Oh Elle C

>> I've been a sucker for Elle Collections every season and given that this time, it arrived whilst I was away in Paris, I didn't get grubby hands on it properly until now and as usual, it has sent me down a slippery slope where by I start querying everything in my wardrobe.  Why don't… Continue reading Oh Elle C

Chinoiserie Query

After the Rodarte show last season, I did my usual round of gauging opinion by asking a well-known Hong Kong fashion journalist what she thought and she said ‚ÄúI don‚Äôt think Chinese people will wear that‚Äù motioning to the neck to illustrate the high necks on the dresses resembling cheongsam collars, that were a motif… Continue reading Chinoiserie Query

Defiant Florals

>> If flowers could speak, some of the ones from the past, current and forthcoming seasons' collections are saying "I don't want to be described as ditzy.  I'm not going to cower into a mass of pattern and print where you can't tell one flower from the other.  My petals will be defianty bold and… Continue reading Defiant Florals