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Having seen and fallen in love with Yiqing Yin on the Fiercer Than You blog, I immediately hit Google to find out more. From the Yiqing Yin site: “Yiqing Yin studied at the Ecole Nationale des Arts Décoratifs, Immigrating from China at age 4, tossed between countries, her clothes have often provided her with a […]
MoreFlipping 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 […]
MoreMooching 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 […]
MoreLocked 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 […]
MoreLooking 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 […]
MoreBrowsing one of my favourite interiors magazines this week, Elle Decor I think it was, I snapped this picture because I love, love, love this top, the trousers, the shoes. It is so how I see me in my mind’s eye still. Isn’t the fabric, design and colour of the top just too divine? And […]
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