Designers

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…)



Quote of the day



“I’m tired of the trends going from boho chic to rock and roll, boho chic to rock and roll, then hippie chic to punk chic … I love music, but I’m just tired of this superficial rock-and-roll thing in fashion. I think being transgressive today is being classical. To pretend to dress as a punk and take cocaine and have sex orgies has just become common now — there’s nothing transgressive about that. The fashion pages, like Purple magazine, are just a joke.”
Christophe Lemaire, The Cut



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…)



Week 3 at Cocosa: Martin Grant and Sykes



This is my third week as guest editor of luxury flash sales site, Cocosa.com* and may be the best yet. Even better than the Mawi baubles, the Luella shades and the Basso & Brooke dresses are cheap-but-chic pickings from Martin Grant and Sykes. (more…)