The Kooples

When I was in Paris over Christmas I stumbled across a shop named The Kooples (it took me a while to work out the name but I realised it’s ‘couples’ pronounced phonetically in a French accent). The shop immediately interested me, partly because of it’s adoption of a fashionable ‘club photography’ style for it’s advertising and [...]

Cheers/Jeers

Now let me guess, you’d like a lighthearted seasonal round-up of a couple of my highlights and lowlights of the year? Well, okay, if you insist.
The Whistles Rejuvenation
Former purveyor of £79 pastel cardigans with novelty buttons, Jane Shepherdson has transformed Whistles into a sartorial haven for the discerning girl, gladdening my heart and enhancing my wardrobe. Only [...]

Everybody Loves Sonia

Despite my best intentions, I think I’m going tohave to leave commentary on the rest of the Spring ‘09 shows until that season is actually upon us. I’ve got slightly out of the loop with regards to Paris, and now I’ve started college there’s very little chance of me managing to comment full on the rest of the shows, just one [...]

Japan In Paris

I’m very much removed from Paris Fashion Week. I take 48 hours out from blogging to enroll at Saint Martins and when I return to the computer there’s a list of about 15 or so shows I desperately want to watch. So here I am, dressed in a hoodie, big t-shirt and leggings, eating the [...]

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 [...]

London Part 2.

Since yesterday, I’ve begun to notice certain binary tendencies at the London shows. Everything seems to be going one way or the other. Pastels or brights, dresses or trousers, embellishments or minimalism, long loose hair or severe up-dos, platform shoes or… actually, all the shoes seemed to be platform. Though some of the shows are [...]

First Few London Picks

Right, if I look at another style.com slide show I will probably explode, so here’s a short summary of what I’ve seen and liked from London Fashion Week so far.
After the mysterious lack of a visible autumn 08 collection (though a few pieces have managed to make their way into the shops) I was glad to find Charles Anastase [...]

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 [...]

Lanvin and Acne Collaboration

Collaborations are odd. I always watch them with interest, how will two different aesthetics mix? Sometimes they glide seamlessly into each other, as in the case of Karen Walker for Swandri (buying oppotunties for which I’ve completely missed out on due to southern hemisphere season confusion) but sometimes there’s a bit of a stuggle.
As a perfectionist, I [...]