13 September, 2010

London Design Festival

London fashion week gets more jam-packed every season and as if that wasn’t hectic enough, the London Design Festival also kicks off on 18th September. Eek! Jasper Morrison is celebrating with an exhibition devoted to trays from around the world in his wonderful secret shop.
Runing parallel to the LDF is Neville Brody’s Anti-Design Festival which aims to “reverse the model of culture=money, providing an outlet for new risks and creative exploration in art, image, design, product, film, fashion, performance, 3D, digital and sound through a series of events, publications and venues.” Ooh provocative. I like it.

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2 September, 2010

In search of…evening jumpers

Mulling over the coming season, it has become glaringly obvious to me that there’s a gaping hole in the knitwear market. Namely the ‘evening jumper’ category.

Let me clarify. (more…)

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29 July, 2010

Mary vs Anna

OMG, Mary Portas is gonna freak. Blogs are agush at news of the imminent arrival of Anna Dello Russo’s fragrance, Beyond. The scent (which contains notes of vanilla and almond) will be packaged in a bejewelled glass shoe. Rather similar I notice, to the glass perfume receptacle ~~ridiculed~~ featured on one of the best episodes of Mary Queen of Shops. In the gift-slash-interiors shop that Mary famously suggested should be renamed ‘Utter Shite, Come And Get It’, the retail guru took particular umbrage to one decorative shoe-shaped perfume dispenser…

What do you think? Could ADR possibly make the shoe-bottle cool?

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11 July, 2010

Lucas Hugh – luxury performance sportswear

Before I go any further, I have to say I know nothing about working out – the only time I’ve ever been in a gym was to do a fashion shoot. I occasionally do the Cindy Crawford workout and that’s mainly for the music and Oscar-worthy cinematography. For that I wear American Apparel running shorts and a Nike sweatshirt with the sleeves cut off. (more…)