Brand Spotlight

Admitting that it was time to give in and get a rain coat felt like a dangerous step towards middle age. First you buy a raincoat, then you start classing a trip to the local garden centre as a solid…

Five Minutes With… is a regular series spotlighting vibrant, innovative, sustainably-focused brands so you can get to know the best and brightest in the industry, even if you only have a quick coffee break to spare. This time we’re spending…

8th June marks World Oceans Day. This year’s conservation action focus is ‘encouraging solutions to plastic pollution and preventing marine litter for a healthier ocean and a better future’. I briefly mentioned microfibres in my previous post but today I’m going…

Play Purse began its life as ‘no. 5’ in an ongoing project called Item No. The purses quickly gained popularity and took on a life of their own, so the London-based designer behind the collection introduced Play Purse as its…

London-based independent designer, Cléo Ferin Mercury, inherited her love for silk scarves from her Parisian grandmother. Her early adopted appreciation of attention to detail, quality and design translated over to her first ‘narrative-based’ collection of scarves, launched in 2010. Since…

With the beginning of autumn/winter comes a shift towards the dark side. Swathes of black and grey hit the shop floors and we’re expected to adapt our wardrobes accordingly. But the thought of being reduced to the same colour palette…

Scrolling through my twitter feed last week, an image posted by artist Charlotte Audrey caught my eye. It was a still life image of a pair of perfect metallic and velvet trainers. Put the words metallic and trainers together in…

For SS15, Riyka have taken their signature geometric panelling and added an infusion of fresh, zesty colours. ‘The collection takes its cues from ‘Rockers’, a documentary/film set in 1970s Jamaica. The atmosphere, colours, and the athletic aesthetic of Kingston’s reggae artists were a jumping…

Today is Fashion Revolution Day. A day when we’re encouraged to take a look at where our clothes actually come from and ask ourselves ‘who made my clothes?’. The movement came into being after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh…

A quick scroll through who I follow on Instagram will reveal my penchant for a late 80s/early 90s graphic print. My new-ish blog header also alludes somewhat to my inclination towards anything reminiscent of the Saved By The Bell title…