they said we could have it all… they just didn't tell us how.
When you take in the whole of this tightly curated and uniquely displayed exhibition and examine the sum of its parts, one thing will always remain, it will leave you utterly spellbound. The simplicity and mastery of Balenciaga remain unparalleled, it leaves you with a feeling reserved for a particular time, one that is captured…
Read More
It’s official we are having a shitty summer, rain, rain, high winds and grey clouds everyday, save for those few days in June when I was unfortunately otherwise engaged, so this post is in hopes that August will see the return of the high season so we can wear pretty dresses once again, go bare…
Read More
August, a glorious time of the year, supposedly highest of the high summers, school’s out, vacation is in, we are throwing in stuff in the suitcase we don’t really need for a long week or weekend away. How is it that when it comes to packing for the holidays we always seem to want to…
Read More
There is something to be said in making a graceful exit and it comes from knowing when its time to leave the party. Lucinda Chambers was fired from VOGUE UK where she served for thirty-six years, twenty-five of those as its Fashion Director, amongst other positions she held. She didn’t see it coming and the…
Read More
My one rule in fashion is NEVER DOUBLE DENIM. For a long time, too long possibly, I have hated, seriously hated this combination. There is something terribly heavy about the look, and I’ve simply never been endeared by it, until one morning I was faced with that old dilemma; I had nothing to wear. At least nothing…
Read More
So on a lighter note, winter is here, no I will never get tired of referencing Game of Thrones when it comes to winter, I’m sorry not really. 🙂 But as much as I hold on to the last vestiges of the lovely Autumn weather we have had I know I ought to throw in…
Read More
Someone tell this to Vogue because it missed that crucial lesson in fashion 101. There’s this war raging, a recurring war in fashion that’s been raging from 2009 presumably, when the first shots were fired by Anne Slowey in her dismissive comments about Tavi Gevinson of style rookie sitting front row at Rodarte. Then Suzy…
Read More
Before I start you should know something, I love Marc Jacobs, I have five Marc Jacobs handbags, or six, all his perfumes, Marc Jacobs Men’s fragrance was my very first of his from way back when and I still use it today, I have revered his collections for forever, have mad love for the Stam bag, Frances…
Read More
The time has come for us to gather in judgement of the September Issue covers. Content? Nah. Who has the time to trawl through 600 pages of ads? I haven’t really read a magazine cover to cover since the inaugural Porter with Gisele Bundchen. I still haven’t made it through that Gaga September Issue cover… no word…
Read More