Work it! District MTV’s Midweek Mixtape
District MTV, the fashion and style arm of MTV asked me to compile a playlist of my hip-hop favourites for its Midweek Mixtape feature. So naturally I went for the old school greats – I mean, who doesn’t love a bit of Schoolly D, Eric B and Roxanne Shante…?
Read the feature on District MTV here
Pay this forward: Patti Smith’s advice to the young
This Patti Smith video has been doing the rounds this week but I don’t think the advice is only suited to the young. Anyone can benefit from Patti’s wise and wonderful words. Please pay it forward and share this video with your daughters, mothers, sisters, brothers and friends!
Saint Laurent AW13: Courtney Love and Kim Gordon by Hedi Slimane
Complain all you like, I’m loving Courtney and Kim in Saint Laurent’s new ads. Even if Kim does look a little draggy. Also, I need to know who did her nails…
The Pet Shop Boys wear J.W.Anderson
Good spot on Twitter by Richard Gray from Sunday Times Style of Chris Lowe wearing J.W.Anderson’s quilted hat on the cover of the Pet Shop Boys’ single, Leaving. I’ve always maintained that the Pet Shop Boys have immense style, from their videos, to their record sleeves to their outfits. Here’s the hat in action on the AW12 catwalk… Continue reading
Blog loving: Dapper Dan of Harlem
London Fashion Week: Philip Treacy’s Michael Jackson extravaganza *VIDEO*
Fashion people are hard to impress and fashion people going to a Philip Treacy show are harder still. Why? Because we have seen the ultimate in Treacy show fabulosity before and think it can’t be beaten. But yes it can and it just was. Continue reading
Somerset Calling: Strummer of Love
Last weekend I went to my first proper festival and now I think I get it. OK, we didn’t camp, but we did get arse-deep in mud, bounced around to some amazing bands, got acquainted with the festival portaloo experience (the only chance to sit down in 12 hours) and discovered the joys of a tech-free weekend*. Continue reading
From the vaults: remember when Helmut Lang designed a record box for Louis Vuitton…?
…and Grandmaster Flash posed on it?
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Bruce Weber voted one of Time’s most influential fashion icons
Just found out that Bruce Weber was listed as one of Time Magazine’s 100 most influential fashion icons since 1923. Who wouldn’t want to climb right inside one of these videos he made for the Pet Shop Boys?
Paris Fashion Week Menswear SS13: Paul Smith
My main takeaway from Paul Smith ss13? The world needs more pink suits. (And red, and yellow, and peach.) I love these proportions – short ‘DB8′ jacket (i.e. double-breasted, eight buttons), slim, above-the-ankle trousers, plus note the slightly higher heel too, to ‘create an upright posture’ apparently… Continue reading
