Brighton Children’s Parade

Popped out in the midst of pouring rain to shoot the Children’s Parade which made its way through town to open Brighton Festival last weekend. Real shame that the weather was a total washout, but...

The Joy of Accounting

A little while back I mentioned on Twitter that I was psyched about doing my accounts and kind of jokingly said I might do a blog post on it (because it’s not the most thrilling topic and I didn’t...

Well Jel

Another one from the vault (aka my Work-in-Progress-Unfinished-Personal folder) today. I posted the sketch of this literally two years ago, but never got anywhere with the final because I couldn’t...

Circus Training

Ages ago I was talking to my mum and misheard her saying that she was going to circuit training (at the gym) as “circus training” which lead to the rough sketch that eventually lead to this. I know...

Before Pinterest

I love me a bit of Pinterest as much as anyone (you can follow my boards here, yo) but I came across these old scrapbooks of mine and got a bit nostalgic for some actual cutting and pasting. Hard...

Grey ombre

The other day I walked past this super cool girl with grey ombre hair just like this, fading from dark grey to nearly white. Considering how played out plain old ombre has got these days it was...

Keep it simple

Warm up drawing from earlier, trying to keep things loose and painterly in digital.

The kimono gown

Apropos of nothing, I just came across these shots from fashion week last September and realised how much I’m feelin’ this lady’s look. Going out without a coat is so appealing right now, the...

Backstage buffets

Not sure if it’s the disconnect between the featherweight models and the stodgy foods often seen backstage, or just the fact that I’m perpetually hungry during Fashion Week, but for the last couple...

Clements Ribeiro AW’13

For Autumn Winter ’13 designer duo Clements Ribeiro showed a magnificent jumble of patterns and embellishments. You wouldn’t think that leopard, floral, lace, embroidery, beading AND knitwear could...

Neon beanie moment

Two tiny towns

Klosters, Graubünden Hove, East Sussex

Many mini macarons

I’ve been using this on the front page of my portfolio site for a little while, but never posted it here for some reason. I drew this assortment of assets for my good pal Abi to use in branding for...

Presented without comment.

Today I saw this and then I saw THIS and then I went home, so as not to see any more.

Shoop Shoop Shop

The shop is back! With all the travelling I did last year it was closed for ages, but I do solemnly swear that it’s now here to stay. Since I’m on a redesign kick, I gave the shop a spruce up to...

Tata Naka AW’13

Tata Naka know how to put on a presentation. The previous two seasons’ offerings were highlights of my schedule, but they really pulled out all the stops this time, taking us back to High School in...

Orla Kiely AW’13

It seems kind of superfluous to add my voice to the chorus of OMG SO PRETTY surrounding the latest Orla Kiely collection, but I was there and it was in fact OMG SO PRETTY so here we are. That’s...

Cravin’ Carven

When I’m shooting shows or browsing collection photos (tragically, a task I look forward to immensely. Though the number of collections major designers bring out every year is bordering on the...

Snow globe Davos

Miscellany of Christmas

Switzerland is nothing if not serious about seasonal decorating. Christmas is one of the few holidays I’m not a total hater about*, so I’m especially psyched to be here right now. The population of...

Window shopping lately

Kebab shop that is only open between 9am and 6pm on weekdays, Davos (not sure they quite get the Kebab shop concept) Halloween display somewhere in Camden Passage Barrel distortion outside COS in...

Winter wallpapers

Got bored of my desktop and couldn’t find a nice neutral background, so I made some moody ones from my photos of Switzerland. Links below if you want to grab one for yourself. I tried to include...

Rough puff Paris

Litte bit behind schedule, but here’s my Paris phone photo diary. Off to a soggy start, got caught in the rain without an umbrella on way too many occasions. Everyone else was keeping it classy...

Every December Issue Gift Guide Ever

Model readers

Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd A collection of models I spotted reading backstage in London, Paris and New York last month and a good excuse for us to talk about books! On my kindle I’m half way...

Round Mari Vanna’s yard

As you might know (because I’m going on about it constantly), I’m originally Russian. We moved to London when I was a kid, but I’m still Russian enough to dig the food and always quite interested...

You Deserve the Best of Everything!

I haven’t done a movie screencap post for ages! This is The Best of Everything, the 1959 Hollywood adaptation of the excellent 1958 novel of the same name by Rona Jaffe (you might remember it from...

Chloé Attitudes

My time in Paris a few weeks ago happily coincided with the opening of the Chloé Attitudes exhibition at Palais de Tokyo. One of my favourite fashion houses in one of my favourite museum spaces,...

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