Quick heads up on a brand I discovered via the Thingtesting email (a great newsletter if you’re interested in start-up culture).
Archivist takes old hotel sheets and upcycles them into soft cotton shirts. (more…)
I just discovered the work of Minas Spiridis, a Greek jewellery and product designer who passed away last year at the age of 82.
I love this fluid, sculptural style, including his Cycladi stool, a table mirror, and a magnifying glass on a pendant. But my favourite is the Minas watch he designed for Georg Jensen. Only 1000 were made, including one owned by his friend, Keith Richards. (more…)
The Birkenstock X Toogood collab has landed and it’s a good indication of the way the newly luxed-up Birkenstock could go, following its acquisition by L Catterton.
It’s a full fashion and lifestyle collection, featuring an oversize split-side hoodie*, jumbo shorts*, some great quilted separates* and these felted Forager sandals. Homeware launches in the summer, including the Birkenstock cork-based bed which is available to order from 1774.com. (more…)
The three-part Hermès AW21 ‘show’ started in New York with a dance performance choreographed by Madeline Hollander. Impeccably scheduled, the live stream began with dancers sporting identical uniforms of turtleneck, pleated midi skirt and tall boots, performing elegantly rhythmic sequences and gestures expressing the heartbeat of “how New Yorkers move through the city”.
The live broadcast switched seamlessly to Paris, where we watched a runway show of models weaving amongst towers of orange cylindrical boxes, followed by a third act, live from Shanghai, choreographed by Gu Jiani. (more…)
