I have bought the most wonderful fashion magazine on an antique market in France: La Mode Illustree from May 1897, that’s 115 years old! These 19th century bathing scenes are pure delight, it’s so interesting to look at the fashion of the time and notice details that are still used in today’s summer collections: puff [...]
I have finally made it to the V&A today to admire the most unusual fine fabric: silk made by spiders! It took three years and over a million spiders to make enough silk for this beautiful cape. The cape is made entirely of the undyed silk of the golden silk orb-weaver Nephila madagascariensis (spiders from [...]
On a recent trip to Paris, I bought some amazing French Fashion magazines from 1930s and 1940s: “le Petit Echo de la Mode” and “Claudine”. Most of their pages are in black and white and they contain very few pictures so fashion outfits and ads are displayed as drawings. But what drawings, so precise and [...]
My mum recently gave me these beauties: 1970s Balenciaga sunglasses. I love them, they are massively oversized and will look perfect for my upcoming Ibiza holiday. I strongly believe clothing and accessories should be passed on from mother to daughter: favour quality over quantity and your wardrobe will become a cherished treasure for the next [...]