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PFW: When They Were Kids …
Fashion week’s over, check out the funnies on When They Were Kids. The Gareth above hits my sweet spot. Style and giggles … Nice. Which is your favourite?
MoreFashion Illustration: Velwyn Yossy
Hot off the drawing board, click across to the Show Studio Shop to see more illustration art of the S/S 2015 RTW fashion collections by Velwyn Yossy … Fab-u-lous, dontacha’ think?
MoreEmma Ferrer, Harper’s Bazaar
Wow. Stunning cover by US Harper’s Bazaar, September 2015, of Emma Ferrer, Audrey Hepburn’s granddaughter. Read more on the Bazaar website: Emma Ferrer Opens Up and click across from there to the photo shoot by Michael Avedon, grandson of Richard Avedon. Will need to buy the magazine to check but I’m guessing the outfit is […]
MoreIn the Wrong Club …
There’s a million things I should be doing but it’s a beautiful day and I just wanna be Katie dancing to Wrong Club. Join me, why dontcha’? Love and lust for her hair … Will be back tomorrow, maybe, I think …
MoreDrawing on Style
If you are in the Piccadilly or Green Park area of London over the next few days and are a lover of fashion illustration, like me, it might be worth popping into the Drawing on Style exhibition in the Gallery 8 exhibition space in Duke Street. Gray MCA, who are putting the exhibition on say: Drawing […]
MoreDior: The Perfumes
An opportunity to see some of Rene Gruau’s lovely illustrations in a new(ish) book, Dior: The Perfumes by Chandler Burr, described as: An exquisite exploration of the relationship between Christian Dior and perfumes, celebrating sixty-five years of inspiration, innovation, and style. List of available supply from publisher, Rizzoli, including the ever-ubiquitous Amazon. Another one for the collection […]
MoreMuhammad Ali by Flip Schulke
Beautiful photography by Flip Schulke of Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, captured in his physical prime. Stunning. See more in Muhammad Ali: The Birth of a Legend, Miami 1961-64 by Flip Schulke.
MoreBook: Dior Couture
How stunning is this photo, above? Just too beautiful. From the coffee table book, Dior Couture by Patrick Demarchelier, it makes me want to see more. Frustratingly, I think I have this book but am I able to find it right now, when I want it? No. Grrr. How annoying is that? For the same […]
MoreInspirational Woman: Dorothea Tanning
Somewhat belatedly, I’ve just read about the Dorothea Tanning: Web Of Dreams exhibition on at Alison Jacques Gallery in Berners Street, London until 27 August 2014. I’ve been a huge admirer of Dorothea Tanning since reading her brilliant biography, Between Lives, about a decade ago – I wrote about it on this blog in 2012: One […]
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