#BookReview: The Women in Black
Author: Madeleine St. John The Women in Black is a short novel by Madeleine St. John that left me wanting […]
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Books, Fashion, Haute couture
Fashion
Books, Dior, Fashion, Haute couture
#BookReview: The Dressmaker’s Secret
Author: Rosalie Ham The Dressmaker’s Secret is the third book in the Dressmaker series by Rosalie Ham. In the first
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Books, Fashion
#BookReview: The Great Gatsby
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby, a 1925 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is often described as a novel
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Books, Fashion, Haute couture
#BookReview: Molly: A Prequel to the Dressmaker
Author: Rosalie Ham Molly: A Prequel to the Dressmaker, as the name of the book suggests, is a story of
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Books, Fashion, Haute couture, Vintage fashion
#BookReview: A Vintage Affair
Author: Isabel Wolff A Vintage Affair is a novel about fashion, memory, grief, and the emotional lives of clothes. The
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Books, Dior, Fashion
#BookReview: The Dressmaker
Author: Rosalie Ham Rosalie Ham’s novel The Dressmaker is a satirical novel set in the fictional rural Australian town of
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Books, Dior, Fashion
#BookReview: Flowers for Mrs Harris
Author: Paul Gallico Paul Gallico’s book Flowers for Mrs Harris is from a list of books I noted down when
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Chanel, Dior, Fashion, New Look, Paris Fashion Week, silhouette
#ParisFashionWeek: A Comment
A recent fashion week has been marked by new creative directors trying to leave their footprint on the most followed
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Dior, Fashion, New Look, Paris Fashion Week, silhouette
#ParisFashionWeek: Dior’s Structure, Femininity, and the Discipline of Romance
Dior does not chase relevance. At Paris Fashion Week, the message was not disruption, but authority, and authority in fashion
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Fashion, Milan Fashion Week, silhouette
#MilanFashionWeek: Field Power, Structured Silhouettes, and the (Magnificent) Office Style meets Streetwear Theme
If I love American working woman’s style, and Marc Jacobs’ grunge collection of the 1990s, and I do, then it
Fashion, Fashion magazines, Vogue
After Succession: Chloe Malle’s First Vogue and the Re-Stabilization of the Field
The first issue of Vogue under Chloe Malle does not announce itself as revolutionary. It does something more interesting; it
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American working woman style, Fashion, Marc Jacobs, New York Fashion Week, Ralph Lauren, silhouette
New York Fashion Week: America Returns to Itself
New York Fashion Week did not feel chaotic this season. It felt deliberate, focused, and almost reflective. If Paris is
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American working woman style, Fashion, Ralph Lauren, silhouette
Ralph Lauren Fall/Winter 2026/2027: Work, Elegance, and the Continuity of the American Dream
New York is never only a city; it is a landscape of possibility, part avenue, part countryside, part memory of
Fashion, American working woman style, Marc Jacobs, New York Fashion Week, silhouette
Marc Jacobs Spring 2026: Memory, Work, and the Quiet Return of the American Woman
New York Fashion Week is here! It opened with Marc Jacobs. An opening you could wish for. Well, it is
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Fashion, Haute couture, Schiaparelli, silhouette
Schiaparelli Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026: Myth, Spectacle, and the Refusal of Modesty
Schiaparelli’s Spring/Summer 2026 haute couture collection is not interested in subtlety. It is interested in power made visible. Where much
Fashion, Fashion magazines, Harper's Bazaar, Haute couture
Harper’s Bazaar, February Issue: When Luxury Learns to Feel
The February issue of Harper’s Bazaar does not open with spectacle, but with movement. On the cover, Kaia Gerber strides
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Fashion, Dior, Haute couture, New Look, silhouette
Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026: Memory, Structure, and the Discipline of Form
Dare to dream! That crossed my mind when watching Dior’s Spring/Summer 2026 couture collection. It was a show not about
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Fashion, Chanel, Haute couture, silhouette
Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026
Chanel’s Spring/Summer 2026 couture collection is not about clothes. It is about the cultural fantasy of becoming weightless. At the
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Mass Media & Journalism, Fashion, Fashion magazines, Vogue
The December 2025 Vogue: Anna Wintour’s Final Issue That Doesn’t Say Goodbye
I received a December issue of Vogue this weekend, and the feeling was surreal. The last edition of American Vogue
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Books, Fashion, Fashion magazines, Haute couture, New Look, silhouette, Vogue
#BookReview: In and Out of Vogue
Author: Grace Mirabella (with Judith Warner) In and Out of Vogue is an autobiography by Grace Mirabella, a legendary editor-in-chief
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Books, Fashion, Fashion magazines, Haute couture, Vogue
#BookReview: Front Row
Author: Jerry Oppenheimer Front Row – Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue’s Editor in Chief is
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Books, Fashion, Fashion magazines
#BookReview: Having It All
Author: Helen Gurley Brown I ordered Having It All a long time ago because it appeared in searches as a
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Books, Fashion
#Book Review: Bergdorf Blondes
Author: Plum Sykes The Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes is a trés good book, lol 😊 It is a book
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TV Reviews, Dior, Fashion, New Look, TV Series
#Series Review: Apple’s The New Look
The New Look is an Apple original series narrating a fashion story of Parisian haute couture designers based on true
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Chanel, Communication, Fashion, Marketing communication, PR
#Chanel and Bags for Men: A Comment on the New Campaign
Chanel has recently released a new advert as part of the chapter 18 of their famous ‘Inside Chanel’ campaign. What
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Communication, Fashion, Marketing communication, PR, Society, Uncategorised
#Time for a Royal Visit to M&S?
We have been hearing for a while that British M&S is doing fine with M&S Food but not so well
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Chanel, Communication, Fashion, Marketing communication, PR
#Chanel’s New Campaign: Emancipation Continued, and a New Communication Focus
Chanel’s new campaign “Chance Eau Vive” launched in June 2015 features Chanel girls bowling with Chanel perfume while wearing Chanel’s
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