A few weeks ago, partly in celebration of our anniversary and partly as a pre-emptive antidote to Fashion Week the following week, the Clever Boyfriend and I took ourselves off for a weekend in the English countryside. Being the warm-blooded Australians that we are, the grey skies and seemingly endless winter was starting to get to us. So we figured… View Post
I should begin by pointing out that the rather cheesy title of this post does not, thankfully, refer to my current financial state (though with the shops filling with new season pieces I need want in my life, this is a very real risk…). Rather, as some of you have already noticed, it refers to the fact that yes, yours truly… View Post
Mary Katrantzou AW ’11 If Day 4 was about the ultimate Fashion Week experiences, the final day of womenswear was all about the ultimate wardrobe. Mary Katrantzou, who last season displayed a study in opulent 1960s interiors, this time turned her deft hand to the objets d’art within those rooms; a Faberge egg, a William Morris tapestry sofa, an antique… View Post
Burberry Prorsum Autumn/Winter ’11/’12 (with Emmanuelle Alt – French Vogue’s new Editor in Chief – looking on) Day 4 was noteable for a number of reasons, in particular: 1) Against all laws of biology, I’d somehow adapted to the 14 hours days of back-to-back shows and was being fuelled solely on vats of caffeine and the pain of wearing 11cm… View Post
Temperley’s London homecoming show at the British Museum, which surely won ‘Venue of the Week’ On Day 3, I basically only had three thoughts which played in my mind on a loop at various points during the day: 1) I am so tired/hungry/thirsty/exhausted; 2) thank God for our shiny Mercedes; 3) I can’t quite believe I’m here/these locations are incredible. It’s… View Post
Jackie J.S. Lee’s softly beautiful salon show …And once again I find myself beginning a post with an apology for the tardiness (after all, Day 2 was now a full 5 days ago). The truth is, between 100+ shows, presentations and events, I thought it best to mull over each one before pronouncing which were my favourites. Compared to the madness… View Post
Let me be clear that there are very few things that could incite me to get out of bed at 6am (after just 3 hours sleep), into a pair of heels and out the door on a rainy Sunday morning. But for Mulberry, I will happily do almost anything – I’m unashamedly a huge Emma Hill fangirl. And so I… View Post
2010 Fashion Fringe prize winner Corrie Nielsen’s debut solo show was a sumptuous feast for the eyes, and a demonstration of true artistic genius. I do realise that it’s now the close of Day 3, making this post precisely 2 days late, but between 15 hour show days with not a moment to stop (quite literally, lunch is eaten out… View Post
Show invites are especially good when they come with treats! Isn’t Mulberry’s Fantastic Mr Fox-shaped gingerbread too cute for words? I don’t know where all the time suddenly evaporated to, but London Fashion Week begins TOMORROW. Despite my best-laid plans to have six complete outfits – chic enough for the enhanced sartorial calibre of Fashion Week, appropriate enough to take… View Post
