Have you noticed how the hype around wearable technology has died down lately? A couple of years ago you couldn’t move for some expert predicting that we’d all be talking into our jackets and lighting up the room with our jeans. So has wearable tech gone from being the Next Big Thing to Yesterday’s Thing?…
Sssnakeskin.. sorry snakeskin… is a key material across categories for the pre-summer collections, helping to ring the changes for belts, boots and, of course, that key category – bags.
So, Maria Grazia Chiuri has got the Dior women’s creative director job. Is anyone surprised? Not really as it must be the worst kept secret of recent times in the fashion sector. It may not mean much in terms of the wider fashion industry but it’s a significant move. As a 52-year-old woman, it’s the…
It’s weird in the UK at the moment. You can almost reach out and touch the overall feeling of doom and gloom with the only people who seem to be cheerful being a few Brexiteers (like Andrea Leadsom with that painted-on perma-grin of hers). But businesses and consumers aren’t convinced. Pessimists are being criticised by…
The Valentino couture collection wasn’t as easy to like as it usually is. Austere it certainly was. Unmissable too. But it lacked the light touch we’ve come to expect from the 25-year partnership of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli. Maybe that was no surprise because that partnership is now over. Chiuri’s departure from the…
There may be a lot more occupying the front pages these days but an M&S sales report is always headline news. And today’s? Well, all I can say is ouch! Comparable sales in its clothing and home units fell 8.9% in the quarter to July 2, which is a big drop, a really big drop.…
There’s a well-known book called French Women Don’t Get Fat that conveys a picture of the average French femme as eating what she likes (but not overeating) while staying a chic size that will allow her to squeeze into even the most unforgiving designer labels. Well, new research shows that the book’s basic premise is……
Theresa May, Angela Eagle, Hillary Clinton, Nicola Sturgeon, Angela Merkel, Andrea Leadsom. I don’t know about you but it feels to me that while 2016 is turning into a nightmare year politically, it does have one upside. And that is? The way female politicians have not only come to the fore but look likely to be running…
I like DSquared. There I’ve said it. I really do like it. For some reason though, if I ever own up to that fact in public, I get looked at with a mixture of amusement and pity as if it’s somehow not a cool thing to admit. Mention Marni, Prada, Gucci, Marc Jacobs Alberta Ferretti.…
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