People collect all kinds of things: books, stamps, coins, the new and the antique. Like many others, I collect magazines. While many men and women regularly buy vogue, my collection currently fills over four bookcases. I have even had shelves break under the weight of my hoard. Whenever I go away, the first thing I […]
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From the outside, the Garden Museum looks like an abandoned old church which has been taken over by a community of glorious plants. The Museum which is situated in Lambeth is a botanical haven in central London and is currently playing host to an exhibition that is exploring the link between fashion design and gardens […]
Read MoreLast weekend much of the South Bank Centre was taken over by Vogue. The space was prepped for talks by designers, hair and make-up stylists and a Harrods catwalk. I was there on the Sunday to attend a talk and take a look around. Among the speakers at this years festival were Naomi Campbell, Alexa […]
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The Isabella Blow exhibition at Somerset House has everybody talking. The show which chronicles the life of Blow who died in 2007 is embellished with fashion, film and mis-matched shoes! Somerset House introduces us to Blow with a newspaper announcement of the very first day of her life. She was born into the aristocracy, a […]
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So, as if we didn’t have enough reasons to envy models: beauty, style, bodies to die for, the list goes on. It now appears, some of them have other talents relating to aesthetics – that talent being art. Currently on show at the Whisper Gallery is artwork from four of the fashion elite, and it […]
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