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The Strange Allure of Mustard vol 2: Sexy Mustard
Ladies and gentlemen (gentleman? I don’t know how many of you are reading), the day has dawned for the second instalment in my mustard series and I am overwhelmed by this unique opportunity to use the phrase ‘sexy mustard’ in a sentence.
As I explained l..
Mules, the Unlikely Fashion Favourites
A mule – not the most attractive name for a shoe, is it? And generally, I think the style matches the name in its (lack of) attractiveness. I’ve never been a fan: mules remind me of pictures of perfect retro housewives and boudoirs and Barbies. Or, if they a..
A Box of Delights: Valentino Couture Spring 2016
The couture shows are coming to an end in Paris – compared to fashion weeks proper, couture takes so little time that I almost miss it every year. But not quite. I love looking at these incredible displays of unnecessariness, season after season. It is for m..
The Instant Update: A Skinny Scarf
Do you ever get those urges to buy something, anything, simply because everything you already own seems entirely unexciting, useless and soooo last season? No? Oh, well. But in case you do, you know these are dangerous moods that in most cases have nothing t..
Spring/Summer 2016: 9 Shows to Remember
I’ve been following the fashion weeks – thanks to the miracles of modern technology – for something like 15 years now, maybe 18. I must admit that the thrill is no longer quite the same as in the early days and there seem to be more shows and less fashion ev..
Sweater Weather
I should post more often about cold weather-related phenomena: as soon as I start taking illustrative pictures, it’ll turn sunny and warm and generally lovely. So here I am, feeling a bit awkward to write about chunky sweaters when it’s almost 20 degrees out..
A Casual Dress
My enthusiasm for dresses is well documented. Dresses make total sense to me: nothing has a better effort/impact ratio, and I am both lazy and vain. That said, I do understand why people feel that a full-length white dress or a super-fitted orange one are to..
The Redemption of Gucci
Big shifts in fashion and in the landscape of fashion brands don’t happen every season. When it comes to the latter, I can think of a few in the last decade: Phoebe Philo starting at Celine, John Galliano leaving Dior, Nicolas Chesquiere moving to Louis Vuit..
A Romantic Blouse
I have delayed this post for two months now, certain that I will find an even more romantic blouse to illustrate my point. But it never happened: this 29 euro Zara version, if I remember the price correctly, was one of the first takes on the trend and I have..
H&M Studio Collection
While everyone else is talking about H&M’s beauty launch this week (or about their Balmain collaboration, possibly), I’m of course going to focus on something else entirely: their Studio Collection. It is topical, though, as the 2015 autumn/winter clothes ar..