In the S/S 12 issue of Bon Magazine, writer Anja Aronowsky Cronberg investigated the origins of what appear to be “African” textiles. Specifically the brightly coloured wax prints that can be found everywhere from markets in Ghana to Dalston in London and even my local shop in Seven Sisters, where they’re made up into the… Continue reading Flower Bombing
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Moonage Daydream
Keep your ‘lectric eye on me babePut your ray gun to my headPress your space face close to mine, loveFreak out in a moonage daydream oh yeah! David Bowie’s lyrics of Moonage Daydream provides the perfect lyric prism in which to view the latest Dior show. It’s why it was one of the tracks used in the Bowie… Continue reading Moonage Daydream
Raf Woz Here
>> Nostalgia can be a dangerous thing in fashion. Look back with rose-tinted goggles at your peril as you fall deep into a pit of thinking that thoughts like, “Those were the good old days”, and you might miss what’s passing you by in the present. There’s a trick to looking back into the past in… Continue reading Raf Woz Here
Bright Old Things
I found it difficult yesterday to clomp about my day, bashing out words about new collections and so on and so forth. That sounds trite and disingenuous but it’s true. I went down to Trafalgar Square at 6pm to join the vigil and held my keyboard (didn’t have a pen…) aloft in the air for… Continue reading Bright Old Things