Director Derek Cianfrance had my heart from the moment I watched the opening credits of his début film Blue Valentine which starred Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling. Exploring all aspects of love, heartache… Read More
Edinburgh College of Art has produced some very fine designers over the years. In 2011 Felix Chabluk Smith won the highly acclaimed British Fashion Council’s Burberry competition. Other previous graduates such as heavy… Read More
Finnish label Samuji have created a really lovely A/W 2013 collection! Beautiful wools, cute cropped jackets and the dresses ….from boucle shifts to lampshade trapeze styles to dainty fifties shirts. Ever so wearable, due to… Read More
VIVETTA is a delightfully playful fashion label created by Milan- based designer Vivetta Ponti. A VIVETTA girl, as described on the labels’ website “lives in a sugar-coated surrealist world, always looking to the… Read More
This week I visited Edinburgh College of Art’s annual Postgraduate Degree Show. The exhibition features work from some of the most creative new designers and artists working in Scotland today. The show features… Read More
I can’t get enough of online fashion magazine As you Are. The magazine describes itself as providing a celebratory platform for emerging talent within fashion, music & art. It is also a forecasting… Read More
XoX is in love with the beautiful jewellery created by Parisian artist Servane Gaxotte. Her fairytale inspired pendants are phenomenally crafted and lusciously detailed. Each figure is a mix of anthropomorphic animals, adorned… Read More
So sorry for the lateness of my second ECA Show posts!! Honestly the banal tasks of everyday life, along with studying for a work exam, take up soo much time-arrrrrgggh!! Anyway here are… Read More
To add some structure to my weekly posts I am introducing a new XOX category named The Love of Art. Bottling the ‘fashion and art’ formula has now become the standard in the… Read More
I sometimes feel that Scotland’s fashion courses do not receive the kudos that they deserve. How can we forget that designers such as Jonathan Saunders, Jamie Bruski Tetsill and Scott Ramsay Kyle all… Read More
As David Lynch’s Blue Velvet celebrates 25 years since it was first released, I feel obliged to highlight just how important Lynch’s cinematic contributions have been in the development of modern-day film. Specifically… Read More
Tracy Emin’s appointment as Professor of Drawing at the London Academy is fabulous news in my opinion! Not only does Emin offer a fresh perspective on drawing but she is also the first… Read More
