Curio Couture

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli crafted an exquisite AW13 couture show  for Valentino stating, couture is celebrated in its essence, it is the maker of dreams, because imagination creates reality. What dreams, what research, what inspiration created this couture-reality. …

North, South, East, West …which is Best.

One thing’s for sure, arriving in vintage style  is always best, guaranteeing a warm welcome and plenty of chat or maybe even ‘craic’ as they say in these parts. I  am aware of my sheltered, home-counties roots when arriving in …

Baroque Encore

Stephen Calloway  argues in his exuberantly titled Baroque Baroque  that baroque is the vital artistic mood in an otherwise reductive 20th century.  Editorial reviews in 1994  included: ‘The most provocative and stimulating style book of the year.’ (The New York Times) …