Moschino umbrellas: Cheering you up in style

Moschino umbrella

Along with wallets, which I've discussed in the previous post, umbrellas are the most often neglected element of great personal style. If you live in a place with lots of rain, an umbrella becomes an integral part of your outfit. It's worth investing into one that does your look justice and cheers you up when ... Read more

Can a wallet make or break your look?

Comme des Garcons wallets

In the fashion realm, I'm often amused that people will go to great lengths to put together a beautiful outfit, yet they continuously neglect the less obvious accessories such as umbrellas and wallets. Like any other accessory, umbrellas and wallets can make or break your look. No matter how well dressed you are, when you ... Read more

Book review and giveaway: 100 New Fashion Designers

100 New Fashion Designers

Scroll down to the bottom of this post to enter the giveaway. Published this year, 100 New Fashion Designers by Hywel Davies introduces 100 of today's most innovative emerging fashion designers (mostly London-based) on 385 beautifully designed pages. Each designer is represented with a biography, overview of their label, and interviews in which they discuss ... Read more

Philip Treacy: Pink and Glitter

Philip Treacy hat

Growing up poring over articles about the British royal family and Royal Ascot in domestic yellow press ensured that I became familiar with the name Philip Treacy before my interest in fashion was even nascent. Years later, I've stumbled across my first Philip Treacy hat at a press day here in The Big Smoke - ... Read more

Stephen Jones Millinery Salon

Stephen Jones headpiece

In the midst of colourful Christmas-time shops overflowing with decorations, each window of Stephen Jones' millinery salon in Covent Garden displays only two hats against white background. In the left window sits a ladies headpiece made of what is best described as cerulean blue leafs reaching up to the sky. It's so extraordinary that even ... Read more