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“Black is modest and arrogant at the same time. Black is lazy and easy – but mysterious. But above all black says this:"I don’t bother you – don’t bother me.”
“Learn something. Apply it. Pass it on so it is not forgotten.”
Ruth Asawa, Artist
Important Pink Moments …
Loved this quirky take on Important Pink Moments in Comme des Garcons History by AnOther Magazine last week. It fits right in with my ethos of not being massively interested in fashion but totally loving a individual perspective on style. CdG is all about the ‘black’ aesthetic, right? Hell, no. Click the link and see […]
MoreBill Cunningham, Futurism In Men’s Wear
I love this short video by Bill Cunningham, Futurism In Men’s Wear, more for his engaging and ongoing enthusiasm for the new, different and young than the actual content. He does have a great eye for street fashion which, along with his stylistic broad-mindedness, totally bridges any perceived generation gap between him and his subjects. […]
MorePlus Size Shopping Reality: Wall London
I’ve just been laughing myself through the comments on this: Buying Plus Size Clothes: Expectations Vs Reality. Laughing because so much of it rings true and doubly so for those of us with ‘additional’ problems like, er, being in a wheelchair or having some other medical/physical issue which excludes even more possibilities when hunting for […]
MoreDance Transcends Fashion
Finally got a chance to catch up on my emails and read this piece from Blouin ArtInfo on the Rick Owens S/S 2014 Show: Dance Transcends Fashion At Rick Owens. I’d seen some of the PR on it – unconventional sizes, dancers not models, multi-racial, kicking against the form – but, as reported, it all […]
MoreEnduring Style …
In a reflective mood today, thinking about style and beauty and how extraordinarily difficult it is to inject them into a life-less-able … though maybe it’s life that is the problem rather than the less-able. Who knows? Seems like just the moment to flash up one of Hannah Ensor’s latest illustrations for +Black – based […]
MoreInspirational Women: Fabulous Fashionistas
Great article in The Times at the weekend about Fabulous Fashionista’s featuring a number of women answering questions on: how to be a style queen in your seventies? Agree with them or not, they are a lot of fun to read about: Bridget Sojourner, 75: “I never go into ordinary shops,” she says. “I don’t […]
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