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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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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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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…