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Recommendation: On What Styling Means – Camilla Nickerson (The Gentlewoman Issue 9)

Celebrated for her effortless cool and impeccable eye, the Vogue veteran epitomises how living a full life and having a knack for story telling are the keys to great styling.

Excerpt: Scarlet Woman

I get up out of the chair, advance my feet into the sunlight, in their red shoes, flat-heeled to save the spine and not for dancing. The red…

“What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language.”

 

- Miuccia Prada

Celluoid: The Agony and the Ecstasy

Wong Kar Wai’s little-known gem weaves the intricate art of making cheongsams with the agony of unrequited desire.

Excerpt: Venus in Furs

Franny was among the first of the girls to get off the train, from a car at the far, northern end of the platform. Lane spotted her immediately,…

Review: Chanel’s Cotton Candy Feminism at Paris Fashion Week

The representation of feminism at Chanel Spring/Summer 2015 show left a cloying after-taste.

“My fashion icon is anyone who makes a bloody effort.”

- Isabella Blow