Do you know the story of how the soles of Christian Louboutin’s shoes came to be red? Legend has it that he painted them with red nail polish “as the shoes lacked energy”. Nail pro Sophy Robson returned the compliment at the Ungaro AW11 show where she created scarlet lacquered talons. And how did she get the right shade? (more…)
If you’re going to spend serious money on a leather biker jacket, you may as well go to the experts, no? Schott pioneered the biker jacket in 1925 and designed the Perfecto in 1928. For ss11, the Perfecto has been reinvigorated with a playful new colour palette as well as contrasting-coloured collars and fur or shearling trims. (more…)
Did smoking just get cool again? It’s National No Smoking Day but Adele is puffing on the cover of The Gentlewoman, Kate Moss was seen ‘avin’ a fag on the Louis Vuitton AW11 catwalk and a new minimalist plain-paper packaging directive for cigarettes is being proposed in the UK. Discuss. (more…)
There’s definitely a sleeve thing about to hit come September. So far the AW11 collections have been rife with bejewelled, knitted and furry sleeve details which make for warm arms but might pose something of a challenge when squeezing into your coat. (more…)
