Design

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?



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…)



Kila Kitu



Isn’t it funny what you find on Twitter? I was searching for my friend @kilu_kitu but typed in @Kilakitu. Which led me to these* magnificent Kenyan cowboy shirts. Western shirts upcycled from secondhand African clothes… aren’t they the best? Is anyone else seeing shades of Comme and Dries? (more…)



Twisted twinsets




A timely tweet last week from Tank magazine’s Caroline Issa (@CaroIssa) proclaimed, ‘RM by Roland Mouret wants men in twinsets’. Well stone me if I haven’t had a blog post waiting in the wings for that very moment. I have been harping on about twinsets for ever, and here’s why. (more…)