When Vidal Sassoon opened his first salon in London in 1954 his Bauhaus-influenced styles marked the end of the beehive and the bouffant – hairstyles curled and piled, to achieve height and shellacked into place. Sassoon, who has died aged 84 produced futuristic, creative cuts in the 1960s that fell into place every time, illustrating...Read More
I spent last week working in the city of Muscat in The Sultanate of Oman, the third largest country in the Arabian Peninsula. It overlooks the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Indian Ocean, adjacent to the Republic of Yemen, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. As you might...Read More
Some of you will have seen my tweets over the last week about my time in Baku, Azerbaijan. I knew little about the country other than its location in the world. Azerbaijan is at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is surrounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the...Read More
My mother was an amazing woman. She was petite, had an eye for detail and a big heart full of love. She had many passions and one of them was the artistry of making clothes. She was born in an era when Guyana in South America was British Guiana and many girls were educated in...Read More
I guess by now you will have actively thought and possibly have done something to celebrate today, International Women’s Day. Last year I wrote about how Italian women celebrate achievements by displaying mimosa, a yellow fragrant flower. My topic today is about the visibility of women and this links with the International Women’s Day theme...Read More
Every day I’m encouraged and excited by the new access that digital technology allows us. At MSL we have an expert team who use social networking to build and refresh conventional, face-to-face networks. In those ways we create and respond to the fashion world and beyond. Accessibility to new ideas is essential to the development...Read More
I am in Singapore as I write this blog and find myself comparing aspects of life in the UK and Asia. On TV I watch the impact of cold weather in the UK and contast this with the sweltering 31 degrees heat here; I walk down the main high street that has more shops underground...Read More
Probably like you, I meet and talk to lots of people in any one week. Some of the conversations are uplifting and the words uttered are reaffirming, staying with me for a long time, causing me to pause and consider, shaping my mind. Other conversations are fleeting with a promise to follow up soon. One...Read More
I received the most exquisite Christmas gift today from a very dear friend. In fact this dear friend is someone I taught many, many years ago. A courier arrived at 4 Goodwin’s Court with a large envelope and in it was a beautifully wrapped John French photography 2012 calendar from the V&A. The discussion in...Read More
I received an entertaining email this week from a friend working in America. She described her New York hotel with its dozens of glittering Christmas trees and gingerbread houses. Playfully I replied on behalf of England with a picture of two pink funky Christmas trees celebrating a 1970s theme from the Royal Festival Hall, London....Read More
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