2015 Oscars Best Dressed: The Definitive Analysis
It was easy to feel buffeted on every side by politics heading into the 87th Academy Awards. The absence of a single minority nominee for the ceremony’s four acting categories became an immediate...
adidas Yeezy 750 Boost vs. New Balance Deconstructed 696
Following their unveiling during the adidas Originals x Kanye West fashion show on 12 February, and a limited app-based release among select New York retailers last weekend, Kanye’s adidas Yeezy 750 Boosts...
Who Wore It Best: Christine Ohuruogu vs. Serena Williams
The smallest of questions can impel the most vociferous judgements and debates: in grammar, in philosophy, in sociology, but most of all in matters of aesthetics. We do not believe that our...
Fashioning a World Cup Final: How the BBC Dressed
As their counterparts on ITV opted for a more casual presentation, sans jackets and ties and with open-collared long and short-sleeved shirts and sunglasses – seated at three bar or garden tables...
The Scythians and The Rite of Spring: Documents
Here are a selection of documents and sources – videos, images, and text – relating to and referred to in the piece I just published, on the influence of Nicholas Roerich and...
Eau d’Hermès, by Edmond Roudnitska
Eau d’Hermès is one of Edmond Roudnitska’s lesser known and lesser celebrated masterpieces; sought and treasured in the undergrowth as Femme, for Rochas, and Diorissimo, Eau Sauvage and Diorella, all for Dior, bask...
Pierrot Through the Arts
Pierrot, the sad clown in white face and loose blouse, expressing slowly and subtly in the liminal space beyond words, emerged in the nineteenth century from his roots in stock comedies and...
2013 Oscars Best Dressed: The Definitive Analysis
In their lamentable haste to set the agenda and furnish the world with their opinion on the best and the worst Oscar garments, most publications released their merely subjective takes on this...
‘Madame George’ and Guerlain’s Shalimar: A Portal to Perfumery
Asked and obliged to be concise, I would name Astral Weeks by Van Morrison as my favourite album, and ‘Madame George’ from Astral Weeks as my favourite song. This article isn’t intended...