8 July, 2018

THE DRG STYLE INDEX: Burberry, Vivienne Westwood, Gucci, Grenson, Matches

Here’s the latest weekly DRG STYLE INDEX ranking, a round-up of the brands and industry stories currently buzzing on my radar…

All attention has been on couture this week, with a wonderful Valentino show (Valentino is winning couture for me at the mo, not least for Pierpaolo’s studio antics), a pleasingly understated Dior show, and a shimmering Chanel show (watch my verdict on SHOWstudio). Elsewhere, these were my big stories…

BURBERRY X VIVIENNE WESTWOOD
Burberry X Vivienne Westwood collaboration
Now here’s a collab I can get behind. Burberry and Vivienne Westwood are joining forces to rework pieces from the Westwood archive in support of rainforest charity Cool Earth. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Brands, Business of fashion, Design, Fashion shows, Films, News, Retail concepts, Trends Burberry, collabs, DRG Style Index, Grenson, Gucci, Jeremy Deller, Matchesfashion, Sacai, Vivienne Westwood, youth culture

19 March, 2018

See this – Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist

“The most sustainable thing is to shut the company down – perhaps.”

Ooh I can’t wait to see ‘Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist’, a new documentary that looks at the activist behind one of the world’s best known fashion designers. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 0 Comments Brands, Business of fashion, Designers, Films, News Activist, design, films, Icon, Malcolm McLaren, punk, Vivienne Westwood, Westwood: Punk, youth culture

3 April, 2017

Things to do: House Style at Chatsworth House

Chatsworth House House Style exhibition

The most eye-popping style exhibition has just opened at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. ‘House Style’ is Chatsworth’s biggest exhibition yet and I went along a couple of weeks ago with about 100 press and other guests to get an early glimpse.

Chatsworth is the residence of the current Duke and Duchess of Devonshire and has seen several generations of stylish predecessors. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 5 Comments Art, Design, Events, News Alexander McQueen, Chatsworth House, events, exhibitions, Hamish Bowles, heritage, long read, Lucian Freud, Sotheby's, Vivienne Westwood

29 December, 2016

All wrapped up

WSJ-Magazine

We’re big scarf lovers in our house and I mean that literally. Mr DRG has so many, they’ve been assigned their own chair and I couldn’t survive the winter months without one of my many jumbo neck warmers to keep the chills away.

I like my scarves as wide as possible as I can’t bear any cool air blowing down the back of my neck. (more…)