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Just a quick heads-up to say that the Robert Mapplethorpe: Fashion Show exhibition at the Alison Jacques Gallery began yesterday and runs to 5 October and is really worth seeing if you find yourself anywhere near Berners Street, London W1: Fashion Show focuses on an aspect of Robert Mapplethorpe, which was key to his work and […]
MoreThis beautiful dress by Marios Schwab, from the F/W 2013/14 Collections, was in the FT’s How To Spend It last weekend. Fabulous colours, forgiving style. Love it.
MoreFirst item I love from the Spring/Summer Fashion Week shows? You got it – hats. Very specifically, these hats from Creatures of Comfort. I suspect I’d look ridiculous in them in my wheelchair – proportions all wrong – but hey, you like what you like whether it works for you or not, right?. Waiting for […]
MoreAm looking at Daniela Gregis collections and loving everything I see. Sold at Few and Far in the UK, I believe, and am investigating now … watch this space.
MoreSome years ago, I bought D some rather unique looking tusk cufflinks – see below – from Shaun Leane. Today, I clicked onto the Shaun Leane site to find a hugely expanded range of jewellery for men and women. I absolutely love the bangle above which comes in a range of colours, including black, priced […]
MoreI have just pre-ordered Bold, Beautiful and Damned: The World of 1980’s Fashion Illustrator, Tony Viramontes by Dean Rhys Morgan. If you don’t know his work, check out Blouin ArtInfo: Perhaps no other artist encapsulates the new-wave Zeitgeist of the neon eighties like the late fashion illustrator Tony Viramontes. On August 30th, just in time for […]
MoreGreat 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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