A Little of What I Fancy

Instagram is an amazing thing. Thanks to it, I recently discovered my new favourite vintage store in LA, Collection . The Echo Park store, which opened at the end of July, is kind of a hidden gem...

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A long overdue LA lately! Here’s a few Instagram highlights of what I’ve been up to this summer. From the top: The amazing kaleidoscopic marble floors at The Getty Villa , Stained glass decor...

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A couple of weeks ago I finally got the chance to see the long-awaited Pulp documentary, Pulp: A film about Life, Death & Supermarkets . Screened by Cinespia at the United Artists Theatre in LA...

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Nobody rocks a T-shirt and jeans, or a white shirt and jeans for that matter, like French actress MARINE VACTH. The gorgeous 23-year-old from Lyon is the mystery girl in the TOMMY TON shot from...

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My favourite, not necessarily trends, but pieces from the Spring/summer 2014 shows. The oversized sheer T-shirts and longer line proportions at Calvin Klein, the lace slip dresses at Stella McCa...

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LA is full of strange and beautiful little secrets. Like the hidden stairways you find all over the city, that connect the pedestrian main streets to the hills behind them. Or the Garden of Oz, a...

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I don’t know who this girl is, but I love everything about her look. From the oversized slouch coat to the ankle skimming jeans to the black Chelsea boots, it’s basically everything I want to...

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I’m really bad at shopping in LA. I think it’s because to go shopping here takes a concerted effort. You have to get in a car and drive there, where as in London it is all around you, all the...

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LA lately, the life changing edition! This summer has been a very busy and momentous one. I got married, moved house and next month a new edition of my book launches. Like most people I’m massi...

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I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty over street style at the shows. The circus it’s become in the past few years is too staged, false and repetitive for my tastes. Everyone seems to be d...

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I recently came across the British sculptor Brian Griffiths  while researching a piece on exhibitions in my home town of Glasgow. Known for his inventive and sometimes fantastical sculptures ma...

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The perfect summer dress. It’s as elusive as the perfect pair of jeans or the perfect stripy T-shirt. A piece that you happen upon accidentally, rather than seeking out on purpose, because when...

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I saw Terrence Malick’s Badlands for the first time at the weekend. Beautifully shot and styled, it was like every frame was a perfectly composed photograph, artfully balancing colour, pattern ...

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I’m in a bit of a dilemma at the moment. I have a collection of art, fashion and design books, lovingly and proudly built up over 13 years of living in London, from my time at art school to t...

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LA Lately. Store fronts and sunbeams in Silverlake, furniture shopping in Highland Park, Chris Burden LACMA lamps, visiting the new Leica store (which is amazing!) Guisados Tacos  with lovely L...

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I recently re-discovered one of my all time favourite denim pieces, a 70s indigo A-line button through skirt with pleated details. I bought it in Ibiza many moons ago, in the best vintage store i...

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Love, love, love the collages from Shop-Ghost, especially this one. I feel the chicks in the middle pretty much sum up my style - one part tomboy, one part child dresser aka right up my street! ...

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I came across these old Stussy campaigns a while ago, while researching a feature on 80’s surfer dude styling for work. I absolutely love the brands take on girls street wear back then and als...

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One of my favourite things about summer in LA is all the awesome events that take place during the summer months. From wine tasting evenings in Barnsdall Park to the Hollywood Forever cemetery s...

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LA lately: Sunday afternoon swim sessions with friends, succulents from one of my favourite stores Driftwood LA , K-town patchwork trucks, hiking Mount Hollywood, my ker-azy new vintage purchase,...

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