Reasons To Be Cheerful

After a massively stressful day I have taken refuge at home and turned to a novelty Hello Kitty Pot Noodle (yes really) and the internet to cheer me up. I didn’t think it would be possible, but I have now returned to a normal mood level due to the online (and real world) marvels described below.
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Milan

The vibes from Prada were very ’90s-sexy. There were crop tops and mid-length skirts, crumpled fabric and a minimalist palette, and those drawstrings and tags hanging from everything reminded me of those combat trousers All Saints used to wear. All of this was of course re-interpreted for a 2009 market, though it still remained rather [...]

The Last of London

Due to a full social calendar and an unfortunate illness, my dedicated reportage of London Fashion Week was rather disrupted these last few days so I’m going to round everything up today by covering another few shows that I’ve liked. As prints and the inventive use of textiles are just getting more and more prominent in [...]

A Sudden Realisation

A love of fashion has a lot in common with self-delusion. This is probably why it has taken me until now – this very minute – to come to terms with the fact that as excited as I am about London Fashion Week, I will still have no involvement in the proceedings at all, because [...]

Playing It Safe Stateside

I don’t usually look to New York Fashion Week for my seasonal dose of excitement, but this week’s shows seemed somehow… lacking. It was like everyone was playing it a little bit safe. Not that the clothes weren’t beautiful – they were – but collection after collection of grown-up, upper east side classics didn’t really [...]

Update on Office Quilted Shoes

It’s very nice to finally have some more info on the much-lusted-after Peep Under My Quilt shoes from Office, as seen on Gok’s Fashion Fix. According to the office website, they will be out at the beginning of August and there was also a nice big picture of them to stare at.

On a completely different [...]

Eley Kishimoto

Lately, my interest in this brand has been much revived. They were one of the first labels I got properly into when I was about 13, and I had all but forgotten about them until I saw this top (left) from s/s 08 in Liberty. Very nice indeed. Of course, like a fool I let [...]

FrostFrench fascism?

I have been following with interest coverage of the Frostfrench racism trial, in which a sales assistant is suing the brand for racial discrimination, believing that she was fired for being black.
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I wouldn’t be surprised if she was. Not because I dislike Frostfrench and want a better reason to dislike [...]