Quote of the day
“If you gave me 10 pairs of Manolos, I would sell them on eBay. I don’t care about high heels; I don’t care about dresses. I would even go so far as to say they are ugly.”
La Roux’s Elly Jackson
He’s back! Shawn Stussy returns with S/Double Studio
After many years under the radar, having sold his hugely influential Stussy brand, Shawn Stussy is back with a new venture. All the hot boys in my social circle had a Stussy-logo’ed something-or-other in their possession back in the early 90s. Stussy crossed all the subculture borders of its time from surfer dudes, to grunge kids to punks to the hip hop crowd. Everyone wanted to be in the international ‘Stussy tribes’.
Now those early-90s boys have grown up, they still have an eye for a well-cut tee but maybe don’t want the jazzy graphics. S/Double Studio is Shawn Stussy’s new baby which comprises an online shop, Shawn’s blog and a ‘coming soon’ gallery. It all feels decidedly small-scale, personal and non-corporate. Can Shawn Stussy do it a second time?
[International Stussy Tribe pic: RockPopFashion.com]
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A little bit super, a little bit sweet
Opening Ceremony are doing some of the best footwear around at the moment. These crazy creations for AW10 just arrived in my inbox – kind of Mary-Quant-meets-Miu-Miu don’t you think?
I’m also liking their take on the clog boot and these super-furry monster booties.
Supersweet Shop will be stocking them from September but have the ss10 collection in now.
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AW10 trend report: haberdashery chic, jodhpur hybrids and skeggings
What I did today…
1) Took a trip down memory lane at the Moschino AW10 press day. I customised a jacket with two ‘purse pockets’ when I was at school. It looked a lot like this:
2) Hyperventilated all over this poor leather Moschino jacket
3) Admired the Radley AW10 shoes at the Yellow Door press day. I hear that Rae Jones has had a hand in the design
4) Found out that Radley has done a bag collab with Harris Tweed for AW10. Sadly no pic though.
5) Found out that Nigel Cabourne has done a bag collab with Harris Tweed for AW10. Pic:
6) Overheard a PR at the Starworks press day telling a journalist that Antony Price believes ‘no-one these days is interested in his designs’. Pffft – how wrong he is!
7) Fantasised that this vintage Antony Price suit belonged to me:
8) Counted three black silk flying suits in one day (at Alice by Alice Temperley, Edun and Acne). That makes it a trend, right?
9) Pondered over some new hybrid trends. Biker jodhpurs and jodhpur chinos anyone?
Moschino :
Pinko:
Pinko:
How about a skegging? (‘Skegging‘ is totally an official term)
10) Got the urge to rummage in my haberdashery drawer to decorate skinny lapels with charms and buttons a la Bolongaro Trevor
11) Discovered that Acne is to open its four-floor London store in Dover Street in July
