My return to Graduate Fashion Week after two years of absence in coverage, didn't exactly end well. Just before the Gala show was about to kick off, I literally lurched into a cab feeling like someone was repeatedly punching me in the stomach and then commited the ultimate Londoner's no-no which I swore I'd never… Continue reading Graduate Fashion Week: The Fashion Round-Up
Category: Trends
Neo-biquitous
Continuing on from my "All hail the mighty words and works of Ghesqui√®re!" trail of thought, there was another excerpt from that 032c concerning the fabrics developed at Balenciaga, which made me think about the ubiquity of what was once an unlikely material, maligned to outdoor pursuits gear and now can be found everywhere on… Continue reading Neo-biquitous
Graduate Fashion Week: The Other Type Of Round Up
After two years of not being able to cover it, I've dived straight into Graduate Fashion Week with the kind of rabid gusto that means I've spent the last few days trekking down to Earls Court, soaking up portfolios, judging collections to be put forth to the Gala show tonight and taking one too many… Continue reading Graduate Fashion Week: The Other Type Of Round Up
Busts and Natural Collisions
Deep West London has always been "wild" to me. I've never lived there. I hardly ever venture there unless it's to pass through to get to Heathrow. It's not as foreign an entity as South of the river but it's not far off. It would have to take something special to get me to the… Continue reading Busts and Natural Collisions