A/W

Although I’m currently sat with what I’m sure are some of the last remnants of golden summer sunshine pouring through my office window, there was a distinct chill in the air at 8 o’clock this morning when we loaded Vashka…

In my last post, I mentioned my sudden but deep and burning desire for a pair of red boots. This desire was brought on purely by osmosis. Those with the most connections or the deepest pockets began slipping their perfectly…

If I were the type of person to believe the universe provides us with what we need, I would believe it had provided me with this dress. It appeared to me in the window of & Other Stories; a soft,…

I don’t know if you’ve noticed but it’s winter. Still. But, although we’re only just past the middle of the season, Mother Nature isn’t even really trying any more (I don’t blame her given the current state of affairs). The…

I have a complicated relationship with winter. Firstly, I despise being cold. I spend almost the entirety of winter wrapped in blankets, hunched over hot water bottles, saying “feel how cold my nose is” to my boyfriend. Secondly, I loathe…

I bought my first hoodie when I was 11 and entering my seminal grebo phase. I felt like a serious (albeit harmless, 11-year-old) rebel walking around in my black, oversized Linkin Park hoodie, probably paired with huge corduroy loons and…

This time round, New York Fashion Week showed little progress and a steadfast dedication to current trends. Many shows were derivative to the point of being repetitive; not so much re-invention as simply re-doing. This isn’t to say that it…

As a child, most history lessons were spent pondering not the political ins and outs that led us to various wars, but the exquisite dress worn by both the significant figures and the every day people of days gone by.…

I’ve ploughed through an endless amount of collections to produce a selection of Halloween costume ideas straight from the catwalk. Jean Paul Gaultier’s SS13 homage to a string of 80s popstars doesn’t feature, as that would be far too easy.…

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…