Myriam Girard’s studio visit went up on Friday, here is a little French-flavoured Q&A to brighten up your Monday:
Can you list 5 typically French things to do?
- Have Tartines with jam and butter for breakfast
- Wear a Lace Bra…everyday and with any outfit! You’ll always feel a little sexier.
- Buy all your beauty products in [...]
Substitute the skirt for a pair of jeans and you’ve got my everyday working from home outfit right there. Not to say that I’m in a rut or anything, but I’m wearing a lot of the same kind of stuff at the moment. Having a post-house move edited wardrobe, or what Fashionising are called the [...]
Myriam Girard‘s studio is inside her SE1 home, which has great views of the London skyline; from the roof you can see the Tower of London, as well as the Gherkin and Cheesegrater. Myriam is a charming host, offering me Mariage Frères tea and some vin santo and waves away my hesitation with the explanation [...]
My Moxham studio visit is up here for you to see, this is where I grilled Madeleine on her favourite South London haunts and other very important things, like how she takes her tea and what her favourite biscuit is…
Can you tell me 5 fun things to do in South London things?
- Dinner at Brixton [...]
This is the second Studio Visit of the year and another South London label, Moxham (I’m not biased, honest!) Madeleine Moxham designs what she calls ‘wearable construction’, bold but simple statement accessories. I went to her Camberwell home to find out a bit more about her…
Does the creative gene run in the family?
My mum went [...]
Marni’s Winter Edition is a smorgasbord of textures and prints, I love it. It’s slowly kicking me out of my classic/minimal phase I’m in at the moment, otherwise known as ‘I still haven’t properly unpacked all my clothes’, I want to tear things out of my wardrobe and pile them on with lashings on bold [...]
‘Karl’, the new range by Karl Lagerfeld conceived especially for NET A PORTER was launched yesterday at their Westfield offices. The range is quite classic, with a base of hi-shine fabrics in silver lamé, sequins and wet-look. Classic tailoring is given the Karl touch with shirts, tuxedo-style jackets and carrot-leg trousers.
Humourous pieces like the [...]
If you missed my interview with the lovely Teatum Jones duo you can catchup here, or read on for a Q&A and a sneak peek inside their studio.
Fave biscuit for the studio:
Coconut Macaroons!!!
Least fashiony interest/fact about you:
Both grade 8 musicians. Rob is a trained pianist and Catherine is a trained flautist and classical singer…sshhhh!
Favourite designers/influences:
Influences…anthropology, [...]
Whenever I go swimming I have to get out my bright blue swimming cap avec chinstrap, fetching! It’s pretty noticeable at the pool and starts a lot of embarrassing conversations but anything that keeps my delicate ears dry and lets me get a swim in if fine by me, even if it does leave a [...]
To kick off 2012 I’m doing a series of Studio Visits, meeting established and up-and-coming designers. Starting things off in style, I met up with with London duo Teatum Jones who were recently picked up by Liberty and will be coming into their fourth season.
Catherine Teatum and Rob Jones take a wonderfully meticulous approach to [...]

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