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
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
Thumbs down by The New Yorker but thumbs up for Blown Covers
No-one likes to show their bad bits. However the quick mind of Françoise Mouly came up with an ingenious idea of collecting the covers the New Yorker wouldn’t use. Basically the rejects. But what is someone else’s trash has I think become someone else’s treasure. Since 1993 Françoise Mouly, art editor of The New Yorker, has been collecting … Read more
Fresh Paint. Graffiti
As much as I practiced I could never body lock or do the windmill (most probably for fear of breaking my neck) so basically stuck to my soul girl grooves, but my love of Hip-Hop was always there. Many moons ago on my many travels to the USA and Italy, I was lucky enough meet a whole … 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
Oooo! Just a little bit.
Just about any sexy sells so they say, but how it is conveyed to engage you is another matter. Fashion photography with just a hint of the ‘Oo! La, La!’ can become iconic, if it gets the coverage or just plain bad taste. Whatever the case maybe, they do intrigue and these that I found … Read more
Nicola de Main and Nivea
Nicola de Main has been on the fashion scene for a while now and has gained a very good reputation for her stylistic, imaginative interpretive prints. To the point that her designs have caught the eye of cosmetic company Nivea. To be asked to do a new packaging collaboration is one I am sure, deserving, … Read more
