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Tribute to Charles James

Designers by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackMay 9, 2014January 17, 2017

Walter Batiss 1906-82

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackMay 2, 2014August 9, 2017

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 29, 2014

Yes, this is totally crazy but I have just bought tickets to see Savage Beauty at the V&A in March 2015. Booking frenzy gone mad, no? I loathe planning so far ahead and there are always very real doubts that, health wise, I will be able to make it – I usually think a couple […]

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 23, 2014

Looking For Light: Jane Bown

There’s a nice review today on a documentary film, Looking for Light, about photographer, Jane Bown, by Hayley Ellis Jones at the-f-word: Inconspicuous presence behind the camera. The promotional clip for the film from Youtube is below and there is a lot more about her to be found on The Guardian website: see Jane Bown in their […]

Shakespeare’s Birthday

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 23, 2014November 22, 2016

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 16, 2014

Carine Roitfeld, Mademoiselle C

I finally got round to watching the DVD: Mademoiselle C this week and found it … disappointing. If you don’t know her, Carine Roitfeld was the editor of French Vogue for over a decade, having been Tom Ford’s muse and involved in myriad aspects of the fashion world prior to that. In 2011-12, she departed […]

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 14, 2014April 14, 2014

Gaultier At The Barbican

I’m wondering whether Easter is a good weekend to trek over to the Barbican – not my favourite venue – to see the fashion world of Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibition on there to 25 August 2014. Busy or not busy? Hard to call. Maybe less busy over the summer … Anyone seen it and like to […]

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 9, 2014

An Italian Moment …

I’m a bit late posting it but my favourite April Fool’s Day spoof was the Frozen Grand Canal, Venice, click across to the AnOther site for more on this. Fun and pretty, all in one hit. Much like The Glamour Of Italian Fashion 1945-2014, currently on at the V&A Museum in London (to 27 July […]

Berndnaut Smilde’s Nimbus series

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 5, 2014April 5, 2014

Arts Info by Elle, StilettoWheels & PlusBlackApril 4, 2014

A Sculptural Symphony: Germaine Richier

I am feeling very stressed today – too much to do and a poor-health day. I almost skipped over, and am so glad I didn’t, this wonderful five minute video from Blouin ArtInfo on a woman sculptor, Germaine Richier, whom I have never heard of. I urge you to take five minutes from your day […]