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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS – HARVEY NICHOLS
The merry go round that is Christmas. This is too high octane to be Christmas it is more suited to New Year’s Eve. I think it’s the colours, actually I know it’s the colours. Christmas wonderland which is reminiscent of the winter wonderland not five minutes from the store but where is the warmth? It’s…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS- LIBERTY
Liberty. Oh Liberty. I always feel sorry for Liberty because it has those pokey windows and not a lot of real estate to play with in comparison to say Harrods or Selfridges or Harvey Nics. But I think this is where it could lean (for fuck sake with that expression but it works) into that…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS – RALPH LAUREN
This is not so much a window as it is a store front because brands, especially with their stand alone stores are often at a disadvantage somewhat because of the range of products to play with; as opposed to the department stores that can flex their muscle which is why I am always harder on…
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CHRISTMAS WINDOWS – HARRODS
We’ve been here before. Where’s the story? What is the narrative? This feels cold as cold as the gold and clinical, sterile even. Yes we know; Harrods is the home of extraordinary luxury, unparalleled if you ask me, and it will not be bested on that front by a mile, but this is a Christmas…
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WAR MAKES REFUGEES OF US ALL
I cannot debate the rights or wrongs of war because, besides not being aptly qualified, my simplistic view is that in most wars there are no right sides; a view that lacks nuance or allows for exceptions. Conflict hardly leads to lasting peace without creating silos of hate and terror and mistrust. So I cannot…
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ON DEATH
I have been surrounded by death a lot recently, loved ones pass so suddenly leaving us floundering in the aftermath. Life is fleeting at the best of times, temporal, and time so cruel it makes a mockery of us because we think we have enough of it to make the most of life with loved…
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DAME MAGGIE SMITH : FASHION ICON
The second I saw the images from Loewe’s SS 2024 campaign my body bolted upright because finally, finally, fashion is paying attention. I don’t recall anything quite like it. I’ve mourned the apathy in fashion lately, the lack of something that can excite and entice the consumers to make us invest in it once more……
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THE LOST ALLURE OF FASHION WEEK
Once upon a time not long ago, I would have been glued to my screen waiting for the livestreams to begin for New York Fashion Week. Bloody hell remember Fashion’s Night Out? I was one of the revellers. The weekend shows were often my favourite because the big hitters showed and then Marc Jacobs closed…
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HOLD SPACE FOR HUMANITY
There ought to be a creed before heading to the battlefield; in times of war hold space for humanity. I’m sure there’s a variation of it in some soldiers’ manual couched by that clause: collateral damage. Australia voted NO in its voice referendum; a referendum meant to recognise the First Nations people and to create…