Design

Biker grrrls




If you’re going to spend serious money on a leather biker jacket, you may as well go to the experts, no? Schott pioneered the biker jacket in 1925 and designed the Perfecto in 1928. For ss11, the Perfecto has been reinvigorated with a playful new colour palette as well as contrasting-coloured collars and fur or shearling trims. (more…)

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Introducing Levi’s Made & Crafted



“Details make the design. Our buttondown buttons, like the 1920’s Levi’s® Sunset shirts they were inspired by, are hidden. It’s more difficult, more time consuming, and more beautiful that way.”

Ah, Levi’s is speaking my language with its Made & Crafted line, a range of beautifully (more…)

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Designers on the verge of a nervous breakdown



On the same day that Channel 4 screened its documentary ‘McQueen & I’, a window into the relationship between Isabella Blow and Alexander McQueen and a commentary on the pressures of influential fashion designers, news   (more…)

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