The most important retail space in the world is your closet!
That’s right! Your closet. Could you put a true value on how much you have spent on your purchases over the years? I could not. But how come my closet doors are not closing, and why is there a lack of space in it considering I pretty much wear my safe bets. What’s going on … Read more
All Hail the British Retail Indies
I love it when you see our great British Retail Indies get the recognition they deserve. British boutiques need and deserve an everyday in the media spotlight besides the usual heavies. It like treasure hunting and finding a winner. As an ex fashion agent it’s our job to know who they are, what they do … Read more
One-of-a-kind wardrobe goodies just in time for the Summer, B Style n Stuff
Finally got around to sorting it all out. I have so many great samples from designers past & present that need new life. 90% are one-of-a-kind in the UK ,so you can be sure that you will not bump into your double on the street. These are brand new showroom samples from my past agency … Read more
Everyday is Bitter and Sweet
This post is not my usual tone but it is one that I want to get out in the open. If it inspires just one then I know I have done something good. Today it came to my attention that another designer Christophe Coppens decided to close his company. ‘So what’s so different about that’ … Read more
Vogue UK’s ‘High Plains Drifter’ stimulates the pupils
Until we have the weather we deserve (literally chucking buckets lately), stimulate your pupils, enlarge your irises and take in the dramatic delight of the editorial piece ‘High Plains Drifter’ Vogue UK May 2012 issue. Yes! Another post about prints and colour, but this deserves a mention. Everything is ‘crazy-wonderful’ from the styling (Ms Chambers, … Read more
H&M Fashion Against Aids 2012
I’ve been banging on about prints for a while and even I my mono-toned wearing self is getting bugged eyed at the array on offer. That being said I have to give props to H&M’s current Tribal Print offering for its fifth FASHION AGAINST AIDS outing I’m not one for blogging up any of high … Read more
On My Radar. Azealia Banks and Stooshe
Back in the day, Sundays were the ‘press pause and play’ days whilst we listened to the Top 40 countdown. I heard the tune before the video because we never had MTV back then so I and my friends would make up the video stories in my head. We had to wait for programmes such as … Read more
A Fashion Agent’s Basic Common Sense.
I have been asked many times to write a piece on what I know from my many years in retail and as a well-seasoned fashion agent, so here’s a little bit. This is not a sermon and I’m no guru, it is just my own version of ’Basic Fashion Sense‘. NEVER KILL A CLIENT- metaphorically … Read more
The fun of Tweed Run. Osaka Japan
I came across this bleary eyed this morning on a friends twitter feed via Atsuhitman posted great images of the The TWEED RUN OSAKA JAPAN. and considering I am a totally crap bike rider it was these images that peaked my interested. This group bicycle ride started in London 2009 for cyclist to dress in traditional British … Read more
