Trend report: everything leather

Back in the day I had a black leather Joseph shirtdress that I was obsessed with. It was my version of an Ann Demeulemeester dress and I wore it with black rubber riding boots and possibly a black beret too. (more…)

Back in the day I had a black leather Joseph shirtdress that I was obsessed with. It was my version of an Ann Demeulemeester dress and I wore it with black rubber riding boots and possibly a black beret too. (more…)
Here’s the latest weekly DRG STYLE INDEX ranking, a round-up of the brands and industry stories currently buzzing on my radar…
1. AMERICAN APPAREL VS LOS ANGLES APPAREL

So American Apparel has relaunched, following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy last November. Now owned by Canadian manufacturer Gildan, the website secretly relaunched last week, although not everything is made in the U.S.A. And just to confuse things, former AA owner Dov Charney has also launched his new brand. (more…)

Just opened: Love Happens Here, an exhibition from The Photographers’ Gallery that’s being shown in a different location to its Oxford Circus home.
Love Happens Here marks the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales, with a show of photography at London’s City Hall until 28th July 2017. (more…)

Currently reading: The Leonard Koren interview in Apartamento. Koren authored Wabi Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers, a bible that celebrates inconspicuous ‘overlooked details’, as well as writing and publishing countless other books. (more…)