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Art To Wear: Anna Kantorysinska Scarves
I’m obviously having scarf/wrap moments like blondes have blonde moments this week! But who wouldn’t be seduced into eulogy by these lovely looking wraps from Anna Kantorysinska – again available on Etsy or via the Kantorysinska web site. Here’s a few more images from Etsy. Do let me know if you like them … Ok, […]
MoreArt To Wear: Ziemska Art Felt Scarf
I am experiencing some activity curtailing domestic dramas at home right now and, as I continue to attempt to regain my stability and equilibrium, I thought I would post this stunning felt scarf from Ziemska Art – selling on Etsy. Wheelchair user. Plus Size. Unconventional shape. And pretty much anyone else. This is art to […]
MorePrinciple or Style: John Galliano dilemma
Flipping through the FT’s How To Spend It, I saw a beautiful dress by John Galliano and my heart kinda stuttered with sorrow. I’ve always loved Galliano’s work and actually had tears in my eyes at a V&A exhibition a few years ago on his Haute Couture work for Dior – so exquisite were the […]
MoreArt To Wear and display: Artful Home
Mooching around for Shibori shawls, I visited a site I hadn’t been onto for a while: Artful Home. Pleased to see it still up and in working order, I was pleasantly reminded of all the fabulous designer/makers that display their wares here. There’s so much to look at for both home – especially if, like […]
MoreKedem Sassoon, Plus Size Designer
I’ve been reading a little about Israeli designer, Kedem Sassoon, this past week and, looking him up on Google, I like his style. With a plus-size wife, he apparently designs with her in mind and what’s not for the rest of us plus-size peeps to like about that? Sadly, his own website seems a little […]
MoreFashion and art: Mary Katrantzou Fall 2013
Locked in my bedroom by lift malfunction for the past couple of days, frozen by the persistent cold weather we are having, I have blown off some frustration looking at lots of Fall 2013 Youtube videos. Love the collection by Mary Katrantzou for its’ synchronicity of fashion and art. The shapes are architectural and the […]
MoreSlippers: Shoot Me Now …
My life is over. I am seriously beginning to look at these slippers – velcro and all – and think, “Ooh … comfy … I want.” £55! Against £2000 for my painful bespoke shoes. If you are going to have no style, better to pay a lot less for it, no? Mentioned it to D. […]
MoreWe Three Kings: Issey Miyake
Looking through fashion illustrator Gladys Perint Palmer‘s book, Fashion People, I came across an illustration titled ‘We Three Kings …’ done in 1994, referring to Miyake, Yahamoto and Rei Kawakubo – photo by me attached here: Having huge amounts of Miyake in my own wardrobe from a couple of decades ago, I was driven to […]
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