14 January, 2025 The Toscani effect. Farewell Oliviero Toscani, a brilliant photographer and art director who changed the world through his audacious activism dressed as fashion advertising.. I became aware of him in the 1980s via his vibrant fashion shoots for Benetton using groups of racially diverse, often street cast models in simple studio …

A new foodie and bibliophile destination has landed in Bond Street courtesy of @maisonalaia. Unlike other luxury fashion houses with their ultra brand-coded cakes and confectioneries (hello Louis Vuitton x Takashi Murakami cakes) this is a somewhat more wholesome approach.

30 January, 2011 Who is Disneyrollergirl? The beginnning Almost four years ago I started a blog. Working as a fashion editor by day and doing extra freelance writing by night, I still didn’t feel I had the opportunity to say what I wanted to say.

17 November, 2023 Follow a stylist. Influencers, schminfluencers!If you want styling ideas, better to follow the stylists. Compared to photographers, the best in the biz are still fairly elusive on Instagram (where are you, Joe McKenna?!) but once you locate them, they’re worth checking in with.They tend to repeat their tricks across the brands and publications they work for, so it’s easy ...

Dec 10, 2024 · Time to bring back the shock factor in fashion retail?Counter to the cosy conviviality of the new Alaïa cafe-bookshop ( in my previous post), I was recently reminded of the decidedly UNinviting facade of Malcolm and Vivienne’s 1976 ‘S😍X’ shop.The plywood, rubber latex and plastic sheeting sign made by #SexPistol #GlenMatlock was meant to look like a #RobertRauschenberg sculpture.

Nov 3, 2023 · Cash is cool 💰More from my AW24 trend report…Let’s hear it for old fashioned values returning to cafes and eateries. New north London foodie bookshop-slash-lunch-spot, The Yellow Bittern is cash-only, reservations by phone (or postcard!) and – gasp – there’s no Instagram account.

24 January, 2025 The aspirational familiarity of Lemaire and Auralee AW25. While the major fashion brands have seemingly gone nuts with their pricing, it makes sense that a certain demographic has shifted attention to Lemaire and Auralee.Both just showed at the menswear shows – precise (and practical) layering, easy-but-interesting silhouettes, harmonious colour palettes and distinctive ...

Jan 4, 2008 · It’s true, I always feel a little pained upon opening each season’s “fashion reports” free with the glossies. This is partly because the name of trends seem to become more and more obsurd and partly because of my great, great hatred for trends such as “Nautical” and “Safari” which have become to ultimate fashion cliches, and sadly, seem to be trends relied upon by the ...

9 January, 2025 The culture of fashion: Alaïa for foodies and bibliophiles. Just after New Year I treated myself to a banana bread and coffee date at the new Violet Cakes cafe in the New Bond Street Alaïa store. Food and fashion have been forging an alliance for some time and I was reminded that Azzedine Alaïa was a natural instigator of this idea as far back as the 1980s.

24 January, 2025 The aspirational familiarity of Lemaire and Auralee AW25. While the major fashion brands have seemingly gone nuts with their pricing, it makes sense that a certain demographic has shifted attention to Lemaire and Auralee.Both just showed at the menswear shows – precise (and practical) layering, easy-but-interesting silhouettes, harmonious colour palettes and distinctive ...