The last few months have been tough in a way I've not known in the industry, a fight that hasn't compared with any time that came before. I had to fight to get known, I had to fight to not only have validity but have others agree that I had validity, I had to scrap … Continue reading A Creative Outlet More Blocked Than A sewer With A – The Journal – 15th September 2020
Fashions Biggest Lie, The Busy Brag
How many times a day do you hear someone say they are busy in a reply to how are you? It's become a weird routine entrenched in the industry and one I'm going to try and break the habit of, busy has become short hand for much more than a state of affairs, so often … Continue reading Fashions Biggest Lie, The Busy Brag
The Unforgiving, Unending Hunt Of The Fashion Writer
We're trapped in an infinity loop, as we reach the crescendo, the outer limits we're thrown back inward, a constant fear returning us to the centre.
Why Fleetwood Mac Reflects My Relationship With Fashion
So there I was, a misting rain swirling around me as I walked across London feeling a bit glum that an afternoon of exciting opportunities to see some new designers and pop up stores was going to become a damp journey through the streets around me. Then as I huddled into the entrance of Holborn … Continue reading Why Fleetwood Mac Reflects My Relationship With Fashion
Hearing no a thousand times to get a single yes
As an older member of the fashion press, I quite often get asked for advice about writing, and a couple of the same questions always come up so I thought I’d talk about them a little bit. For me it is something personal to pass on advice and help younger or newer writers, new writers … Continue reading Hearing no a thousand times to get a single yes
Male Body Image — I’m Weighing In
Body image is an increasingly spoken of subject, but how often is it spoken of in terms of men? It really isn’t, but it should be. Go to the cinema, turn on the TV, open a magazine, peek at social media and what do you see, by and large, what you see are well-toned, tall, … Continue reading Male Body Image — I’m Weighing In
Fashion, My Love & My Pain
I love fashion, I mean I really love it, I live and breathe it, but it’s been a difficult love at times. It has given both joy and pain. I grew up watching fashion on TV, once a week we got treated to The Clothes Show, a fashion show on prime time TV, it seems … Continue reading Fashion, My Love & My Pain
Why UnEstablishment?
logo Fashion Is Instant Language.— Muiccia Prada. I was born in 1980, I grew up with a different way to consume fashion to the following generation, but similar to the one that had gone before. Magazines were the dominant force, they were all we had, shelves packed with different titles, from the global to the … Continue reading Why UnEstablishment?
Writing, But What Writing?
Give me time, and I’ll give you a revolutionAlexander McQueen My passion is two-fold when it comes to writing, the first is getting to have my voice, and share it, the second is helping people tell the story of themselves. I spend my days composing articles, sometimes hundreds a week, but only in my head, … Continue reading Writing, But What Writing?
