Monthly Archives: February 2011

colour, said fred

Three reasons I love accessories designer Fred Butler. Continue reading

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sister act: high tea with mrs woo

With the sun shining and the bulbs sprouting in London, I feel like it’s safe to cast my mind back to those last few heady days I spent in Sydney in January – before now it’s been too grey and … Continue reading

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howkapow: take that

I can’t help it. Whenever I think about the fantastic online design shop Howkapow, I imagine a comic strip. You know, like when two superheroes are fighting and it’s illustrated with spiky shapes that contain words like Blam! Whoosh! and … Continue reading

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first contact

While the rest of the London Fashion Week crowd lined up to see Mark Fast, I took the opportunity to visit the TopShop NEWGEN exhibition. Full of new talent – just how I like it – here are some of my favourite pieces. Continue reading

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splendour is in the details

You’ve seen the catwalk and the street style images on other websites and blogs from London Fashion Week, so I thought I’d share with you some of the exhibition’s finer elements. Continue reading

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hanneli, the beautiful

Hello from the hallowed halls of Somerset House and London Fashion Week. I’ve got a bunch of photographs to upload later, but for now I thought I’d share with you a video of another favourite blogger – the scrumptious Hanneli … Continue reading

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true colour

London Fashion Week starts tomorrow. Ready, steady, go. I’m heading to a few shows, but mostly I’ll be hanging out to people watch and take some street style photographs. It may not be spring yet (is anyone else freezing today?), … Continue reading

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you can’t fit a square peg in a round hole

I have a new project. A novel is not enough it seems for 2011. Later on this year, I’ll be working with my wonderful friend, the very talented Nadia Ackerman, on a book about her life. Continue reading

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paris: twelve postcards in full colour

Postcards (that I photographed myself) from a trip to Paris in February 2011. Continue reading

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stylestalking: there’s no place like home

With this being my third video in a row, it appears I’m having a little moving picture moment. It was the title of this one that caught my eye: The beautiful and the damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one … Continue reading

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