Category Archives: Style File

V&A Shoes: Pleasure and Pain Press Day

Shoes Pleasure and pain

I’ve always thought of shoes as reified works of abstract art.

V&A shoes

Cinderella. My favourite shoe story. Cinderella – the girl whose shoes helped elevate her to a higher status. The tale of the ‘slipper test’ can in fact be traced back to 1st century Egypt.

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UK Blog Awards Debenhams Moodboard Competition

As you may know, my blog has been shortlisted in the UK Blog Awards 2015. And the UK Blog Awards have launched a great new competition, in association with Debenhams, to win a pair of tickets to the awards evening in April, which, excitingly, is Alice in Wonderland themed! The challenge is: ‘To create a Blog post with a moodboard of an Alice in Wonderland inspired outfit with Debenhams clothing.’
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V&A Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Alexander McQueen V&A

“You’ve got to know the rules to break them. That’s what I’m here for, to demolish the rules but to keep the tradition.”

Alexander McQueen V&A Show

The words of Lee McQueen are written across the walls of the V&A’s hotly anticipated show Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, and I attended the press preview this morning to see the exhibition.

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