When I was at school, I considered it a badge of honour to say that I skipped P.E. lessons by lying about period pains. I scowled at the sporty types for their perfect hockey/netball/rounders/tennis skills. I was outwardly proud of the fact that I got picked last for most team sports. This was all part… Continue reading Active Child
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Punked Up Frocks
Just as the final mannequin in the Punk: Chaos to Couture exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York gave us the finger, wearing Hussein Chalayan S/S 02 bare-all dress, it was sort of predictable that there'd be fingers being thrusted back up at the Met, lambasting the exhibition with comments like "WTF?", "Fashion, by definition,… Continue reading Punked Up Frocks
Fast Cruise
I did say there would be a bit of a Dior glut on the blog what with my late late posting of the spring-is-sprung couture collection, my messing around with S/S 13 RTW and now this; a trip to Monaco over the weekend to go over to see the cruise 2014 collection, the first time in… Continue reading Fast Cruise
Swiftly Does It
Those that know me will know that I say "Mega" a lot. Sometimes I'm just saying it for effect. Sometimes I really mean it. When I say Thomas Tait's A/W 13-4 show was "MEGA", just believe that I mean it. That initial stunned reaction after the show was fuelled by the sort of jubilant energy… Continue reading Swiftly Does It