… Continue reading Tea Drinking Punks at Gucci
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The Return of Dior to Blenheim
I’ve not yet written about the Dior collections by interim/stop-gap/supposedly temporary leaders of the in-house design team, Lucie Meier and Serge Ruffieux on the blog. I have done for Dazed and my initial thoughts after their couture collection were that a house as big and prestigious as Dior felt hollow without the guidance of a visionary creative… Continue reading The Return of Dior to Blenheim
Big Words, Little Actions
I finally got a chance to watch the sequel that was always going to be car-crash, strictly-for-plane-viewing, fodder of ridicule – Zoolander 2. Not even the number of A-list cameos could save it. But one line did stick out as the sort of truth, that made the original film so spot on in its spoofing. … Continue reading Big Words, Little Actions
Getting Hands On
London Craft Week was an opportunity for me to get my backpack on, go to parts of London unbeknownst to me and learn about things outside of, but not wholly disconnected from the fashion realm. Eschewing press days and product launches, where I’m given a well-rehearsed press spiel, I decided to go probe around an… Continue reading Getting Hands On