OTHER/Shop (3 Berwick St, Soho) are hosting a pop-up with Danish brand mfpen on Thursday, September 20. I think I’ll check it out. Don’t own any mfpen, but checking their site and gram it appears they’re exploring that stripped back, roomy-dad-wear vibe so beloved of… Read More
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Doesn’t sound like much, but trust me, this is notable
Yesterday we looked at floral trousers. Today’s trousers are an entirely different proposition, but one that retains a sense of the daring. These ‘volume trousers’ are by Studio Nicholson and, viewed from the front elevation, the name makes total sense. They certainly boast uncompromising dimensions.… Read More
A twisted, sustained, groaning
Autumnal kit is surging into the indies right now. It’s that time of year when a morning glance at your preferred retailers can swiftly provoke imperfect thoughts of credit cards and overdraft extensions. With such an influx of desirables, it’s easy to overlook the odd… Read More
When Brexit turns us all into cannibals
A spot of stealth-luxury from OTHER/Shop here. On their site, it’s called a t-shirt, but really it’s a top. Scholars from Cambridge to the CERN Institute, are interrogating the exact different between a ‘tee’ and a’top’ – so far there’s no consensus. But for those… Read More
The pleats alone look like they need their own database
Prone to stocking and creating only the most forward-prodding cuts, you can usually spot something at London’s OTHER/Shop that at first glance appears mildly ominous. You’ll find garments that are ostensibly too short, too long, too tight or too loose. But deliberately (and brilliantly) so. Such… Read More
It was here before Christ
Those of you with an appreciation of novelist Clive Barker, or straight-to-video horror films of the mid-80s may remember Rawhead Rex. Barker’s titular creation was a sort of prehistoric god, part body-builder, part dinosaur, who returns from the dead to chomp a rural Irish community… Read More