Inside the industry tips #2: Fabric

By |October 19th, 2013|

Fabric: What’s the big deal?

Without fabric there would be no garment. You could have the best design in the world, but without fabric it can’t be realized. Making a judgment call on which fabrics to use and for which garment is a skill, and it is one that can be […]

Always travel with music : Lessons applied to fashion or life # 1

By |October 7th, 2013|

I have travelled a lot for my job over the past 20 years: Hong Kong, China, Italy, France, Spain, and the US. But the trip that stands out most in my mind, and the one which, I will use for this particular lesson, is my trip to India eight years […]

Pearls of fashion wisdom: Lessons applied to fashion or life

By |October 6th, 2013|

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I love these watches more than I love cake.

By |August 10th, 2011|

There, I’ve said it. It’s in print so it must be true…. I would gladly hand over all the cake in my possession to have one of the Uniform Wares 150 series.

Established in 2009 by British product designers Patrick Bek and Oliver Fowles, this stylish duo produce classic yet simplistic […]

Oh Gucci, how I blubber over rubber.

By |August 9th, 2011|

I want to like them, I really do…..it’s a loafer, great, its simple and not overly branded, excellent, its a shiny, almost metallic colour, oh mercy me enough already..

but wait,  it’s – in –  rubber? Seriously?

A rubber loafer? does it come with a G emblazoned Elastoplast for those special Gucci […]