Mother of Pearl sounds like too prim a name for a label that in the past two seasons has solidly been fusing fashion and technical sportswear into a potent combination that makes the side of my style, that wants to kick back in trainers and a giant maxi skirt, break through and hanker after pretty… Continue reading Kicking About
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Cacha-Change-A-Lot
>> In amidst the travelling between Moscow to London to Reykjavik, I almost forgot to react in some way to the news that C√©dric Charlier is parting ways with Cacharel, who somewhat revived the brand in the past few seasons of his tenure. Not that I necessarily react to every single fashion creative director merry-go-round… Continue reading Cacha-Change-A-Lot
Witch Off
I'm almost grateful that the sort of genre-obsessed pedantic intricacies that I sometimes get a whiff of in music blogs doesn't exist in fashion. We're airy fairy. We keep it loose n' easy. "It's cute!" or "Ew" – that's fashion folk's final bottom line. Alright, I perhaps debased and simplified fashion folk far too much… Continue reading Witch Off
Dalmatian Salvation
Who knew there would be not one but two collections this season, specifically themed around 101 Dalmatians (though there were quite a few with a Cruella de Vil attitude towards fur but that's another matter…). Well, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac focused on the Disney cartoon for his small passage of Dalmatians' lovin in his A/W 11-10… Continue reading Dalmatian Salvation