Sharpened Lead
Colin ChapmanMusings on personal style & the interconnectedness of culture.
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Late(r) Summer Zeitgeist
Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere in The Shards. Credit: Vogue
Late summer, and apparently my attention has turned towards pastel-hued menace, hardcore subcultures, queer bodies and serial killers. Here’s what I’m watching, looking at and reading...
5 Objects of Desire #2: The eBay Watchlist
Switching things up slightly this week by moving from new, full-price pieces that have caught my eye to second-hand items on my actual watchlist.
Some are more aspirational than others. The Helmut Lang denim pieces, for example, are genuin...
Fashion inspiration everywhere but fashion
There’s been a slight summer pause. Not an excuse, although I am just back from a festival.
I didn’t take any pictures of people in clothes because that wasn’t really the point. Friends, dancing and music were the point. Not that there was...
Midsummer Zeitgeist
The afterlife of Danceteria
Nightclubs are supposed to disappear. That’s part of their appeal. They exist for a moment before being demolished, renovated or simply fading into memory. Every so often, though, one escapes history and en...
Objects of Desire #1
If you've ever wondered what ends up in my saved folders, I‘m starting a new regular feature: five pieces currently on the wishlist. Aspirational or otherwise.
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Dries Van Noten
Pointelle socks
I spotted these on the runway las...
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