Tagged: SS15

June 23, 2015

Summer Lovin’ x

The weather in the UK has yet to settle down. The majority of the hurrying figures I saw this morning on my way to school were wearing thick tights and scarfs, held tight against the wind. Give it two hours, the sun could be shining and all those layers will peel off in the time it takes for a corn kernel to pop in a hot pan. It’s confusing and disappointing and makes me dream of consistent kingfisher blue skies, warm, heavy air and the compelling rasp of cicadas.

If I won the lottery tomorrow, I’d head straight to Christophe Sauvat and fill my battered leather backpack with all his summer wonders…summer dresses to float in..

Summer tops to laugh in (a glass of rose in one hand, a good book in another…)

And shoes to die for.

We’d pile into the car, fill the petrol tank to brimming and head for the coast…

And keep driving to the sun..through France, stopping wherever to indulge in gastronomic delights to tantalise the tastebuds..or just to admire the view.

Then on to Italy, to visit friends and wrap them up with us in our hedonistic cloud..nostalgic for the past..loving the present.

Before heading to Greece, to pitch a tent and live a completely free few months, brown, barefoot and under the stars, knowing that the best things in life are the simplest.

A girl can dream…

Laters, Kate

March 10, 2015

Craig Green x

It’s taken a while to track down the designer of this coat..

Not surprising: It’s from an SS15 menswear collection…and is a rather nice – rare? example of an element of power women have in fashion…we have the most choice clothes-wise, nothing is forbidden or taboo..and then, when a talented, new menswear designer does turn up…we snuffle him up as well..

Wise women that we are…

This is all the work of 27 year old Central Saint Martins graduate Craig Green who debuted his first solo runway show in London..where the unthinkable happened..tears and cheers from the notoriously fickle fashion pack..and women running after him waving their gold-plated credit cards..

It’s easy to see the appeal..his work conjures up such contradictions as mesonic and pagan, protective yet vulnerable..layers versus movement..

But I just like it when functional clothes are plundered – fencing uniforms, riding clothes, army uniforms..let’s face it, any uniform..and the fact that it’s padded. I also revel in the joy that women know exactly what they like, and have no qualms stealing it as their own..

I just wish I had one…

Laters, Kate x

February 4, 2015

MiH Magic x

MiH, the original British jean brand have brought out their easy wear, always stare SS15 Collection.

With their love of denim and lashings of groovy inspiration, their designs are classic, pragmatic, clever and very independent.

You really sense it’s an high energy, slow process with thought and quality poured in.

They catch the nostalgic vibe of pre-mass market, when things were built to last and gently soften in the sun, improving with age and use.

To be worn collecting sea-shells on a sandy beach..or blinged up with statement jewellery at a posh party in London.

They work.

Wholesome, exhilarating food for the eyes, I can eat it all standing up…and always want more.

Laters, Kate x

September 30, 2014

Food for Thought..

Much of the work of Marques’Almeida nibbles on an old drumstick: Denim – which doesn’t stop it being the sartorial rage of the moment..

It plays to that thrilling duality of grunge and deconstruction meeting designer brand.

But this denim is smarter, sharper… fruitier..

Straight talking boxy shapes that still hold a seductive allure.

And if you didn’t know already, they’re doing a collab with Top Shop on the 10 November..one for the diary..

(All photos from Style.com)

Check out those sleeves – It may be a drumstick – but it’s a top of the range organic one cooked sublimely in a heavenly sauce by a caring Michelin starred chef..

Laters, Kate x

September 5, 2014

Stepping Forward x

Fashion: It doesn’t have to be flattering – just capture a mood. But sometimes it does both.

Derek Lam 10 Crosby SS15 with it’s efficient dynamic of form translated into movement is grounded in the classics..but then given wings..

It’s the details that do the talking..the cut of a sleeve, the place of a pocket…it’s a perfectionists attitude fused with giddy moments of occasional laughter..