After my last article, I’ve had a few interesting conversations with people about the competitive spirit that plagues diversity conversations. Quite a few interesting points came out and I would like to address a few here. First of all, a more competitive friend of mine pointed out that this competitive spirit could be beneficial. He…
Read MoreI’m more diverse than you!
I’m SO diverse. I’m gay; Indian and African; my parents were born in Southern Africa; my father’s side of the family grew up incredibly poor; we’re all immigrants; I went to a comprehensive school. How impressive is my list of diverse check boxes? Are they more impressive than yours? Ah you’ll ask me about my…
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Introducing Mary Quant – V&A Exhibition Review
Having recently attended the Mary Quant exhibition at the V&A, I was shocked when discussing it to realise that people had little idea who she was. She was a pioneer of fashion in the 1960s and her mark on the industry is ever-present, though her name may be forgotten by some. This made this exhibition…
Read More“Put away your phone”
Anne-Sophie Mutter has made headlines this week after she stopped her performance of Beethoven’s violin concerto to call out an audience member who was both videoing and sound recording her. “Either I will leave, or you will put away your phone and recording device”, is reportedly what she said, though there is ironically no footage…
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Todrick Hall – Reclaiming ‘fag’
There’s no point reading this until you’ve watched the new Todrick Hall video, so first – Why ‘fag’? As Todrick says in the behind the scenes video – ‘we as the gay community should be able to take a word that has been so powerful to destroy us, and make a bop out of it’.…
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BREAKING – Over 1.7 billion reported missing
As of last week, I am heartbroken to report that approximately 1.7 billion can be reported missing. The entire subcontinent of India, containing 25% of the world’s population and covering 3.3% of the world’s land surface area, was almost completely absent from London Fashion Week. And I have absolutely no idea why, how, or what…
Read MoreLet’s talk about highlighter…
Guess what, again I’m on a train, and again I’m judging the makeup I see around me. I’ve really become quite the strange Londoner on the trains staring at everyone’s faces, but it’s actually quite good inspiration for these little posts. And today, we’re going to chat a bit about highlighter, because what on earth…
Read MoreLFW Fashion Scout Casting
That was at the start of the day when it wasn’t even that busy… Casting is a lot! To break it down for you, we saw nearly 500 models, in about three and a half hours, for 24 designers. I was the one at the door organising who came in, when they came and where…
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Pritch London Leather Show – AW/19
On Monday this week, I was the production assistant and managing dresser of the Pritch London catwalk show, the first catwalk for the company. Pritch is a leather-wear company and I do have, as any of those who have seen me out before will know, a little penchant for leather. This recent collection was called…
Read MoreDior Savaged and Ariana Dragged
It is not a great surprise that Dior has done something appropriative, but what does shock is just how wrong they have managed to go with the latest Dior “Sauvage” ad campaign. For those of you who missed what is going on, Dior recently launched a new campaign for the Sauvage cologne, with Johnny Depp…
Read MoreDrag Race UK? Sashay away…
FINALLY Rupaul’s Drag Race has arrived in the UK and I was SO excited. Mother Ru on the BBC showing off the incredibly diverse and impressive drag that we have in every corner of the UK. Sadly though, it’s clear I was a bit deluded in thinking that RuPaul had any concern about actually presenting…
Read More“I have had the most rare vision” – Not quite Sir Nick
Yesterday afternoon I went to see the much anticipated A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Bridge theatre under the direction of Sir Nicholas Hytner. Having staged a legendary promenade Julius Caesar when the Bridge opened, he reassembled a similar creative team to put on this dream-filled comic play. However, unlike the inventive and brilliant Julius Caesar, this…
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