4 September, 2025

Random Recs: Materialists, Peter Hujar, Scorsese’s Armani, Sofia’s shorts

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ Everybody’s sad about GIORGIO ARMANI’s passing – R.I.P – and quite rightly so. I enjoyed writing this piece a couple of years ago and especially re-watching Martin Scorsese’s short film on him, Made In Milan (below).

2/ I’m very late to the MATERIALISTS party but was instantly enamoured with Lucy’s Paris Texas boots in the opening scene. Could this autumn see the return of small skirts, tall boots and black Wolford opaques? Buy the boots here* (and get the rest of the wardrobe intel here).

3/ PETER HUJAR’S DAY (below), the stream-of-consciousness film starring Ben Whishaw lands in cinemas this autumn.
Peter Hujar's Day film

4/ TONNE GOODMAN talks. If you’re a 90s nostalgist, don’t miss this excellent podcast from earlier in the year with Tonne Goodman and Paul Cavaco. (Have tissues on standby for the ending!)

5/ This summer I learnt a new haberdashery term and can’t believe I never knew about ‘cabbage’, aka “the practice of making extra garments from offcuts or leftover fabric from cutting an item”. Obviously, from now on I’m pronouncing it ‘cabbahgge’, in the style of a 1980s New York ballroom queen.

6/ Incoming: SOFIA COPPOLA boxer shorts and PJ bottoms.

7/ HERBERT LEVINE (the revived shoe brand helmed by former The Row designer Trevor Houston) has just dropped in 12 stockists including Harrods, Saks 5^th Avenue and Mytheresa*. Vogue Business has a fascinating profile and this old Coveteur piece is great too. The shoes promise to be playful and practical. I like the look of this boot (below).

8/ P.S: We’ve been saying STEVE BUSCEMI’s name wrong. It’s Boo-SEM-ee, says the NYT (gift link).

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1 August, 2025

Random recs: Marc by Sofia, Bill Cunningham’s archive, a perfect high-neck V

Marc by Sofia

A few snippets of digital ephemera and IRL recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ SOFIA COPPOLA has made a MARC JACOBS doc, which will be shown this month at the Venice Film Festival. I’m gagging for tons of 90s Marc footage, NGL

2/ BILL CUNNINGHAM’S archive is getting a permanent NYC home. His photographs, contact sheets and memorabilia will be housed at the New York Historical in Manhattan, to be readily available to researchers and scholars. First up, an exhibition of his “Evening Hours” charity gala photos later this year. Read more here. (more…)

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26 April, 2025

Random Recs: Graydon Carter’s crib, Nike RunTown, Sofia Coppola style

Graydon Carter by Jonathan Becker for Architectural Digest

A few snippets of digital ephemera and recommendations I’ve enjoyed lately…

1/ NIKE RUNTOWN. Happy London Marathon weekend to all who celebrate. Have you got your #runcore look sorted? If not, get down to Nike’s RunTown pop-up concept boutique in Regent Street (below) for your hit of healthy hedonism. On SubStack, Grace Cook unpacks how ‘race look’ went mainstream, from niche brand sponsored community runs to New Balance’s new anti-chunky, aerodynamic running shoe silhouette* built for speed (below). Read more here. (more…)

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21 October, 2023

The soft openness of a scrapbook

Sofia Coppola Archive book

Continuing on a books tip, here’s an excellent recommendation if you’re in a creative fug or a chronic procrastinator.

Do Interesting: Notice. Collect. Share* (below) is a highly bookmarkable little companion that suggests unexpected approaches to unlocking creativity. It’s all about seemingly micro actions; paying attention, collecting and sharing.

Author Russell Davies interviewed me for it following a brief email exchange about his fab cool cafes blog. We discovered we had a similar dot-joining approach to creative thinking and he particularly liked the descriptions of my overstuffed scrapbooks.

Do Interesting is genius because you can passively consume it and let the advice seep into your subconscious, or you can actively follow the “Do” takeaways at the end of each page. Or a bit of both. (I just discovered some more scrapbooking intel from Russell here.)

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