A Runner’s Relapse into Online Shopping
I shopped like it was my job. It proved my organisational skills and my ability to distinguish tacky from trendy....
Prose
The Clothes horse
Watch, as the mother breaks away from the herd, refusing to be tamed by her new role. The transition...
Dressed up and Laying Bare
In a plane of crisp sunlight that angles down through the door frame, and dissolves into rust-coloured shadows settling across...
Moths
Next I take out my morning suit – made in 1938 by Airey and Wheeler of 129 Regent Street for...
Period Piece: A Cambridge Childhood
I remember, when I was at school in 1902, walking at the back of our Sunday crocodile, and seeing all...
THE TYGER IN THE CHANGING ROOM
‘THE ACCURSED SHARE’ REVISITED IN TIMES OF THE DIRECT–TO–CONSUMER FASHION ECONOMY
The surplus of time and money of the Upper East Side clientele is mirrored in the quiet and calm behaviour...
A FASHION DICTIONARY
Karl loved paper and reading was his truest joy. His protestant work ethic helped him shine in the fashion industry....
75 SIGHTINGS, PARIS FASHION WEEK A/W 2023
Peacocking: ridiculous, beautiful, moving. No coats, even in sub zero temperatures. A lot of belly buttons on display. Crowds moving...
Skin and Smoke
The great black and gold stoppered boules of Lanvin—Arpège or My Sin on Bette Davis’s vanity in All About Eve,...
And Then It’s Cringe and It’s Everywhere
American Apparel and American Apparel advertisements, CSS, New Young Pony Club, Urban Outfitters, headbands worn across forehands, leggings, Steve Aoki,...
Metamorphosis
In the summer backyard, the child poses by a garden chair wearing a long red cotton yukata printed with tiny...
Un Veritable Cachemire
The idea of time as a crumpled handkerchief offers a welcome alternative to the notion of time as a linear...