by Hannah Kane | Mar 23, 2015 | Fashion
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Russia is celebrating its 30th season, running from 26 to 31 March 2015, and the collections – from both established fashion icons and rising stars -will show off the best of Russian design. This week, we’re celebrating...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 19, 2015 | Culture
Greg Taylor celebrates a very British actress on the cusp of global fame Sally Hawkins and Asa Butterfield in X+Y X+Y is a British coming-of-age drama about Nathan, an autistic boy, possibly a mathematical genius, who leaves his mother and tutor behind to go to Maths...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 17, 2015 | Beauty
You know the saying – if a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing properly. These little words of wisdom pretty much sum-up our latest beauty obsession: the Korean skincare routine. In Korea, a typical cleansing process requires all-out devotion, and may...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 17, 2015 | Culture
Literature is dead, long live literature Flash fiction is nothing new. Ernest Hemmingway is rumoured to have taken part in a bet that said he couldn’t write a short story that could make people cry in six words or less. For Sale. Baby shoes. Never worn, is what he...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 17, 2015 | Fashion
Embrace the first signs of spring with light layers plus heavier brights to stave off the chill You know the feeling – you’ve just got your winter style mojo down, and suddenly the sun starts shining. Dressing for a seasonal transition is always a...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 12, 2015 | Culture
Gone are the days of the Grand Tour – luxurious trips where the British elite would peruse the art and culture of Europe and bring back treasures to hang in their country estates. Fast-forward to 2015 and the democratising power of the internet and proliferation...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 11, 2015 | Culture
Julie Reid ‘meets’ the man who changed art forever Photograph of Paul Durand-Ruel in his gallery, taken by Dornac, about 1910 © Archives Durand-Ruel © Durand-Ruel & Cie In some respects Impressionism has become something of a cliché, with its...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 10, 2015 | Fashion
Suede: one of the many 70s throwbacks set to infiltrate our wardrobes this summer. Mottled and mattified, this retro fabric is loaded with nostalgia – recalling love-worn festival jackets, the toughness of cowboy boot leather and the satisfying fade of a...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 9, 2015 | Lifestyle
Introducing the hot new startup putting the my in Mai Tai Mark Jennings of cocktail subscription service Shaken Mad Men has a lot to answer for: glamourising smoking, glamourising misogyny, glamourising marketing, glamourising mental breakdown… but, possibly...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 4, 2015 | Culture
Julie Reid finds Marlene Dumas light on hope, heavy on beauty Marlene Dumas, The Image as Burden 1993 © Marlene Dumas. Photo: Peter Cox Once labeled ‘the world’s most interesting figure painter’, Marlene Dumas (b.1953) is famous (although not quite as famous as she...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 3, 2015 | Fashion
With July heralding the inaugural New York Fashion Week: Men’s, now is clearly the time to do it for the boys, and in good ol’ Blighty it’s Savile Row tailor Lee Marsh leading the way with an exciting new collaboration. For AW15 the London School of...
by Hannah Kane | Mar 2, 2015 | Lifestyle
ICEBAR’s Tom Hunter shows us how to get to grips with the Mexican stuff Let’s talk tequila. More specifically, let’s talk about a few of the most common misconceptions that surround this most excellent yet least well exploited of drinks, especially when it comes...
by Hannah Kane | Feb 27, 2015 | Fashion
Photography: Silje Skarra
by Hannah Kane | Feb 25, 2015 | Fashion
I was back over at Fashion Scout for the final day of LFW and I had a packed schedule of shows that tied together the overarching themes from the weekend – with an additional hit of textures and prints. Lulu Liu was the first stop of the day, and she showed...
by Hannah Kane | Feb 25, 2015 | Fashion
Photography: Fraser Rigg
by Hannah Kane | Feb 25, 2015 | Lifestyle
Spring is practically around the corner, and it can’t come soon enough. But for most of us, that means it’s time to spring clean our beauty regimes. Here are three of the best products to get you a little closer to the fresh, glowy skin and glossy, swingy...
by Hannah Kane | Feb 25, 2015 | Fashion
Photography: Charles Moriarty
by Hannah Kane | Feb 25, 2015 | Fashion
Photography: Fraser Rigg
by Hannah Kane | Feb 25, 2015 | Fashion
In the world of LFW there’s a rather hierarchical system: there are those with VIP Mercedes and priority passes, there are those who are gifted Louboutins and have endless Uber allowance, and then there are those who can barely afford to top up their Oyster…...
