Monday, 14 May: I usually wake up between 6.30 and 7.00 and just lie in bed thinking for at least an hour or sometimes I read (advantage of working for yourself: time is flexible). If I got up earlie...
Long weekend, Saturday 5, May – Monday, 7 May: Spent all three days reading. Newspapers: I don’t usually read them except when I travel – and I don’t travel much. Then I read them from cover to cover...
I just don’t have time to answer all your letters except every now and again, but I do read them. In lieu of this, I have decided the best thing to do is to write a quick diary each day. … Cont...
What we’re talking about regarding climate change refugees is total chaos, where natural disasters are more intense and more often. The world is giving us this warning of more horror to come. We spok...
Shell has been extracting oil in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria for over 50 years. They are the major operator there and have made billions and billions of dollars out of the country. And what have ...
As a postscript to ‘Painted Ladies’, and its theme of the connection between paintings and fashion, I took in our recent ‘Gold Label’ collection the 17th century fashion for having your portrait pain...
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I was invited to the University of Cambridge to take part in an evening organised by the Cambridge Dialectic Society. The discussion was concerned with ‘The Role of the Art Lover in addressing issues...
The weekend before Easter, Andreas and I went to Madrid for three days and, apart from one morning when we visited the superb Thyssen Collection, we spent each day in the Prado – we had promised ours...
To finish the series, here is the last part. I hope you enjoy it! (Works now)
The second programme in our exploration of the relationship between painting and fashion looks at notions of modesty throughout the ages and considers the nude in art. It also looks at the developmen...
The relationship between painting and fashion. We were looking through our archives recently and rediscovered a series of three programmes I made in 1995 with Cynthia and my brother, Gordon, for Chan...
We have had 3 fashion shows to present over 6 weeks. The final show is in Paris this Saturday – we are calling it ‘London’ and we want to link it to saving the planet by asking, why do all … Co...
Today’s visual art is not popular. There is nothing to like about it. There’s actually nothing there except ‘rubbish appeal’ – something different. How boring! Art gives Culture. That is why the Art ...
Three young women from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) came to shoot an interview with me last week for their website. I was interviewed by Rebecca Atwood, Executive Assistant at EJF, Tor...
Just out – our interview and photo shoot for the March issue of Harper’s Bazaar. Young models from the Storm model agency gave their time to support us in our efforts to save the rainforest. You can ...
We spent some time with Clive Menzies at Occupy and spoke about a number of things – his criticisms of our financial and banking system was of particular interest. He helped us understand the fundame...
We’re getting ready to launch our new Autumn/Winter 2012-2013 fashion collections: London on 19 February, Paris on 3 March. I know it’s been a while since my last blog – and some of your letters need...
A few months ago I did an interview for the February 2012 issue of L’Officiel magazine in France. They asked what 7 things I consider most important for our time – you can read and see the piece as i...
We’ve just returned from our MAN Autumn-Winter 2012-2013 show in Milan. Our collection is in support of David Attenborough’s documentary series ‘The Frozen Planet’, which will go to America but unfo...
Years ago when she was in power, I impersonated Margaret Thatcher… the suit I wore had been ordered by Margaret Thatcher from Aquascutum, which she then cancelled. Margaret Thatcher was a hypoc...
What would I like to do in 2012 – apart from fashion. The first thing is we need to see everything from the main problem of Climate Change to find the right solutions to everything we want to do. Cl...
We’ve been very busy in these last days before the Christmas break: putting together the Gold Label collection and moving ahead with our Cool Earth fundraising work. The campaign has really been gath...
…………&# 8230;………R 30;………… ;…………& #8230;. In the meanwhile, Leonard has written an open letter to us all. _______...
When Andreas and I went to Kenya we met Liz Rihoy, Director of the Zeitz Foundation (www.zeitzfoundation.org) which supports the Segera eco-preserve (http://segera.com) we visited. We were honoured t...
We’ve started fundraising for Cool Earth – you can read about it in today’s Times and Telegraph . My interview on Channel 4 News about Cool Earth, meant to coincide with the opening of COP17 (Durban ...
So many of you wrote really great things about the connections in the Tree of Life that we just couldn’t choose one winner – so, instead, we’ve chosen three: Andrew Baker James Emmett Sam Varnham We ...
I wanted to tell you that I know I’ve fallen behind answering your posts and choosing a winner for the Family Tree competition. I have really been busy – so many commitments and also planning my next...
When I talk of Imitation in the AR Manifesto, this is the essential ground for thinking and all our ideas come from it. I have just discovered in re-reading the chapter, ‘Perceptions of Gaia’, in Jam...
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