Retail Therapy
London Fashion Week Finale
When I rocked up to the Natural History Museum for the last day of London Fashion Week yesterday I knew I was fully indoctrinated into the fashion massive when I was caught bitching in the queue for Ashish.
Nicole Farhi’s Quintessentially British Tea Party
Taking place in the salubrious setting of the Paul Hamlyn Hall at The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, this show was the most auspicious of my London Fashion Week outings thus far. I was off to see the coveted collection of Nicole Farhi. My eyes were peeled for celebs and my chest accessible for autographs.
Caroline Charles’ Fashion Week Colour Parade
Caroline Charles knows how to put on a good show. Opting for a live band instead of a banging soundtrack was a great way to enhance the quality of her collection at London Fashion Week. Though, when the band was announced it wasn’t clear if we were told ‘to clap’ or if the band were [...]
Paul Costelloe Opens London Fashion Week
Sunday morning I arrived bright and early at the Natural History Museum to peruse the opening collection of London Fashion Week spring/summer 2009. It was like a scene from The Wizard of Oz (if the yellow brick road had a tedious queue). There was an abundance of backcombed lion’s manes, a lot of brainless chatter [...]
Le Maison du Chocolat - Expensive Taste
My choice of chocolate is about as sophisticated as my taste in wine. Give me a bottle of 1974 Chateau L’Espensive Blanc and a Tesco no frills home brand in a brown paper bag and I doubt I’d be able to tell the difference. In fact, if I’m paying I’d probably choose the cheaper option, [...]
CyberCandy’s Nostalgia Sweets
The average adult mouth is home to 32 teeth, and for some people these are all sweet. So if your gob is full of sugar-lovin’ pearly whites, and you have exhausted all that London has to offer, go around the world in eighty treats - minus the carbon-guilt - at CyberCandy in Covent Garden.
Cadenhead’s Covent Garden Whisky Shop
Cadenhead’s Covent Garden Whisky Shop is so much like a naturalistic set piece that you would expect the bottles to be filled with brown water and the Scottie dog chained to the front desk to be stuffed. It is so effortlessly authentic inside and out, from the painted sign to the threadbare tartan rug, and the [...]
Beyond Retro Kits Out Soho
The retro clothing market is becoming increasingly cluttered, hence the epidemic of lacklustre stock sweeping London. One time exemplar traders are now attempting to pass off last season’s retro pastiches from the ubiquitous Gap and H&M as original vintage wear; a somewhat radical interpretation of original stockists.
Enter stage West: Beyond Retro has long been supplying [...]
Vintage Magazine on Brewers Street
The place is Brewers Street. The year is 2007. Though not for long. At Vintage Magazine you’ll find an authentic retro palace that’s more welcome than a cool breeze on the Northern line.
Theatreland’s Dress Circle
Sometimes London feels as friendly as afternoon tea with your menopausal mother-in-law or, more aptly in this case, the Wicked Witch of the West. This coupled with the perpetual winter of 2007 one could be forgiven for feeling a little melancholy.
Well don’t mope around the cellar waiting for Prince Charming. Tap your ruby-reds together three [...]
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