We all experience that moment when we come across a clothing store that we feel was created exclusively for ourselves. That's exactly how I felt when I landed upon Hong Kong based Shades of Silence nearly a year ago. I recall how I almost started weeping as I clicked my way through page after page… Continue reading Shades Of Silence
My favourite pieces from Gareth Pugh's 2015/16 Fall Collection.
I'm rarely seen without my rucksack. If I leave the house without it I tend to feel naked. People regularly ask why the hell I bother...and I list everything of importance that's in there: notebook, pens, reading material, water...my spiel usually quietens them down. However, I'm rarely able to find rucksacks I like in 'the… Continue reading Dressing Darkly This Summer : The Best Rucksacks
Based out of Massachusetts, artist Alexandria Noël is heavily influenced by the misty coastlines and dense forests of New England. Her beautiful Etsy shop is stocked with hand screen printed t-shirts, patches, cards and wrapping paper featuring a variety of dark illustrations. My favourite has to be the Krampus patch. I can think of a… Continue reading The Artwork Of Alexandria Noël
English fashion photographer Tim Walker creates ambitious, fantastically theatrical images that are so rich with texture, versatility and god damn weirdness that you can't leave them alone for long. I greatly admire his determination to create such all consuming art. I also admire his drive to create...I think an intense enthusiasm to create a vision… Continue reading Tim Walker
It wasn’t too long ago that I was raving about Norwegian photographer Solve Sundsbo…and I’m here again to do exactly the same thing. Sundsbo is one photographer who has really opened my eyes to mysterious world of fashion photography, a world which I must explore further.
I always have a scarf on my person and it's been this way for well over a decade. I love the warmth and relief they can provide. It's like having a mini blanket for those days when you don't feel like functioning, and need something that can help to calm and soothe. Big scarves also… Continue reading Dressing Darkly This Summer : The Best Scarves
I'm really taken with Ovate's new black leather notebook. The crinkled, stiff leather cover is removable and the inside includes 112 blank pages for your writings or sketches.
Would wear everything that I've seen from Ovate's FW15 preview.
Elemental Luxury provides crystal jewellery with dark influences. I am a lover of crystal in its raw form, especially quartz, which is used for many of the pieces from Elemental Luxury. Here owner and designer Autumn Baker talks about her work: Elemental Luxury was a result from my adult rebellion against the traditional 9-5. Leaving… Continue reading Elemental Luxury
Celebrating the strange and the shadowy, the damned and unseen 