“I tilled it with my two hands and called it my very own” – ‘81, Joanna Newson While developing my Seven Woods pattern collection for my book; created in tribute to the Yeats sisters, I’ve found myself learning a little about William Morris. Lily and Elizabeth both trained and refined their skills in printmaking and embroidery within Morris’s creative…

“That I may, that I may, wear my love like Heaven” – Donovan It’s 2016 and I’m in a men’s clothes store helping Arden pick out a suit for my sisters wedding. We are shown a selection of ties, all quite lovely but there’s one tie I spot that stood out from the rest. It was…

“This pleasure-seeking individual always looks his best, ‘cause he’s a dedicated follower of fashion” – The Kinks Once upon a time, on a street named King’s Road, in a rather bohemian area of London known as World’s End, there graced a boutique store that was the touchstone of 1960’s fashion. It up-cycled unwanted garments, ignored gendered…