I thought Id put together a few things Id love for my birthday which is on 9th May. Mother, if youre reading this...?Beg Bicycles: Betty I love this companys aesthetic and ethos. Im rubbish at g...
I was lucky enough to interview the artist Molly Crabapple and then attend her talk at The Groucho Club last week- you can read my piece on her here on Run-Riot. Im now officially smitten.
Apologies for the blog silence- I seem to start all my posts with that these days!- but Ive been busy running a pop-up event over Easter for Monkey Shoulder whisky. We took over a space on Broadwick ...
As I get older, I find myself becoming more and more enthusiastic about homeware. I think its the nesting instinct kicking in. British design icon William Morris once said, Have nothing in your house...
At the very beginning of my writing career I spotted a couple of artists work in a tiny exhibition in East London, really liked their paintings and ended up interviewing them both for Dazed and Confu...
As Im writing this post, Im still trying to digest how I feel about these videos.This is the blurb from SHOWstudio:In La Femme à Paris the author Octave Uzanne dubbed a womans clothing her offensive ...
Charlotte TaylorSo, I mentioned how big Prints are in my post on Orla Kiely-here are some more designers experimenting with all sorts of shapes,colours and patterns-such a lovely change as Autumn Win...
Orla Kiely truly spoilt us this LFW with her wonderful presentation/installation. Models were whisked off their feet by handsome young men, taking to the dance floor to the tunes of a live band whils...
Ashley Isham (lomography shot on a Diana F)Whilst the two trends Ive mentioned so far for A/W 2012 are both quite conservative (Tradition and Princess), both have benefited from a bit of sexing up wi...
There are few designers around whose creations are sensational enough to see them being touted as a contender for McQueens crown-but one of them is the wonderful Inbar Spector. Her A/W 2012 sho...
One influence I noticed in many collections this season was the Kate Middleton effect- since the Duchess has been honing her own contemporary princess style, designers are rushing to catch up by crea...
With the big British heritage brands like Burberry and Mulberry, you can always expect to see some traditional fabrics on the LFW catwalks, but this season even the most youthful, up and coming desig...
Please forgive me for briefly veering away from London Fashion Week, but I must share with you the ready-to-wear 2012 collection from one of my all time favourite designers, Ulyana Sergeenko. Her des...
SIMIA MINERALIS HD720 from Thomas Knights on Vimeo.Here is the video of Ada Zanditons latest collection, Simia Mineralis. Im super enthusiastic about fashion films-I think its just the perfect medium...
Trying to cover London Fashion Week at the same time as having a normal job can be a bit of a challenge- I hope Im going to get the chance to do some more in depth blog posts on the trends I saw emer...
Happy Valentines Day!Ill have been with my boy for ten years in June, so we are actually bothering to go out for dinner tonight,which is, I think, the first time weve ever done anything specifically ...
Sample Sale alert!I was disappointed this Christmas when I didnt receive any PJs.Usually its a family tradition that we all get new PJs in our stockings, but I spent this Christmas at my boyfriends a...
For a long time now, the future of journalism has seemed to be more and more visual and audio-blogs rely on images and podcasts are booming-but whilst at a Cherry Sorbet workshop with the presenters ...
I just interviewed Alain de Botton about his new book over on Run-Riot, where he guest-edited for a week. Hes currently one of the judges for this fantastic Ideas for London project- you can win a ni...
Heres the video I promised of the cruise I went on over New Year with my family-its my first attempt at editing any flipcam footage, so please bear with me!I had such a wonderful time-whilst some ele...
photo by Marcus GinnsFirst of all, I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas or whatever holiday you celebrate, and fingers crossed the New Year is treating you well!Secondly, I must apologise for bei...
I try really hard to buy most of my Christmas presents from independent sellers, so spend most of my December weekends at the wonderful fairs London has to offer-yesterday I went to Battersea Arts Ce...
I know many of you are as fond of stationery as I am, so I thought Id point you in the direction of my latest gift guide for Run-Riot, including gems from Nancy and Betty (above) and Present&Corr...
Yesterday I popped in on my friends Tinsel and Twinkle who were selling their artwork at The Other Art Fair-a brilliant new anti-art fair where you buy straight from the artist rather than dealing wi...
Earlier this year I did some work for the marketing agency for Tiffany and Cos Skate at Somerset House, so I got to go to the pre-opening skating day on Sunday and invited some bloggers along too. We...
My latest gift guide is live on Run-Riot- its an ultimate guide to the boxsets you should own or buy for the loved ones in your life.
Its that time of year- Ive started my weekly series of Christmas Gift Guides over on Run-Riot; first up is your guide to getting cozy-blankets,PJs,chunky knit scarves(the one pictured is by Louise Du...
Today I popped into The Hospital club for Megabites; the latest brainwave from Miss Cakehead - a Steve Jobs Inspired ‘iCake’ Shop Pop Up for Internet Week Europe.Curator of Cake & Chaos...
Ms Marmitelover aka Kerstin Rodgers lives in a gorgeous house in Kilburn where shes hosted her infamous underground restaurant and written her stunning book about the experience: Supperclub.(You can ...
I just interviewed the thoroughly inspiring Miranda July-actress,writer,director and artist; shes managed to carve a niche for herself doing all those things in a completely fresh and unique way. You...
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