Taking a moment

Bruce Weber
When did self-care become a dirty word? The concept originated in the late 60s by radical feminists wanting to empower women by teaching them to get to know their anatomies. But in recent years, ‘self-care’ has come to encompass the Goopification of beauty, aka a capitalist catch-all that couches healthy habits and ancestral rituals in spa language and posh packaging. My take on self-care is somewhere in the middle. Nice-to-have products (that don’t have to be expensive) and free DIY practices to maintain health and wellbeing rather than ‘optimising’. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Beauty, Business of fashion, News, Shopping & Other Stories, Anatomé, beauty, Bruce Weber, Byoma, Elizabeth Peyton, Estee Lauder, Francis Ford Coppola, Katrien de Blauwer, Olverum, Peep Club, Ren, self-care, shopping, The Outsiders

28 August, 2023

London’s king of quiet-glam hospitality returns

Jeremy King restaurant - The Park 123 Bayswater Road W2

London fashionistas are quietly rejoicing at the news that restauranteur Jeremy King has a new eatery in the works.

Following the spectacular fallout with his backers last year (which resulted in them seizing Corbin & King’s stable of classic restaurants including fashion’s preferred breakfast pow-wow venue, The Wolseley), he is waiting out his non-compete and is scheduled to return with a new restaurant, The Park, in 2024. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Brands, News Jeremy King, London life, The Wolseley

15 August, 2023

Gentlewoman style: Peter Do x Banana Republic

Peter Do x Banana Republic AW23

“I feel like the industry is going through sort of a collaboration exhaustion, and I didn’t want to add any more to that conversation if I didn’t have anything new to say. If we do this, I said, we have to do it in a way where we don’t sacrifice any design integrity…After visiting the stores, I realized the quality is really amazing.”
Peter Do, Vogue.

The Peter Do x Banana Republic collab sounds promising doesn’t it? While we await his debut collection for Helmut Lang at NYFW next month, we’re being teased with this capsule Banana Republic semi-reveal, which lands in October. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Ad campaigns, Brands, Business of fashion, Design, Designers, Fashion shows, News, Trends AW23, Banana Republic, collabs, gentlewoman style, Peter Do, SS24, utility

13 August, 2023

Quote of the day: Tiina Laakkonen on retail for the post-aspirational class

Tiina The Store by Christopher Sturman

“The aspirational retail world has been taken over by big luxury brands. That’s what they’ve done in East Hampton. But my customer is no longer aspirational. They don’t want logos or any of that stuff. They’re done.”
Tiina Laakkonen, New York Times (more…)