Not in my house

Sicis does it again

Only this time, they’ve brought out the big guns, teaming up with house of Lacroix for a collection that was launched in Milan last month. Does it herald a radical new direction for the brand  which, one can’t deny, always follows its own path? What do you reckon… For me, not so much. Although granted, it’s […]

Pink teenage bedroom

No frills

Cripes. I was struggling my way through the new Lonny online magazine, which has abandoned it’s bright, eclectic signature style for one issue to bring you a ‘Trad Home’ special. As I say, struggling through, trying to stay with it, when this flounced across the page. You wouldn’t make your worst enemy be a bridemaid […]

Sweet mother of…

Fix your eyes please, on this giant cupcake and its pastry friends on a bed in the Sweet Room of the new Moschino hotel in Milan. Craft community, if you are listening, please do NOT jump on this idea. Oh to be a fly on the wall when a new guest is weighing up what […]

Madness in Milan

Neither My Friend or myself made it to Milan this year – and thank the Lord for that, as the diligent journos who did go all ended up stranded and mass-hiring charabancs to get home. Like Channel 4’s Coach Trip but with sharper hair cuts and more ill feeling, I imagine. So the selection of […]