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New(ish) blood for Chloé



As reported yesterday, OUT goes Paulo Melim Andersson and IN goes Brit designer Hannah MacGibbon. MacGibbon is an old Chloé face. She was there at the beginning of Phoebe Philo’s reign and was recently creative director for the development and launch of Chloé Parfum (yes, those divine pics of Sevigny, Rubik and Poesy). This is good news to me. I loved Philo’s Chloé aesthetic and even though MacGibbon will have to move it on, I have a feeling her innate London-girl style (she is an ex St Martins girl after all) will give it back the cool-chic edge it needs.

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Happiness is…




…a pile of 2-months worth of magazines!

Yes, I’m back from the crazy mixed-up world of launching a magazine in India. It was certainly an experience and that (I think) will be my last word on the matter. Boy am I glad to be back and the lovely D has made life sweeter than ever being a domestic God, overseeing the renovations on our flat, filling umpteen (well, three) vases with tulips and daffodils, paying all my bills and most importantly, diligently buying all my magazines while I was away. Saint? I think so!

Now I’ve got to get used to life without a driver, get my brain in gear to find some work and get back into full-time blogging mode…it’s good to be back!

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On the grapevine…



Is Anna Piaggi really designing a range of shoes? Now that’s a ‘celebrity’ range I’d be most interested in… The launch party is at the Crillon in Paris tomorrow night – oh to be able to watch the freaks-n-weirdos fest in the inevitable queue twice around the block…

Update: So, nearly a week after reporting this gem of info which was mentioned as an aside on Style.com’s blog, I haven’t read a murmur of it anywhere else! So, what is the deal with this real or imaginary range? Anyone know?

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A link-up to love




After a year of celebrity-designer mash-ups, designers are now collaborating with…other designers! We’ve had the Comme and Speedo love-in, the Fred-Perry-Jessica-Ogden link ups and the New Look and Giles castastophe. The latest hook-ups include Fred Perry with Raf Simons, Philip Lim with Birkenstock and Henry Holland with Levi’s (I know!).

But the only one I can really get worked up about is Baracuta with Margaret Howell. I’m a classics girl at heart and even though I never buy it (cannae afford it, natch) I’ve always lusted after Howell’s just-boyish-enough collections. Her take on Baracuta’s iconic Harrington jacket (as worn by Steve McQueen, Elvis Presley, countless cute indie boys etc etc) is to slim it down and crop it to the waist. Just the thing to wear with ankle-length cigarette pants and my beat-up Bass Weejuns.

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