7 April, 2012

Easter reading: Man With A Blue Scarf

I’m planning to give my brain a rest this week, avoid meetings and catch up on some reading. Man With A Blue Scarf by Martin Gayford is a diary about sitting for a Lucian Freud portrait…

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22 March, 2012

Buy it now: new in this week

ABOVE LEFT TO RIGHT:
TOP: Dries Van Noten shirt, £305; Chloe necklace, £444; Acne sweater, £160
MIDDLE: Mother of Pearl sweater, £290; Smythson bag, £695; Carven shorts, £204
BOTTOM: Balenciaga leather bag, £1,045; Karlheinz Weinberger book, £37.50; Grenson shoes, coming soon

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17 March, 2012

Library corner: Heads: Hair by Guido

I had totally forgotten about this Guido Palau hair book from 2000. After I spotted it in the staff room at London College of Fashion a couple of weeks ago, I got straight on Amazon and ordered a copy. (more…)

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5 March, 2012

What is ISYS?

What is ISYS? An archive, a gallery, a blog, a body of work about people, what they look like, how they move and what moves them. That’s the explanation you’ll find on this addictive site, but I wanted more so I quizzed one of the founders, Nina Mandandhar… (more…)