During my recent trip to Paris, I saw a number of fashion shows and also took part in the debate on sustainable fashion at the British Embassy, which showed...
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Charlie Borrow
Charlie Borrow started with a mother’s birthday gift. "One birthday my mum had been going on about a leather bag. She was on Pinterest, liking all these...
Secret London: Luna & Curious
One the verge of the beautiful and historic Boundary Estate in Shoreditch, Calvert Avenue plays host to one of the best selections of shops in London – think...
Secret London: Labour and Wait
Ok, so this shop is hardly a secret anymore, in fact it’s one of the most successful independent stores in London. Labour and Wait was founded in 2000 by two...
Secret London: V&A Museum of Childhood
London is a city full of inspiration for artists and designers, but often that inspiration lies in slightly unusual or hidden places. Of course there’s the...
Secret London: Camden Passage
You might remember, not so long ago I did a post about Lamb’s Conduit Street, one of London’s best kept shopping secrets. Well, I thought I would keep the...
Secret London: Lamb's Conduit Street
I recently posted about the wonderful Mouki Mou, and how it was one of the many gems to be found on the quirky Chiltern Street. As these little off-beat...
Secret London: Mouki Mou
Working around Oxford Street, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed by the retail offer – big names, big brands, big shops - it tends to be in-your-face and...
Secret London: The Old Bookshop
Located on a residential street in Enfield, The Old Bookshop, isn’t your typical fashion destination. But then fashion and typical don’t often go together....
Secret London: The Place by Simon Burstein
With the college focused on our move to Stratford, I am always thinking East and rarely get a chance to venture West of Oxford Circus. However, I had known...
Secret London: Boundary Estate
We all have our favourite spots in London, maybe Postman’s Park, Dennis Severs House, or The Wallace Collection. One area that I love to stroll around in the...
DRAPERS: Fashion will lose out if we leave the EU
Image via Worth Project, one of the many examples of European collaboration in fashion. Fashion, and its intrinsic relationship to our economy, social impact,...
Secret London: Egg Shop – Kinnerton Street
Now that the days are longer and the sunshine a more present feature, I love to end the day taking a trip to Egg shop on Kinnerton St. It has been a cult...
Olivia Ahmad – The House of Illustration
Olivia Ahmad is the curator at the House of Illustration, and the co-curator, along with Paul Gravett, of the exhibition, Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making...
Secret London: Margaret Howell – Wigmore Street
I love visiting the Margaret Howell store on Wigmore Street. It is so much more than just a retail space, it holds small exhibitions of mid-century designer's...
Travel: Singapore Retail
Whilst in Singapore, a local taxi driver was telling me that many people come to this city-state purely to shop. I can understand why, with an overwhelming...
Travel: Florence
Florence is a truly beautiful city. Famous for it's history, its not just the stunning architecture that reminds us of it's historical importance as the birth...
Secret London: Museums
London is world renowned for the quality of its museums; from the British Museum, Pollock’s Toy Museum or the Freud Museum, it seems as though whatever your...
Travel: Visiting Antwerp
Visiting Antwerp was a real surprise. I had gone to get a feel for a very different type of fashion education at their Fashion Academy and to discuss with the...
Travel: Portland Oregon
Building on our International theme this month I have asked Alex McIntosh, Business and Research Manager at the Centre for Sustainable Fashion here at the...
Travel: Shanghai
I'm looking forward to next week when I will be travelling to Shanghai as a guest of Donghua University to give a presentation on fashion and the environment...
Travel: Los Angeles
I'm here in Los Angeles this week for the annual International Federation of Fashion Institutions (IFFTI) conference. The Fashion Institute of Design and...
Travel: Paris
My trip to Paris during its latest fashion week was to see the Yohji Yamamoto show – which as an avid follower I found this time did not hang together in the...
TRAVEL: India – Human Nature
Recently, I travelled to Jaipur in India for the annual conference of the International Federation for Fashion Technology Institute. The theme was Fashion...