12 April, 2011

AW11 press day highlights part 4

Underground Shoes’ pearl grey suede and spiky black brothel creepers
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Disneyrollergirl 5 Comments Art, Design, Designers, Events, Menswear, Photography

11 April, 2011

My takeaway tips from Liberty’s Best of British Open Call

A couple of weekends ago I was invited to be part of Liberty’s excellent initiative, the Best of British Open Call. Sitting alongside associate womenswear buyer Stephanie Jones, I was on hand to give instant feedback to fashion designers who were chasing their dream of being stocked in Liberty. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 6 Comments Brands, Business of fashion, Design, Designers, Events, Retail concepts, Trends, Video Business of Fashion, design, Liberty, Liberty Open Call, retail concepts

10 April, 2011

On my radar: The V&A Reading Rooms

Thanks to my good friend Hips Like Boys for alerting me to the V&A Reading Rooms. I love a bookshop, especially a browse-friendly one, and even more especially a fashion-design-art one. Claire de Rouen and Koenig Books in Charing Cross Road are my first choices for book porn but tend to be a bit, er compact, for extended browsing. (more…)