"The milkman always delivers." That was Steve's sagely reply, when I was trying to explain to him why it felt odd to put Dries van Noten's S/S 13 and his most recent A/W 13-4 collections up there in my own personal top of the collection charts as it were. The thing is, van Noten does… Continue reading Dries Please
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Come to Bed
I've just finished reading Amanda Mackenzie Stuart's biography of Diana Vreeland (upon Justine Picardie's recommendation), a far more complete and astute rendering of Vreeland's career, attitude and life, than Vreeland's own self-voiced D.V. or Allure. There's so much forward-before-her-time thinking that can be deduced from Vreeland's career, all of which feels so pertinent now when… Continue reading Come to Bed
Textiles Reign
As I was wandering around the quiet rooms of Central Saint Martins' fashion studio to take a closer look at this year's crop of MA fashion graduates, a conversation was murmuring in the background between Louise Wilson, whose voice can boom across a room making it hard not to eavesdrop and Fleet Bigwood, noted textiles… Continue reading Textiles Reign
Got it MADE
"Now here comes the science behind-the-scenes yadda yadda yadda…" When I first heard that MADE, the New York FASHION WEEK initiative started by Jenn√© Lombardo, Mazdack Rassi and Keith Baptista was coming to Paris, I, along with some Parisian fashion PRs let out an audible "Woo-hoo!" To say that MADE's sponsorship of shows and presentations and gathering… Continue reading Got it MADE