Fashion

I’m not sure when I first became a fan of Converse, early eighties I imagine, which is more than a few years after the company was founded in 1908.  As a teenager Converse were cool but I was never to own a pair due to a major defect that my grandmother had identified, “You could spit peas through them!” Not …

I happened to notice the other day that Aphrodite1994 had reduced the Belstaff Concord jacket from £850 to £425. That’s a chunk of a saving and whilst I know we’re in Spring (allegedly) it’s worth taking advantage of that saving and having something ready for when Winter comes a-knocking. The luxurious Belstaff Concord jacket is as much a jacket built …

Now, A Suit That Fits isn’t just another on-line tailor that takes your measurements, punches them into a computer which then cuts and stiches the material. The company was founded in 2006 after the owner was travelling in Nepal and became friendly with a family of tailors. After returning to the UK with a few suits that he had purchased he decided, after receiving …

Last week I was fortunate enough to attend Lyle & Scott’s Autumn/Winter 2012 fashion show which was held in the rather impressive Old Vic Tunnels a few minutes walk from London’s Waterloo station. There was a goodly selection of fashionistas, buyers, journalists and bloggers, like yours truly. Now, I’m not your regular fashion writer but let me give you my …

Over here at Soopa Store Towers we have a reputation for buying things we like and one of the things we buy a lot of is bags! Whether they be holdalls, messenger bags, rucksacks or briefcases we just can’t get enough of them so you can imagine how my jaw dropped when I clapped eyes on the gorgeous Chellington holdall …