London Fashion Week Day 2: Norton & Sons

Yesterday, I met the always charming Patrick Grant for breakfast before popping along to his shop on Savile Row, Norton & Sons to have a nosey around. It is beautifully decorated with old, dark furnishings, old leather sofas and plenty of stag heads and antlers; all very manly indeed. Round the back, there is lots… View Post

London Fashion Week Day 2 AW13

The Daks AW13 collection was a touch predictable (think autumnal shades and the House Check) but rather than seeing it as must-have fashion, think of it as an investment purchase. The collection was inspired by the effortlessness of Charlotte Rampling, a woman seemingly always at ease with her personal (and sometimes androgynous) style. The Daks… View Post

London Fashion Week: Day 1 AW13

Day 1 of fashion week was spent at Freemasons Hall for Fashion Scout and (after a lot of waiting around, as with all fashion events) it was a great success! My favourite shows were Rohmir, Lug von Siga and Timur Kim. Rohmir was full of texture, inspired by a cold, snowy Alpine retreat where I… View Post

University of St Andrews Charity Fashion Show 2013

I’m so disappointed that I will miss the University of St Andrews fashion show this weekend. The charity fashion show has really gained momentum after 21 years of dedication from the students who run it (from backstage to modelling, marketing to sales) and the show now includes the Alfa Romeo Young Designer Award, which offers… View Post

AX Paris Meets Hayley Scanlan

Today I had coffee with the fabulous Hayley Scanlan, who was telling me all about her plans for her new collection. Everything sounds wonderful and I’m excited to see how she pulls all of her ideas together – it’s bound to be a hit. For our early morning chat (sadly, the lovely Eve, PR for… View Post